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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

Check the timestamps. On CNN’s website, the uploaded interview starts at 2:52. On their YouTube page, the upload starts at 2:47. The “plenary authority” comment by Miller was at 2:41, as shown in my side-by-side video post. CNN should be reporting on what Miller said. It’s news!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority:
• Hitler
• Mussolini
• Stalin

Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

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🐦‍⬛🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸Dan won't shut up about trans rights & Palestine @verboseminimalist.gay · 1h

'I was shocked but not surprised to see that Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut told [TNR] last week that the thing he hears most often from his colleagues is: “Well, we ran on democracy in 2024 and we lost. And so, let’s not do democracy, let’s do economics and health care.”'

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 3h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

I don't think most people understand what we're facing. Not really.

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bree speech absolutist 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 1h

i would argue that it is correct that they take it as a sign of weakness, even — because it is

Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 1h

Pritzker sent his own goons to protect ICE, thinking that would appease Trump. Stupid. Don’t appease fascists. They take it as a sign of weakness, and double down.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 1h

I genuinely don't think we're contending with or accepting just how bad things have become, and just how much danger we're in.

Fundamentally I think people are expecting that normalcy will somehow reassert itself, and that's just not going to happen here.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

in retrospect it was just great how milquetoast centrists decided the best way to react to the AWESOME police corruption and brutality exposed by the George Floyd protests was to go "actually, defund the police is a bad slogan, the Unserious Left needs to shut up" bsky.app/profile/mcle...

Morgan Clendaniel @mclendaniel.bsky.social · 1h

They've known they have little to no control over these forces since 2020 and all chose to ignore it during the Democratic administration that might have given them some cover to do something about it!

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

he probably doesn't! most American police forces are some combo of rogue paramilitary and criminal gangster conspiracy! but that's all the more reason to start standing up some loyal formations bsky.app/profile/kitc...

kitconway.bsky.social @kitconway.bsky.social · 1h

Pritzker seems to be semi waving the white flag on that and acting like he doesn't control his state police. Hope he reconsiders.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1h

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 13h

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5h

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

And in terms of politicians with national ambitions he has been the best. So where does this leave us?

* he's also been aligning with other blue states on health issues etc...

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 9h

the main thing I learned is that a lot of developers timed updates to their game so that it could be released alongside or shortly after TGAs, I guess in the hope of multiplying the effect

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 9h

saw an article scroll by to the effect of "is blue prince in trouble since it won't win a game award due to not having non-english locs" and decided it would be interesting to see if winning a TGA last year affected anyone's sales at all

summary:
* Senua's saga saw a microscopic bump
* Black Myth Wukong had no noticable effect compared to a content patch the next week
* Frostpunk 2 no noticeable effect
* Baldur's Gate 3 no noticeable effect
* Balatro had a huge jump but also had a giant same-day content patch
* Neva had a noticable if small bump comparable with an accessibility patch bump the next week

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 13h

Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers have vowed that they will continue “to sail until Gaza is free.” They’ve already announced that the next mission will send a thousand ships to Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/glob...

Global Sumud Flotilla vows to keep sailing ‘until Gaza is free’ following Israel’s interception of over 40 of its vessels

Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers have vowed that they will continue “to sail until Gaza is free.” They’ve already announced that the next mission will send...

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