Carl Paradise RESISTS autocracy

Commentary: They cuffed and tackled Sen. Alex Padilla. But he sees a bigger crisis ahead Sen. Alex Padilla talks about the government shutdown, immigration and the infamous moment when he found himself in handcuffs.

Chabria: They cuffed and tackled Sen. Alex Padilla. But he sees a bigger crisis ahead

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Live Updates: National Guard Troops Expected to Deploy in the Chicago Area The deployment is happening despite the objections of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago. President Trump said Wednesday that both should be “in jail for failing to protect ICE Officers.”

National Guard troops from Texas and Illinois are expected to be deployed in the Chicago area over the objections of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago. Follow updates.

WINNER:

Most awful product name
in the history of software

Walz says Twin Cities must be ready for Trump to send in National Guard Governors of Democratic-leaning states have emerged as key voices of opposition to the Trump administration.

Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that Minnesota is preparing for President Donald Trump to send the National Guard into the Twin Cities as the White House deploys troops into more Democratic-led cities.

Staffing shortages cause more US flight delays as government shutdown reaches seventh day Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day.

apnews.com/article/flig... shortages cause more US flight delays as government shutdown reaches seventh day

Fun fact, Nixon went untouched after the Watergate scandal but his AG went to prison for covering it up.

Thousands of Miles From the U.S., Charlie Kirk Becomes a Political Tool

Things can always be weirder than you thought possible...

The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie K!rk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from orange man

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

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NEW: After a filing in California today, voters and pro-voting groups have now moved to intervene in all DOJ lawsuits seeking full, unredacted voter lists — in CA, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, ME and OR.

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Stephen froze like a deer in the headlights and pretended to have connection issues because he unintentionally gave away the game plan.

“Plenary authority is complete, absolute power over a specific area or issue, with no significant limitations."

Show people this clip. This is an insane slip up.

Not Stephen Miller accidentally outting the regime in an interview. Let that "plenary authority" claim slip right out and then had to act like the audio cut out.

Sir! We heard you.. and the President does NOT have plenary authority.

plenary authority over what Stephen?!? OVER WHAT STEPHEN

Stephen Miller
is a white supremacist,
because it is the only club
he could be a member of

Looking like Dracula since high school makes it tough

His life mission is hate

They no rumor alone

Always another ridiculous story to distract MSM lapdogs

Catnip for CNN

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

SEN. HIRONO: “Did you approve shutting down the bribery investigation into Homan?”

BONDI: “Are you Antifa?” 🤡

(That’s a yes)

The Supreme Court v. Democracy The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

Nobody should be under any illusion that this court will stop or restrain Trump in any meaningful way this term, nor imagine that it is interested in doing anything approaching the impartial application of “the law..”

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

we are not likely to see her in Congress anytime again soon, based on that performance

Twee fruit

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Reich predicted that Air Traffic Controllers would be the ones to end the shutdown due to rich folks in private planes needing to land.

Fuck yeah, not getting paid anyway.

Did Air Traffic Controllers just start the general strike?!?? 🤝

“…Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed that many air traffic control workers were calling out sick.”

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

#GeneralStrike #ShutItDown #AirTrafficControllers #50501movement

⚡️ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District Special Election

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This strikes me as pretty bad

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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