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3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.
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Miller is a vile little tick latched on to the scalp of our nation, a parasite gorging himself on blood, and he should be pulled off and crushed into pieces
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Miller is a vile little tick latched on to the scalp of our nation, a parasite gorging himself on blood, and he should be pulled off and crushed into pieces
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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seriously what the fuck do we do about this guy
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
seriously what the fuck do we do about this guy
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
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Also it’s bizarre to report this as “Epstein alleging Trump knew of his conduct.” Seems like the more notable thing is that Trump was engaging in that conduct.
Why did [VICTIM] spend hours at Epstein’s house with Trump? Was he giving her a piano lesson?
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Also it’s bizarre to report this as “Epstein alleging Trump knew of his conduct.” Seems like the more notable thing is that Trump was engaging in that conduct.
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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They went into this terrorized community to incite people. And pepper sprayed an infant. There is no level of depravity these people won’t sink to.
A crazy day in Little Village: A report of someone shooting at federal agents, fortunately no one was hit. The Feds pepper allegedly sprayed an infant. A cop was hit by a car. And Bovino threatened to tear gas angry residents. Story from @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
They went into this terrorized community to incite people. And pepper sprayed an infant. There is no level of depravity these people won’t sink to.
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Monstrous.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Monstrous.
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There’s also an added implication that if the economy was humming along Trump should be supported but there are about 50,000 other reasons to oppose him and it’s actually good to not think of them as distractions
When you say something is a distraction, you are not-very-implicitly scolding anyone who makes a big deal out of it: You’re a sucker! You fell for the trick!
When the putative distraction is some egregious breach of political norms or actual laws, you are helping normalize and minimize the breach.
When the putative distraction is some egregious breach of political norms or actual laws, you are helping normalize and minimize the breach.
I find this distraction discourse unhelpful. Trump's video was appalling and significant and should be analyzed and denounced, and part of the work of politics is to turn it into a major controversy in its own right, as a symbol of Trump's autocratic disdain for the people.
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There’s also an added implication that if the economy was humming along Trump should be supported but there are about 50,000 other reasons to oppose him and it’s actually good to not think of them as distractions
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Hi, I’m Alex goldman. I used to host a podcast called Reply All that some people liked. For the past year I have been making a show called @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social. We now have 25 episodes (50 if you count premium episodes). You might enjoy it! Listen if you liked reply all
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hi, I’m Alex goldman. I used to host a podcast called Reply All that some people liked. For the past year I have been making a show called @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social. We now have 25 episodes (50 if you count premium episodes). You might enjoy it! Listen if you liked reply all
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“.. Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: ‘We have to be good or ICE will get us.’”
@apnews.com #Chicago
apnews.com/article/chic...
@apnews.com #Chicago
apnews.com/article/chic...
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“.. Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: ‘We have to be good or ICE will get us.’”
@apnews.com #Chicago
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@apnews.com #Chicago
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Candle in the Windy City. This morning's sunrise highlights the steam coming off the top of the St. Regis building in Chicago.
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Candle in the Windy City. This morning's sunrise highlights the steam coming off the top of the St. Regis building in Chicago.
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ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today
October 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today
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Fed agents sent TWO ppl to the hospital, one woman for a gunshot wound, one man for head trauma, during this incident
Smashed vehicles, casings/ballistics, surveillance video, witnesses...none independently investigated by CPD, per spox, even after fed agents unleashed tear gas on ~20 CPD officers
Smashed vehicles, casings/ballistics, surveillance video, witnesses...none independently investigated by CPD, per spox, even after fed agents unleashed tear gas on ~20 CPD officers
So this video and the one of the ICE goon bodyslamming the guy that circulated yesterday are in the same location. At the end of this video you see a unique-looking building on the left. The bodyslamming happens right in front of it. These two videos are essentially one near-continuous scene.
October 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fed agents sent TWO ppl to the hospital, one woman for a gunshot wound, one man for head trauma, during this incident
Smashed vehicles, casings/ballistics, surveillance video, witnesses...none independently investigated by CPD, per spox, even after fed agents unleashed tear gas on ~20 CPD officers
Smashed vehicles, casings/ballistics, surveillance video, witnesses...none independently investigated by CPD, per spox, even after fed agents unleashed tear gas on ~20 CPD officers
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Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov these state police are making you out to be a liar
A protester tackled and arrested by state police for trying to block an ICE vehicle.
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov these state police are making you out to be a liar
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Again, Dems could make this their shutdown demand: that government funding be accompanied by laws constraining ICE and requiring it not use Latino ethnicity as a criterion for detention. "You can't jail someone for being Latino."
But instead, they're vaguely fighting for "healthcare subsidies."
But instead, they're vaguely fighting for "healthcare subsidies."
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Again, Dems could make this their shutdown demand: that government funding be accompanied by laws constraining ICE and requiring it not use Latino ethnicity as a criterion for detention. "You can't jail someone for being Latino."
But instead, they're vaguely fighting for "healthcare subsidies."
But instead, they're vaguely fighting for "healthcare subsidies."
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i really wish our law enforcement and media werent telegraphing to mass shooters that messages written on bullets will be breathlessly and uncritically publicized with no further examination
September 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
i really wish our law enforcement and media werent telegraphing to mass shooters that messages written on bullets will be breathlessly and uncritically publicized with no further examination
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"These are people who stand to lose their homes, their freedom, their families, and they are showing more courage than people who have summer homes and trust funds." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"These are people who stand to lose their homes, their freedom, their families, and they are showing more courage than people who have summer homes and trust funds." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Can't help but notice that the media breathlessly reporting on the messages that shooters write on their bullets seems to have been followed by a surge of shooters writing messages on bullets
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Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...
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Information environment has reached its grotesque conclusion in that there is a very real killer out there who has not been identified, apprehended, or investigated, a detail practically inconsequential to nearly every commentator’s purposes.
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Information environment has reached its grotesque conclusion in that there is a very real killer out there who has not been identified, apprehended, or investigated, a detail practically inconsequential to nearly every commentator’s purposes.
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“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the PROPOSITION that all men are created equal.”
This man takes aim at Lincoln’s words because he’s working for the same league of traitors that took aim at his skull.
This man takes aim at Lincoln’s words because he’s working for the same league of traitors that took aim at his skull.
man.
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the PROPOSITION that all men are created equal.”
This man takes aim at Lincoln’s words because he’s working for the same league of traitors that took aim at his skull.
This man takes aim at Lincoln’s words because he’s working for the same league of traitors that took aim at his skull.