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Governor Pritzker Challenges Trump’s Threat to Send Troops to Chicago | The Illinois governor pointed out that eight of the 10 states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans. (www.nytimes.com)
 

His speech is awesome

I note that if he were to publicly call for violent resistance, he would be arrested.

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No Kings, No Occupations — Toward a Democratic Opposition Politics (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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Wilted Lettuce. Rotten Strawberries. Here’s What Happens When You Round Up Farmworkers. (www.nytimes.com)
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Trump admin’s new anti-renewables rule rooted in fossil-fuel misinformation (www.canarymedia.com)
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Finally, a pol does the thing he promised voters! The pol is Trump. The thing is fascism. (share.inquirer.com)
 

The "stunning" FBI raid on Trump critic John Bolton wasn't so stunning to anyone who listened to what Trump said in the 2024 campaign.

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"No authority": Dems flame Trump's proposed Chicago crackdown (www.axios.com)
 

Site asks for an email address but doesn't validate it. So just make one up. I use @example.com since I know nobody reads those

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Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices (www.cnbc.com)
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Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown (www.washingtonpost.com)
 

Military officials are sketching out a plan that could deploy a few thousand National Guard members, officials said. The use of active-duty forces has also been discussed.

Its pretty clear that the plan is to wreck Democratic-leaning cities one by one.

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Almost all the Epstein files given to Congress were already public, Democrats say (www.miamiherald.com)
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A Tale Of Two Gooners | How Arsenal supporters handle sharing a name with chronic masturbators. (defector.com)
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Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela? (www.nytimes.com)
 

A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

This seems to be because the courts have ruled that absent an actual war, Trump can't use the Alien Enemies Act to put people in concentration camps or deport them.

I'll also note that the US is also purging military leadership

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Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built | The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of campaign against renewable energ (www.nytimes.com)
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