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Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1h
Mainer Johan Sebastián should still be here. Susan Collins funded the masked thugs who took his life and robbed a child of her loving dad 👇🏽
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h
When someone is a true degenerate malefactor it can be pretty hard to keep up with all the different kinds of misbehavior they're either committing or proximate to.
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 4h
Every time any of yall chicken littles post on that you are worried about Peggy's campaign, I just sign up for another door knocking shift.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2h
"Live-streaming executions is what jihadists do. America is better than that." www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter
Both Republican and Democratic critics said the plan was beneath the United States.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11h
“Elgin Community College staff notified Flock in October 2025 that they wanted to cancel their contract and have the cameras taken down. Within a day, Heinrich said, Flock rejected the request and refused to uninstall the equipment on the basis that the company had not breached their agreement.”
wbez.org
To protect immigrant students, a Chicago-area college told Flock to remove its cameras. The company refused.
Elgin Community College resorted to covering the surveillance cameras with trash bags and zip ties. Public records show that federal immigration authorities have accessed Flock data at other Illinois ...
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 17h
The ICE thug who shot into a car with a five-year-old kid in it in the Bronx tonight was using an AR-15-style gun. I want you to understand how murderous it is.
washingtonpost.com
The Blast Effect: How bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart
The Washington Post examined autopsy and postmortem reports from nearly a hundred victims of past mass shootings that involved an AR-15 style rifle.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 17h
Exactly.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:
wired.com
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18h
This was day 3 of a heavy ICE presence across an area around Rockford in N. IL west of Chicago; impacting towns that usually see less ICE activity than Chicagoland proper. Remains to be seen whether this increased activity in the area only lasts a few days or marks the start of a longer escalation.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 18h
At least seven rounds likely from an AR-15 clone in a crowded city without an active shooter is as grossly irresponsible as it is dangerous
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SarcastiCanadian @plumbert.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h
Page 3 of today's @globeandmail . The top story says that the Government of Canada (as well as the EU and Lithuania) have pulled sponsorship from an anti-disinformation conference because it includes sessions on the US interfering in internal politics in […] [Original post on thecanadian.social]
A page from the Globe and Mail on October 8, 2026. The page includes 3 stories. The top one is titled "Canada drops sponsorship of DisInfo2026".  The second is titled "Musk calls on Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from Canada."  The third is titled "At least 28 killed in massive Russian Strike against Ukraine."
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 18h
I wouldn’t even wish Shapiro on the Sox
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Julie Polk @juliepolk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Steve Earle ‘Volver a Celaya’ new song, live from Glasgow… @steveearle.bsky.social @waterboysmusic.bsky.social @mickpuck.bsky.social youtu.be/gsNO2G687qQ?...
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Steve Earle’s new song Volver a Celaya. In concert with The Waterboys
YouTube video by Julie Polk
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
wapo.st
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 19h
Congrats!
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 19h
I’ve been on the nationalize SpaceX train for a long time now. He’s not just corrupt but also a habitual drug user with about every red flag possible in a security clearance investigation
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21h
nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As completely deranged and fucked up and wrong as he is, I gotta say it is stressful to have the damn president of the United States constantly attacking my state of Minnesota, sending violence, calling for violence, putting all lives at risk, killing our neighbors. Like it really takes a toll.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 19h
Just weirdest people
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 21h
I’ve probably watched dozens of mass shooting videos as part of my job. It takes a part of you each time. I do not understand why you would do this. Vile. apnews.com/article/fort...
apnews.com
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
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Shoe-per Intelligence @shoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Roger Marshall is like it Mr. Burns had become a doctor.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 20h
We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
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Doron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 22h
Honestly. If that guy’s strategy is to wear us down, then he doesn’t understand Minnesota and our winters. We endure and thrive because of each other. To my Somali neighbors and friends - you are needed and loved.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 19h
I mean go away forever doesn’t appear to be an Emanuel family trait so humiliation it is
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h
This thing has made me go do a lot of reading tonight, and the Wikipedia page about the last public execution in the United States is well-written. It was Rainey Bethea, a Black man hanged in front of a crowd of 20,000 in 1936, a spectacle which embarrassed Kentucky enough that they ended hangings.
Hanna placed the noose around Bethea's neck, adjusted it, and then signaled to Hash to pull the trigger. Instead, Hash, who was drunk, did nothing. Hanna shouted at Hash, "Do it!" A deputy then leaned onto the trigger, which sprang the trap door. citation needed! Bethea fell 8 feet (2.4 m), and his neck was instantly broken.
Afterward, two doctors confirmed he was dead.
