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Chicagoās Mayor Brandon Johnson says āChicago will continue to have a violence problem as long as red states continue to have a gun problem.ā Mayor Johnson points out if Trump really cared about violence in America, he would work on gun reform not militarizing cities!
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
Pritzker says the press should be asking this question, too, and he's right.
NOW: Big protest going on outside the White House. Protestors are demanding release of Epstein files and the end of the National Guard deployment in D.C. This is some visual. (šø Status Coup News)
I havenāt taught Sunday school for over 40 years, but Iām pretty certain St. Peter does not accept cash OR checks.
Like a 1980s televangelist, Trump is now asking his supporters to send him $15 to help him get to Heaven. meidasnews.com/news/trump-a...
āI refuse to accept this is normal.ā - JB Pritzker. Amen, governor. Amen.
šØBREAKING: President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in the state over the governorās repeated objections. Pritzker also warned Trump will soon launch large-scale immigration raids in Chicago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
Seems Trump might be trying an end-run in which Texas mobilizes its National Guard. That would be Texas invading Illinois, which as you can imagine is unconstitutional. One wonders about potential remedies, such as IL seizing assets of TX corporations like X, xAI, and SpaceX. Just a thought. š¤
If itās under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control. That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state. And thatād clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
Ummmā¦good question.
So much for being pro-life. I guess that was only about devising ways to control a womanās body and less about the health and welfare of children after they are born.
On our side of the street, 3 of the 8 houses in our section have pools. Our backyards are small, so they take up the entire yard. I can't imagine what the upkeep and cost (and insurance) are for having a pool that you can only use for 4-5 months each year.
I wouldn't even leave water in a backyard wading pool when my kids were small. Now I see many people putting in inground pools that take up their entire back yard with no fencing around the pool itself and direct access to the house. It only takes a moment of distraction for disaster to happen.
Death is the only one āwinningā during the Trump regime and Death never gets tired of winning.
They are so worried about the birth rate, yet don't seem to care if children die.
Republicans: We're pro-life! Us: You're pro-giving guns to violent nutters, pro- kids dying from preventable diseases, pro-families losing health insurance, pro-women (& their fetus) dying from ectopic pregnancy, pro-ending cancer research, pro-starvation & pro-drowning. That's not pro-life.
If I had a pool, Iād fence it for my dogs. Without delay.
Guess this popular trad family tragically didnāt pass muster with RFK Jr, despite all their wholesome internet videos.
Our landscaper (naturalized citizen w/a 20-year old company) lost a lot of his regular guys, so they can also come and help with our overgrown back garden.
Managing to stiff the American taxpayer AND the National Guard at the dame time (by keeping time to under 30 days when certain benefits kick in).
#DailyZiggy: drove back upstate to hang w/Ziggyās awesome āsummer momā & go to his 1st dock diving, AKC/CGC event. It wasā¦āeducationalāā¦but Ziggy earnestly did his best & was an incredibly good boy! More details in later posts. LOVE the beauty of rural NY! www.lillybeartreats.com #DogsOfBlueSky
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![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, whereās that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, itās underwater. The oceanās depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: Itās because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Todayās court ruling is what weāve been warning about for months: Trump is unlawfully using the military to terrorize Americans, including kids and hardworking immigrants ā many of whom have contributed to this country and are part of American families.
You donāt find ācommon groundā with fascists. You build power to defeat them. This is the main reason why I believe fascism at the Federal level in the US will last generations.
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Release the Epstein files.
Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Let him keep making this public.
He wants kids to die. His own psychological childhood trauma is playing out nationally, taking Americaās children hostage.
āFire RFK Jr. now.ā From @motherjones.com ā¬ļø www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Pritzker: "We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois."
Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
Pritzker is doing two things here that are smart. One, he's describing this forcefully and unapologetically and in his own terms, not adopting the Admin/media frame. Two, he's making clear that he will blame the Admin for any violence or disorder sparked by their invasion of his state.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
The last CR (allowed to advance to a vote by several democratic senators including Chuck Schumer) defunded DC by $1.1B to include law enforcement. I'll be writing and calling and screaming that the next continuing resolution IS NOT PASSED without FUNDING DC (among other things.)
Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
āFilm things you see happeningā¦Be loud for Americaā is quite the rallying cry.
Surely, the decision to hold a military spectacle at that time is just coincidence.
"It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try and disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear, the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here." JB Pritzker
"Be loud for America."
this is almost certainly under Title 32 authorities (meaning the TX guard will be nominally under TX state control but on a federal mission), meaning the posse comitatus issues that came up in California will not apply. that said, it raises a whole lot of other legal problems
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Brian Stetler just told CNN that we were memeing about Trump's health this weekend to monetize speculation and make a quick buck on Bluesky. Are we supposed to be getting checks?
Allison, Iām still waiting for 30 years of back Soros checks. Shame on Brian.
In the coming days, we expect to see what's playing out in LA and DC happen in Chicago. These efforts are not about fighting crime or making communities safer. This is about Donald Trump testing his power and producing political drama to cover up his own corruption.
Two things can be ā and are ā true here: Bowser is not the champion DC needs in this moment, and The Washington Post has become a Trump rag. A newspaper that actually cared about the city in its name would not publish such an inflammatory, bullshit headline.
Absolutely.
This guy gets it. This is the way.
