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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 5h

Anyone know the deal with the low flying choppers on the northwest side of chicago tonight?

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7h

Anne Frank and Underground Railroad analogies write themselves.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 13h

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

The media coverage does not reflect this AT ALL.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 20h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 9h

Also being supremely let down by their superiors

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

I am sure that is something they may want to do, but how would that even mechanistically be accomplished?

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

Why would that matter?

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

If you have them break into peoples homes without warrants and zip tie their children to lamp posts, yes they will riot. Or more likely shoot the NG members.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Alan Mygatt-Tauber @amtappeals.bsky.social · 11h

This is why there can be no deals. Make the GOP pass their own bill. Or get resignations in exchange for votes. (And make sure the resignations come first!)

Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 15h

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 10h

Hot new item. Flying off the shelves.

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 12h

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Lawrence Bailey @lawrencembailey.bsky.social · 10h

'In Fascist America, Drugs Pay You!'

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

That is not particularized suspicion of a criminal offense.

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

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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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

I have seen some stuff on Clark Street

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

Language processing is most certainly not the bulk of what our brain is doing!

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

It could be that if all things were equal the robot would be easier, but the existence of troves of human knowledge in written form makes things decidedly not equal.

Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 10h

DO NOT VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS

Joan Alker @joanalker1.bsky.social · 19h

Florida is violating federal law for children covered by CHIP and thousands are losing coverage. The Trump Adminstrarion is not enforcing the law.

www.wusf.org/health-news-...

More than 43,000 children dropped from KidCare program for nonpayment, report shows

A state agency may have underestimated the number of children removed from subsidized health insurance in Florida, according to a report by the Florida Phoenix.

www.wusf.org

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 11h

Another factor at play here is that there are different non-technical concerns at play for devices that move physically in the world.

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 11h

I mean, Ive here'd worse theories 🫠

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe in the right grievance circle this is true, but I am terminally online and I have yet to hear what was in his texts and am only vaguely aware of the general details. Saying that is on par with the Kirk or Kimmel situation is silliness IMO.

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 11h

AGHHHHH

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17h

Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by the Trump administration.

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 11h

FIGHTING WORKS, DO NOT CONCEDE IN ADVANCE

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13h

Ruben Gallego told me that "They teach in war all plans go to s*** when we first hit contact." This happened with Mike Johnson's gambit on the gov't shutdown. "I think they didn't realize that we weren't going to fold, and they didn't have a plan B after that."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Mike Johnson is getting squeezed on all sides amid the government shutdown

The mild-mannered, pious Johnson has so far avoided an internal rebellion in the House amid the shutdown. But, Eric Garcia writes, his luck might be running out

www.independent.co.uk

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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 13h

I led an amendment with @wyden.senate.gov to require federal military and law enforcement agents to display their agency and name or badge number at protests.

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Michael Anderson @michaelander45.bsky.social · 13h

Maybe so long as its consecrated on the grounds?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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