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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 1h

Many will continue to take solace in normalcy bias in an attempt to self-regulate.

Don't expect these folks to react well to attempts to apprise them of unpleasant reality.

PS: What makes you think Johnson intends to bring the house back into session... ever again?

Buckle up buttercups.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump's masked agents believe that their actions are immune from investigation or accountability — they're not.

I've signed an Executive Order today establishing the Illinois Accountability Commission to create a public record and capture the impact on our communities.

Governor JB Pritzker today signed Executive Order 2025-06 to establish the Illinois Accountability Commission (IAC), an independent board tasked with capturing and creating a public record of the conduct of federal law enforcement agents and recommending actions to hold the federal government accountable as they continue conducting military-style operations in Chicago, collar counties, and other areas throughout the state.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 5d

All hope is not lost,

and you are not alone. 🇺🇸

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6d

Wow, lots of American flags and peace . Sure doesn’t seem like people who hate America you absolute embarrassment Speaker Johnson

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Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 6d

While I'm not going to call this outright doomerism (I don't think the OP believes that all hope is lost) I will say that I am not a fan of comments like this.

Much in the same way that you shouldn't police someone's protest for being more aggressive than yours, I don't care to see criticism of...

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 8d

No kings is theater and nothing more. Go if you want to help others towards acrual protests etc but be aware the rad lib theater this weekend isn't stopping fasciam.

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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 7d

Some canaries find themselves deeper in the coal mine than others.

Ignore them at your own peril.

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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 7d

>>> Highly recommend watching Heather Cox Richardson's @hcrichardson.bsky.social daily YouTube briefs <<<

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8_0...

Politics Chat, October 16, 2025

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

www.youtube.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 10d

NO F**KING GUN REGISTRIES.

NO F**KING LGBTQ REGISTRIES.

🇺🇲 NO F**KING KINGS. 🇺🇲

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 11d

Trumps head of operations for the war being waged in Chicago is openly trying to channel the supposedly masculine imagery of the Nazis

Make no mistake these domestic enemies waging war against the states are Nazis.

Bovino is really trying to sell its aesthetic now.

Bovino standing in a Trenchcoat in a hallway lit red. It’s giving Temu fascism.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 14d

Apply this consideration to anything and everything you can.

ie: Following the letter of the law to legally force deployed .mil and LE to listen to Gen Milleys speech over and over again is an incredibly smart and 'safe' form of activism.

Get creative,

your country needs you right now.

🇺🇲

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Armed Equality® @armedequality.bsky.social · 14d

Think about what the bad guys need in order to justify what they want;

then deprive them of it.

ie: Make it as difficult as possible for them to fool people into believing there's any viOlEnT rIoTs or iNsurReCtiOn.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15d

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15d

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17d

282 Ex DOJ officials open letter: “We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 18d

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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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 18d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18d

If any other president said something like this in a speech to a military academy, it would be a massive scandal. Instead, it isn’t among the ten most dangerous things he’s done this week.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 19d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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