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I'm not afraid of Donald Trump — and I won't back down when it comes to protecting my people.
What Trump Is Really Up to in Chicago, According to JB Pritzker
In a new interview, the Illinois governor lets loose on the president’s decision to send troops to Chicago.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm not afraid of Donald Trump — and I won't back down when it comes to protecting my people.
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Donald Trump will keep trying to invade Illinois with troops — and we will keep defending the sovereignty of our state.
Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy.
What will come next?
Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy.
What will come next?
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow deployment of National Guard in Chicago area
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area, escalating President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democratic governors over u...
apnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Donald Trump will keep trying to invade Illinois with troops — and we will keep defending the sovereignty of our state.
Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy.
What will come next?
Militarizing our communities against their will is not only un-American but also leads us down a dangerous path for our democracy.
What will come next?
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Last week, news stories reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had convened an “aluminum working group.” Among the “scientists” there are antivax scientists about whom I’ve been writing for over a decade. Everything old antivax is new again. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 4: Aluminum edition (or: Everything old is new again…again)
Last week, news stories reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had convened an "aluminum working group." Among the "scientists" there are antivax scientists about whom I've been writing for
sciencebasedmedicine.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Last week, news stories reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had convened an “aluminum working group.” Among the “scientists” there are antivax scientists about whom I’ve been writing for over a decade. Everything old antivax is new again. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
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Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.
The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.
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A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
www.npr.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.
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ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
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What Trump wants: 90's style Seattle WTO black bloc mayhem.
What Trump's getting: 2025 style inflatable frogs.
What Trump's getting: 2025 style inflatable frogs.
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What Trump wants: 90's style Seattle WTO black bloc mayhem.
What Trump's getting: 2025 style inflatable frogs.
What Trump's getting: 2025 style inflatable frogs.
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Dozens of people have lost their jobs because they were insufficiently sad about Charlie Kirk being killed and then Trump goes and makes a joke about dodging bullets at his memorial.
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
October 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Dozens of people have lost their jobs because they were insufficiently sad about Charlie Kirk being killed and then Trump goes and makes a joke about dodging bullets at his memorial.
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Solidarity is the only way
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Solidarity is the only way
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Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.
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There is no statute of limitations for murder, including under UCMJ.
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
October 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
There is no statute of limitations for murder, including under UCMJ.
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The inherent corollary of "this is murder" is that we prosecute and punish people who commit murder.
Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.
October 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The inherent corollary of "this is murder" is that we prosecute and punish people who commit murder.
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If this story is true (guess whether I am putting my money on whether DHS or she is lying), DHS illegally assaulted and arrested this woman, then dragged her through social media hell with all sorts of lies and mockery. I hope her attorneys are relentless.
October 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If this story is true (guess whether I am putting my money on whether DHS or she is lying), DHS illegally assaulted and arrested this woman, then dragged her through social media hell with all sorts of lies and mockery. I hope her attorneys are relentless.
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This is tyranny.
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is tyranny.
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Heavens, those messages. I knew a decent number of College Republicans (which, I guess is a different org but I'd assume lots of overlap) back in my undergrad and they weren't perfect, but they weren't Like This.
It will be a long time to get this poison out of the right. A very long time.
It will be a long time to get this poison out of the right. A very long time.
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Heavens, those messages. I knew a decent number of College Republicans (which, I guess is a different org but I'd assume lots of overlap) back in my undergrad and they weren't perfect, but they weren't Like This.
It will be a long time to get this poison out of the right. A very long time.
It will be a long time to get this poison out of the right. A very long time.
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Serious chance he's basically going to break one of the world's premier sporting events on a whim one day.
Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA
Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Serious chance he's basically going to break one of the world's premier sporting events on a whim one day.
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The servicemembers who are conducting these strikes need to be told, explicitly, by Dems in Congress that they have criminal liability, because they do
Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.
Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.
Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.
Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people
October 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The servicemembers who are conducting these strikes need to be told, explicitly, by Dems in Congress that they have criminal liability, because they do
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I love that markets are like "WOOOO RATE CUTSSS" as the head of the Fed is saying "The economy is flashing critical signs of distress"
Powell on Trump's immigration policies: "Stronger policy than most people had expected. We've seen a very sharp decline in growth of the labor force and in and people entering the country ... new people that come into the workforce create supply but they also create their own demand."
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I love that markets are like "WOOOO RATE CUTSSS" as the head of the Fed is saying "The economy is flashing critical signs of distress"
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To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.
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And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.
Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.
Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And they‘re all such overt creepy losers. Subormals.
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Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner.
They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.
They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Honestly very impressed by Newsmax, the Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner.
They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.
They deserve credit precisely because they’re standing up for journalistic principle notwithstanding their ideological inclination.
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I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.
I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.
I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm not afraid. Come and get me, Donald.
I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.
I will stand up for the law and the Constitution. That’s what we do in the State of Illinois.
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Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
Is it...requesting content moderation?
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...
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Descend on your local Walmart or whatever. Buy every American flag. Hand them out.
We are a republic, if we can keep it.
We are a republic, if we can keep it.
Rep. Scalise calls the “No Kings” protests a “hate America” rally.
October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Descend on your local Walmart or whatever. Buy every American flag. Hand them out.
We are a republic, if we can keep it.
We are a republic, if we can keep it.