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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8h

Look at how this MAGA propagandist, Benny Johnson, spins this scene: “army of Antifa.”

It’s a small group of people and a guy in chicken suit.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8h

And she’s standing on that roof because…checks video…there are about 10 people and a guy in a chicken suit down below.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 8h

Look at how this MAGA propagandist, Benny Johnson, spins this scene: “army of Antifa.”

It’s a small group of people and a guy in chicken suit.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 20h

Swatting attacks are sometimes dismissed as pranks or hoaxes.

But @mackenzieharms.bsky.social writes that they’ve wreaked havoc on college campuses this year. She examines the network of extremists behind many of the attacks.

www.justsecurity.org/121652/nihil...

Swatting Attacks and Nihilistic Violent Extremism: A Primer

The start of the 2025 academic year has been met with a string of swatting attacks on universities across the United States. An online group called Purgatory – part of a nihilistic violent extremist n...

www.justsecurity.org

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you @coons.senate.gov.

The AG is unwilling to discuss law, but Senators must not acquiesce in lawlessness.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump has delivered the two most dangerous speeches by a president in our nation’s history:

1. Jan. 6, 2021: Inciting a mob to target his own VP in an attempt to overturn a democratic election.

2. Sept. 30, 2025: Declaring war against American cities in a speech before military leaders.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 7d

How many Americans realize Trump declared war on Democrat-run cities in front of military leaders today?

“That’s a war too. It’s a war from within,” Trump said, after claiming “we’re going to straighten them out one by one” - in reference to four major American cities.

Dangerous & disgraceful.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller’s nightmare.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1d

Flashing red light: a top federal prosecutor REJECTED pressure to indict NY AG Letitia James

Career DOJ lawyers aren’t giving to Trump’s revenge campaign

Now what will Bondi & Halligan do?

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG

A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.

www.msnbc.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

If someone wants to say these are the most dangerous speeches by a sitting president in *modern* or *recent* American history - that’s fine. I’m sure there are other contenders for most dangerous speeches. But these two speeches would be in the top 5 - at least.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump has delivered the two most dangerous speeches by a president in our nation’s history:

1. Jan. 6, 2021: Inciting a mob to target his own VP in an attempt to overturn a democratic election.

2. Sept. 30, 2025: Declaring war against American cities in a speech before military leaders.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 7d

How many Americans realize Trump declared war on Democrat-run cities in front of military leaders today?

“That’s a war too. It’s a war from within,” Trump said, after claiming “we’re going to straighten them out one by one” - in reference to four major American cities.

Dangerous & disgraceful.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

There is no crisis in Portland, Oregon other than the one the Trump regime seeks to provoke.

abcnews.go.com/US/federal-j...

Newsom says he'll sue to keep Trump from sending California National Guard to Portland

Newsom says he'll sue White House over effort to send 300 California National Guard troops to Portland after a judge blocked Trump's attempts to deploy Oregon Guard.

abcnews.go.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

There is no crisis in Portland, Oregon other than the one the Trump regime seeks to provoke.

abcnews.go.com/US/federal-j...

Newsom says he'll sue to keep Trump from sending California National Guard to Portland

Newsom says he'll sue White House over effort to send 300 California National Guard troops to Portland after a judge blocked Trump's attempts to deploy Oregon Guard.

abcnews.go.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

The judge who temporarily barred the regime from federalizing the National Guard in Portland is Judge Karin Immergut, who was appointed by Trump himself.

Miller, a rightwing extremist, is the “radical” and his extremism threatens America’s constitutional form of government.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

The Onion acquired the Washington Post?

Oh right, Jeff Bezos did…

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2d

TrumpRx isn’t healthcare reform

It’s Trump University all over again—a scam that doesn’t deliver

While he distracts w/ phony fixes, his shutdown is hiking costs & ripping away healthcare from millions

That’s the real crisis

I explained on @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com👇 - TN

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

So here is my question. Let’s assume Miller & Co. are successful, i.e., they deport, jail, kill, all of the “undesirables.” What do they think society is like then? Like, what happens when they realize there’s still crime, drugs, and no one around to do half the jobs, from manual to skilled labor?1/

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d

The judge who temporarily barred the regime from federalizing the National Guard in Portland is Judge Karin Immergut, who was appointed by Trump himself.

Miller, a rightwing extremist, is the “radical” and his extremism threatens America’s constitutional form of government.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

The regime’s playbook:

Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.

Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.

The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.

There is no justification for violence by anyone.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

After the Trump regime’s invasion of an apartment building in Chicago earlier this week, all Americans should brush up on their 4th Amendment rights.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

"I believe that Americans would agree that the government can’t just make people disappear without any process or explanation. Second, because I want to give the government a chance to admit that they were wrong.

So far the government has not done so."

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-ci...

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

After the Trump regime’s invasion of an apartment building in Chicago earlier this week, all Americans should brush up on their 4th Amendment rights.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

The regime’s playbook:

Launch militarized raids in America’s cities to provoke a reaction.

Then claim the reaction is insurrection to justify even more authoritarian action.

The regime is using state-sanctioned violence to create a crisis.

There is no justification for violence by anyone.

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