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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 18

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · Sep 18

feels like a good day to mention that your library might give you access to Kanopy, a streaming service that is, as far as I know, not evil

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 4

Does it…illuminate the thinking and background of a major mayoral candidate? Does it actually do that?

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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · Jul 4

Damn, it looks just like the photos of the disappeared that were put up by relatives in the South American dictatorships

Small selection of black and white photos of the faces of the disappeared of the Pinochet dictatorship, now at its Museum of Memory and Human Rights

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

I grew up this way. We were poor.
Mom and I put in a two-acre vegetable garden every year —canning, freezing.... I raised 100 baby chicks which we butchered in the fall. We had pigs, a milk cow.
It took 5-8 acres. We still bought salt, sugar, flour....
It was damned hard work.
This is a joke.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · Jun 29

Metaphor alert.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Jun 28

LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.

Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles

Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.

www.latimes.com

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 29

Count me in, then.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Jun 24

Everyone needs to start reporting ICE agents are Iranian sleeper cells.

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 25

Chocolate? Because I'll chip in — it's been one of those days for some reason.

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 22

Question:
Dropping a bomb on a nuclear facility seems particularly foolhardy. I know Iran is saying that they've moved things to a secure location, but....
It feels like Trump didn't just start WWIII, he risked starting a nuclear chain reaction. True?

LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 22

Question:
Dropping a bomb on a nuclear facility seems particularly foolhardy. I know Iran is saying that they've moved things to a secure location, but....
It feels like Trump didn't just start WWIII, he risked starting a nuclear chain reaction. True?

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Oregon Justice Resource Center @ojrcenter.bsky.social · Jun 12

“An Oregon State Police recruitment email for the SWAT unit trumpeted fatal shootings by its members and the elite unit’s use of an arsenal of weapons.”

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark

Oregon State Police tried to conceal this controversial SWAT recruitment email when The Oregonian/OregonLive requested it. Now state police are distancing themselves from it.

www.oregonlive.com

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Jennifer Stisa Granick @granick.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hey, MSM: Teen Vogue is carrying the water for all y'all

www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood

Here’s a step-by-step guide.

www.teenvogue.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jun 14

via Benedicto.Uribe on TikTok

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

I probably should have phrased it 'in spite of what we taught.'
I see hope in the rise of independent journalists, but I read a lot. Too many don't, and we are not seeing a commitment to civic journalism on the national media, neither print or broadcast.
Instead we're seeing a dystopian movie.

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

I used your book — and Postman's — in my advanced mass media and society class.
I'm not sure if we were over-optimistic or naive, but they've managed to make a dystopian movie out of what we taught.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · Jun 12

Senator Padilla was driven violently to his knees–as if made to kneel before the authority of the executive–because the administration called his questions “disrespectful”.

This should offend not just the other 99 Senators. It should offend the conscience of this country.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 13

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Jun 11

We are aware of multiple federal operations impacting farm workers across California today. To all working people in California, remember: we are in this together.

Our statement: ufw.org/ufw-statemen...

#WeFeedYou

A photo of a UFW march where workers are holding up signs saying "With these hands we feed you" and red UFW shirts and flags and with a text overlay saying: UFW statement on increased Federal activity

Border patrol truck coming into Oxnard fields where farm workers are laboring

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jun 10

Not true.

I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it.
Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jun 11

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jun 9

Perfect

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Jun 9

Definitely need the National Guard to quell this... insurrection of... line dancing?

Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · Jun 8

The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 8

At ProPublica, we believe that a strong democracy requires informed citizens. Our reporting shines a light on the forces that threaten our democratic systems — and it's free and accessible to all.

Help us continue this critical work. Donate today: propub.li/3Z4N1Sc

Graphic that reads: The right to know is vital. Help us protect it. Donate by June 13.

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LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 8

Coast counts as border....

LJ Breedlove @ljbwrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

And not just platforming neo-Nazis, but ones ignorant of history. Every history department I've known have had some pretty right-wing (white, male, ofc) professors already.
But Holocaust deniers? No, ignorant isn't a diversity of viewpoints.