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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 8h

Look, I know this is controversial, but I’m on the side of the ones who **aren’t** shooting priests in the head with pepper balls.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 8h

I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 9h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 10h

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 13h

It may well wind up being the farmers that rise up against Trump before anyone else does.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 17h

Most normal people care about the cost of food, utilities and healthcare, and those costs are all going up. Many MAGA people care about the Epstein files, and none of those are coming out. These are two drums Democrats should be beating. One brings people to them, the other fractures the opposition.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 19h

From my new collection, "Portraits of a Hostile Work Environment."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 20h

OK, I'm having trouble posting photos of my dog, what the hell kind of social-media site is this??!?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21h

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 21h

We've reached the point where states are protecting us from Trump. Thank goodness for Democrats like Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker who have the spine to stand up to the president’s weaselly authoritarianism.

My column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

States are protecting us from Trump's authoritarian invasion. You wanted this? | Opinion

Let's put things simply: U.S. states are now having to defend themselves against the federal government.

www.usatoday.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

Her contempt is extraordinary.

Trump thinks he's a king. He believes he's accountable to no one. Not Congress. Not the American people.

And so when his people testify before the Senate, they act like they are bound by no rules and no laws.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! You’ll notice it is not at all war-torn or murdery.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly advice to the Trump administration: PLEASE keep putting Steven Miller on TV! Everyone likes him and is very impressed by him, he does not in any way come off as a shrieking little fascist who is naturally repulsive. People love “Steve” and want to hear much more from him! 👍❤️

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller: "ICE officers have to street battle against Antifa, hand to hand combat every night."

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Seems odd, I've never known the government to lie.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Hard to believe these guys might've done something dumb.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 1d

He has never talked like this so long as he's been in politics. Increasingly preoccupied by his death and legacy.

Trump is not a man who can resist his impulses. He's saying this out loud because it's the main thing on his mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as interesting item in the Illinois lawsuit to stop the National Guard from coming. Apparently the same thing happened in the Oregon order attempting to federalize National Guard troops. Sounds like Trump isn't willing to directly make the order. Or they're just dumb. Both bad.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

This is a man who has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about. He might as well have said: “And in conclusion, Medicare and Medicaid are programs whose names start with the letter M. Thank you.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Dr Oz: "Some of the reasons that premiums are going up is because if you take people who didn't know they had insurance and therefore never put in any claims off the rolls, then you still have people who are charging enough to make up the difference. But I do think there are criminal elements."

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

the hardest part of living in Portland is having your house burn down every single night and then having to rebuild it during the day. the amount of money i spend just in drywall is insane.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Trump calls up Texas National Guard to seize McDonald’s near White House and bring him a 20-piece chicken nugs

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