Tom Sullivan

Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's 'authoritarian march' Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's 'authoritarian march'

The 36th Illinois fought at Chickamauga and Atlanta; the 46th Illinois fought in the Battle of Shiloh; the 82nd Illinois fought at Gettysburg. I'm sure Greg Abbott wouldn't mind Illinois sending a few good men to liberate Dallas-Fort Worth.
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DHS agent chokeslams (and hospitalizes) protester.

What kind of "professional" law enforcement operation is Kristi Noem running that tolerates "individual acts of brutality by federal officers ... too numerous to catalogue”? Are chokeslams part of ICE/DHS training? Is she recruiting agents from prison gangs?
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Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The GOP is just as careful about running the country.
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It’s time for soft secession How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

"Were California to secede, almost 15 percent of America’s GDP would go with it." CA might not do that, but should the 15 blue trifecta states divest from red trifecta states, their "state investments ... total almost 75 percent more than the 23 red trifectas."
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Accelerationists Accelerating - Digby's Hullabaloo Breaking rules and breaking down barriers "The main scene of crime in Washington, D.C. is the White House," argues Marcy Wheeler in a new video. Donald Trump, JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi are working hard to paint Trump opponents as violent terrorists. In part, to distract from the crimes the Trump administration is committing,…

Donald Trump is a career criminal, a convicted criminal. He's accepted billions in obvious bribes. He's ordered the military to murder people in small boats in international waters. He's defying the courts. And he's desperate to paint opponents as the real criminals.
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PORTLAND FROG is Back after being “Pepper Sprayed In the Vent”

Courts draw the line. Trump steps over it. They draw another line,. He steps over that. With this lawless administration, court orders enjoining Trump’s illegal behaviors amount to no more than double-dog dares.

Ready for a general strike yet?
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Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

“ICE acted like an invading army in our neighborhoods,” said state Rep. Lilian Jiménez, a Democrat. “These shameful and lawless actions are not only a violation of constitutional rights but of our most basic liberty: the right to live free from persecution and fear.”
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"Journalism is not a crime": Chicago reporters sue Trump over violence at ICE protests Press groups say Trump's agents used force to silence reporters.

A coalition of Chicago journalists, organizations & protesters sued Trump & top administration officials over federal agents' "pattern of extreme brutality."

"Never in modern times has the federal govt undermined bedrock constitutional protections on this scale."
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Aggravated battery.

Stephen Miller’s Own Cousin Calls Him the “Face of Evil” Alisa Kasmer says Stephen Miller has betrayed all of their family values.

@StephenM Miller and @RepGosar should form a club.

"Gosar's siblings want their brother kicked out of Congress. They think Democrats are moving too slow."
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Accelerationists Accelerating - Digby's Hullabaloo Breaking rules and breaking down barriers "The main scene of crime in Washington, D.C. is the White House," argues Marcy Wheeler in a new video. Donald Trump, JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi are working hard to paint Trump opponents as violent terrorists. In part, to distract from the crimes the Trump administration is committing,…

Donald Trump is a career criminal, a convicted criminal. He's accepted billions in obvious bribes. He's ordered the military to murder people in small boats in international waters. He's defying the courts. And he's desperate to paint opponents as the real criminals.
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Power Is the Order of the Day, and Other Beds Trump Has Made One of the biggest challenges I’ve had in the last nine months...

"This is definitionally fairly close to warlordism, a broken state in which the leader holds on to power if not legitimacy by hoarding state resources for loyalists and depriving opponents of any of them." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/power...

PORTLAND FROG is Back after being “Pepper Sprayed In the Vent”

Courts draw the line. Trump steps over it. They draw another line,. He steps over that. With this lawless administration, court orders enjoining Trump’s illegal behaviors amount to no more than double-dog dares.

Ready for a general strike yet?
digbysblog.net/2025/10/06/w...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

Civil rights organizations have blasted aggressive tactics by agents, while village officials have launched three separate criminal investigations against federal agents.
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We know what they're really afraid of.

"He-Man Woman-Haters Club" sign from The Little Rascals

Hegseth's stance on women in combat has nothing to do with improving the military "and everything to do with forcing women out,” says Rep. Mikie Sherrill.

Most boys outgrow wanting to keep girlz out of the tree house because of “cooties” by age 11.

Hegseth is 45.
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Constitution? He don’t need no stinking constitution.

“The president’s [Portland] determination was simply untethered to the facts,” said U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, in blocking Trump’s call for OR National Guard.

Trump called some from CA.
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The "authoritarian government has begun holding dissidents without revealing their whereabouts or acknowledging their detention. Two have turned up dead."

Oh, you thought that was about Trump's DHS? Can't imagine why.
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Here's an excerpt. Escape from your sports misery for 2-3 minutes, read the whole column and tell me what you think

"He-Man Woman-Haters Club" sign from The Little Rascals

Hegseth's stance on women in combat has nothing to do with improving the military "and everything to do with forcing women out,” says Rep. Mikie Sherrill.

Most boys outgrow wanting to keep girlz out of the tree house because of “cooties” by age 11.

Hegseth is 45.
digbysblog.net/2025/10/05/f...

Constitution? He don’t need no stinking constitution.

“The president’s [Portland] determination was simply untethered to the facts,” said U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, in blocking Trump’s call for OR National Guard.

Trump called some from CA.
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Has Donald Trump ever visited Portland, Oregon? No, Donald Trump has not visited Portland, Oregon. Records of his campaign stops and presidential travels show no visits to the city during his 2016 campaign, his first term (2017–2021), or his current term (2025–present). He has focused on Republican-leaning areas in Oregon, like Medford, and often referenced Portland negatively in speeches and posts without ever going there.

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California National Guard members arrive in Oregon after judge pauses plan to deploy state troops, Oregon governor says | CNN About 100 California National Guard troops have arrived in Oregon and more are on the way, Oregon’s governor said Sunday, after a judge blocked. the president’s deployment of the Oregon National Guar...

“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

You had to live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and except in darkness, every movement scrutinised." Orwell, 1984

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Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

Ten cars rammed into an ICE agent's vehicle and yet zero footage of the incident: ain't that something

'Military-Style' ICE Raid In Chicago Shows Escalation in Tactics Witnesses said children were taken from their homes unclothed and separated from their parents during the raid.

Your freedoms are at risk. Yes, yours.
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Epstein Survivors Will Flood Capitol to Force Files Release They will appear alongside the congresspeople supporting the release, including Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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'Nuff said.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's attempt to deploy Oregon National Guard to Portland A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to federalize and deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland.

Trump's lizard brain is "simply untethered to" his frontal lobes.
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Trump's lizard brain is untethered to his frontal lobes.