Rick Wilson
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.
therickwilson.bsky.social
Tear gas pellet gun
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
What is that weapon?
lyndab08.bsky.social
Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.
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therickwilson.bsky.social
Fantastic speech, Donald! You're doing great!
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thefarce.org
People are mocking Hegseth but he's going to kill at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
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marionicolais.bsky.social
Probably appointing Col Jessup to lead the IG process.

No doubt, A Few Good Men is his primary source here.
atrupar.com
Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."
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marionicolais.bsky.social
This is what the weaponization of prosecutors' offices looks like under an authoritarian regime. Facts - even the very most important one - do not matter.

All that matters to them is if you oppose the authoritarian reign.
atrupar.com
Former FBI Deputy Director McCabe says he hasn't been contacted "at all" by the FBI about Comey and adds, "if my interactions with Comey was gonna be the basis of this entire prosecution, it's unbelievable that prosecutors wouldn't at least want to sit down and hear what I have to say about it."
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gtconway.bsky.social
Motherfuckers. And I don't even like Comey.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social
BREAKING on MSNBC:

Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days in the Eastern District of Virginia, where a prosecutor who opposed bringing the case was recently fired, three sources familiar with the matter told MSNBC.
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swin24.bsky.social
Propaganda works, and Stephen miller and the rest of them know that a constant parade of fear will indeed do much of their work for them
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.

That wasn't a goddam suggestion!
ericjgeller.com
"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...
therickwilson.bsky.social
They're about to shut down the government to protect the Epstein Files from disclosure. Whatever is in the files must be so unhinged as to be beyond imagination.
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LOLOL
acyn.bsky.social
Kasie: How is what’s happening with Comey not the same thing that you're saying happened to you?

Navarro: Because he broke the law and I didn't.
therickwilson.bsky.social
WHATEVER could have caused this??? It's a MYSTERY.
atrupar.com
Brooke Rollins: "Soybean, corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton farmers are facing very difficult times. We are currently in conversations here at the White House, across the government, on a farmer aid package."
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nycjayjay.bsky.social
So much for the narrative that WH aides and allies have been pushing claiming the administration wasn’t attempting to coerce Disney/ABC. 🤪
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sammydoodle15207.bsky.social
also they talk about wasteful spending they forget how the dictator put the country in debt over 8 trillion in his first run! they are a waste of funding and should be disbanded when democrats win again as they don’t serve america or americans no more just billionaires and dictators and thieves
therickwilson.bsky.social
It's the Friday Brief for September 19, 2025

Inside:
The Speech Police
The Brits Play Trump
Disney, Kimmell, and Irony
Gay Wedding Cakes
Ending "Woke Science": China Wins
Kash Patel's Meltdown
What I'm Reading
Scenes From The Home Front

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The Friday Brief, August 19, 2025
The Speech Police
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