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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 8m

Maybe a lot of undergrowth gets cleared out in this next forest fire.

Looks to be a hot one.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10m

The @wsj.com draws a line between tariffs/trade uncertainty to the bankruptcies at Tricolor, FirstBrands and others.

www.wsj.com/finance/how-...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 2h

I am stunned. Trump’s own antifa round table draws a parallel between antifa and the resistance to the actual Nazi regime.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 8h

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 8h

SHE HAD AN ANKLE MONITOR ON.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 8h

Just picturing that.

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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 9h

I was thinking more a long the lines of Soylent Green. I like yours better.

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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 9h

The thing is, tourism was already down about 34% YoY. All these states were having these “BIENVENU!!!” promotions to win back visitors.

Like that’s going to happen with Toxic Action Hero Guys shooting up the streets.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 9h

Too late to take it back, people. It’s in my profile now. #ParkChat

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Antifa CEO @antifa.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Antifa designates the Trump administration as a domestic terrorist organization.

DESIGNATING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Antifa Executive Orders
September 22, 2025

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9h

Kristi Noem was unaware that the suspension of habeas corpus was under Article I of the Constitution and even if the fate of the most basic liberty right were delegated one would hope that it would be to the President and not the Secretary of Homeland Security

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 11h

Is Trump going to have Americans extrajudicially executed in their homes?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 10h

I’ll see your independent DOJ and raise you fiscal hegemony.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ

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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 10h

I’m an editor.
external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...

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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 10h

He’ll probably bomb Norway to protest that he didn’t get the Peace Prize.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 11h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 10h

"Trump ignored the advice of aides, Justice Department officials, and even Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican" in ousting a prosecutor who refused to indict former FBI director James Comey

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 11h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

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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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 11h

Masked ICE agents are running around the streets, storming buildings and indiscriminately pointing guns at people.

But if you look scared when you see an ICE officer that's suspicious.

Watch this clip. This cannot stand.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

Greg Bovino Admits: You Can Be Detained for Gripping Your Steering Wheel Too Tight

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with her work leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.
trib.al/xhJJC2C

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JP Spinetto @jpspinetto.bsky.social · 15h

A forthcoming @tecdemonterrey.bsky.social study shows that Chinese investment in Mexico has reached $21.3 billion

That's 7 times more than the amount reported in official stats

check out my @opinion.bloomberg.com column on Mexico's China problem www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

North America’s China Problem Is Bigger Than It Looks

Mexico is emerging as one of the biggest fronts in the US-China economic rivalry.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 12h

So the pattern is, these guys go out there in masks with no ID and no warrant. They assault and kidnap people off the street. The Feds film this and turn it into sizzle reels specifically to scare people. And then this guy comes out and says, ‘If you look scared, I can reasonably arrest you.’

Trump Watch @trumpwat.ch · 18h

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino: "We need reasonable suspicion to make an immigration arrest. Notice I did not say probable cause, nor did I say I need a warrant? Perhaps you look panicked when you see a Border Patrol agent. Perhaps you look scared ..."

So they scare people and then can arrest them.

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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 12h

If Canada doesn’t give him our water, we’ll end up on that list too.

He’ll just rape the world with that list. Like he’s always wanted.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 12h

He’s starting to worry about what happens to him when he dies and he’s wondering how to pressuring God, the way he’s been pressuring the Nobel Prize Committee.

He might see shaking down the Pope, as God’s apostle on Earth, a promising strategy for getting into Heaven.