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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 1h

he's right

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

This is Rev David Black, minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He was shot seven times in the head with chemical pellets by ICE agents as he was kneeling to pray at a protest. He's one of three clergymen that ICE shot in the head.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2h

Another Kavanaugh stop.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 6h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 8h

Just a reminder that Jack published a book last year called “unhumans” that makes the argument that all Democrats and anyone left of Francisco Franco should be rounded up and murdered en mass for the rest of the populations entertainment.
Jack is a Nazi and hell bent on the murder of his opponents

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 10h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 3h

the south has invaded the north

totally normal and cool

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 3h

she sounds terrible

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3h

i wish that it was possible to truly enjoy the utter comedy in the juxtaposition between this and the way the president is describing this

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

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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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 3h

yeah, it exploded over the past 10 years. their downtown got tons of new apartments/housing

it's cool you got out there, the city is great but it's nice getting around the bay. if you and your friend are into hiking you guys will have to head up mt diablo sometime.

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 3h

It's alright, probably the best dining choices if you're in that part of the East Bay. Otherwise just kinda suburb.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10h

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 4h

Just beyond ridiculous.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4h

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

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5h

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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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 7h

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

bit.ly

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 5h

there's a reason they only get one star

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

Omg read down into the details of this WSJ story

Among other things:

“(Ed Martin) works from an office dubbed the “Freedom Suite” …which visitors have described as being decorated with oversize photos of Trump and a small cup of holy water on the wall.”

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h

So of course the weirdest and most alarming thing here is that Trump intended to DM the AG on Truth Social to order her to indict Comey and accidentally posted it publicly. But there are other very weird details within...

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

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Tim Lambert @timlambert-pa.bsky.social · 6h

"One of the fired FBI employees, a combat veteran who was months away from becoming eligible for retirement, was called back to the office after having left for the day and informed of the dismissal, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News."

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12h

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

FBI fires special agents who worked on Jack Smith's probe into Trump

The three agents were fired after Kash Patel disclosed that Jack Smith's team obtained phone records of members of Congress, which the Smith report itself referenced.

www.nbcnews.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 5h

yeah something doesnt look right there

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 5h

How does the airline account for this? You clearly have what were valid boarding passes, they must have a digital paper trail of the cancelation.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 6h

Far-right grifters are determining the “reality”’of the most powerful man in the world. What could go wrong? 🤷‍♂️

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 5h

You must be on the Orinda - Lafayette stretch. Hilly and not nearly as built up.

Plenty dense thru Oakland and once it hits Walnut Creek.

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 5h

they're all pretty much right wing podcasters at this point

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9h

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 6h

Rainbow Corral, coming soon.

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