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Teri G

@terilg.bsky.social

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Info junkie, native Chicagoan. Music, dogs, progressive politics. Worried about what’s left of democracy. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ☮️ Married. Will block MAGA, crypto, creepy internet suitors, fake profiles & uninvited DMs. Xitter refugee. Can be salty. F*ck you fElon.

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · Aug 31

Get ready #chicago Save and share this image. It will be helpful when the #iceraids begin

Illinois Coalition for immigrant and refugee rights family support network, for ICE sightings, arrests, immigration legal help 7am-9pm: 855-435-7693

Cook County public defender’s arrest response hotline, free lawyers for people in custody or in court Chicago/Cook County 24/7: 844-817-4448

First Defense Legal Aid Help Not Jail Hotline: 1-800-LAW-REP4 / 529-7374

National Lawyers Guild Chicago, free lawyers if arrested during protests or for political activity while in custody or in court: 872-4NLG-CHI / 872-465-4244

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sarahcconner.bsky.social @sarahcconner.bsky.social · 1h

Not to mention the emoluments clause

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Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in 'hot mic' moment

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday if he could meet with Trump's son Eric, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, according to comments by the leaders picked up by a microphone after Trump had addressed a Gaza-focused summit in Egypt.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

MAGA termination of EV benefits causes huge surge in EV sales before benefits end.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1h

Hey Mikey, do your job.

Swear in Adelita Grijalva and release the damn Epstein files!

Thanks to the always brilliant Kris.and.Dave IG

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 2h

It is largely unenforceable at this point and this administration acts like it doesn’t exist. But we should collect as many of their crimes for accountability down the road. We can’t just throw up our hands and accept what they’re doing, in my opinion.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 5h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 4h

Stephen Miller is Making Trump Even More Unpopular (Analysis) migrantinsider.com/p/stephen-mi...

Stephen Miller is Making Trump Even More Unpopular (Analysis)

Mass deportations is no where near as popular as the president seems to think they are.

migrantinsider.com

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 3h

Yikes! Let’s hope it clears tomorrow.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 5h

A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

So can we call it occupation yet

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

I just realized that MAGA means "Make Argentina Great Again."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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Kimberley @kims-sky.bsky.social · 3h

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 6h

This “law and order” administration couldn’t be bigger hypocrites.

Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 6h

Me too!

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 6h

I’m so glad many airports refuse to show brunette Barbie’s fascist video.

Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 6h

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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#HatchAct

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 11h

GOP is blaming upcoming “No Kings”rally for extending government shutdown. Prick, Scott Bessent, says “No Kings means no paychecks, no paychecks and no government"
I say, “Fuck Scott Bessent and the rest of the Guardians Of Pedophiles”.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #NoKings
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Trump Cabinet members blame upcoming 'No Kings' protests for prolonging shutdown

President Donald Trump's treasury and transportation secretaries accused Democrats of extending the shutdown to satisfy "No Kings" protesters.

www.usatoday.com

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 11h

LFG ~ NO MF KINGS IN AMERICA‼️

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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 11h

Jason Houser, former ICE Chief of Staff: “This Isn’t Crisis Response. It’s Crisis Construction.”

"Immigration enforcement has become the administration’s primary political weapon — not to solve problems, but to manufacture fear, provoke outrage and stage an illusion of control."

#MomSky

Opinion | This Isn’t Crisis Response. It’s Crisis Construction.

www.nytimes.com

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 10h

something something 'left wing rhetoric' something something
#momsky

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 8h

Watch this quick explainer on the Hatch Act and you’ll see just how far the regime has gone—propaganda in airports, partisan emails, and political orders from the top. It’s not “messaging,” it’s a full-blown assault on the law that keeps our government nonpartisan.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 8h

Last week Noem tried to turn airports into propaganda theaters, w/ security checkpoints playing video blaming Democrats for the govt shutdown. 19 major airports, including JFK, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Denver, Boston-said no. The Hatch Act (the LAW) prohibits such abuse
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

They Ordered Propaganda. Airports Said No.

American airports are holding the line for Democracy against the Trump propaganda machine. 🔥 Let's help by sharing these awesome videos! 🔥

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