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Wendy M. A. Darling

@wendymadarling.bsky.social

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"Whaddayacall, a pigeoness." Retired femme fatale. Crazy dog lady. Fan of Dave Alvin, abortion rights, social justice, knitting. Danuta Danielsson=hero. LGBTQ ally. If you’re a white woman Trump voter, I despise you. Brett Kavanaugh is a creepy twat.

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · Feb 14

Ladies and gentlemen: the felon president of the United States.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

😕

Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2h

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 43m

By no means. Politically sound fellas who are kind and have a sense of humor? Bring ‘em on!

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 47m

Paging reporter man @jaketapper.bsky.social

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 12h

Pritzker goes there on Trump: “This is a man who’s suffering dementia…It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.” Via Chicago Tribune

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 1h

Not enough bad things can happen to Ken Paxton, and they can’t happen soon enough.

$3700/hr. Fuck that.

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1h

I don’t know what you do for a living, but you should probably raise your hourly rate

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1h

I am thinking about my work with Trial Lawyers Care on behalf of families of 9/11 victims in the early aughts and how hard it was to gather evidence a few years on for actuarial purposes.

This current undertaking is way more massive than that.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1h

It might be time for trial lawyers to come together again to start some form of evidence banking.

Historians also.

Librarians needed to catalog and index.

This is critical work for future accountability and we need to start doing it now.

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 4h

Hell, I babysit the founder’s kids. For FREE!

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Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 1d

At 4:00 priest shot in head by ICE. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

ICE violence caught on camera featured among evidence in new lawsuit

Rachel Maddow relays reports of a brutal, militaristic raid on an apartment building in Chicago, and shares video included as exhibits in a new lawsuit showing ICE agents violently attacking a Presbyt...

www.msnbc.com

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 4h

Way too nice not identifying the snarky, ill-informed peckersnot “asking” the question.

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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 5h

Facts matter!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

Oh this is not great

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The Liberal Agenda @theleft.org · 20h

Boycott any business that serves ICE in any city.

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 4h

I’m developing a mad crush on Governor Pritzker. Huge 😻 crush

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

More and more Democrats are calling out the Mad King, you love to see it

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 4h

Seriously, anyone out there who hires actors for the TV or the flicks: I’m 100% sure that there is ALWAYS somebody you could hire other than Matthew Marsden.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

So, it was actually Matthew Marsden, Mark, Luke & John.

Harry👊🇺🇸🔥 @scondrasht.bsky.social · 2d

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

So, it was actually Matthew Marsden, Mark, Luke & John.

Harry👊🇺🇸🔥 @scondrasht.bsky.social · 2d

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 5h

One of them.

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April @apriljoy.bsky.social · 8h

Pam Bondi brought a written list of insults to use against senators during her Epstein hearing the other day.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 8h

ICE. IS. ALWAYS. LYING.

Bodycam footage shows ICE agent taunting Marimar Martinez before shooting her 5x in Chicago’s Brighton Park, contradicting federal claims that she drove toward officers.

The footage blows apart DHS’s fabricated story about the shooting.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 5h

Even *I* have heard of him. Although I am less old and much less fascist than Trump. I hope his halftime show rocks, although after the Bondi remarks, I don’t think I can bring myself to care who wins.

Wendy M. A. Darling @wendymadarling.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, dawg forbid anybody might ever make a mistake.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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