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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 1h

Run!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

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

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

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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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 2h

Bonus: You get to stay until Godot arrives

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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 2h

Charisma like the screech of chalk on a blackboard

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h

I guess I should also add that a key difference between the Trump investigation and the Comey indictment is that *Trump did something obviously and significantly wrong*. Like, if you can't grok that distinction as important, I don't know what to say.

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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 3h

Jailing a big city mayor would be the beginning of the end of Trump

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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 3h

I saw “One Battle After Another” at the Vista Theater in LA. I loved it.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 5h

WATCH: "People at a deep level understand that what they are seeing in Chicago is wrong. They know that they are free citizens of a free country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the backlash to Trump's takeover in Chicago.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

ICE 0 - Frog 1

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 7h

I think the city that hosted the original Tea Party will have no problem figuring out a wicked good resistance plan.

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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 7h

Pope Leo Urges US Bishops To Stand Up for Migrants - Joe.My.God.

CBS News reports: The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV, bringing him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear t...

www.joemygod.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 7h

I could send you an LA Dodgers hat instead.

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 12h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Robert Cameron @robertcameron.bsky.social · 8h

Poor Kristi Noem. She doesn't understand that "in my opinion they should be prosecuted" isn't probably cause.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 14h

I think there are still shared norms we can appeal to when we talk to the marginal MAGA voter. But there really are no shared norms left with the core of the movement.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 13h

Watching so many people in high places go through the motions of polling and median-voter whispering can make you feel like you're in Bodysnatchers. It's worth a reminder that the typical experience of tyranny is...basically normal life. Which means we have to will ourselves to fight harder.

The Median Experience Of Tyranny

If the politics of tyranny were self-discrediting, we wouldn't need mantras like "never again."

www.offmessage.net

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Nell Scovell @nellscovell.bsky.social · 14h

Trump and Musk, both born into privilege, believe in eugenics (which literally means "well born") and any child dumb enough to be born into a struggling population, deserves no helo, no protection. In fact, they deserve to die.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

We must all stand up and speak out.

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