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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 13h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I paced in circles like a restless ghost.
The windows were frosted, allowing only a faint suggestion of daylight and nightfall, enough to remind me that time was passing, though I had little sense of how.
The shower water was always cold, and my only amenities were the steel toilet and sink fused together in the corner. It was a miserable existence. Yet, as I soon learned, misery can always be deepened
On September 7th, the warden's office saw fit to move me into something far worse, an even smaller cell, no more than seven by nine feet, coated in filth, reeking of neglect, and utterly devoid of natural light or ventilation.
In that suffocating shoebox, there is no room to walk, no hint of the sun, no trace of humanity. The silence is crushing.
The air feels stale. The walls themselves seem to close in. I keep asking myself: will this barbaric confinement ever end? Is this legal under our Constitution, or have I simply been erased from the protections of due process?
Most haunting of all, will I survive it? With no access to my family, no calls, no emails, and with letters that may never leave this building, I live in total darkness, cut off from the world I once fought to serve.
Let me be blunt: I find Warden Kelly's so-called "protection" not only unpalatable, but cruel and unjustifiable. My time here has opened my eyes to a truth far too many ignore: America desperately needs prison reform.

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 9h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14h

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Outside of Portland's ICE facility last night, Kenny from South Park got married to a unicorn.

The betrothed Portland couple said they decided to get hitched on site to bring some joy and fun to a dark time.

"People can be fun loving people and still protest."

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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KpopGrrl @kpopgrrl.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Closing time🎶

Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 1d

7th Circuit to National Guard: You don't have to go home but you can't stay here

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

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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KpopGrrl @kpopgrrl.bsky.social · 1d

"There are terrible things happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared."
- Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 2d

New interview! On the fiction of antifa and how it's weaponized against innocent people: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtTW...

Sarah Kendzior: The Fiction of Antifa, Plus, Answering the Epstein “Files” Question

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

www.youtube.com

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Steven @stevevance.net · 1d

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

new episode we talk about how the CIA has historically used the online nerd fan space for their operations and communications

All This For 10 Dollars - The CIA's Secret Gaming Website & More | Kill The Computer

www.patreon.com

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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 1d

Appropriate.

Columbus was also a rapist, murderer, and thief.

#RadioFreeAmerica

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Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy

President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve it. Some experts say it's a way to erase the heritage of Native Americans.

www.wusf.org

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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 1d

Tip of the hat to Chicago.

No Kings…and no collaborators.

No hotel room. No restaurants. No rest.

#RadioFreeAmerica

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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KpopGrrl @kpopgrrl.bsky.social · 1d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov Why are the Illinois State Police arresting peaceful protesters? What are their orders?

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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KpopGrrl @kpopgrrl.bsky.social · 3d

😂

onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

i’ll never get over this

KpopGrrl @kpopgrrl.bsky.social · 3d

This is Chicago

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

A display of copies of Let This Radicalize You on a table in front of a sign that reads: "Let This Radicalize You offers stories, strategy and heart for the kind of collective care and resistance we're building together today. It helps us move from reacting to organizing. Showing how ordinary people protect each other, build power, and keep hope alive. Take a copy. Read it. Stay connected."

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scary tall bart @tallbart.com · 3d

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KpopGrrl @kpopgrrl.bsky.social · 3d

R.I.P 🙏

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

BREAKING: Sister Jean Dolores Bertha Schmidt, chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team during its Cinderella run to the 2018 NCAA Final Four — has died.

Sister Jean, Loyola University hoops chaplain who captured nation's heart during Cinderella run, dies at 106

Sister Jean emanated a certain love and grit that sunk into students on and off the court — and made for great TV.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

I was going to ask if he passed through Turkey on his way to Albania but it appears he has a new grift.

I know what you're saying - He's right. New Yorkers long for direct flights to Tirana.

Mayor Eric Adams pushes for direct flight from NYC to Albania as ambassador rumors swirl

Political insiders have been whispering for weeks that Adams was up for an ambassadorship in the Trump administration.

nypost.com

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Felina @felinablanc.bsky.social · 3d

Seeing those armed ICE goons backing away from polar bears and sharks on like high danger alert is the most pathetic hilarious thing ever.

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Nekrởtzar @nekrotzar.bsky.social · 3d

ICE wasn’t prepared to face amphibious units.

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