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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 50m

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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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1h

10 days until the biggest peaceful protests in modern American history. A No Kings Day event is likely happening near you wherever you are. Please join us to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 12h

San Diego was handling Burbank flights last night 😬

Haley Stevens @haleyformi.bsky.social · 12h

The longer this shutdown goes on, the more dangerous travel becomes for all of us. I'm ready to get back to work. I'm not sure my Republican colleagues can say the same. https://bit.ly/46VOv4h

Air traffic controller shortages amid shutdown lead to canceled flights, delays nationwide

Controllers are considered essential workers and are exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown.

bit.ly

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RavenMae @ravenmae.bsky.social · 13h

Idc who you offer up prayers or good vibes or positive thoughts into an unknowing universe or whathaveyou. Dolly Parton has brought good into the world in many ways. So for her, we pray.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 14h

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20h

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

This image was posted on X today by a Chicago Tribune reporter. Trump’s government has declared war on the American people — or some of them, based on race.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 14h

"You have to then think, 'Do I really love music or is it the fame that I really love, or is it the money that I'm after, or is it the other benefits that come with it?' I think I got to the conclusion that I really was there for the music more than anything else."

Robin Hilton @robinpr.bsky.social · 16h

It turns out the 'Wish You Were Here' title isn't actually a reference to Syd Barrett. Listen now on this wk's All Songs Considered from @npr.org

A conversation with David Gilmour : All Songs Considered

The Pink Floyd guitarist and singer talks about the 50th anniversary of Wish You Were Here, a new live album and concert film for his latest solo release Luck And Strange, and more.Weekly Reset: Rowin...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16h

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 15h

"What’s important is the rise of Bari Weiss conservatives, who are putting a respectable sheen on Trump and MAGA’s autocratic aims. Polite Trumpism may not be as radical or obnoxious as the real kind, but it will still destroy America as we know it."

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 16h

Bill Maher says he still votes for Democratic candidates. But Weiss has helped provide language for Maher, Bezos and other coastal, non-evangelical people to express their views and resentments. It's a new version of "moderate" conservatism. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

newrepublic.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

Actually, I think the far-right is accurately identifying an existential issue.

So many of the most vehement far-right were either heavily bullied or did the bullying.

Teaching empathy to the next generation is fundamentally at odds with conservative political philosophy.

That's why they hate it.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 20h

At this point, maybe an important enough distinction to note: both Trump appointees were appointed in Trump’s first term, when some guardrails still existed on appointments.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20h

NEW: The Ninth Circuit schedules oral argument for Thursday in the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Immergut's order temporarily blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

The panel assignment:
Susan P. Graber (Clinton)
Ryan D. Nelson (Trump)
Bridget S. Bade (Trump)

2025-10-09 9:00 am Courtroom 2, 3rd Floor Rm 330, James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse, San Francisco
Before: GRABER, R. NELSON, and BADE, Circuit Judges
Case No.
25-6268
State of Oregon, et al. v. Trump, et al.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 1d

"There are sound reasons for doctrines of deference, but none that justify acquiescing in lies. Immergut’s decision shows that need not happen. She demonstrates that ordinary judicial virtues—care, honesty, restraint—are enough to halt extraordinary abuses." harrylitman.substack.com/p/portland-j...

Portland Judge’s Vital Lesson: Deference Is Not Blind Obedience

Judges can’t defer to determinations “untethered to facts.”

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 1d

Chris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/a...

Chris Dreja, a Founding Member of the Yardbirds, Dies at 78

A rhythm guitarist and bassist, he was a “rock” for a band whose fiery lead players, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, had no shortage of ego.

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 2d

"war hysteria is continuous and universal in all countries, acts as raping, looting, the slaughter of children, the reduction of whole populations to slavery, and reprisals against prisoners which extend even to boiling and burying alive, are looked upon as normal"

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Vince Outlaw @vinceoutlaw.com · 2d

THIS

San Diego Bikeist @sdbikeist.bsky.social · 3d

He believes that labeling all who oppose this administration terrorists will allow him to deploy violent force against them, cementing MAGA’s control of our government.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 3d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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