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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 19m

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 33m

New video: how the conspiracy machine generates new stuff:

youtu.be/0FfuEJFKlVQ?...

John Solomon’s ‘Bombshell’ Just Blew Up In His Face 😬 | Adam Kinzinger Responds

YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger

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Diana 💙 @jstmeinmo.bsky.social · 5m

This….

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County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court

Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court. The county includes Chicago, which has seen a federal immigration crackdown in recent months.

apnews.com

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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 13m

Court reform is the only way out of this authoritarian trap. Expand, restructure jurisdiction, channel, new courts—the works.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 7h

Remember when Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski told a room of nonprofit leaders “we are all afraid”? Then in July, she cast the crucial yes vote for Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” hoping to stay in his good graces. I wonder how she feels today, with Alaska underwater and no help coming.

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💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 2h

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Mike Johnson Has 48 Hours To Swear In Adelita Grijalva Or Arizona Is Suing Him

Arizona AG Kris Mayes has sent Speaker Mike Johnson a demand letter, giving him two days to inform her when he is swearing in Adelita Grijalva, or he will be sued.

www.politicususa.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2h

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a HUGE voting rights case today.

Louisiana v. Callais will determine whether the heart of the Voting Rights Act lasts beyond the midterms.

Uphold the VRA.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 5h

ICE arrested my good friend @roadsteamer.bsky.social for fucking singing!!!
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Robby Roadsteamer

Robby Roadsteamer is the voice of the New Generation at Protests and stuff.

www.youtube.com

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4h

Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 23h

🚨BREAKING: Arizona’s 7th District is certified — Adelita Grijalva is now U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson’s last excuse is gone. No more lies. No more delays. Swear her in NOW so she can do her job. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 4h

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8h

I presume that orchestra people have vicious stereotypes about clarinetists that could be deployed here. I once heard three performers riff on violists for ten minutes and it was frightening.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 1h

America has no kings. That’s kind of the whole point.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1h

Justice JACKSON standing up for voting rights. 🔥

Louisiana: Plaintiffs said 'we want another majority-black district.'

Jackson: No. They said 'we aren't receiving equal electoral opportunity because our votes are being diluted.'

Louisiana: Same thing.

Jackson: No, it’s not.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨IRS, FBI, Federal Marshals, MPD, DEA, ICE, HLS, and ATF here to “investigate” this woman. Suspicious for being black? The regime has made their white supremacism clear. The time for us to reject it is NOW!

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered.

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown. U.S.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

ICYMI: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3h

𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑨𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒔.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 7h

White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3h

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2h

Probably because you are terrorizing their communities.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 9h

Jasmine Crockett Drops Another
Chump Truth Bomb.......

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3h

SCOTUS looks ready to erase another key piece of the Voting Rights Act, this time by striking down Louisiana’s Black-majority district for “relying too much on race.” Let me translate…they’re opening the door for states to erase Black and Latino districts that usually vote blue.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2h

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

There is no place for partisan political videos from the govt being blasted in airports attacking the opposition party. That is what authoritarian regimes do. This should not be a partisan issue - it is fundamentally un-American.

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