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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 51m

Great minds think alike! This week, we submitted a FOIA request to compel the release of all raw footage from ICE’s raid at an apartment complex in Chicago.

This is the first step to get justice for the unlawful actions of the Trump-Vance admin.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Someone should do a FOIA request for the raw footage of the videos they took of that Chicago raid and then edited into a fascist ad for ICE.

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 1h

#CD2 #CD4 #CD7 Your task today:
Ask Van Drew, Smith and Kean what they're doing to help negotiate an end to the government shut down.
Van Drew (202) 225-6572
Smith (202) 225-3765
Kean (202) 225-5361

a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right

Alt: a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 11h

You did good Mikie. You brought the 🔥

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 17h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Dan Cassino @dancassino.bsky.social · 12h

The NJ Gov debate tonight reflected the increasing nastiness of the race.
The moderators kept bringing up Trump, putting Ciattarelli in a tough position.
Sherrill was sharper than in the past, with some scripted attacks that hit well.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 12h

He’s running out of time and he knows it.

SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 12h

Bullet ”shelf” ?

SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 13h

Jeffries and Schumer have really been stepping up lately.

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 13h

That’s why I like to call him Jack Shittarelli.

SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 13h

Lol. Jack Ciattarelli tried to outlaw swearing in 1994.

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New Jerseyans react to Jack Ciattarelli's swearing ban.

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One NJ7 ❌️👑 @onenj7.bsky.social · 1d

In case anyone needs a reminder...

"Truly humbled and honored to receive President Trump’s very strong endorsement," Ciattarelli said.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Vote for Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey Governor - keep Trumpism out of our state government! #MikieSherrill #keepNJblue

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 15h

a woman wearing headphones is sitting in a chair and says hoood boy

Alt: a woman wearing headphones is sitting in a chair and says hooo boy

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 15h

I never expected MTG to be one of the first Republicans to break on this. What this says to me is the rest of them have been cowards all along.

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 17h

Nice job Hakeem. Lawler is also implicated in the release and misuse of NJ candidate for governor, Mikie Sherrill’s private information to her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli.

midhudsonnews.com/2025/09/28/s...

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 17h

So Jack Ciattarelli, like Ted Cruz, believes we must stop attacking pedophiles.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

Part of the transition from conservatism to authoritarianism is the shift from lies with some veneer of plausibility (wink wink) to lies that are demonstrably, obviously lies, such that accepting them involves an almost total subjugation of individual discernment or judgment.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

WATCH: TN National Guard veteran Rachel Davis is headed to Memphis to protest the Trump-Lee troop deployment.

She is joining a veteran-led movement launched by @jollygoodginger.bsky.social to protest against military operations in American cities.

Via WSMV www.wsmv.com/video/2025/1...

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 23h

Some Halloween Humor amidst the Terrible Trump Truth.

Incredible work by @ellecordova.bsky.social

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 22h

Good!

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you.

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

OK. Now I’m worried.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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SMB @smbdemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

“Either Trump’s Labor Department actually believes that Trump’s immigration enforcement is destroying the agricultural sector and threatening food security, or they are pretending this threat is real in order to crush wages for both foreign and domestic agricultural workers.”
Maybe it’s both?

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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