tiburke
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feet of clay. Daniel 2:33
Sic semper tyrannis
Sic semper tyrannis
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
ICE is a pedophile ring. They target babies for abuse.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring. They target babies for abuse.
ICE is a pedophile ring.
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
ICE is a pedophile ring.
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
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Judge Ellis is going event by event, and for every one she has said that agents acted disproportionately or even instigated mayhem themselves, and/or they lied.
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Judge Ellis is going event by event, and for every one she has said that agents acted disproportionately or even instigated mayhem themselves, and/or they lied.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably the first time in American history a sitting governor has used that particular -- and particularly apt -- phrase in a public speech
If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably the first time in American history a sitting governor has used that particular -- and particularly apt -- phrase in a public speech
ICE is a pedophile ring. Their goal is to endanger children.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring. Their goal is to endanger children.
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Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good morning to these future governors!
There was lots of inaccurate polling a week ago. None of these were close.
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
There was lots of inaccurate polling a week ago. None of these were close.
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Oh — the situation has escalated.
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh — the situation has escalated.
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
A revealing change in mood from the Trump administration. bsky.app/profile/atru...
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A revealing change in mood from the Trump administration. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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*sigh* Now I have to read a 17 page memo since apparently others won't.
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
*sigh* Now I have to read a 17 page memo since apparently others won't.
ICE is a pedophile ring.
🚨 Arnoldo Bazan and his father were pulled over by unmarked immigration vehicles in Houston.
His dad was arrested. Arnoldo? Restrained, hurt, and hospitalized. 1/2
His dad was arrested. Arnoldo? Restrained, hurt, and hospitalized. 1/2
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
SNAP spends about $10 billion a month. Mutual aid is a woefully inadequate response.
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
SNAP spends about $10 billion a month. Mutual aid is a woefully inadequate response.
ICE is a pedophile ring. Gassing elementary schools.
“Some of them said they’re scared because they don’t want their own family members to be taken away.”
Teachers Scrambled After ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School
Chicago teachers said they’re dealing with traumatized students in underfunded schools — while Trump spends millions to militarize American cities.
interc.pt
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring. Gassing elementary schools.
Trump ran as a repudiation of the Bush GOP. But he has to honor Republican shibboleths in name, if not in word.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trump ran as a repudiation of the Bush GOP. But he has to honor Republican shibboleths in name, if not in word.
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Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
ICE is a pedophile ring.
The Sun-Times is reporting Border Patrol took at least two teenage boys today when they hit Little Village, again.
One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
Federal agents detain Little Village high school student, deploy tear gas in faceoff with protesters
Feds wearing military-style camouflage gear and gas masks were seen tear-gassing and pepper-spraying protesters during the confrontation near a discount mall.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.
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Honestly, you can’t make this shit up.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Honestly, you can’t make this shit up.
ICE is a pedophile ring.
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.
The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.
idahocapitalsun.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ICE is a pedophile ring.