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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 7h

This the dude with the nuclear codes. 😬

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 11h

"I support the military occupation of my own state" is a wild wild thing to say.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Another ambulance arrives at the detention center. Presuming it could be the one from earlier returning, but either way, a grim reminder of what's happening behind the gates and boarded up windows.

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Jul 24

As a wise person once said: "We aren't outnumbered, we are out-organized."
#Antifa #FightFascism #DismantleWhiteness
bsky.app/profile/greg...

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Jul 24

Trump's cratering in polls continues. Crushing new Gallup numbers:

Overall approval: 37%
On immigration: 38%
On economy: 37%
On trade: 36:
Federal budget: 29%

Overall approval among independents: 29%

news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...

Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low

President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 37%, the lowest of his second term as a result of a decrease among independents.

news.gallup.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11h

Mark Bray wrote a book on antifascism and was trying to leave the country with his family after being targeted by right-wing operatives and receiving death threats:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

this is not good at all.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 11h

#AbolishICE #FedsOutOfChicago
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
bsky.app/profile/jaco...

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 11h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 11h

What the actual fuck??? This is a really scary situation. This family is already facing death threats which is why they are leaving.

Because Dr. Bray is a scholar of anti-fascism.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 11h

#AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness

Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 19h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 12h

Israel has no right to exist as the genocidal apartheid state that Zionism requires it to be.
#StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #BDS
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13h

BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed 126 Palestinians in 271 raids across the Gaza Strip over the past five days, including at least 75 in Gaza City, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/taonkh

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MP Broache @mbroache.bsky.social · 12h

If you get called for jury duty, you have to do it

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 12h

Joker Nies! There's a name I haven't heard in decades.
This was a favorite CD:
Pair a' Dice, SNAKE EYES (Random Acoustics, 1995)
www.discogs.com/release/2315...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

Around 30 protesters and hecklers here in the free speech area tonight. Curfew is in 15 minutes (reportedly, state police were fairly chill about curfew yesterday, but did make the few people still here move across Lexington).

Someone is tempting ISP troopers with a donut on a fishing pole.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

A very silly situation. Cops pushing protesters and press out of the free speech zone. Apparently standing at the corner of Beach and Lexington is still fine, though.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 12h

At least a thousand but most likely more folks marching in Chicago to protest the deployment of the National Guard and continued ICE raids. Chanting "whose city our city!"

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 12h

Folks getting ready to march on Michigan Ave. "Chicago isnt licking boots, no trump no ice no troops!"

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 13h

Now: Hundreds assembling in the Chicago Loop for a march and rally to demand the National Guard leave town. Folks chanting "Donald Trump you racist clown! You're not welcome in this town!"

A photo of a large group of protesters gathering in downtown Chicago near Michigan Ave. Skyscrapers are behind the crowd in the background.

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Nov 6

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arditi_...

November 13, 2019 tweet from @McJesse: "What’s one thing the 1920s had that the 2020s should bring back?"
November 14, 2019 quote tweet response from @restructures (me): "The Arditi del Populo"

Flag of the Arditi del Popolo, section Civitavecchia

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 13h

A hyper capital digital society is an authoritarian society and the destruction of public goods and third spaces were the vanguard.

The atomization and exploitation of your time and cognitive space is only the beginning of the cognitive colonization going on.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13h

Basically what’s happening is an expression of the larger national project of ridding us of the idea of public goods, and a public in general.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13h

And it’s wild because they just stopped the original Neiman Marcus from being closed downtown. So I don’t get the logic chain outside of downtown is for private luxury and not public business or enjoyment.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 13h

This is seriously dangerous. Designating antifa as a foreign terrorist organization, regardless of how absurd it is, would give the feds massive power to disrupt potentially any opposition.

Trump Looks to Label Antifa as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Donald Trump instructed members of his cabinet to move to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization at an event that highlighted his efforts to crack down on the loose collective of fa...

www.bloomberg.com

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 15h

this is not a bug, it is a feature

all of these companies have a fucking platform. that's because they are trying to replace direct human-human relationships with mediated human-platform-human transactions

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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