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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10h

Donald Trump’s deployments of the National Guard to American cities “are best understood as an effort to erode the nation’s sense that such use of the military is unacceptable,” Quinta Jurecic argues.

Trump Is Destroying One of America’s Oldest Traditions

America has always had a strong aversion to seeing the military on the country’s streets. That is not stopping the current president.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 1d

The same article includes a reference to an @swp-berlin.org paper that does not exist.

There are many ways AI can support research, but just letting it write your articles with fake citations certainly is not the way.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Texas National Guard troops have arrived at an Army Reserve center south of Chicago ahead of expected deployment.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review.”

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

Head of OLC is a former Alito clerk
www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

www.cnn.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

If you are in Ann Arbor on October 15, I will be talking to Max Stier, the head of the Partnership for Public Service about the threats to public service. Free admission, please register!
fordschool.umich.edu/event/2025/t...

Threats to the future of public service

The Trump administration has led an unprecedented attack on the makeup and independence of the civil service.

fordschool.umich.edu

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 1d

"...To drive voter turnout within these communities, it’s imperative to recognize that in Black communities, voting is often a declaration of Black joy and a commitment to show up for one another."

Learn more from @melissamichelson.bsky.social, @sldemora.bsky.social, and Sarah Hayes. ⤵️

Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · 3d

Plz read our piece on the Electoral Power of Black Joy & our new Party at the Ballot Box research; huge thanks to @scholars.org for editing and pitching the piece! @sldemora.bsky.social Sarah Hayes thefulcrum.us/civic-engage... @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social

Harnessing the Electoral Power of Black Joy

As is often the case in U.S. elections, Black voter turnout will be crucial this fall. Voters in heavily Black cities like Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, will decide whether to re-el...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1d

I have been flummoxed by Bari Weiss heading up CBS news all day. It’s not jealousy. I don’t want that job. I am not qualified to do it. I just don’t understand how this is possible.

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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 1d

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.

Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
[email protected]
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Traveling while Black during Jim Crow was about survival as well as mobility. The Green Book Project website documents that story. Share your family’s Green Book memories and help us preserve this rich history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, when I want to know what the Black community in Chicago is thinking, I always turn to someone who's really got their finger on the pulse: Stephen Miller.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 1d

Law enforcement lying?! unheard of, I say.

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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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

it is genuinely shocking how much rage @jay.bsky.team and the devs seem to have for their user base. suspending Erin Biba over an old post just because she’s been criticizing you is deeply fucked up. fix this shit.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "It is a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on."

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Robert Richards @rrichard09.bsky.social · 1d

Sun-Times reports, uh, inaccuracies in the federal government's account:
bsky.app/profile/chic...

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.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

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.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

This is like planting evidence and then making an arrest.

The image is an X post by Acyn (@Acyn
) from 13 hours ago, quoting Pritzker: "He's saying that Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone." The post includes a screenshot from CNN's "State of the Union" showing two individuals discussing, with a chyron indicating DHS officers fired at a driver who rammed their vehicle, later determined to be someone trying to storm the Presidential Palace, as the South Caucasus Coalition.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

How much smaller the federal workforce is now vs. a year ago
Ed Dept 42%
OPM 33%
HUD 31%
Treasury 29%
Defense (civilian jobs) 22%
Small Biz Admin 21%
Energy 20%
Interior 15%
HHS 14%
SSA 11%
EPA 10%
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Much Smaller Is the Federal Work Force? Shutdown Plans Offer a Clue.

The number of federal employees has been trimmed by thousands since President Trump took office, according to contingency plans drawn up by federal agencies.

www.nytimes.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 1d

👉 In sum, citizens react to a wide variety of group appeals, but there is much heterogeneity in their responses. Our results indicate that social identity, and especially deservingness perceptions, are key to explaining this variation!

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