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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 8h

This is, after all, America First??

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12h

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 22h

Wondering, GOP members of Congress: You ready to go to war to overthrow another government? @NYT: "The U.S. military is planning its own possible escalation, drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including strikes inside Venezuela."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 1d

Those people obviously did not understand that the Constitution was frozen by the thinking of the 18th Century politics.

Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 1d

We interrupt the flow of depressing news with a moment of promotion: Advance copies of my book arrived in my mailbox just now! Your neighborhood book store: Feb. 3.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 2d

Speaker Mike Johnson says that he hasn't seen agents crossing the line yet. If ramming cars and deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods isn't too far, I'm hoping reporters in DC ask him: What IS too far? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...

Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed tear gas on the Far South Side Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood, witnesses …

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 2d

This is no small thing. Agents driving through neighborhoods driving into cars in which they suspect there may be undocumented people??? What law enforcement authority has the right to do that? Not to mention tear gassing residential neighborhoods???? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/i...

Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed tear gas on the Far South Side Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood, witnesses …

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 2d

Might it be that ICE agents now are ramming cars in Chicago, and then falsely claiming the other drivers are at fault? "Security video from one area residence captured the SUV containing the agents striking another SUV and spinning it into a parked car, but not any initial ramming..."

Tear gas used by federal immigration agents following East Side traffic crash, neighborhood uprising

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed tear gas on the Far South Side Tuesday to quell a clash with residents who demanded the enforcement officers leave the neighborhood, witnesses …

www.chicagotribune.com

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

This appears such an abuse of the grand jury process. And meanwhile, how much of DOJ is redirected away from real justice to this??? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Such incredible lack of empathy by our government toward the most vulnerable, in this and so much more.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, if only Harold Bornstein were alive today, he could reassure you of the "astonishing excellence" of President Trump's health. www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/p...

Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter | CNN Politics

When Dr. Harold Bornstein described in hyperbolic prose then-candidate Donald Trump’s health in 2015, the language he used was eerily similar to the style preferred by his patient.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Do Not Look Away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Well, the President is so scrupulous about ethics, $47 a month is clearly unacceptable.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Please don't tell the Big Bad Wolf.

Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Culling the herd. The strongest can go on SpaceX to Mars.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

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Confounds the Science - (Parody of) Sound of Silence - REMIX | Don Caron / Linda Gower

YouTube video by Parody Project

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

I'm old enough to remember when we thought Merrick Garland was a bad attorney general.

Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

Pesce, re: Justin W: "He was the captain for a few years, and kind of just instilled that in us, to say, you know, caring is everything, and not accepting losing, as well.

Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 5d

From Pesce interview by Amanda Stein, NJ Devils team reporter, re: Rod: "He taught me a lot," Pesce shared. "You know what hard work truly is, to be honest. Roddy really cared about people, and the more you care about someone, better results come.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 6d

Not understanding why I find this story on @chicagotribune.com but not on @wgntv.com ? Sure hope that's not because WGN is owned by Nexstar?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 6d

earlier this morning, cook county sheriff’s deputies kicked me and a couple other reporters who were standing by ourselves off a public sidewalk because it wasn’t “free speech” hours yet or something idk.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 6d

In Broadview this morning, just outside of Chicago, where you can get a police surveillance pod, a drone, and a helicopter in a single shot.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 6d

Dear Gov. Pritzker: Is this how your people are protecting citizens wwho peacefully protest?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 6d

Lawless feds: ICE put up a fence blocking off the street in front of its CHicagoland facility. The city said: "Take it down, you had no permit." ICE ignored the city. The city sued and has now won. The mayor's response: "It remains to be seen if ICE will continue its pattern of defiance."

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6d

A Dist Court judge issued a TRO ordering the fed fence in Broadview removed.

Broadview mayor says court spoke “clearly and unequivocally” but that “it remains to be seen if ICE will respect the judge's order and dismantle this hazard immediately, or if they will continue their pattern of defiance."

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

"This is a validation of local law and, most importantly, a decisive win for public safety. The judge’s decision confirms that the illegal fence constructed by ICE is not only a clear defiance of Broadview’s ordinance but an unacceptable and escalating risk to our Beach Street businesses, their customers, and our first responders. The law of probability dictates that the danger increases daily. The court has spoken clearly and unequivocally. Now, it remains to be seen if ICE will respect the judge's order and dismantle this hazard immediately, or if they will continue their pattern of defiance."