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slkollmann.bsky.social
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!
Hello Chief and APD Leadership, I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods. Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital. Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity. I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers. All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important. As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection. We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further. Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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reforest-kelley.bsky.social
A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
theflamecatcher.bsky.social
I don't think yahoo mail needs streaks
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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contrapoints.bsky.social
Any form of media that involves an angry man telling an audience what to be angry about for several hours a day is probably not good for the human brain
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
theflamecatcher.bsky.social
I'm not saying that AI isn't making people dumber, but they don't make it easier to believe dumb things. If a human is referencing stats or events without sources, that pundit is as trustworthy as an AI. The people getting fooled by AI also get fooled by Fox News or Russian media
October 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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jj-mccullough.bsky.social
This @theatlantic.com article about evangelicals and Trump, written by a Christian, is very insightful. It argues that many evangelicals are actually becoming less religious, and using politics to fill the spiritual gap:

t.co/Cxpky859pj
October 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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lackingsaint.bsky.social
sorry for the lack of activity lately, been a little held up by the crushing reality that all the kindness and charity I was raised to believe in was fake and most people are filled with bigotry and hatred
October 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
theflamecatcher.bsky.social
You forgot that Pennsylvania's governor had his home firebombed, which happened a few months ago. You don't remember it, and may not have ever heard about it, because he was a Democrat
September 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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mzjacobson.bsky.social
And a 4th reminder that a transition to 100% WindWaterSolar reduces the annual total tonnes of mining in the world by >84% despite the need for precious metals, which are a trivial component of total mining tonnage.
September 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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junlper.beer
coates is genuinely a generational writer
What are we to make of a man who called for the execution of the American president, and then was executed himself? What are we to make of an NFL that, on one hand, encourages us to "End Racism," and, on the other, urges us to commemorate an unreconstructed white supremacist? And what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk's death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don't know. But the most telling detail in Klein's column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself.
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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jfallows.bsky.social
Let's say it again:

1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.

2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.

It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 13
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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prasad.bsky.social
“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”
In his remarks, Mr. Van Hollen cited his involvement in fighting for the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador in the spring. Some in his party, he said, argued that getting embroiled in a fight over a deportation was a “distraction” and potentially politically unpopular, because Mr. Trump’s hard line on immigration had resonated with voters. Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson. “This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style,” he said. “We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.”
September 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
theflamecatcher.bsky.social
If the shooter did it for left wing reasons, it's because the right have been calling left wing people Nazis, socialists, and communists, and they radicalized the left. If the shooter did it for right wing reasons, it's because right wing people are inherently violent and menaces to society.
September 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
This is pretty fucked up in lots of ways.
Approximately one to two days later, Driscoll received a call from Mr. Paul Ingrassia, a White House representative who identified himself as the White House-DOJ transition liaison. Ingrassia, then 29 years old, had no experience working in the White House, DOJ, or FBI. Nevertheless, he identified to Driscoll that he was on the White House-DOJ transition team and wanted to conduct a vetting interview with Driscoll who, according to Ingrassia, was being considered for “a high-level position at the FBI.” Driscoll conferred with the FBI Newark Chief Division Legal Counsel to confirm it was legally appropriate to call Ingrassia back. After confirming it was proper to do so, Driscoll then called Ingrassia back and left a voicemail. The next day, on January 17, 2025, Ingrassia called Driscoll back and conducted a telephonic interview. Driscoll asked Ingrassia why he was being interviewed, to which Ingrassia replied that it was for “a high-level position at the FBI.” Driscoll responded that he was already serving in a high-level position in the FBI. Ingrassia did not elaborate any further. The following is, in summary and substance, a list of the questions Ingrassia asked Driscoll and Driscoll’s corresponding responses: Question 1: How would you define the most significant threats to the United States? Response 1: Cyber; terrorist; and counterintelligence threats posed by China; Russia; Iran; North Korea; Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”); ISIS-Khorasan and their affiliates with external operational capabilities; porous borders; fentanyl; and transnational organized crime, e.g., cartels. Question 3: Who did you vote for? Response 3: Driscoll refused to answer this question and stated that it was an inappropriate question with Hatch Act implications. Question 4: Do you agree that the FBI agents who “stormed” Mar-a-Lago, to include the rank-and-file, should be held accountable? Response 4: No; FBI personnel were doing their job in furtherance of court orders, legal warrants, and a properly predicated investigation. Question 5: What are your thoughts on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? Response 5: [trimmed since running out of room but he gave a reasonable answer about the importance of diversity but not it being sole reason for hiring] Question 6: When did you start supporting President Trump? Response 6: Driscoll refused to answer this question. Question 7: Have you voted for a Democrat in the last five elections? Response 7: Driscoll refused to answer this question. 63. After this final question, Ingrassia ended the interview. 64. Later that evening, Driscoll received a call from Bove. Driscoll understood that Bove was expected to be named Acting Deputy Attorney General (“A/DAG”) of the United States following the inauguration. At the time of the call, Bove was a private lawyer who had been part of President Trump’s criminal defense team. Bove asked Driscoll what happened on the vetting call, to which Driscoll responded that he found Ingrassia’s questions to be highly inappropriate and political in nature and that he (Driscoll) was not supportive of serving in any leadership role in the FBI if it required him to pass a vetting assessment based on political views. Driscoll noted that he had never shared his political views, or even whether he had any, in his entire professional career. 65. Bove told Driscoll that he “failed” the vetting interview and that Ingrassia reported that Driscoll was combative and not “based out” enough. Driscoll interpreted Ingrassia’s report to
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
When a right-wing man murdered Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, progressives asked MAGA to tone down the rhetoric to prevent more violence. Within hours of Kirk’s murder, motive still unknown, the right is demanding that the government wage a campaign of violence against their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site in Rochester, NY, after being confronted by more than 100 protesters

