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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 32m

Because they hate music? Because the mistook her clarinet for a deadly weapon? Or just because they can’t?

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 2h

Sunrise.

(For a local, I make a great tourist.)

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 2h

Sitting on bus in the Port Authority, waiting to depart for points north. Glanced at the weather app and this is how it described my location. Seemed quaint.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 4h

Thrilled that the largest amount of funding that Trump is illegally terminating, nearly $18 billion, is from my district, NY 10. I feel so special.

Although, in truth, the 2nd Ave Subway is in a different district, and the much needed, much delayed, Hudson River rail tunnel also involves NJ.

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 13h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 15h

If he’s got a problem with that Time Magazine cover, he’s really gonna hate what they do to him on Mt. Rushmore.

newrepublic.com/post/201733/...

Trump Melts Down Over His Hair Disappearing on Time Magazine Cover

“What are they doing, and why?” Trump fumed in the middle of the night.

newrepublic.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 17h

“The administration has not explained how a boat in the southern Caribbean Sea, far from the U.S. coast, posed the kind of imminent threat of armed attack that could prompt a right to use force in self-defense.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

“#1 Best Seller In Fascism”

Nice job, Turnng Point Rutgers.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

Worth watching.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

MSNBC from last night.

Debunking the right's obsession with Antifa

Rutgers University History Professor Mark Bray joins The Weekend: Primetime to share why he and his family fled the U.S. over safety concerns amid the Trump administration's broad attacks on Antifa. H...

www.msnbc.com

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

The idea that masked men are snatching women off the streets late at night — or at any time, really
— is truly frightening.

This whole scenario is going to go very badly wrong. Or maybe it already has.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

From July of last year.

Worth remembering that this happened.

Also worth remembering that events in and around Israel, from 10/7/23 onward, divided and alienated constituencies that would normally have voted for the Democratic presidential candidate no matter what.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

WATCH: Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago

At Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago estate, where the two men met face-to-face for the first time in nearly four years, Netanyahu told journalists he wanted to see U.S.-mediated talks succeed for a cease-fi...

www.pbs.org

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of the big pile of empty file folders from Trump I.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Trump Touts ‘Very Important Signing,’ but Details Are Few

www.nytimes.com

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

Timesean for “he’s monumentally full of shit.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

Although the Vince Lombardi Service Area is just across the Hackensack River from a “conservation and wildlife” area.

Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

No subdivisions anywhere near this particular spot.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw a herd of deer alongside the NJ Turnpike, in the Meadowlands, just past the Vince Lombardi rest area. Have never seen deer on the Turnpike before.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 1d

Oh.

Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 7d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 7d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 2d

The only honest words that have emerged from his mouth in…decades.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 2d

There’s the pettiness.

And the cruelty.

And then there’s the fact that they’ve defunded every useful thing the US government used to do, but seem to have infinite resources for an unprecedented campaign of harassment against ordinary people living their lives.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2d

Reposting for visibility

Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 2d

A (nearly) naked bike ride in the rain to protest, “the militarization of Portland and the ongoing harm being done to immigrant and Indigenous communities.” Photo: Abigail Landwehr.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 2d

“NO!!!” is the only possible response to Trumpist coercion.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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