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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · May 28

"Because not fighting is what got us Gilead in the first place. And Gilead doesn't need to be beaten. It needs to be broken."

--June Osborne

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8h

How do I make Justice Kavanaugh watch this?

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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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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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Matt Stoller being very Matt Stoller, calling someone else a "classic left poseur snob"

Matt Stoller being eviscerated by @dieworkwear.bsky.social

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 11h

I forgot yesterday was Coming Out Day.

I love this Wanda Sykes bit...

Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me - Gay vs. Black (HBO)

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 11h

5 years later:

And thank christ the only reason I didn't end up in The Hague is because of this ( slaps his beer gut with both hands)

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 11h

lol taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

= TASK & PURPOSE
NEWS / MILITARY BRANCHES / NATIONAL GUARD
Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards
"National Guard Soldiers and Airman are required to meet service-specific height, weight and physical fitness standards at all times," the National Guard Bureau said on Thursday.
NICHOLAS SLAYTON, JEFF SCHOGOL UPDATED OCT 12, 2025 2:54 PM EDT

The Texas Military Department has removed an unspecified number of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with its validation process.
A spokesperson for the Texas Military Department confirmed to Task & Purpose that "a small group" of the 200 National Guard members sent to Illinois this past week have been replaced after they were found to not meet certain standards. The move came amid criticism on social media over pictures that showed some of the Guard members appearing to be overweight, and as an appeals court temporarily blocked the deployment of the Texan troops into Illinois.

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ChatJayPT @folkbum.bsky.social · 13h

It’s my sad duty to report that it is once again decorative butt plug season at Target

A retail shelf featuring plastic Christmas trees in various sizes and colors that as per usual look suspiciously like butt plugs.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

How many alleged TRO violations is that just today

Julian Dope @alex.vitreous.rocks · 14h

ICE detained a cyclist for filming them.

From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago- dont dare record gestapo! Theyre dissapearing us citizens for doing so now

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

www.reddit.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 14h

matt lefleur just froze the kicker and nulled a 67 yard fg. he will not see heaven

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 14h

I hate when they call TO on FG attempts.
He would have had the record

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 14h

ICE killed their father. Now they’re in foster care.

Silverio Villegas, a single father, was fatally shot by fed agents after he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Franklin Park.

His family spoke to the Tribune of their grieve and their fight.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/s...

Family of Chicago-area man killed by ICE seeks to reunite with his children who are now in foster care in Idaho

The state of Idaho took custody of the children a few weeks after Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was killed by ICE agents in Franklin Park on Sept. 12.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 15h

3 INTs and this?
Eeeks
They should have moved on from Tua in 2021 after concussion

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 15h

This is not great.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 17h

Video shows feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park this afternoon as they reportedly detain one person.

The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 17h

Keep Resisting Chicago! At Wilson and Sawyer -an hour ago. 10/12/25

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 17h

“A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes from a library’s children & young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday… “I don’t regret standing up for the First Amendment in any way”

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 18h

No I haven't

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 18h

In a meritocracy, which they claim they want, I think that if a cyclist can keep up to your dumb goon asses then he ought to be able to film you

Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 18h

American Freedom Baby....

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 19h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 18h

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 18h

it's a great movie but it does take a lot from me when i watch it

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 18h

And Beatty knew it was his moment. It was a miracle he was making a movie about communists in the era of Reagan so he was going to get all he could.

Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 18h

And Keaton said doing things over and over was a process of discovery but she got lost in it and thought maybe that's what Beatty wanted for her character. "I didn’t exactly feel like I knew what I was doing. It was really Warren’s performance, not my performance."

But it was her best work...

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 19h

And the various response to so many takes. Hackman rolled with it but wouldn't work with Beatty again. Nicholson in tears and frustration---just tell me what you want. Sorvino took it as a macho challenge to hang in there. Stapleton on another day of more takes--“Are you out of your fucking mind?”

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 19h

There are so many great scenes in REDS and remember Beatty did an insane numbers of takes for a scene, 50 said Hackman, 70 said Sorvino, 80 said Stapleton. He burned out three camera motors from overheating when letting them roll through takes.

Thunder on the Left

Peter Biskind chronicles how Warren Beatty seized his chance to defy Hollywood wisdom by making Reds, a big-budget docudrama sympathetic to the Russian Revolution.

www.vanityfair.com

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 21h

I got rid of FB/IG/Threads last year and the only thing I occasionally miss is FB marketplace. That's it