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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 1d

Just as important: Even IF the only reason "these people" were to offer for welcoming immigration was "more variety of food," how does Mr. Raw Egg think dismissing that reason will work as a POSITIVE justification for white supremacy?

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 1d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 1d

ICIRR reporting ICE activity throughout the north side of Chicago today, including outside of Ravenswood Elementary School.

ICIRR Eyes on ICE Update: Throughout the day on Friday 10/10, the Rapid Response Network verified the presence of federal agents at multiple locations in Uptown, Edgewater, and Ravenswood including 5400 N. Sheridan, 4700 N. Magnolia, and 4300 N. Paulina (outside Ravenswood School). Teams are following up on additional tips from the surrounding areas. The enforcement operation is ongoing.

Multiple people have been detained today on the north side. If you witness any possible ICE activity, or know someone who has been detained, call the Family Support Hotline at 1-855-435-7693

Remember: you have the right to film police activity, the right to remain silent, the right to speak to an attorney, and the right to refuse to sign anything. For a digital download of our KYR card visit: bit.ly/ICIRRCards

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2d

they are really just rolling up on random landscapers and street vendors and kidnapping them

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

New: U.S. attorneys moved today to dismiss felony assault charges against Paul Ivery, an intellectually disabled man who was arrested at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility on Sept. 27.

Ivery agreed to waive his Miranda rights while in federal custody.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: Five anti-ICE protesters face federal charges

Plus: Seminary Co-op union workers turn up the heat as they negotiate a first contract and Adler Planetarium workers launch a union.

chicagoreader.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 3d

Amalgam Fest begins tomorrow at Elastic Arts! The day one lineup consists of bass clarinetist and Pleiades Series founder Emily Rach Beisel, electronics duo Paradise Complete, and an experimental pairing of vocalist Carol Genetti and violinist-guitarist Peter Maunu. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Adventurous local label Amalgam throws itself a tenth birthday party - Chicago Reader

Adventurous local label Amalgam throws itself a tenth birthday party, queer-fronted maqam ensemble Tayf honor the late Ziad Rahbani, and more.

chicagoreader.com

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 3d

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4d

Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 4d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 5d

I have a joke along these lines.

It's widely believed that autistic people take things literally. But this is a misconception.

People who take things literally are kleptomaniacs.

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 9d

People like to claim that autistics are bad at communicating and like, my dude, the problem does not lie with us, it lies with the web of manipulation and lies and passive aggression and ulterior agendas that you weave around yourselves instead of just doing what we do, which is saying what we mean.

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 5d

The party that stormed the Capitol to kill the VP, the party that murders Venezuelan civilians in international waters, the party that kidnaps and tortures Brown people just for existing: Apparently NOT domestic terrorists! Amazing! It's actually RESISTING that violence that makes you a terrorist!

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 5d

Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

Trump advisors amp up extreme rhetoric against Democrats during government shutdown, immigration raids

Miller's rhetoric comes amid a federal crackdown on Portland, Ore., where he says the president has unchecked authority to protect federal lives and property.

www.latimes.com

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 5d

It is not supportive to maintaining the fabric of society to say that everyone should have to bear the cost of stuff like crypto mining or AI data centers when neither are public goods and are damaging to the limited public goods we have left

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 5d

$16 billion. That's how much the PJM market monitor estimates that electricity ratepayers will pay via increased utility bills to subsidize interconnection of data centers owned by Big Tech. A massive give-away to some of the most profitable companies in the world.

www.eenews.net/articles/dat...

Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

www.eenews.net

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Important to note ICE tends to drop off detainees before 9 a.m. and after 6 p.m., which is why people were protesting at 5 a.m. to begin with. It's not because waking up at 4 a.m. was a convenient time for protesters!

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 5d

New: Broadview, IL Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order today - her first this year - limiting protest outside the Broadview ICE facility to between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The order cites "recent escalation of violence by ICE" at the facility as reason to restrict protest there.

An executive order restricting protest at the Broadview ICE facility. Full order can be found here:

https://broadview-il.gov/reference/latest-news/village-of-broadview-executive-order-no-2025-01/

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 5d

It's great how maybe the worst financial collapse in U.S. history is going to happen because 37 people control 90% of the wealth in the country and they're all imbeciles who would fall for the "I've got your nose" trick.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

🚨THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Chicago journalists are suing the Trump administration for using excessive force against reporters & protestors in violation of the 1A.
The press here is doing astounding work documenting how ICE is out of control. The violence they face in doing so is obscene.

The protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the federal government’s violent
attempts to silence the protesters became a story of great interest to the local Chicago media and
was also covered in the national press. Much of the coverage described the federal officers’
abusive tactics. Defendants sought and are seeking to quash this coverage by attacking and
intimidating members of the Press on the ground there.
85. Federal immigration officers at the Broadview ICE facility have repeatedly and
intentionally singled out persons whom they know to be members of the Press for violence,
assault, and intimidation. These assaults are not incidental or unintentional. They are undertaken
by design to intimidate journalists on scene and to frustrate and suppress coverage of the federal
officers’ actions toward protesters and immigration detainees

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 5d

This year the Hyde Park Jazz Festival lost its NEA grant to the Trump regime's rampage of destruction. In response, the fest's supporters broke its donation record. These 64 wonderful photos capture its diverse community of performers, staff, volunteers, and fans. chicagoreader.com/music/music-...

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival defies federal defunding to shine brighter than ever - Chicago Reader

Photos from the Hyde Park Jazz Festival's 19th year overflow with joy and community that give the lie to Trump’s ugly vision of the world.

chicagoreader.com

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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 5d

The Reader's union (along with @blockclubchi.bsky.social, @unraveledpress.com, and others) is suing the feds for First Amendment violations related to the violent and lawless ICE presence in Chicago. Lawsuit here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8d

Pete Hegseth is bragging about bombing civilians to death in international waters, as a DOJ lawyer is in federal court arguing that Hegseth can call up the National Guard — as he did over the weekend in Portland — to send troops into U.S. cities for virtually any reason.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 8d

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors.

This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

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