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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 7h

Yay Jeff!!

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 10h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 7h

a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

ALT: a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 10h

There is a loving and beautiful history of social justice in the Catholic Church. Not all Catholics, tho.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 12h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 19h

I am also very disturbed by the guy brandishing his weapon to keep the folks filming away. They don’t have guns. What’s the point other than intimidation with impunity. I hope we get justice.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

Ooof. Too late to gain, and an f-ton to lose.

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 3d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

That frog is making the thugs vewwy vewwy sca-wed.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1d

Best to not actually pick up any alleged tear gas or smoke grenade or projectile. Too hot. And there’s been a lot of use of flashbangs. The misfire rate on them is not zero. Only a matter of time before some damn fool bleeds out because they lost a hand

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Let’s stop with the Main Character on a Failing Sitcom Energy

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.

He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

Sharing Jason Hammel’s thoughts this morning on community as resistance. For those outside Chicago, Jason is sort of the unofficial mayor of our food scene and the kind of mayor you’d want to vote for. They’re coming for our communities so let’s be out in our communities if we can.

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If you're asking yourself, how do I respond? What can I do? I have a simple suggestion. Go out to eat.
Let's think about the restaurants in our neighborhoods. Almost everyone I talk to has said that this terror in our cities has caused slow nights, quiet days, which means those in our community who need it the most are worried about their hours being cut, lower tips, about not having what they need to provide for their families.
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Just like in the pandemic it's about the front line. It's about the deep economic chain linking our food business to farms and florists and delivery drivers to every server, cook, and dishwasher in your local restaurants. And my suggestion is about having you all out here, being present, showing up, letting them know we are behind you.
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In the hospitality industry we know that good service begins with the ones closest to you. The ones on your team. People of Chicago, of Portland, of Washington
DC, let's fill the streets, the cafes, the bars and coffee shops, the restaurants of every kind. Show generosity to those closest to us by dining in.
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I'm flipping the script on what I asked in
2020. Back then it was order take out, support our local business. Today I'm saying come on in, go out tonight, pack every neighborhood. But it's the same reason in the end. These workers depend on us. And they are being terrorized. They need our eyes, our voices to keep them safe. It's by being here that we can show our gratitude for the front line in this battle and honor their hope to realize a dream.
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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 1d

NYC Emergency Rally:
Hands Off Letitia James

This indictment is nothing more than a politically motivated attack by Trump to intimidate a Black woman who dares to hold him accountable—NY will fight back:

📅 Friday, October 10th
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 Foley Square

Learn more:
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

SOLIDARITY RALLY
HANDS OFF
TISH JAMES
FRIDAY (10/10)
FOLEY SQUARE AT 5:30

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"[A]ll Republican-led states — 23 of the 27 with Republican governors — have been involved in deploying National Guard troops."

"In [at] least 19 states with Republican governors, Guard members are assisting" ICE.

"Every American should be horrified."
#USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 2d

The Pope telling us to stop chasing money. And be like, you know, like Christ. Giving of oneself with compassion and empathy. Thanks Pope.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 2d

If you are an alum of:

Vanderbilt
UVA
UT Austin
U of Southern California
Dartmouth
Brown
MIT
U Penn
U Arizona

Your alma mater is RIGHT NOW weighing the costs and benefits of giving up its independence and abandoning academic freedom. SPEAK UP NOW:

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STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...

alumni.controlshift.app

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Richard Power @wyrdsofpower.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve seen the pictures of Trump with Epstein’s girls. Here’s what’s in them - @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social

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gwynnek @gwynnek.bsky.social · 3d

He def crippled this country in these past months.

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3d

"We took the freedom of speech away." - Donald Trump, 10/8/25

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

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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