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“The Founders would never believe that it would ever come to pass that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution”

THAT PART!

Thank you, Judge Perry.

Republicans in Congress strangely silent on the Argentina bailout to benefit Bessent’s friends.

It also helps you to avoid talking about it when you are never asked about it.

A photo of two women leaning over a table. The woman on the left is closest to the camera. She is wearing a light-colored top and white head scarf. The woman on the right wears a black top and black headscarf. She has a pen in her right hand and has her left hand resting on the lid of a plastic tub. The tub seems to be full of ballots.

#OnThisDayInHIstory, Afghanistan holds their first direct presidential election in 2004. Millions vote, and 41% of those voters are women. But do they get little stickers they can wear all day?

Art of "A Kahuna." A man with a beard and mustache has a red cloth draped around him. He is wearing a crown of plants and holds a staff with more plants on it in his left hand.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Hawaii adopts its first constitution in 1840. It established a new governmental structure in which all citizens had equal rights. What a concept!

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

A black-and-white photo of two men building a car on an assembly line. A man stands on either side of a model T chassis. The man closer to the camera is wearing a black vest, white shirt, and gloves. There is a grillle on the front of the chassis, some parts of the engine, and a steering wheel already installed. The white tires are also already attached. The car is on a platform that is open directly under the car, so workers could access it from below.

#OnThisDayInHistory, Henry Ford's factory starts building cars on a moving assembly line for the first time in 1913. It cut time and costs dramatically. Zoom!

I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

Oh look the party that screams “family values” every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But they’ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

An advertisement painting for "The Jazz Singer." Al Jolson sits at an upright piano with his hands on the keys on the higher notes. He leans backwards and turns his head to look at an older woman sitting behind him. He is in a brown suit with a red tie, and he is smiling at the woman. She has a blue-gray dress with gray hair put up on her head, and she is smiling at Jolson. The words "The Jazz Singer" are printed in the lower left corner of the picture

#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Jazz Singer" premieres, ushering in talking pictures, in 1927. It only has about 2 minutes of synchronized sound, but it was revolutionary.

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’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

Remember all the peaceful, beautiful pictures and videos we were seeing last week of Portland? I do. And it makes this all the more upsetting and tragic. This regime is terrorizing our citizens and bringing violence. 🚨💔

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis ) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

Narrator: This is fascism.

Facts. #ICEstapo

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...

It'd almost be worth it not to have to deal with them here.

The thing that makes me the sickest is that these folks don’t even have a shred of compassion. It’s one thing to enforce laws and rules. It’s another to do it gleefully and celebrate the suffering of someone born into poverty and desperation

A photocollage of the members of Monty Python in a man's head. Left to right, they are Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam. Idle, Chapman, and Palin are in tuxedos. Cleese has a chef's hat, Palin is wearing a heavy black coat, and Gilliam is in a heavy orange sweater. The head they're in is yellow with purple eyes and wire-rimmed glasses.

#OnThisDayInHistory, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" premieres on the BBC in 1969. And the world is never the same again. "'E's not the Messiah, 'e's a very naughty boy!"

Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.

Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.

Folks, I think America First might be a scam.

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

"Fuck ICE" is a patriotic sentiment. Perhaps the most patriotic in this moment.

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

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A painting of Pope Gregory XIII. He has a reddish-brown velvet robe with white trim and matching velvet skullcap. He has a white collar under the robe. He is an older man with a gray beard and a very slight smile. He sits in a heavy wooden chair, and the background behind him is black.

#OnThisDayInHistory, the Gregorian Calendar is adopted in 1582. They have to remove 10 days in October so the next Easter will happen at the right time. Yay, Halloween is early that year!

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BREAKING: An FBI agent has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

HERO.

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.