The workers stayed on the roof and agents drove away in a Border Patrol SUV on four flat tires, which had been slashed
ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest
The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.
www.wxxinews.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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bainard.bsky.social
mobile rendering of a post for a recipe for chocolate chip cookie dough cake where the author leads with "I want to start off this post with saying how saddening I was to learn of the bombing at the Boston Marathon."
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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chronotope.aramzs.xyz
The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.
laurajedeed.bsky.social Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · Sep 6
The crowd has no beginning and no end as it begins its march to the White House
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
The highest ranking official in the legislative branch is saying that the president of the United States was a secret FBI informant on his friend who was the world’s most notorious sex trafficker

The New York Times will simply pretend this never happened and will cover budget negotiations
September 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
The United States is rapidly going fascist and is the most materially prosperous large nation in human history by a huge margin. If that’s not rich enough to prevent a fascist resurgence, there simply is no amount of wealth that will stave it off and the problem is social and political.
steviebaby.bsky.social steviebaby🫡 @steviebaby.bsky.social · Sep 2
can't sell fascism to people without the material suffering
September 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
"Honey, I don't have much time. I've been arrested by ICE and they are sending me to a detainment center. I love you and the kids, I will be OK, please call our attorney"

-- John Shin, DACA resident, speaking to his wife last week. She hasn't heard from him since www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...
Loved ones shocked, worried after beloved Utah violinist detained by ICE
Friends and family are reacting after Utah violinist John Shin was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday.
www.fox13now.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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fleerultra.bsky.social
looking through some old posts and stumbled on this. the other day chris murphy said the military occupation of dc was a distraction from epstein. a month ago, they were calling epstein a distraction.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 17
Nancy Pelosi characterizes the Epstein scandal and seeming coverup as "a distraction" from kitchen table issues
August 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
The Cracker Barrel controversy is bewildering because:
1. No one actually goes there
2. It’s a punchline
3. Everyone just seems to be mad at the idea of change - any change - occurring
4. The right seems to identify the very existence of change as “wokeness” in some way
August 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
You do not have give them your ID. Just say “No” and walk away if you can manage it at all.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 21
NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
theflamecatcher.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM