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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 13h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 16h

ICE went after rideshare drivers at O’Hare today, according to statement from Illinois Drivers Alliance

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 16h

Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.

With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 14h

If it was up to me, every story that mentions the botched implosion in 2020 would also mention that the city employees responsible for it **were subsequently promoted**

Marlene Hopkins is now the Buildings commissioner
Dave Graham now oversees environmental inspections

Chicago’s Damen Silos demolition resumes—activists demand more robust oversight - Chicago Reader

For months, activists have been surveilling the Damen Silos demolition to ensure that environmental protection measures are in place and enforced.

chicagoreader.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 18h

I cannot tell you how glad I am that this era of the internet only lasted 2 weeks

Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 19d

Charlie Kirk is the only mf who annoyed me less before he died. This shit made me hate him so much more it's not even funny

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Justin O’Brien, ICE melter @justinobrien.bsky.social · 21h

Cooked as a country when art can’t be made because we have to take into account the fee-fees of Klan members.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22h

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 19h

Sorry, the guys on the roof are actually from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, not ISP. From distance they look similar.

Maybe 100 protesters remain.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 19h

For future reference, Chicago: bookmark this page
thetriibe.com/2025/09/how-...

How to share your videos of ICE and other federal agents with The TRiiBE • The TRiiBE

The newsroom collaboration encourages Chicago residents to send in videos of federal agent misconduct

thetriibe.com

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Krime @krime.bsky.social · 1d

Portland keeping it real 🐸

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 19h

That's two Chicago journalists feds have arrested (that I know of) in the last few weeks.

We're less than 24 hours out from federal judge Sara Ellis entering a restraining order that was supposed to protect journalists, among others, from abuse by federal agents.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 20h

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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gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social @gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social · 2d

Here is a drawing I did on a piece of cardboard. Sharpie marker, pen and color pencils. Abolish ICE.

Here is a drawing I did on a piece of cardboard. It is a drawing of a bird saying “Abolish ICE”. Sharpie marker, pen and color pencils on cardboard.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 20h

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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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 19h

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 1d

At midnight, notice of appeal of Chicago Federal court Temporary Restraining Order against deployment of National Guard in Illinois - Inner City Press on the case
Trump Verdict book: www.amazon.com/Trump-Trial-...

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Smash MAGA! @smashmagagame.bsky.social · 1d

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Smash MAGA! @smashmagagame.bsky.social · 2d

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Some More News @somemorenews.bsky.social · 1d

Let's talk about this fucking guy. youtu.be/vlKDQ3fwI5w

The Making Of Stephen Miller - SOME MORE NEWS

YouTube video by Some More News

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

UIC students led a protest today against the ICE arrests behind a UIC building at Congress and Racine yesterday, a short distance also from an elementary school on Loomis.

UIC students protest ICE detentions after viral video sparks outrage

YouTube video by WGN News

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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 1d

I keep thinking about this detail from today’s hearing: Federal judge April Perry said she began getting threats “about 10 minutes” after she was assigned the case seeking to block Trump’s national guard deployment. This is the world we live in now.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I agree with you about the seriousness of threats, generally, across the United States right now. I don't think there's a single public servant, really, who is not being subject to threats.

"Mine started about 10 minutes after I got this case."

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Paul A. @paul.ofthenorth.ca · 1d

Fascists eventually come for everyone.

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