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Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 10h

If soldiers did indeed get paid then yeah, Congress has basically ceded all of it’s meaningful authority to the Executive and the Constitution is a dead letter.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 13h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 13h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 13h

The executive is usurping a core Article I function, this should be treated with the same amount of alarm as if he declared he's disbanding Congress, because that's functionally what he's doing/done

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 19h

FYI: If you know of intersections of religion and pushback to ICE/DHS in general, but especially Chicago, feel free to drop me a line.

You can reach me via Signal at: jackmjenkins.60

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

Abolish, prosecute, imprison forever

Kevin Young Propagandist @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 1d

It is absolutely essential that Democratic decision-makers be made to understand that "Abolish ICE" is the one and only acceptable position for them to take on the matter.

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

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Kevin Young Propagandist @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 1d

It is absolutely essential that Democratic decision-makers be made to understand that "Abolish ICE" is the one and only acceptable position for them to take on the matter.

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

I love Computer on a neurological deep level and still I know this to be true as fully as I know Jesus Christ is raised. I can't "know" any harder than that.

I don't know how we get out of this.

Snowden St. @snowden.st · 1d

one of the world-bending and epoch-changing elements that came from photography and moving film was the surprising and total capture of “life” in a camera, compared to art or theater— even the background tree leaves quiver!— and it changed how we all think. Computer may have broken the trust.

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 1d

one of the world-bending and epoch-changing elements that came from photography and moving film was the surprising and total capture of “life” in a camera, compared to art or theater— even the background tree leaves quiver!— and it changed how we all think. Computer may have broken the trust.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Pfooti, but spooky. 👻 @pfooti.social · 1d

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 1d

(please don’t scold me, I think I know what I’m saying, and it’s relative effectiveness in the current moment) I still think the median move for all of us is to teach people in our lives to be suspicious of what we see on a screen

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 1d

yeah i just think its very not poggers someone unfamiliar with llms can download sora and generate realistic(ish) pro ice agitpop within 10 minutes

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

"we must restore labor discipline with the lash and the deportation order."

*touches earpiece*

"all my workers gone? all of them? oh"

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

i would not be surprised if business types, particular family business tyrants, are starting to sweat things as their cravings for ~labor discipline ~ have given way to fears of labor shortage

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

30 minutes or less or it's free/discounted hasn't been true since 1989

8-ʙɪᴛ™ @the8bitidiot.bsky.social · 1d

Free her!!!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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J. Stryker | Memento Mori ☠️ @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 1d

Please share a weird animal fact. Or a lesser-known animal fact.

FACT: Coyotes climb trees. (Coyote Ethos: “Never tell me the odds.”)

Your turn!

Coyote in an evergreen tree. Full story here, including more photos: https://goeddelphotography.com/blog/coyote-climbs-tree-and-steals-bobcats-duck/

Coyote in a fruit tree. 📸: Janet Kessler of coyoteyipps.com—arguably, the most fun and informative website in existence.

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

As someone in a committed relationship with a food blogger who is frequently canning until 2 in the morning I genuinely appreciate seeing this

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

I think he was on a tuckpointing crew working in my alley a couple years ago

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

CANNED EGGS

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

You can also use this to find a congregation. There are more queer affirming Lutheran churches than you'll find here, but with these you can be sure.

www.reconcilingworks.org/ric/findric/

Find an RIC Partner - ReconcilingWorks

Are you, or someone you know, looking for a faith community that is committed to the welcome, inclusion, celebration, and advocacy for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender ...

www.reconcilingworks.org

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Based and Superstructured @greeshmcqueen.bsky.social · 1d

If you're looking for this in Chicago, feel free to ask me for suggestions or a personal invitation

Snowden St. @snowden.st · 1d

Really try not to bang the gong too often to my Internet friends, but: really: queer-affirming Lutheran church is great, you should check it out sometime

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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 1d

Really try not to bang the gong too often to my Internet friends, but: really: queer-affirming Lutheran church is great, you should check it out sometime

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