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History buff. Let’s not repeat history. Avocations: Writing poetry, photography, creative crafts. Empathy is not weakness. Spiritual seeker. Getting angrier by the day with institutions failing Americans by not standing up to tyranny.

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · Jan 25

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 43m

I’ll check this out. Thx.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Hochul: "They promised to extract revenge on their political enemies & apparently any state that has a D gov. Tell me how Florida & Texas could receive these same funds w/o having to go to court? They're playing politics, but more than that, they're playing with people's lives. And that's abhorrent"

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 8h

www.kvue.com/article/news...

“Violence and destruction will never be tolerated,"

Are the troops meant to instigate in the name of 🍊💩?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending DPS, state National Guard to Austin for 'No Kings Day' protest

Abbott is deploying the added law enforcement and soldiers ahead of Saturday's planned protests set to happen across the U.S.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 9h

This is amazing...

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 9h

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“i could not swear without reservation to follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution.”

Why, Washington Post,is the op-ed behind a paywall?

24-Year Marine Vet Pens Powerful Washington Post Op-Ed Saying He Resigned ‘Because of President Trump’

A U.S. Marine who served the country for 24 years, wrote a powerful op-ed in The Washington Post declaring that he resigned "because of President Trump."

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 11h

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

“Organizers of the “No Kings” protests have a simple message: America is a democracy, not a dictatorship. It’s right there in the name of the rally. So it’s bizarre to see Republican leaders seek in advance to paint this as dangerous, unpatriotic astroturfing”

Opinion | The GOP’s coordinated attack on the No Kings rally is ridiculous

The Republican talking points are out of touch with the reality of Saturday's protests.

www.msnbc.com

masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 15h

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.”

― Chief Seattle

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Tia Goode 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦 @moonlitwomyn.bsky.social · 1d

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These little boys, right?
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Keystone Klansmen

Another day, another bombshell of a leaked private GOP group chat

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 17h

Our constitution is weak - it is failing to constrain an out of control executive- because a MAGA congress is failing their oaths - handing over the congressional powers to the executive.

A corrupted extreme SC is gleefully handing power to a unitary executive.

No one is defending America.

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 1d

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 17h

Knowing how much he loves LOTR, that was wonderful

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · 23h

"Did you ever know that you’re my Frodo?" - Bette Midler serenades Stephen Colbert with the phrase that echoed around the world: “… cause you never kissed the Orange Ass”
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"Did You Ever Know That You're My Frodo?" - Bette Midler Serenades Stephen Colbert

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 17h

www.mobilize.us/nokings/

No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.

www.mobilize.us

masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 17h

Join nation wide no kings protest Saturday October 18

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masakatsu agatsu konjō @mkolanda.bsky.social · 19h

www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=a...

Find an event. And GO.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

This Supreme Court case in Louisiana is about one thing, and one thing only: reinstituting Jim Crow by way of ensuring that Black Americans are taxed without receiving representation in Congress.

Everything else is noise and bluster.

This stolen Supreme Court is going to send us back to the 1860s.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

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Buddy Spell @buddyspell.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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