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Kurt
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · Jul 7
Electoral politics as we know it will not lead us out of this. We are too far gone now. Instead, we need to look at the nonviolent paths other countries followed to free themselves from authoritarian regimes. Turn off cable news, turn down social media, and pick up these roadmaps and guidebooks: 1/
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5h
As we've learned repeatedly in our long history, most Americans are A-OK with mass murder
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8h
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 9h
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5h
As we've learned repeatedly in our long history, most Americans are A-OK with mass murder
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6h
As we've learned repeatedly in our long history, most Americans are A-OK with mass murder
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6h
Feds keep gassing Chicago cops gonna be quite the show
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8h
Arrived today. Seems timely.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 23h
The standards are that they were deployed to another state illegally, and that pesky little standard called Posse Comitatus
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d
And why am I so much reminded of "Peace is at hand" which was followed by the 1972 Christmas bombings
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d
Let’s not kid ourselves. It’s not a peace agreement. It’s a real estate deal.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d
I come from a family with many members in law enforcement. Half of these guys are going to end up with their own weapons in their own mouths.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d
Worth replaying, oh, every day
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Martin Kloppers @cellotaur.bsky.social · May 29
This is absolutely perfect.
“Your life doesn’t suck”, spoken word by Alyson Welborn 👏
#MAGA
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d
Commanders shouldn't be drugging or juicing themselves. And the Nazis used meth.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d
More like Stephen Miller is a kapo. Trump isn't running anything any more. Miller is.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
They always telegraph their punches. And right now they're telegraphing they're going to start shooting protestors
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
Her reporting filed so far
Federal Judge Appears Skeptical of Reasoning Behind National Guard Deployment in Illinois During Ongoing Hearing
Lawyers for the Department of Justice told U.S. District Court Judge April Perry the president deployed the National Guard because “levels of violence against federal law enforcement executing their l...
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
The Texas national guard is installing a forward base in downtown Chicago with the inevitable outcome of shooting protesters. Long but illuminating thread reporting on court arguments this afternoon.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d
Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d
FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
They are using it as a city base to use against protests, especially for the October 18th No Kings event which should be huge. Gives them a week to do recon and settle in.

And the Chicago Marathon runs right by the building this Sunday.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
They are using it as a city base to use against protests, especially for the October 18th No Kings event which should be huge. Gives them a week to do recon and settle in.

And the Chicago Marathon runs right by the building this Sunday.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
They are using it as a city base to use against protests, especially for the October 18th No Kings event which should be huge. Gives them a week to do recon and settle in.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
...that are happening regularly in the downtown area, and especially for the October 18th No Kings protest which will be huge.

This is gonna be bad. They're gonna start shooting.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
And this is why the Texas national guard has been assigned to patrol the federal courthouse in the Chicago Loop for no reason, and over the objection of the judge and committee who run the facility.

Gives them a downtown base for the military to use against the protests

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d
"We're another trigger pull away from another...tragedy. Don't let it happen."

-- William Enyart, retired Major General, former commander of the Illinois National Guard
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6d
Guardian reported Spain
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6d
Gonna use live rounds instead of pepper balls to protect against Christians?
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25d
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6d
What, are they going to use live rounds instead? Still going to target clergy?
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25d
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6d
What, are they gonna use live rounds instead?
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25d
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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