His body was taken to Andrew & Wheatley
Funeral Home. Icitation needed! He wanted his body to be sent to his sister in South Carolina so that she could arrange for him to be interred next to his father, but against these wishes, he was buried in a pauper's grave at Owensboro Cemetery (also known as City Cemetery and
"Potter's Field") in Owensboro. 14]It was estimated that a crowd of about 20,000 people gathered to watch the execution.!9! One man, 36-year-old Leonard A. Peters, was killed in a car accident while driving to Owensboro to witness the hanging. Three others, including his wife, were injured. 15. Afterwards, Hanna complained that Hash should not have been allowed to perform the execution in his drunken
condition. Hanna further said it was the worst display he experienced in the 70 hangings he had supervised. citation needed]
The spot where the scaffold stood
(approximately 37.775248° -87.116462°) is now part of a drop-off/pick-up lane in front of the Owensboro Convention Center. citation needed]へ
End of public executions in
Kentucky
As the Kentucky General Assembly had been meeting in its biennial sessions at the time, the media circus surrounding the Bethea execution embarrassed members of the Kentucky
legislature. In spite of the humiliation, they could not amend laws regarding executions until the next session in 1938. However, the trial judges in two separate Kentucky rape cases ordered that the hangings of John "Pete" Montjoy and Harold Van Venison be conducted privately. Montjoy, age 23, was privately hanged in Covington on December 17, 1937.On January 17, 1938, William R. Attkisson of the Kentucky State Senate's 38th District (representing Louisville), introduced Senate Bill 69, repealing the requirement in Section 1137 that executions for convicted rapists be conducted by hanging in the county seat where they raped their victims. The bill was promoted in the Kentucky House of Representatives by Representative Charles W. Anderson Jr., one of the attorneys who assisted Bethea in his post-conviction relief motions.
After both houses approved the bill, Governor Chandler signed it into law on March 12, 1938; it became effective on May 30 of that year.
Chandler later expressed regret at having approved the repeal, claiming, "Our streets are no longer safe." The last person ever legally hanged in Kentucky was Harold Van Venison, a
33-year-old African-American singer, who was privately executed in Covington on June 3, 1938.
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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 19h
Hilarious
huffpost.com
Rock Legend Uses Elon Musk's Own Words Against Him In Humiliating New Song
The song will be featured in a new doc about the SpaceX founder — and it’s a film Musk already hates.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 19h
Forgot the link www.chapinforcongress.com
chapinforcongress.com
Home | Doug Chapin for Congress
Doug Chapin is a Democrat running for Congress in Minnesota's Sixth District to bring common-sense leadership, proven experience, and a commitment to delivering results for our community. Learn about ...
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EmKay K-A @mkettleson.bsky.social · 20h
Fuck ICE!
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 21h
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 19h
Insurance too!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h
Ossoff must be headed for defeat. He said white nationalism is bad! That’s woke, which everyone hates. He missed a chance to say “girls sports” and “I’ll hurt immigrants too.” Bad mistake. Or maybe the 2024 election and early 2025 issue polls were not the true and permanent opinion of Americans.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 20h
Ohio U and Yale committed malpractice
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We've seen what Trump's government coming to the "rescue" looks like. It ended with two Minnesotans shot dead by federal agents, racial profiling, assaults, and the violation of our rights. Never again. If Trump tries, I'll drag him back to court.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20h
You know what I don't see on the agent who shot a dad with a military assault rifle? THE BODY-CAM THAT THE TRUMP ADMIN HAS PROMISED TO PUT ON ALL ICE AGENTS.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20h
Just three years ago some in the media was labeling this guy as a “moderate”
Newsweek screenshot 

“Republicans Choose Emmer, a Moderate, as their Third Speaker Nominee”
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 20h
Doug Chapin, Emmer’s opponent, spoke to Drinking Liberally tonight. Doug is a good candidate who isn’t inciting pogroms. It’s a tough race but a righteous one.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 23h
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in victim's car when ICE agents shot at it.
theintercept.com
ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 22h
I want him to run to humiliate him
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 23h
They're Neo Confederates masturbating to the idea of slave ships. I want it to be more complex and less grossly stupid but they're not special interesting boys, they're Silicon Klansmen.
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 22h
Some of the lowest crime rates in 50 years, MarkWayneRickyBobby. Take a hike and if you come back we will beat you again
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 22h
Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency
Donald J. Trump
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The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 22h
Trump tells racists to attack Somali people, implying anything goes. Then Emmer, the Grand Wizard Albino Flintstone himself, doubles down on the call for racist violence. Don't worry, the Strib will completely ignore this story! bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com
Trump once again targets Minnesota Somali Americans with inflammatory post, suggests another federal invasion
The president suggests people should 'fight back' against the Somali residents, debatably a call for violence.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."
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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 22h
Wait: so Mike Rogers claims El-Sayed is bought off by both George Soros, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, and Hamas?? Be serious, my guy.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 22h
This guy Has It
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 22h
Goddam.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 23h
lol El-Sayed dropped a “my guy” in the debate, @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 23h
Better than I thought it would go which is not to say well
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