A lot of people who got propped up on Twitter are mad that other options exposes them as boring
it seems to be ppl who get mass blocked. they just canāt stand that a lot of us fled twitter very specifically to get away from their deliberate shit-stirring. so many of them are professional shit-stirrers and the algorithm on twitter rewards it. here they basically get nuked.
āthese people are annoyingā is at the core of every single complaint and itās not subtle
It is pretty cool that the public gets to see how petty and strange a lot of these guys are. They just put it all out there and still expect their opinions to be taken seriously. "Stop looking at my ass!", they yell as they wave their bare ass all around
Niche influencer drama pretending to be about policy is also, I would add, most of todayās trending political discourse
A lot of the big complainers about Bluesky are basically describing Threads but their real issue with Bluesky is that they specifically dislike around 12 people who they could ratio on Twitter if it still existed. Itās basically niche influencer drama pretending to be about policy
Trump is over 20 minutes late to his Oval Office address. Are they unable to reanimate him? lol
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Yes, letās train āwar fightersā (Hegsethās term) to defend us (at the cost of billions of taxpayer dollars), then pay them full salaries to be groundskeepers & street sweepers. Government efficiency at work, no?
Not a lot of people know this, but itās actually Peak Performance for a President when the country is constantly spectating if youāre dead and/or a pedophile.
Hypocritical appeasement of a (well-funded) insane but noisy minority does not make you popular. Hear that, Dems?
Exactly. But the contradiction is stark if the whole problem, as per Elon, is the ādecreasing birth rate.ā
Sadly, the answer is easy when you understand how RFK, Jr. thinks: Children who drown are (or parents who let them) are defective. Those not āstrong enoughā to survive,āwithout helpāshould be āculled from the herdā to keep our species healthy. Eugenics, clear and simple, underly all CDC cuts!š¤¬š¤¬
This should be made into a viral adā¦what these monsters are doing to the rest of us is despicable. www.levernews.com/the-grotesqu...
From the article: itās the LEADING cause of death in kids 1-4. Whatās the point of increasing the vaunted birth rate if at every turn, youāre lowering the chances of kids making it to 5?
Wow. Iām thinking of the influencer trad Mom whose toddler just drowned in their backyard because Dad was betting on sports & despite having an infant & a toddler, theyād still not put a safety fence up around their pool. People really need these programs.
the only Trump announcement I care about is one he won't be able to give š¤·š»āāļø
If the GOP is cool with going to the āwar departmentā then you know they just have no independent thought left. Just betas
Heās paid for by the same autocracy inc (& more theocracy inc!) sources that put Trump in power. The only plus is heās got negative charisma & outrageous policies Trumpās cult is letting pass may not be as passive if heās perceived in charged. Make no mistake, people perceive his arrogance.
jesus man, tell me you have no idea who Claremont is or JD Vance's record as a postliberal
Newsom v. Trump: a federal court granted our injunction, blocking Trumpās illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement. The ruling is clear: Trump is breaking the law by trying to create a national police force with himself as its chief.
Red State rules. Of course, an influx of scientists & engineers into a red state might not be a bad thingā¦
Trump to announce U.S. Space Command headquarters will be moved from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, per Reuters
CARTOON OF THE DAY
People need to leave! But they wonāt until more journalists, political figures, entertainers & sports figures do.
One problem with being on Twitter is that Elon Musk constantly rejigs the site to push his views. He cannot be sidelined when he owns the underlying system. His manipulation of the Twitter AI to match his views illustrates this point. Via @kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I was elected as the Labor Secretary for all Americans" (She was not elected)
Rep. Nadler, you're a mensch. Thank you for your leadership, your selflessness, and your decades of service to New Yorkers. www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/02/j...
Ziggy can identify.
šÆ! (PS - I went on a triple date w/my HS boyfriend, his parents, & Carl (his dadās best friend) & Ann when I was 16. We saw the animated classic āFantasiaā & had dinner. )
You hit the nail on the head by your reference to storytellers. Stories abound. The problem is ā¦ who is telling them? Are they capable storytellers? Ethical storytellers? When it comes to scientific storytelling, for me, the litmus test has always been Carl Sagan. We need storytellers like him.
Please pin it to your profile if you do! š Have a joyful birthday, GTCā¦Ziggy & I are thankful for you & wish you, your family & pups much joy & many slices of cake!
Today's my birthday and I'm hoping @realDonaldTrump will send me one of his amazing handcrafted cards with a beautiful Sharpie-drawn woman on it
Mighty conveniently.
BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth violated the Posse Comitatus Act with their troop deployment to Los Angeles, Judge Charles Breyer rules after trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Good morning everyone Tomorrow 10:30 am Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie Capitol Hill It is TIME for the Victims to be heard It must be JUSTICE for THEM
Trump is in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. Maybe he needs to rethink his pending announcement.
Me too. BTW I find the majority of people in Ireland to be much more traditionally community-oriented in terms of reaching out & offering aid, help, favors etc. Itās really easy to approach strangers & get directions, advice etc.
That's the truth and the problem. Trump country will hold its hand out, but not give a hand up. I'm not changing who I am to please them. I'm doing things my way. When someone needs help, I'm there. They don't owe me anything. But maybe they'll help the next person they see.
This is exactly the problem with the world. Good people like Melissa exist, but others want to Bogart their way through life.
I think my first was a flip phone? Canāt recall.
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