Eric Bottorff
@torff.bsky.social
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Adjunct of economics and philosophy / You’ll Never Walk Alone
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karlbode.com
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)
torff.bsky.social
Even if ICE officers started respecting the law and did their job with no violence or hate, ICE would still be evil because the laws they are meant to enforce are evil. More Democrats need to be calling for the repeal of those laws. If they don’t, they are, at best, complicit.
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atrupar.com
Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned
Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!
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torff.bsky.social
Have we learned nothing?
tiffany.thetriibe.com
every time i’ve turned on CNN this week, Rahm Emanuel has been on here.

he’s on Anderson Cooper’s show now
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kenwhite.bsky.social
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
flglchicago.bsky.social
Here’s video of the incident
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flglchicago.bsky.social
Sorry, took a while to look up original poster, she deserves the credit for the video
mskellymhayes.bsky.social
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
torff.bsky.social
Another one of those incidents you should send to every Trump supporter you know.
flglchicago.bsky.social
Here’s video of the incident
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
flglchicago.bsky.social
Here’s video of the incident
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.
flglchicago.bsky.social
Here’s video of the incident
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vickyacab.bsky.social
I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️
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radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
"Fuck Charlie Kirk"
Seen in San Francisco, California
torff.bsky.social
That’s why this is the greatest murder scene in movie history.

youtu.be/N9wsjroVlu8
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Pritzker is full of shit. He asked Illinois residents to take out their phones and record ICE…then his gestapo beat up and arrested people doing just that, including my friend.
jecboyle.bsky.social
I was Pritzker’s biggest fanboy, so I realize it’s hard to accept his betrayal. It was hard for me, but I saw it with my own eyes.
Please stop gaslighting me about Pritzker. You weren’t there. I was. These are Pritzker’s brown shirts, working fist-in-glove with ICE/CBP.
Pritzker’s brown shirts attacking protesters. Pritzker’s brown shirts. Dude in military gear is also Pritzker’s. Note the Illinois State Police patch on the dude in military gear.
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kenwhite.bsky.social
We’re getting very used to this but the statement is unusually unhinged.
robertdownen.bsky.social
Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.
torff.bsky.social
So we’re bringing back COINTELPRO, then?
robertdownen.bsky.social
Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
peark.es
Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
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prisonculture.bsky.social
We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.
torff.bsky.social
"Even after accounting for other factors like initial income, institutions, education and geography, countries that had a higher foreign capital share in 1980 experienced significantly slower income growth by 2019." aeon.co/essays/how-f...
How foreign capital can hinder, or help, economic development | Aeon Essays
How do some countries manage to channel foreign capital into economic development while others are just exploited by it?
aeon.co
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boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com
Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.
The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”
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qjurecic.bsky.social
Same thing happened in LA, same thing happened in DC: prosecutors charged people with assaulting a federal officer and then furiously backpedaled when the evidence didn’t support it
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities