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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 52m

If these dudes are guilty, let a jury say so.

But an "Antifa Cell"? B/c the DOJ says so repeatedly?

Or are they, just as Bush II repeatedly placed Saddam Hussein and 9/11 in the same sentences to sell invading Iraq, trying to fix that framing in the public mind?
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Kash Patel claims members of 'Antifa Cell' indicted on terrorism charges

FBI Director Kash Patel claimed that the FBI had indicted "members" of a purported "Antifa Cell" on terrorism charges.An indictment unsealed on Thursday charged Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts with ...

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1h

What color is your armband?
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The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1h

What part of losing your Bill of Rights protections to a totalitarian dictator backed by masked secret police makes your heart sing, 🎼 "I’m proud to be an American | Where at least I know I’m free"?
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Kids at Pride Festival (by John Pavlovitz).

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 4h

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Georgia Voter: I’m glad the Democrats are holding out for some of us—for the 20 million people who still need it and will only get insurance this way.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t Own A TV Station?

A reader with “exactly zero artistic ability” asked for a post on how I’m creating protest signs readable from passing cars. Here ya go. Cheap, fast, down and dirty.
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36×22 protest sign: ARE YOUR GROCERIES CHEAPER?

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 17h

Bill Kristol writes that “the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have abandoned all pretense that they are interested in something so old-fashioned as the rule of law.”

Pretty much. We are in “off with their heads” territory.
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 19h

A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility....
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Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

“Even in Afghanistan, we had very clear rules of engagement. The conduct of these [CBP/ICE] agents was such that if it occurred in Afghanistan, they would be removed from the frontline. They would be court-martialed.”
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Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 2d

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘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.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t Own A TV Station?

A reader with “exactly zero artistic ability” asked for a post on how I’m creating protest signs readable from passing cars. Here ya go. Cheap, fast, down and dirty.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

A Little Imaginary Safety
Mike @SpeakerJohnson , whose party has a "pro-Hamas wing” again?
Tom @GOPMajorityWhip Emmer, whose party has a "terrorist wing"?
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Honestly, I loaded the NYT front page this morning and instantly thought that the man on the left was ICE until I saw the AK. The cutline identifies him as a "Hamas gunman." The man on the right is from CBP/ICE.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Your future in MAGA's America....
"Everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber."
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

We Still Have Heroes
A flood of attorneys repulsed by their firms' kowtowing to Trump placed their dedication to the law above Big Law’s commitment to profit. They quit in disgust, giving up six- and seven-figure salaries to fight to preserve democracy.
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

A Little Imaginary Safety
Mike @SpeakerJohnson , whose party has a "pro-Hamas wing” again?
Tom @GOPMajorityWhip Emmer, whose party has a "terrorist wing"?
digbysblog.net/2025/10/14/a...

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

Loaded up the NYT front page just now and instantly thought this was ICE.
Cutline: A Hamas gunman on Monday during the handover of Israeli hostages in Deir al Balah, in southern Gaza.

Cutline: A Hamas gunman on Monday during the handover of Israeli hostages in Deir al Balah, in southern Gaza.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 2d

What Does CBP Teach Their “Cops”?
ICE draws weapons on ppl who ask questions.
ICE arrests ppl for legally videoing their arrests.
ICE demands "papers" from 15-yr-olds.
ICE hides their faces & drives cars w/o proper plates.

Why do we let the lawless enforce the law?
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Chicago Tribune investigative reporter video.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 3d

“Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the US Army, 34th President

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 3d

Your papers, please
Federal agents are stopping Americans — even teens — and demanding proof of citizenship.
Do we really want to live like this?
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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 3d

An immigrant from the Philippines said, “I know what it looks like when people in authority are not held to account for anything they do. … They’re doing it right now here, it’s no different. This is Nazi s—t. When the state is failing, this is what they do.”
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Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 4d

#NoKings

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 4d

Millions of people will be out in communities across the country to peacefully, powerfully celebrate and protect our rights.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 4d

Who'd a thunk it?
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Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 5d

As is often true of liars, bullies, and extremist conservatives, they can dish it out but cannot take it.
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