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@robinvetskeptic.bsky.social

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Retired veterinarian and college professor. Artist, cook, kewpie mayo and chile pepper fanatic.

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎵Mine eyes have seen the glory of the throwing of the sub
We are trampling out the fascists, won’t you come and join our club
We have loosed the fateful lightning of this terrible, swift grub
Our truth is munching on

Glory, Glory Subway Sandwich
(Repeat)
(Repeat)
Our truth is munching on🎵

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 11m

“Her baby in her placenta”

🤦‍♀️ These dipshits get to make laws regulating women’s bodies.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20m

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a TRO in the Northern District of Illinois (including Chicago and the Broadview ICE facility), providing protections for protesters and journalists covering the protests.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Some of the key elements:

1. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless
Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.
Defendants may order a Journalist to change location to avoid disrupting law enforcement,
' President Trump, one of the named Defendants, is not included in this Order.
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as long as the Journalist has an objectively reasonable time to comply and an objectively
reasonable opportunity to report and observe;

b. Issuing a crowd dispersal order requiring any person to leave a public place
that they lawfully have a right to be, unless dispersal is justified by exigent circumstances as defined by Department of Homeland Security Use of Force Policy (updated Feb. 6,
2023), Sections III.F and XII.E;
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For purposes of this Order, a crowd dispersal order is a lawful command
given by a Federal Agent for all persons to leave a designated area when three or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct that are likely to cause substantial harm in the immediate vicinity;
d. Using riot control weapons including kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs), Compressed Air Launchers (e.g., PIS and FN303), Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, CS gas, CN gas, or other chemical irritants, 40 mm Munitions Launchers, less-lethal shotguns,
Less-Lethal Specialty Impact-Chemical Munitions (LLSI-CM), Controlled Noise and Light Distraction Devices (CNLDDs), Electronic Control Weapons (ECWs) - on members of the press, protesters, or religious practitioners who are not posing an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer or others;

To facilitate the Defendants' identification of Journalists protected under
this Order, the following are examples of indicia of being a Journalist: visual identification as a member of the press, such as by carrying a professional press pass, badge or credentials; wearing distinctive clothing or patches that identify the wearer as a member of the press; or carrying professional gear such as professional photographic or videography
equipment. Other indicia of being a Journalist under this Order include that the person is standing off to the side of a protest, not engaging in chanting, sign holding, shouting slogans, or otherwise protesting, and documenting protest activities, although these are not
requirements. These indicia are illustrative, and a person need not exhibit every indicium
to be considered a Journalist under this Order. Defendants shall not be liable for unintentional violations of this Order in the case of an individual who does not wear a press pass, badge, or other official press credential, professional gear, or distinctive clothing that identifies the person as a member of the press.

It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a
uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official
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duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence
will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when
wearing riot gear.

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Grumpy Zeus @grumpyzeus.bsky.social · 1h

Hey, I have an idea @nytimes.com: Send one or two of your motherfucking so called journalists to Portland and show us all the stores without windows.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1h

Most frustrating is so much of this shit is on the shadow docket with no explanation so there's no precedent set that will make them look even more corrupt when they abandon it during a Dem administration

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 2h

dEMs ArE letTiNg AnTifA tAKe OvEr THeiR ciTiES

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 4h

The South Carolina senator behind SB 323 says his bill wouldn't outlaw birth control.

But we found a pamphlet he wrote that says “all forms of the birth control pill” kill a “human being.”

jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-a...

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 4h

The GOP health plan: Don’t get sick.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

www.motherjones.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4h

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 5h

Groovy.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17h

WSJ reports that DOJ is going to charge John Bolton.

In case you needed anyone less sympathetic to rally behind than Jim Comey.

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

Prosecutors in Maryland are expected in coming days to charge one of Trump’s first-term national security advisers, John Bolton, now a top Trump critic, with mishandling classified information, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 17h

“wattle” not “waddle”

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING via AP

Hamas to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis to withdraw from majority of Gaza.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Honest to god the biggest scam in America right now is whatever Dem consultants are being paid

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21h

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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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 20h

Live look at antifa meeting:

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21h

Everyone can set aside partisanship, psychologizing, pathologizing, whatever, and—I would hope—still see that it’s incredibly dangerous for a political leader to be this disconnected from the real conditions in the country.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Enemy within, but very aesthetic. @robinvetskeptic.bsky.social · 1d

Keep Tom or me posted; if it looks like you can’t make it, I’ll mail the shirts. What size is your student?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s official - Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is throwing his hat in the ring for Congress in MEMPHIS. (For the only congressional seat Dems still currently control after racist GOP gerrymandering)

www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/p...