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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 25d

If ICE agents want to stop being compared to Nazis and the Gestapo, here are some tips for them:
1) Take off your masks
2) Identify yourselves
3) Stop disappearing innocent people off the street
4) Avoid shooting women, like you did today, you fucking Gestapo Nazis

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 25d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 28

Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday.

Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say

Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday.

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 23

Since 1972, the CAMP program has helped tens of thousands of migrant students succeed in college. The Trump administration has cut off funding for it, forcing some colleges to reduce or eliminate services.

Colleges pull back as Trump cuts programs that help migrant students

Since 1972, the CAMP program has helped tens of thousands of migrant students succeed in college. The Trump administration has cut off funding for it, forcing some colleges to reduce or eliminate services.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · Sep 23

BREAKING: Supreme Court rules 6-3 that only President Trump has the authority to determine a rapture.

#Satire

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PicolaLDB💜 @picolaldb.bsky.social · Sep 23

I've not been paying attention as closely to the news as I usually do because I'm on vacation. I'm looking around now and wondering why the rapture is tomorrow. Is it because we've all taken too much Tylenol? Also, welcome back, Jimmy 😀

PicolaLDB💜 @picolaldb.bsky.social · Sep 20

No good can come from this.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · Sep 20

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 13

When @fastlerner.bsky.social reported in April that the EPA was going to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters, it wouldn't admit it was eliminating the requirements. Today it announced the change, saying it's "cutting unnecessary red tape" & "unleashing American energy."

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 11

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · Sep 10

"I’m talking about slavery, liberation and segregation because I want to liberate us from the burden that that history creates — that burden that still hangs over us, the fog that that history has created that no one is trying to address."--Bryan Stevenson www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

Opinion | Trump vs. Truth: The Fight for America’s History

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Aug 4

Under a proposed rule from the Trump administration, pregnant veterans would be barred from accessing abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in cases involving rape, incest, or serious risks to the mother’s health.

Reproductive Health Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to reinstate the full exclusion on abortions and abortion counseling from the medical benefits package, which was removed in 2022. Before that time...

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · Jul 23

Awesome news! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from federal custody

Minutes after the ruling in Tennessee, a second federal judge in Maryland issued an order to prevent Abrego from being apprehended by ICE in Tennessee.

www.nbcnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 23

the thing you need to know about Obamagate 2.0 is that it's a pathetic and desperate attempt to distract from the fact that Trump is named in the Epstein files multiple times and probably for really bad stuff

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PicolaLDB💜 @picolaldb.bsky.social · Jul 23

I fantasize about falling asleep. That's where I'm at on my life journey. 😴

a cartoon cat with the words so sleepy behind it

ALT: a cartoon cat with the words so sleepy behind it

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Tiger Elephant Giraffe Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jul 22

Another unequivocal lie about the law by the Attorney General.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jul 22

Those "rogue judges" were acting under an express grant of authority provided by Congress—one explicitly permitted by Article II of the Constitution, which says Congress can give the judiciary power to appoint inferior officers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 22

this clip perfectly illustrates how Republicans *successfully* flood the zone with conspiracy theories

1. Ron Johnson is asked about Epstein
2. He immediately changes the topic to Obama
3. The host chases the shiny object and asks about Obama. Johnson never has to weigh in on the Epstein coverup.

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hrexach @hrexach.bsky.social · Jul 20

THIS is 'Murica' now!! ...
"On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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Lola Gayle @lolagaylec.bsky.social · Jul 20

Independent - ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green Card

Relatives last saw Luis Leon, who lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on June 20, when he and his wife visited the Philadelphia immigration office to replace his lost green card.

ICE secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost his Green Card

‘I can see all my family is in pain right now,’ Luis Leon granddaughter said

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Learning Smart Moves @learnsmartmoves.bsky.social · Jul 19

"82yr old Allentown resident Luis Leon... disappeared without a trace into the immigration system a month ago & they thought he was dead.
The last time family saw Leon was June 20, when he went to a Philadelphia immigration office to have his lost green card replaced."
www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

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D. Juschka @djuschka.bsky.social · Jul 19

"Relatives of 82-year-old Allentown resident Luis Leon are headed to a Guatemalan hospital Saturday in hopes of reuniting with the man they say disappeared without a trace into the American immigration system a month ago — and who, for a time, they thought was dead." www.mcall.com/2025/07/18/l...

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · Jul 19

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On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card. Instead, Leon, who immigrated to the US from Chile in 1987, was handcuffed by two officers and hauled away...

Trump Administration Deports 82-Year-Old Pennsylvania Grandfather to Guatemala

On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card.

www.mediaite.com

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Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · Jul 20

Wrote about a pastor holding a sign at our rally, and what it has to do with Luis Leon, a Chilean grandfather reportedly disappeared from Allentown to Guatemala. open.substack.com/pub/conorlam...

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