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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

“ICE kidnapped a community member here,” reads one. “Never forget/no nos olvidamos,” says another.

The signs have appeared across some of D.C.’s heavily immigrant neighborhoods where federal immigration arrests have escalated.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 5h

Pritzker’s goons shutting down protests at ICE Detention Center in Broadview.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

Time for those Black students to revive direct action protests. Many of them know the history & legacy - it's why they are on these campuses in the first place. Time to do their part in the ongoing struggle.

Calder 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ktg48.bsky.social · 16h

UNC just removed their long-standing space for the Black Student Movement to gather, in yet another stunning capitulation to the toddler-man’s anti-DEI demands.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16h

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 16h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Truthout @truthout.org · 15h

The next day, one million people joined a demonstration in Rome, which highlighted Italy’s complicity in the genocide.
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Italy’s Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets

The next day, one million people joined a demonstration in Rome, which highlighted Italy’s complicity in the genocide.

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 15h

‼️ They cause a wreck while retreating, get called out, call an audible and jump out of their cars to then kidnap the victim of the crash.
ALL WHILE THEY FILM
They will then edit & repackage their violence to make themselves the victims, while we are left to deal with the wreckage of reality.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kim D @kimilatad.bsky.social · 16h

"...people know what moment we’re in in history. They want to be on the right side of it."

Chicago mag @chicagomag.com · 17h

Everyday Chicagoans are proving that they’re the first line of defense against this extraordinary federal incursion into this city. They're organizing against it, not just for the benefit of our city, but for the entire country.

Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

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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THIS

Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 15h

Can repeat enough: Chicago is the rehearsal for what's ahead (and yes, is also already underway) in other cities — AND for the campaign of noncooperation & opposition that must be unleashed. We must study & practice & prepare.

I repeat: we love you, Chicago.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 16h

On Roblox, extremists are turning games into propaganda tools. The teen-led “Blueshirts” stage virtual neo-Nazi protests, recruit children, and use Discord to coordinate harassment and radicalization campaigns.

Read more:

Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda

A disturbing trend is emerging on Roblox, a platform with tens of millions of young users: online white supremacist groups are using children’s video games to recruit and spread propaganda. The “Blues...

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 1d

@edgeofsports.bsky.social: Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA—but He Should Push Harder

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 1d

Medill School of Journalism is awfully quiet about the full on fascist assault against journalists in its own backyard. (Then again, Dean Whitaker has played his part in trying to punish journalists himself for allegedly obstructing police...)

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 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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The BMJ @bmj.com · 1d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 1d

They are amping up the pressure in Chicago which means that must increase our levels of solidarity.

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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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 1d

Portland has its frog 🐸.
Chile had Pikachu and of course many protest dogs.
What will emerge as Chicago’s protest mascot?

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 1d

Protect the Portland frog at all costs 💪

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 1d

LOL
I appreciate Sherman’s commitment to the struggle.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Jessica Washington @jesswash.bsky.social · 1d

ICE isn't supposed to detain pregnant women except in extenuating circumstances, but our reporting found that the Trump administration appears to be detaining pregnant women at alarming rates in deplorable conditions.

Read my latest for @theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i...

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

theintercept.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1d

In Broadview this morning, just outside of Chicago, where you can get a police surveillance pod, a drone, and a helicopter in a single shot.

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