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Steve Judd

@stevejudd.bsky.social
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I believe in telling the stories, learning who we were, who we might have been, what we suffered, what we overcame, who we became. Because at the end of the day, all we have, really, are the stories.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you." "Are you OK?" "Help me! They shot me!’” "I was trying to stop" The last words of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero before they were murdered by ICE
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My kids have measles, I lost my job, and a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors has given me explosive diarrhea. But at least now there’s no plaques honoring Black scientists at the Smithsonian.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/06/2026
The Trump administration stopped an investigation into the president's clemency grant to a convicted fraudster. A Catholic priest tied to President Trump pushed for it.
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Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency
Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.
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Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight @mjdavis1988.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you're down for some deep-dive historical satire on Trump's UFC egomania and grift, I've got ya covered: mdavis19881.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trove of Historic Letters Between Thomas Jefferson & John Adams Discovered
Correspondence shines light on America’s 250 celebrations.
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Harold S @oldredsubby.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 26/05/2026
The musician, who died Monday at age 95, honed a deeply individual sound on his horn and penned several jazz standards in a career that spanned more than half a century. on.wsj.com/3RLBJkK
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Remembering Sonny Rollins, a Towering Jazz Saxophonist
The musician, who died Monday at age 95, honed a deeply individual sound on his horn and penned several jazz standards in a career that spanned more than half a century.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Temporary Squeaker Mike is so dumb it hurts.
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Gamma Donna @gammamadonna.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
#MakeOrwellFictionAgain “There are some spectacles before which satire herself stands mute.” • George Orwell
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is who we've become, America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Coming soon: “Tariffs crashed the economy? Those were Biden’s tariffs. I don’t even know what tariffs are”
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Dylan Tusinski @dylantus.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. “There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/01/2026
To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
ICE shot a mother in the face. ICE kidnapped a 5 year-old boy. ICE executed a man on the street. It’s time to tear down this secret police force.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It was always easy for our military to terrorize citizens as Miller describes. That's not the point. The point is that this is America—not the Third Reich—and OUR MILITARY ISN'T TO BE USED THIS WAY. Anyone who can't understand and accept this was NEVER a fan of America, democracy, or rule of law.
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home! Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Shown is a blank sample administrative warrant. The only place for signatures is for an immigration officer. No judge has to sign off on it.
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Ben Seeder @benseeder.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Brutal but the future looks incredible. What a wild ride.
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 13/01/2026
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
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Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
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Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Service runs in families. Mine too.
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joes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Whoa...
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 24/11/2025
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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“Don’t give up the ship. You can refuse illegal orders. We have your back.” 🇺🇸Veterans offer support to those in active service.🇺🇸
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/s...
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Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
A 79-year-old grandfather found himself in legal limbo in the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp in the Everglades, picked up on a decades-old deportation order authorities had previously chosen not…
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Only 2.6% on list of 614 'Operation Midway Blitz' arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
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Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What better way to celebrate pepper-spraying a one year old baby in a passing car? Party, party!
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The U.S. Labor Department dreams of an Aryan America chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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The U.S. Labor Department dreams of an Aryan America
The government is too dumb — or too confident — to even bother hiding its racism.
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Why Is Dirt From Trump’s White House Reno Going to a Golf Course? newrepublic.com/post/202174/... via @newrepublic.com
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Why Is Dirt From Trump’s White House Reno Going to a Golf Course?
Donald Trump is using his demolition of the White House as a chance to improve a golf course.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.
Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Following the NSPM-7 directive for feds to focus on anti-ICE terrorism, the FBI and Homeland produced an intel bulletin linking anti-ICE protests to terrorism. Bulletin here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-feds-...
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Leak: Feds Think Protests Hide Terrorism
“No Kings” protest eyed amid NSPM-7 domestic terror panic
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 01/10/2025
This is not a fight about tax credits. This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin. We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire popular.info/p/trumps-arg...
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Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire
A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Private Fences Put Up Around Public Park Irk Near North Neighbors blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/24/p... For those wondering how Chicago's former Cabrini-Green projects were re-imagined into the promised vibrant and economically diverse new communities when the projects were emptied and leveled.
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Private Fences Put Up Around Public Park Irk Near North Neighbors
The park must be publicly accessible 6 a.m.-11 p.m. daily as part of an agreement with the city — but some are concerned the large fences a homeowner association put up will keep away other Chicagoans...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
John Oliver says Bob Iger should use "the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away. And that is, 'fuck you, make me.'" youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g?...
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Jimmy Kimmel & the FCC: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 21/09/2025
Get. Off. Twitter.
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This was the absolute norm for any US politician until, well, Trump. Even Mike Pence said it when he was booed at a staging of Hamilton just after they won in 2016.
Washington (CNN) - Vice President-elect Mike
Pence said the boos he faced at the Broadway production of "Hamilton" were "what freedom sounds like."
Pence also didn't criticize the show's cast for addressing him from the stage after the play's end Friday night, saying he wasn't offended and understood their message.
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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We continue to, as DeLillo described once about Oswald, feel "the shock of unmeaning"
The 20th century was built largely out of absurd moments and events. In time we had to invent an adjective, European and literary, that might encapsulate the feeling of impending menace and distorted reality and the sense of a vast alienating force that presses the edges of individual choice.

These things are Kafkaesque.

In America it is the individual himself, floating on random streams of disaffection, who tends to set the terms of the absurd.

A man walks into a diner and shoots 11 strangers. What city was that, and who remembers the shooter’s name?

A couple of teenagers wander through their school building shooting teachers and students. How many times did this happen, and where exactly, and who were the kids with the guns?

Oswald changed history not only through his involvement in the death of the president, but also in prefiguring such moments of the American absurd. He was not media-poisoned, as many of the others have been, and his crime was not steeped in the supermarket cult of modern folklore and dread. But think of the outrages and atrocities that flowed from the psychic disorientation of the 1960s — the assassinations, the cult murders, the mass suicides. It was surely the assassination of President Kennedy that began to give us a sense of something coming undone. This was vintage American violence, lonely and rootless, but it shaded into something older and previously distant, a condition of estrangement and helplessness, an undependable reality. We felt the shock of unmeaning.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This may be the same "Skylar" who O'Keefe has previously relied upon as an operative. We have since identified her true name. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Tom Lehrer and(!) Cleo Laine gone within days of each other?? The world is such a less colorful place now.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Very cool methods contribution here
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Steve Judd @stevejudd.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
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Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI. 
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