Pritzker: “This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me. This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”

🤔 be BANGIN', indeed ...

The same kind of people who once hunted escaped slaves now wear ICE badges. History didn’t vanish, it rebranded.

This is what I've been saying for MONTHS!

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“ICE uses bureaucracy and location transfers to isolate detainees from both their families and their lawyers.” In this era of immigration enforcement, due process rights are being ignored at every turn. From @emmarjanssen.bsky.social: trib.al/usUTMLU

They need our fear to survive. They need their base to rage to survive.

yes, also the democratic base *wants* to fight our politicians don't have to raise an army, just lead it www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Look, he might be able take my freedom away…or yours…or that of a friend you have 3 states away. But, get your Goddamn head screwed on tight for this: There is no fucking way….he can take away our collective freedom. That would require dropping to our knees and giving up.

I don’t know who else needs to hear this but it made me very happy! @lordvinheteiro.bsky.social is here on Bluesky but this wasn’t posted here. I follow him on TikTok. I think this would have made Freddie Mercury smile! He wanted music to be fun!

Things to consider: Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed You are a witness. Expose it.

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

They’re not acting like they’re in a four-year term. They’re acting like they’re in an everlasting dictatorship. Are we all clear on this?

I will not give an inch. I stand with the side fighting fascists. “Eventually you have to stand for something, or somebody else will tell you where to stand, and if you'd rather not, they'll force you to stand there, and stand there you will.” www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

#Pinks #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited

ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN have left the building.

"Trump’s second term is like a nightmarish video game where bad things keep happening but we end up right back where we started, in a universe of unlimited greed, unhealed narcissistic injury and “alternative facts” in place of objective reality"

The actual issue before us — which is very simple & clear — is that you are masterminding a police state for your overlord & classifying opponents as “terrorists” & in the process destroying the Constitution & a free society. Jew to Jew, Stephen, you’re a complete piece of shit.

"The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression even if that feels hopeless...the history of the first red scare teaches us that a better future is possible and worth fighting for." Nice @davidrlurie.bsky.social historical meditation here: www.publicnotice.co/p/emma-goldm...

Kevin Ryan @kevryanforillinois.bsky.social

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

Stop grading Republicans on a curve. There are no Republican heroes in the fight for democracy. Staying grounded in the truth is essential — our democracy depends on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDs3...

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

Constitutional checks on power is not terrorism. First Amendment protected free speech is not terrorism. Criticism is not terrorism. The right of the people to peacefully assemble and address grievances toward their government is not terrorism. Speak truth to power. Always.

Has anybody noticed that all of the protests in Chicago and an Oregon have been peaceful – until fucking ice started shooting people beating people up until citizens watched naked men, women and children being dragged out of their homes and toddlers being zip tied. Trump is CAUSING THE VIOLENCE

Resistance Family 💙 @arriadna.bsky.social @urocklive1.bsky.social @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social @sentene.bsky.social @democracyhere.bsky.social @schultziepie.bsky.social @rhutabhayga.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @maplemama20.bsky.social @57kev.bsky.social

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight. But consider this... Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending. Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Oregon AG: "47 has started to attack our independent judiciary. He's attacked free press. Now you've seen the normalization of the US military in American cities. We have to draw a line in the sand.” We draw that line Saturday 10/18! Show up to say #NoKings for America!

Yesterday Republicans told people the racist video Trump posted was just a joke But today.. Today his racism was put into practice when his ICE goons rounded up Black and Brown children in Chicago-including citizens And I bet the families of those kids aren't laughing Nor should anyone else

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

Can we please stop humoring the pretext that this has anything to do with a “crime crackdown”? You can mention that’s the CLAIMED purpose in the article, but don’t treat it as fact in the headline.

THAT needs to be the Dems message: We are not funding a government that invades our cities, cuts off health care, and subsidizes genocide

But I thought he said he “knew nothing about” Project 2025?

Let's recollect Jane Goodall's opinion about Trump. More in comments below.

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

This short passage from a Politico afternoon newsletter captures a huge amount of the advantage gained by lying at scale and the why the DC press corps remains wired for the GOP.

Broadview police are investigating three criminal cases related to actions by ICE agents at the suburban facility, including two two hit-and-run incidents and a criminal damage to property involving a news reporter.

Hundreds of students from lowa's largest school district marched out of their classrooms on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in protest of Superintendent lan Roberts' arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week. Students marched to the lowa Capitol

A leader who orders staff to ignore the Geneva Convention isn’t strong—he’s lawless. Defying the rules that protect civilians & prisoners doesn’t make him bold, it brands him complicit in war crimes & unfit for any position of power. #HegsethIsIncompetent

Yes they absolutely should! Here's the link, Dems: newrepublic.com/article/2011...

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post. I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing. Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well. youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...

Mamdani “doesn’t allow that there’s a conflict between emphasizing economic populism and taking on Trump’s authoritarianism.” As @gregsargent.bsky.social suggests, there’s no reason to assume this synthesis wouldn’t work just as well in swing territory newrepublic.com/article/2011...