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SummerReed @cafsbsky.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors

Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans

www.theguardian.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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SummerReed @cafsbsky.bsky.social · 1h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Very Soon, ICE Will Know Exactly Where You Are All the Time

ICE is planning on buying a tool that will let it see hundreds of millions of phones’ location data.

www.yahoo.com

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DougBlueWahoo 🦋💙✌️🌈🌊 @dougbluewahoo2.bsky.social · 2h

May it happen soon.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18h

We’re already at the Anne Frank stage of things. It will get much worse if it can’t be stopped.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 1d

💥One week from today, we hit the streets for the largest nationwide day of peaceful protest. Get ready & find your event. LFG!📢

❌👑 NO KINGS Oct. 18 ❌👑

All the info you need: www.nokings.org

#Pinks #NoKings

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Trans Woman Support @tws-website.com · 12h

This regime is dangerous

#riseup #standup #resist #revolt #respect #support #change #together #love #nomorehate #transgender #lgbtqiap2s

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SummerReed @cafsbsky.bsky.social · 2h

www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Trump Unveils Luxury Watch Line With A Defiant Slogan — And Steep Price Tag

Trump says the watches are “for your favorite president” and promise to be “something special.”

www.huffpost.com

SummerReed @cafsbsky.bsky.social · 18h

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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SummerReed @cafsbsky.bsky.social · 18h

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump's deportation machine has diverted some 42,000 crime fighters from other tasks

Feeling safer now?

www.motherjones.com

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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Tina - Release the #EpsteinFiles|Resistbot: Text RESIST to 50409 @porpentina2017.bsky.social · 1d

Just to sum up here. These idiots are shooting pepper balls at a FROG? The level of stupidity here is just stunning.

I need one of these frogs, I need one!

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 22h

Those of us who served in the military know that dogs were some of the best partners we could ever wish for, and many were real heroes. For Kristi Noem's CBP agents to be shooting a family dog in this way -- and then leaving the scene -- is disgusting.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Fake ICE reporting site reports to ICE. Be warned:

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

So many Americans are living lives of quiet desperation — and it's sad as fuck because it doesn't have to be like this. 🥹👇

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 23h

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to America, where peaceful protesters get tear-gassed and thrown to the ground like ragdolls.

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KatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe he'll choke on a hambone.🤞🤞🤞

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 1d

Wife had appt this morning with her doctor at the NAS. Doc told her that medicine is getting scarce due to the govt shutdown, hospital pharmacy doesn’t money to order. For her once a week insulin, she got 4 of the last 5 boxes, 30 days worth.

Dam😡😡😡