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I hope this is repeated all over America.

BREAKING: Massive protests taking place right now in Chicago against Trump this evening.

Keep it up!

Michigan Avenue right now.

Shame on #MSM

Bingo.

No amount of good behavior, of distancing yourself from perceived toxicity, of twisting yourself into a pretzel is going to save you from the whims of this administration’s retribution.

I wrote about this a few weeks ago:

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What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

As I told @josephcox.bsky.social for this piece, if DHS is concerned that the actions of their own officers might inflame public opinion against the agency, they should work to increase oversight and accountability at the agency — rather than seek to have the evidence banned.

October 18 we have a simple message:

No thrones.

No crowns.

#NoKings

NoKings.Org
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.

Everyone ready?

Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.

Blah blah blah! Release the Epstein files!!!

Squeaker of the House Mike Johnson is a spineless, mealy-mouthed lapdog.

Seat Adelita, loser!
Do your job or lose your job!

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

We now have armed soldiers from the state of Texas eagerly volunteered by their governor to impose the president’s will on the citizens of Illinois.

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just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

Epstein victim's brother: Trump's Maxwell pardon comments 'hurtful' Virginia Giuffre's brother on Tuesday said it’s “hurtful” that President Trump declined to rule out issuing a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate and girlfriend. “It’s hurtful for a lot of survivors out there. It’s hurtful for me, as a family member, to even hear the potential for a pardon — that he is considering it, or possibly not considering it, as he said. He didn’t waver one way or the other,” Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, when asked about Trump’s comments about possible clemency for Maxwell. “However, I mean, why is this even a conversation?” he added. Roberts noted Maxwell was convicted of crimes related to the sexual abuse of minors. She is currently serving a 20-year sentence, and the Supreme Court on Monday  declined to review  her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction. “She was convicted of basically running a sex trafficking ring,” Roberts said. “What does this teach our children? What does this teach the people around us? I can’t even look my daughter in the face and give her a square answer about what our government stands for and that’s disgraceful. It really is disgraceful, and it’s very hurtful.” Roberts said that his sister — who died by suicide earlier this year and was among the most outspoken victims of the late convicted sex offender — believed Trump would bring justice to survivors after he discussed the issue on the campaign trail. “I know my sister would be very hurt by it because we did believe, based off of the campaign that he ran, that he would do the right thing,” Roberts said. “And, right now, he seems to have amnesia, as does most of the campaign administrators or people that he appointed.” “They seem to have amnesia that they ran their campaign on this,” he added. On Monday, Trump  was asked whether he would consider  a pardon for Maxwell and repeatedly declined to rule it out, saying instead that he needed to look into the matter further. “You know, I haven’t heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I’d have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look,” Trump said during  an exchange  with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ,” Trump said, referring to the Department of Justice. “I wouldn’t consider it or not consider — I don’t know anything about it. I will speak to the DOJ.” A White House official told The Hill that the "White House does not comment on the existence or nonexistence of pardons." "The President is the final decider on pardons.”

Epstein victim's brother: Trump's Maxwell pardon comments 'hurtful'

So federal workers are working without pay, and furloughed workers will only get the back pay required by law IF Trump deems them worthy?

Did I get that right?
#TrumpShutUSDown

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Portland “burning” is dimwitted MAGA propaganda—but Trump is now threatening the Insurrection Act if governors or the courts *lawfully* exercise their roles.

It’s no accident this comes after Miller denounced the Portland ruling—by a Trump appointee, no less—as “legal insurrection.” trib.al/nhFNpMZ

BlackRock Just Bought a Minnesota Utility On Friday, state regulators voted unanimously in favor of allowing private equity to take a Duluth-based utility holding company private. The Prospect takes you inside the room where it all went down.

BlackRock just bought a utility provider in Minnesota for $6.2 billion. They claim that the deal will help transition Minnesota to clean energy, but critics say it’s about increasing shareholder profits. From James Baratta: trib.al/Vg4qIbx

This act of violence by Trump’s masked DHS agents against a minister peacefully protesting reminds me of the darkest days of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Now as then, we will not be intimidated.

Fox: Roasted coffee prices are up 22% in the past year. There's a 50% tariff on coffee from Brazil. That's the nation's biggest coffee supplier. Take a look at this bag right here. The container that bag came in is costing this coffee shop $68,000 more than it did over the summer

YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Republicans are scapegoating immigrants. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Republicans are scapegoating immigrants. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Republicans are grasping at straws to make you angry at immigrants because they have nothing else.
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Sickening.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

He froze because he realized, in real time, that what he’d just said carried serious constitutional implications. Which now will be used against the Trump administration in court. He invoked “plenary authority.” That phrase means complete authority, basically the president has dictatorial powers.