Bob Chester

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

The U.S. armed forces may soon face the choice of whether to refuse illegal and unconstitutional orders, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. What will they do?

just Donald's way of making up for Fred Trump systematically refusing to rent to all those African-Americans and Puerto Ricans

We’re getting very used to this but the statement is unusually unhinged.

@bobbymurphy.bsky.social

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?

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MSM????

#nokings
#nopedophiles
#nofascists

"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

That Gestapo agent was 45 ft above on a roof, had no reason to believe he was in danger, was not being physically threatened, and just shot that reverend in the head with a pepper ball.

This will be over one day. Gestapo people get paid. Assignments are tracked. There will be a paper trail.

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Cartoon by @christopherweyant1.bsky.social.

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Sending the Texas National Guard to Illinois is a loyalty test.

They went.
They passed.

Legality doesn't matter.
Need doesn't matter.
Crime doesn't matter.
Humanity doesn't matter.
Logic doesn't matter.

Loyalty to DJT matters.
That is all.

We have reached a level of authoritarianism, let’s use the word FASCISM, where the President, based entirely on lies about violence and disorder, and against the will of the governors of the states, can send hostile state’s National Guard to invade and sit on citizens

80/20

In Portland, an elderly couple protesting against ICE on Saturday says they were knocked over by federal agents. Laurie Eckman told The Oregonian, “With no warning the feds charged into us, knocked us down and sprayed us. I was hit in the head with a projectile.”

ICE pepper spraying a pastor who is peacefully protesting their actions.

One of the most grievous things about this picture is how many self proclaimed Christians will question the actions of the pastor with suspicion rather than the heavily armed men spraying him with mace.

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

This is out of hand. These agents are there to cause trouble and violence, not to keep people safe. These are the scenes that play out in war torn, destitute countries - not America.

A purported leader reacting angrily to a country song seems weak, not strong.

Update from the war zone in Portland.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The condescension of two-bit Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi today underscores that the only thing this administration excels at is a complete lack of self-awareness.

This is so dark

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Tomorrow, Epstein survivors are taking the fight straight to Capitol Hill to demand the files be released. If Mike Johnson keeps stalling, someone else should swear in Adelita Grijalva on the spot. We don’t need his permission to expose the truth.

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.