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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)

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PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US democracy, votes, violence, history, psych. Post-post-post-post doc. Dad w/ jokes. Unlapsed 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms" 😂 nathankalmoe.com .. more

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

Chicago Pastor Shot by ICE speaks to CNN in first TV interview: ‘We could hear them laughing.’ | CNN

Reverend David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while pra...

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

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2nd detainee dies a week after Dallas ICE facility shooting

A second detainee has died after being shot at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office last week.

abcnews.go.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

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ICE agent yells 'do something, b----' before shooting Chicago woman 5 times

The video is in stark conflict with the government’s account that federal agents in Broadview were “boxed in by 10 cars” and the woman, Marimar Martinez, 30, was one of the drivers

www.themirror.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2h

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

Bodycam videos show ICE agents’ initial reactions to fatal Chicago shooting

Video from local police who first responded to the scene provides crucial context, since the immigration agents weren't wearing body cameras.

www.nbcnews.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h

Like a piece of shit eating itself.

University Using AI to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating With AI

Australian Catholic University used an AI tool to falsely accuse students of cheating us an AI, taking months to clear their name.

futurism.com

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2h

Citing an imagined left-wing conspiracy, the president is threatening any person or group holding any one of a broad array of disfavored views with investigation and prosecution. bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2h

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 11h

Ah yes, cutting teen pregnancy prevention while ending federal right to an abortion…

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12h

And: Nobody buys bananas from a stand anymore.

The one thing that still relates, but no longer funny: GOB seeming to describe today’s runaway inflation when he kept raising the cost of his suit.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12h

I’m not sure they think they’ll *need* to make an argument.

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12h

For gods sake, arrest them, @govpritzker.illinois.gov! Uphold the law.

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 14h

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12h

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 13h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 13h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 13h

The only accurate headline is “Demented president terrorizes nation with mass racist attacks,” but most of the people who say their job is to find the truth & tell it wouldn’t dare.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 13h

I want to add this, because if you haven't been in this situation, maybe you don't know. When a cop in riot gear is shoving you and yelling "GET BACK," there's usually nowhere to actually get back to, because there's a crowd of people behind you and you literally can't move at the pace they want.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 16h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 14h

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

chicago.suntimes.com

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 15h

Get your goons out of there, @govpritzker.illinois.gov.

You talk a good game but then you pull this shit, menacing & attacking good Illinoisans with your state police force, and standing by when ice brutalizes protesters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Quick update on what we just saw here—*before curfew*, ISP troopers, Broadview PD and CCSO deputies began menacing demonstrators outside the ICE facility. Several arrests.

Pepper ball guns at the ready, a bit of a standoff going with remaining protesters. All people are doing is playing music.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15h

Yikes?

Reporters: I hope you are digging into this hard.

I can imagine this meaning they are trying to rebuild trust among Republicans (which would be great!). I can also imagine much more worrisome possibilities.

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 16h

So dominion voting got sold, look at this fascinating statement from their new owner (not to doom but this is, uh, suboptimal). www.dominionvoting.com

(Dominion voting website now redirecting to libertyvote.com with the following statement:)

Our Promise.
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My Fellow Americans,
Today, I am proud to announce Liberty Vote - a 100% American-owned election technology company dedicated to restoring trust in our elections. Our mission is clear: every vote must be secure, fair, and verifiable.
I have spent my life working to strengthen America's elections. That commitment began years ago, in the aftermath of the 2000 election, when I worked for the Missouri Secretary of State. Later, as Election Director in St. Louis, I led the effort to modernize outdated systems and rebuild public trust. Eventually, I founded an election technology company that today serves nearly one in four voters nationwide.
With Liberty Vote, we are building on that legacy. We are turning the page and beginning the vital work of restoring faith in American elections. While these changes will not happen overnight, Liberty Vote's mission is rooted in American values and committed to transparency, independent audits, and verifiable paper records.
Our purpose is simple: to ensure that America's elections are secure, fair, and honest.
Scott Leiendecker
Founder and Chairman, Liberty Vote

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 15h

Goddamn pork barrel politics!

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 15h

It takes a special kind of politics-sports nerd to know who that is even without seeing his face in the cut off preview. 😂

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 15h

I know that the sight of a Eucharistic profession to a detention center probably turns Vance's stomach and it couldn't make me happier. I cherish all of the old-school anti-C feelings they're having about it being too emotional and too ethnic and not the scholarly path to oppression they wanted.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 16h

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

Amen

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 18h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Ha ha ha they're like authoritarians www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 17h

Republicans feel empowered by their leader's autocratic coup against the Constitution to pursue their most cartoonishly evil agenda items, like literally making it easier to kill seals and whales

abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 17h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17h

If you're going to write headlines like this, why even have newspapers?

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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