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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

This is infuriating. She excuses the orders as "preliminary," but that's an argument for applying settled law or preserving the status quo. Allowing POTUS to disregard Congressional appropriations and fire independent agency heads are neither, they're a radical restructuring of Constitutional order.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 55m

I don’t always proofread these posts, but glad I did this time or it would read “a chronic liar, a Batman for the rich…”

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 58m

Thread for Minneapolis people!

Jacob Frey is, as my grandfather would say, a bum. A chronic liar, a bagman for the rich, and an enemy of any meaningful progress in the city. Please don’t rank him! Thank you.

David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 1h

I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:

Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 2h

Yesterday, I hosted an incredible event, "Ward 8 for a New Mayor." We talked about why we need a new mayor and then @jazzformayor.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , and @dewayneforminneapolis.com laid out why they should be our next mayor. I came away excited about all of them and will rank all three!

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 4h

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 6h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Owen Dennis @oweeeeendennis.bsky.social · 3h

I was at this concert and lemme tell you, I've never seen a bigger audience pop than this.

If only there was some kind of message Democrats could read from this. Oh well!

www.thedailybeast.com/pop-star-cha...

Pop Star Pauses Concert to Say ‘F*** ICE’

Chappell Roan slammed the federal agency on Friday, while Chance the Rapper put out the same message at a different concert.

www.thedailybeast.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 9h

The far-right mouthpiece who told young men to clean up their place while in front of his very clearly messy home, now has contracted an illness from all the mold in his home.

If you wrote such a fascist character in a story it would be deemed a silly caricature.

Jordan Peterson diagnosed with chronic condition after exposure to mold

Peterson's daughter said her father has a "genetic predisposition that causes the immune system to have an inability to identify and detoxify mold."

www.newsweek.com

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 16h

Matt I’m sorry you got Covid and then Exploding Dick Disease. Hope you feel better soon!

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 16h

👎👎👎

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 16h

It’s almost Halloween and I’m terrified thinking of all the skeletons walking around, hiding inside people. And nobody’s doing a damn thing about it!!

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker

But I am losing faith, rapidly.

Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

exactly

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 23h

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

yep! and what the mayor here in Minneapolis has been doing for years with our local cops.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

Finally - if Pritzker really isn’t in control of his state police, it’s incumbent on him to get them in line. If he can’t, and just expects everyone to ignore their brutality, that’s cowardly and immoral. But it’s not on US to decode! It’s reasonable to assume he’s fine with what they’re doing.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

On paper they are, the reality may be different. But the cognitive dissonance of the rhetoric vs what’s actually happening is the point. We don’t have the luxury of insulting in fantasies about what people in power are actually doing.

Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 21h

Are they under his control though? Is he afraid to test that?

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

Some people got angry at this post a few days ago, but I don’t know what to tell you. It really sucks but false heroes give false hope. Pritzker has said some great things and his lawsuits vs feds seems righteous but having HIS cops brutalize people makes a joke of it.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 4d

Are you stopping them? Doesn’t look like it.

Analysis is 100% right but it’s important not to blow smoke when your citizens are getting brutalized. Maybe all the people saying the governor has no legit way of actually stopping them are correct! But if you can’t, then don’t claim you are.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 21h

These are state police, under @jbpritzker.bsky.social’s control. The great khan.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 1d

I had a lot of convos with people who said they were sympathetic, but Defund the Police was a "bad slogan". I told them it wasn't a slogan. It was an answer. It was an answer to the constant question "what can we do to actually lower crime and make our neighborhood's safer?"

Anyway. Here we are.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus Christ! You took the wrong 79 year old!

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Undeniably true. If they can’t grab more money and power from a thing, it’s absolutely worthless to them.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus Christ, THC!
Late onset dyslexia??

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

Me after drinking one 5mg TCH seltzer

Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 1d

Head and shoulder shot of 1970s era Captain Marvel from Marvel comics. His eyes are angry and red and his face has otherwise been completely replaced by stars planets. What look like a couple of exploding stars. Narration: “… And THIS man can protect it. For he is now COSMICALLY AWARE!“

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

In a sane world the material rewards bestowed on any one of the 100% talentless, dumb Trump kids would have destroyed the meritocracy myth forever. The fact that there are now 4-5 Trumpling wastrels shows that our current system is fucked beyond redemption.

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