ChrisS
@mindfulnessweasel.bsky.social
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she/her, also ICE-hating opossum My page will always be free of photos of that guy #resistproject2025 Profile art by @keymaster
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Kavanaugh: "I want to note some common ground bc I think it's important in disputes like this one to identify common ground. Justice Jackson said the goal is equal opportunity for all Americans & I think we all agree on that, completely"

man shut your bitchass up with this conscience assuaging bs
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vimiller.bsky.social
The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.

Story tk in the morning.
CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) – A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garage—never booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother. For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His mother’s terror was amplified by her son’s heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities.  

"This is how people disappear in autocracies—grabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
For the last five years, people being released from Cook County Jail have gotten out later and later at night.

In 2021, ~14% of people got out between 11 pm and 3 am. In 2024, ~40% of all releases took place in those wee hours.

My latest, for @chicagoreader.com

chicagoreader.com/news/cook-co...
Released from jail late at night
Over the last five years, the number of people released from the Cook County jail late at night has steadily increased.
chicagoreader.com
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
It's been 22 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in. At what point will political reporters start calling this a constitutional crisis?
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.
joshsternberg.com
"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
www.washingtonpost.com
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vimiller.bsky.social
The truck has now pulled up to the gate and agents are coming up to the fence.
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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nberlat.bsky.social
every ruling out of chicago is like, "federal judge rules ICE agents cannot desecrate graves; must not deploy nuclear weapons against journalists and faith leaders."
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repwesleybellmo.bsky.social
House Democrats are in Washington with very simple asks: reopen the government, swear in duly elected Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, and release the Epstein files.

Anyone disagree with this?
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drzoolsurgeon.bsky.social
On Monday, October 13th, the Al-Ghalaba Clinic (1) in the Maghazi area, south of Gaza, experienced an exceptional and challenging day. Our medical team received a large number of cases, and the pressure significantly increased to ensure everyone received the necessary care.

gofund.me/6bfa282b
mindfulnessweasel.bsky.social
Yes “I don’t see color”
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biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app
So, to be clear, I can take you from your kids and send you to a prison camp halfway across the globe to be tortured based on race, but I can’t give you a business grant or scholarship or job based on race.

America: Where I can hurt you bc you’re not white, but I cannot help you bc you’re not white
motherjones.com
Last month SCOTUS said ICE could detain immigrants based on race. Now they’ve all but ensured that 300,000 of them will have no legal protection if that happens. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans
Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."
www.motherjones.com
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m-theory3.bsky.social
This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.
mindfulnessweasel.bsky.social
And showing up at protests & marches
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truthout.org
“It is still a disruption to families. It creates this mistrust, that you are gone and back and gone and back," said Lisa McConachie of the Oregon DeafBlind Project.
Ed Dept Restores Funding for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss After Outcry
The Trump administration targeted the programs in its attacks on diversity…
buff.ly
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meganpiont.bsky.social
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I have made “How to Report ICE” zines for many localities in the US. The SALUTE protocol is included and the LUCE hotline as well for MA. Zines are available in English and Spanish for Massachusetts.

drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Hand holding black and white illustrated zine titled “How to Report ICE” in front of sunflowers
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mindfulnessweasel.bsky.social
My cat HATES other cats. She has asked for a box of mice. Or garbage