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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 7h

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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kikikouch.bsky.social @kikikouch.bsky.social · 4h

They were literally cruising along the river for photo ops. No running necessary 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

open.substack.com

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kikikouch.bsky.social @kikikouch.bsky.social · 1d

I was so upset. I kept thinking about the brown shirts and jack boots my mom told me about over and over from her childhood under the Nazis and Italian fascists. I lost it man.

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kikikouch.bsky.social @kikikouch.bsky.social · 1d

I was told the same thing on the phone with his office.

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kikikouch.bsky.social @kikikouch.bsky.social · 1d

Call the 312 #s the other is a long twisty path for a voice mail.

Just spoke to a lady who answered and she said JB is wiring with the AG to do something about it wait I was crying and don’t remember what the exact issue is.

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Keith Phipps @kphipps3000.bsky.social · 1d

Governor Pritzker's office number: 312 814 2121

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

literally no need for this

the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.

I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 1d

Note that the goon squad shown in the photo is Pritzker’s, not Trump’s.

The Conflict on the Streets of Chicago

Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be.

www.newyorker.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

🧵I just called @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office again to express my horror & rage. I also called my State Senator @harmonil.bsky.social & State Rep Camille Lilly.

If you're in IL, please call.

Pritzker's offices:
217-782-6830
217-782-6831
312-814-2121
312-814-2122

Find your IL state electeds ⬇️

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Pritzker, you cool with this?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.

Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.

Stay safe out there.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's clear that Donald Trump has diminished capacity, which I think is sad -- that the people around him are not getting him help, and instead they're just taking advantage of him. And that's what Stephen Miller is."

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 2d

Why do Democrats call us fascists and Nazis?

Well, if you act like Nazis….

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Trump is bailing out Argentina with $40 billion while leaving American farmers twisting in the wind. At this point, it’s obvious he doesn’t want them to succeed.

I’m calling it now: this is going to turn into a land grab for pennies on the dollar.

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the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 2d

the cybertruck is an appreciating asset in the sense that when I see one, I appreciate that I’m not a fucking idiot who would buy a cybertruck

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: Capitol Police have been called after a Republican congressional office was just caught displaying a swastika.

This comes one day after group chat messages were leaked of young GOP officials saying “I love Hitler” and calling to put Democrats in “gas chambers.”