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This is a great new tactic: “SHOW ME YOUR FACE.” Don’t follow any orders until/unless these goons identify themselves. They shrunk like violets when this man demanded to see their faces.

The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants. Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

The current shutdown is a weird balance of being glad that it limits how much damage the current regime can do with feeling bad for the affected workers who are now in far more limbo than was the case in past shutdowns.

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

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I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties. Hello? Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party. Enough of the false equivalence.

And people tell me the libs have no knack for messaging.

You know, I think what Kamala Harris meant when she talked about the capitulation was that she didn't realize how many people were just itching to break the law when it was convenient. When they would have cover & when it would serve an individualistic evil purpose at the expense of our democracy

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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

People compare the United States' fascism today to Germany's fascism in the 1930s, but it's actually far more shameless and stupid.

When referring to people who are anti-Trump, don't fall into the trap of calling them "Antifa." That is a loaded, mangled word. Call them what they are, "anti-fascists."

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Donald Trump: “We’re going after the worst of the worst.” ICE arrests two men at a Chicago area bakery. Workers, not criminals. And this is why they need the National Guard?

If you're the praying sort, throw one up for Dolly Parton. Word is she's not doing well, and fuck, this world needs her goodness in it for a while longer.

Stephen Miller just said the quiet part out loud claiming that Trump has plenary authority when it comes to deploying troops. (Plenary means full authority.) After making the statement, he froze completely, like a deer in headlights. The video is worth watching.

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

My friend the optimist insists that at core most people are basically good. My friend the pessimist insists that at core most people are basically bad. I worry, my friends, that at core most people are basically unwilling to be inconvenienced.

At 4:00 priest shot in head by ICE. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.   American citizens are being detained & brutalized.   This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

A 9-year-old pepper sprayed in handcuffs, crying for her dad. A teenager wrestled to the ground, and another pepper sprayed while waiting for the bus. All were Black girls hurt by police.

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

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I posted this one week after the election in 2024. Holds up.

So are we just gonna ignore that a white kid killed 2 teen girls because he was upset they insulted Charlie Kirk? Imagine. JUST IMAGINE if this was an undocumented immigrant? But meanwhile I bet you’ve barely heard about this atrocity. SMH www.instagram.com/reel/DPewI1w...

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A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland. That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead. This isn't a "left wing" judge — Trump appointed her. Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.

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