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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a whistle, please drop by our office (7016 N Clark Street) to pick up one for free.

If you see ICE, blow three short bursts.

If they are detaining someone, blow three long bursts.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 1d

People in historic homes can't even paint without approval, but this guy can demolish part of a historical, government owned building that he is temporarily living in?!? WTH?

#ProudBlue

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson: They go before cameras incredibly and just lie to the American people. Over and over. It's a stunning thing to watch

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Via @klasfeldreports.com, George Santos may not be done with the criminal justice system.

A statement from Nassau, NY DA Anne Donnelly:

Since first learning of George Santos' actions, I have been at the forefront of bringing him to justice. I am proud of the work my office has done, and the conviction achieved in partnership with the US Attorney's office, While the office cannot comment on ongoing investigations, suffice it to say that I remain focused on prosecuting political corruption whereever it exists regardless of political affiliation.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 2d

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Raskin: "Speaker Johnson described the exercise of 1st Amendment rights across the country by 6 or 7 millions Americans as part of No Kings as a 'Hate America Rally.' The Hate America Rally happened on January 6 ... there were more than 140 police officers who were wounded."

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi, who was paid what might as well be a retainer for her services, is presumably who will approve the nine-figure payout from DOJ to Donald.

www.google.com/url?q=https:...

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Raskin with Jeffries: "It's an alarming situation where now we have many of these January 6 defendants who have been picked up on other defenses. The Department of Justice is not zealously prosecuting them for other crimes they have committed ... it's a very dangerous situation."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Black Homeowners Receive Higher Appraisal After Displaying Pictures Of Klan Members

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"I don't know anything about that so I'm afraid I can't comment."

--Speaker Mike Johnson, repeatedly

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

How does one steal $23K and not get arrested?

Dona Flaca @chilangolandia.bsky.social · 1d

At two of those events, the club ran up bills of more than $23,000 over a weekend at a Syracuse hotel – spending big on a three-course plated dinner with filet mignon and open bars – but then didn’t pay, according to records obtained by syracuse.com.

NY State Young Republicans stiffed Syracuse hotel for lavish party before racist chat ended their run

Embattled GOP group failed to fully pay bills for three-course steak dinner, luncheon and open bars at Syracuse hotel.

www.syracuse.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Racial profiling. All day every day.

www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 2d

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 1d

Insurance premiums are set to skyrocket for Minnesotans and families across the country unless Congressional Republicans work with us to extend the health care tax credits.

Open enrollment starts in just 11 days on November 1. This is a *now* problem.

www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Health insurance rate hikes hit Minnesota as open enrollment begins

Costs could rise even more for some if federal credits expire as planned.

www.axios.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing.

Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑 @coalsmom.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously this is why he lied about his intentions. He said he wasn't going to tear down any part of the White House during construction. And why the Treasury Department has told employees to stop sending pictures of the demolition out to the public.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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