A.A. Dowd
@aadowd.bsky.social
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Writer/editor. Past lives: The A.V. Club, Chron, Time Out Chicago. He/him/his. https://letterboxd.com/AADowd/ https://authory.com/AADowd
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gonebabygone.bsky.social
It’s so fucking irritating how these people unaccountably exert power but then also demand we bless it as legitimate. You’re the ones tearing up every contract, we don’t owe you shit.
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Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
aadowd.bsky.social
63. Russian Circles, ENTER: No vocals, no problem. You won't miss singing when listening to the crisp, snaking anthems of Russian Circles — one of a couple tremendous outfits who have made Chicago the instrumental metal capital of the world. youtu.be/w3njT2eswO8?...
Russian Circles - Micah
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tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
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longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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perfors.net
Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.
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kjephd.bsky.social
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.
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64. Warning, WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE: Nobody wallows like Patrick Walker, metal's own pope of mope, who delivers his lamentations with his whole throat, chest, and soul. And unlike his 40 Watt Sun stuff, Warning matched the heavy emotion with heavy doom crunch. youtu.be/OvePDjmdp8g?...
Watching From A Distance
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gtconway.bsky.social
@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."
aadowd.bsky.social
Eephus (2024, Lund):
flickmythrob.bsky.social
I kinda hope this game never ends and they keep playing into the middle of the night
aadowd.bsky.social
We need full electronic voting oversight and reform. This should be a priority of every elected official who cares about democracy at all. Otherwise, that's the ballgame.
jayshams.bsky.social
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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thematthill.bsky.social
Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.
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ndrew.bsky.social
so gov pritzker has talked a very good game but its time to step up and protect his people like he said he would
heartlandsignal.bsky.social
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
aadowd.bsky.social
65. Burst, LAZARUS BIRD: Apropos name, as this defunct Swedish outfit lurches forward with sudden pressurized blasts of aggression, even as the songs coil and expand past radio-single length. "Progressive" doesn't have to mean meandering. youtu.be/LQnIjuXY8HM?...
I Hold Vertigo
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abw56.bsky.social
How do you read stuff like this and not feel like our democracy is being swallowed whole by billionaires?
jayshams.bsky.social
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
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aadowd.bsky.social
One benefit to not going to festivals much anymore is that I'm going to spend the next two months watching new movies from Kelly Reichardt, Park Chan-wook, Richard Linklater (twice over!), Noah Baumbach, Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo del Toro, Yorgos Lanthimos, Joachim Trier, a second Safdie, etc!
aadowd.bsky.social
66. Kalmah, SWAMPSONG: Look, a guy can't subsist on po-faced brutality alone. His diet must also include a little goofy, horns-up bombast; think Children of Bodom but with better, catchier riffs. youtu.be/rRsdU-kh_pw?...
Kalmah - Heroes To Us
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