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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · Jun 10

"Where is the NRA now" posts are, I think, useful frames for noting the key insight of Cowie's Freedom's Dominion:

There are two types of freedom:

1. FROM oppression.
2. TO oppress.

And (2) has always been what the NRA types embraced.

So Trump IS LIBERATORY for them.

Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · Jun 9

Imagine spending your whole life cos-playing and fantasizing about fighting the federal government sending troops in against its own citizens only to root for the government when the moment finally arrives

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🐸 🥪🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 6d

The Chicago apartment raid was a Wells Fargo foreclosure using a federal raid and ICE 😳To me this raises questions was there coordination between Wells Fargo and federal agents. Boycott WF, join a credit union realestate.news/news/the-rea...

RealEstate.news - The real estate battle behind the contentious South Shore ICE raid

Midnight raid on South Shore apartments sparks owner‑lender legal fight, revealing Chicago real‑estate turmoil.

realestate.news

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 8d

🧵Powerful thread regarding the implication about Wells Fargo and the Gestapo ICE raid on the Chicago apartment building. Please read each segment of the thread.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 8d

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What if billionaire donors had a problem property-foreclosed,losing💰 & wanted it cleared overnight?Normally that takes months in court. But what if all it took now was right meme coin transfer?Who would put it past them?
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Kevin Verhoff @kevinverhoff.bsky.social · 2d

Is it possible that my policy that involves attacking Americans with helicopters and ripping children away from their parents is wrong?

No. It’s the protesters who are out of touch.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 3d

This madness is coming for all of us if we do not unite and take a stand. It’s time for everyone to use their voice, find a protest, and let our leaders know this is unacceptable.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/

Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration

TikTok video by WGN9Chicago

www.tiktok.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 4d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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sep120.bsky.social @sep120.bsky.social · 5d

Weekly Stop Citizens Bank From Financing Private ICE Prisons Standout, Friday, October 10. Happens every Friday from 11:30-1:00 at 228 King Street, Northampton, Massachusetts

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HandsomePackers @handsomepackers.bsky.social · 6d

If we have elections in the future, we should be prepared if the US returns. We should have immediate prosecutions for Bondi, Halligan, Homan, Mailman, Gruenbaum, McMahon, Noem, Miller, Vought and Trump for conspiracy, crimes against rights, extortion. And we should imprison them FAST.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6d

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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xrayagent.bsky.social @xrayagent.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s a thread of examples of Right Wingers pretending to be antifa/leftist/whatever in order to escalate violence:

bsky.app/profile/matt...

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 7d

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 8d

These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.

Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.

@lizzieohreally.bsky.social

Lizzie O’Leary quote post of a CNN post that pairs the headline “What is the insurrection act?” with an image of an on fire Winchell’s Donuts from the 92 LA riots.

O’Leary: Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsk... • 57m
This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.
CNN:
@cnn.com • 7h
"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes
Zachary B. Wolf. cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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sep120.bsky.social @sep120.bsky.social · 8d

Holyoke Against ICE at City Hall, Monday, Oct 6. (Massachusetts) Protesters gathered outside City Hall & then observed the meeting, opposing a resolution seen as conciliatory toward ICE. Community members also spoke against the measure. Councilors voted against it 3-2. A final vote happens tonight.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 10d

This is the state secret police committing acts of public humiliation and torture. Americans don’t have a language for this in the public consciousness but that is what this is with no exaggeration or embellishment.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10d

So much Democrat and pundit handwringing about the shutdown as if they're in charge of the government.

They're not. The only possibilities are Trump makes things worse with Democratic approval or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic resistance. Don't bail him out.

My latest (on @msnbc.com):

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

www.msnbc.com

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sep120.bsky.social @sep120.bsky.social · 10d

Weekly Standout at Pride for Migrant Workers, Hadley, Massachusetts, Saturday, October 4

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 11d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 11d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Agent53.bsky.social @agent53.bsky.social · 12d

Good. All members of the Trump Secret Police should be refused service, banned, barred whatever from everything possible.

These are not members of your community, they aren't protectors, they aren't "law enforcement."

They're state-sponsored terrorists.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d

Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12d

hey, someone willing to fight. good for him.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16d

Alex Soros, the son of George, says his family's philanthropic organization will not cave to pressure from Trump — telling a group it had done nothing wrong and would back away from its human rights work "over my dead body." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Trump’s Targeting of Soros Foundations Elicits Fear and Defiance on Left

www.nytimes.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 12d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13d

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded.

“CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

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