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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 7h

I refer to it as the "Shoot the Nazis" option myself

Though I'm partial to guillotines

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haka-hakase (墓博士) @nora-hakase.bsky.social · 7h

I can't believe how many normies are talking about what we might call the 0% option, or the Marie Antoinette Memorial Prize, I suppose

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the kid writes spookily! @thekidwrites.bsky.social · 8h

Seriously, I’m so worried about my girlfriend’s husband

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

i want DHS to have to advertise comprehensive mental healthcare and covering funeral costs as part of the recruiting pitch.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 9h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 8h

Further evidence is that zero Republicans will condemn this

David Austin Walsh @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social · 8h

Also not to relitigate the fascism debate yet again, but seemingly every Republican staffer under 40 expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler should be pretty conclusive evidence of the fascistic dimensions of the modern American right.

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Classics & Virtues @classicvirtues.bsky.social · 9h

Woke 2.0 is going to hit like 80s crack

@loganclarkhall

Trump won. You don't have to do this anymore.

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We are appalled by the vile and inexcusable language revealed in the Politico article published today. Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican, and stands in direct opposition to the values our movement...

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10h

To be fair, most of them aren’t fuckable

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

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.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

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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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10h

I'm not sure what the play is. Usually delay is a defense-preferred strategy, because you never know what can happen (witnesses disappear, move, die, etc). But if Comey's set on a trial, I'd imagine he'd want to rack up the win faster.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 12h

i had a client once who was arrested because the cop insisted his signature was a fake signature. he watched the guy sign the summons and insisted he was ... faking a signature?

we lost

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 13h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 13h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 16h

Whoa

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 16h

Have mercy Lord

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D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 18h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think the SCOTUS composition has changed since the initial argument, but I could be wrong

But yes, it's the case where the LA legislature was ordered to create a second black district due to rampant racial gerrymandering

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Michael Seraphim @mseraphimsl.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that case stinks on ice. Isn't that the one that got that second district created because the SCOTUS said they had to do so and now it's coming back because the composition of the court changed?

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

Not that I've seen. There is R annoyance about inflation, and recently about layoffs. But zero connection between current circumstances and Trump

It's classic "good czar, bad boyars" -- Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 1d

Polls aside, I’m curious about the opinion of those on the ground in NC on what the “vibes” and feel of the citizenry there. Are you sensing Trump is losing *any support* from Republicans there based on the economy and antics from ICE?

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans tried that in North Carolina too, just a few months ago in Jefferson Griffin v NC Board of Elections 🙃

AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 1d

Legitimately disgusting that were getting legal rigging of elections and nobody cares in the media or the electorate. This is not that functionally different than tossing out thousands of votes to help your side win.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure racial gerrymander arguments survive appellate review. I can see the federal district judges striking it down, and 4th Circuit agreeing

But hard to see SCOTUS agree that racial gerrymanders are illegal, esp given the pending re-argument in Louisiana v Callais

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Doc Kennedy @dockennedy.bsky.social · 1d

I agree on the non-zero attempt at 12-2 because NC is a gerrymandering OG but I'm not sure they can get there without opening themselves up to racial arguments. Besides Trump demands fealty, not results, which trying for 1 more seat should demonstrate for Berger

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

Sure seems that way

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FirstCritique @firstcritique.bsky.social · 1d

That is one risk of gerrymandering; if your assumption about how big of a wave is possible winds up being wrong you can wind up wiping out. With that said so far it seems like voters really do not care much what their elected representatives do. They care more about what lies they are told.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

I do passionately hope so

Our current state of affairs was because of a larger-than-expected R electorate in 2010, which led to an R majority in the state legislature, on a D-gerrymandered map, in a Census cycle 😩

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Woe, Chicken Be Upon You @saffronstranger.bsky.social · 1d

I do think if shit keeps going as bad as it has they're going to get hit harder than they think.

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