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Philip Mai @philipmai.com · 4h

As they should. It's clearly illegal. The US is not a monarchy. He is trying to put Band-Aids on problems he himself created.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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God @god.bsky.social · 1d

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 4d

I like this ICE reporting acronym much better than prior ones: “CLEAR.”
C - count
L - location
E - equipment, incl clothing
A - activity
R - report time

Graphic from Oregon Worker Relief and Oregon For All:

Reporting ICE activity?
Be CLEAR!

Count: "3 officers, 1 van"
Location: "SE 2nd & Morrison, Portland"
Equipment: "Blue uniforms that say ICE, white van unmarked*
Activity: "Officers are checking IDs"
Report time: "245pm, Feb 2"

Share facts, not fear.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 1d

And according to the same degenerates, 12yo children are adults ready to enter sexual relationships with people twice their age and bear and raise children. GTFOH.

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 1d

Verified/confirmed.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.

Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.

So much for America First.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

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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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 1d

Can we celebrate and publicize the wins, not just the new Jonathan Mitchell lawsuits or anti politicians' letters to FDA?

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue • Missouri Independent

A Missouri appeals court unanimously rejected arguments by the attorney general that abortion regulations do not cause "irreparable harm."

missouriindependent.com

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 1d

He’s not even a gangster. He’s a spoiled brat who’s never been told “no” in his life, and that has snowballed into a pathological, vindictive, narcissistic personality. He’s a toddler having an adult-sized, adult-money-funded perpetual tantrum.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d

The cartels could actually make money by simply becoming ICE agents to get that $50k signon bonus & bunch of free guns and ready access to a whole bunch of ICE agents but who am I to tell anyone how to do their business

Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS.

abcnews.go.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

So glad we’re burning down rainforests and drying up lakes to help total losers masturbate in an entirely new way

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

YOUR police should be reigning in these ICE invaders. Posts on socials aren’t action. Stand and deliver, or you’re just another blowhard.

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

Woooowwwwww, Reuters that’s one helluva journalistic AND editorial gaffe.

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

Oh look, it’s Frey’s governance plan.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4d

"While your proposal to increase the bed availability in your shelter from 80 to 140 by purchasing accessory dwelling units was a surprisingly resourceful plan, the budget and governance committees have identified pickleball as the issue that voters care about most."

Thank You for Submitting Your Homeless Shelter Application, but We’ve Decided to Use City Funds for Thirty-Five New Pickleball Courts Instead

Thank you for submitting your grant application for a homelessness shelter expansion. We received many competitive proposals, including yours. With...

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 2d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 3d

I think the wealthy of this town are trying to rewrite history with their Precarious State circle jerk on all their corporate stations & papers

I think they don't want us to realize our PBS is telling the accurate history of Mayors & Cops in this town.

Watch Paradox next Tuesday at 7pm on TPT2!

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

Must be a cop family.

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, I thought that ear was “blown off”?

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if a woman president went off about every picture of herself she didn’t like. “Hysterical.” “Emotional.” “PMSing.” “Petty bitch.”

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

"We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced." ~W.E.B. Du Bois

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 3d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 3d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

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Chris @dragonflymsp.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting that the job market’s imploding as he makes this statement.

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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 3d

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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sevnty6 @sevnty6.bsky.social · 3d

So... @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governorwalz.mn.gov @governor.ca.gov @governor.pa.gov @governor.ny.gov

Since Trump plays fast & loose w/ the law, wouldnt a
governor have complete authority to arrest people
impersonating federal officers? I mean, no official uniform,
no warrants, no id, face coverings...all sound like the hallmarks
of impersonating an officer, right? State Police should be
arresting every supposed ICE Agent lacking all of the
following (b/c we have to be sure they’re properly vetted,
for public safety and all..) official government issued ID,
a signed bench warrant, official government issued uniforms
displaying the agency name (not POLICE). Fingerprint every
one of them and then let the courts sort it out. Have the NGback the State Police if necessary.

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