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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 12h

Just a reminder the word remigrate is open Nazi language and should be seen as a threat of violence.

When the neo Nazis use this term their is another two words they use after it which are :or die

It’s important to understand the context that the word Remigrate is a threat to leave or be murdered.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

JD Vance can dismiss the Young Republicans as a college group chat.

But let's be clear: the group chat includes a State Senator, a Trump Admin official, and multiple Republican staffers — and some of the worst comments came from folks associated with Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, and Mike Lawler.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Scared Bootecki (but really Jared Rutecki) 🎃 @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 4d

US District Judge LaShonda Hunt approved a temporary restraining order that requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to take down the fence at their processing facility in Broadview after local officials argued it was constructed illegally and blocked access to village roads.

Federal Judge Orders ICE to Take Down ‘Illegal’ Fence at Broadview Facility

A federal judge has ordered U.S. immigration officials to remove an 8-foot fence around a suburban processing center after local officials said it endangered residents by preventing the fire departmen...

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 8h

It feels like the political overton window has shifted far to the Right because the wealth class controls our media and owns our politicians.

Meanwhile, the vast, vast majority of people belong to what would now be portrayed as “the extreme Left.”

It’s a perception game and narrative control.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 8h

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h

Yes. The appeal is never having to grow up or accommodate yourself to the needs or interests of others. It is enormously appealing, apparently. And not just to young people.

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 8h

It truly appears that the desire to say this sort of stuff without being socially ostracized and so on has been a main driver of one side of our politics from the "anti-PC" 1990s all the way through the "anti-woke" / "anti-DEI" present.

A true political juggernaut, this desire certain people have.

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 11h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 7h

You should order your State Police to start arresting & charging them.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Jon Sternfeld @jonsternfeld.bsky.social · 15h

If a president murders a bunch of people for no reason, and the press doesn't cover it as such, DOES IT MAKE A SOUND?

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 7h

a rocket is being launched with the words starlink fixes this

ALT: a rocket is being launched with the words starlink fixes this

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 7h

Yeah one of them put me on some "list" so I had to block.

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 7h

I forgot there's also a baby weight I stuck in the ankle weights 😂

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 8h

The dew shield they came out with for it makes it extremely front heavy + where the focuser is makes it impossible to loosen the rings and slide the scope down anymore. 🤦‍♀️
🤔 = ankle weights!

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 8h

What fight? What movement, @corybooker.com ?? There's crickets from Congress!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

"Look, I'm one of a handful of people that don't take corporate PAC money."

"What about AIPAC money? You take AIPAC money, don't you?"

"A minuscule percentage of my resources come from..."

"I read it's like $800,000...."

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 11h

#ResistanceEarth

The widespread die-off of coral reefs represents the first climate "tipping point," according to the Global Tipping Points Report 2025. The report notes that our "new reality" is a series of tipping points with potentially catastrophic impacts.

www.sciencenews.org/article/cora...

Coral collapse signals Earth's first climate tipping point

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

www.sciencenews.org

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22h

JUST IN: Judge Smith says the Trump administration is violating his order prohibiting FEMA from conditioning grants to states on their willingness to assist with immigration enforcement.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21h

If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition

Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.

www.brennancenter.org

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 21h

A year before President Trump said crime was out of control in big cities, conservatives in Dallas, Texas, used similar rhetoric and convinced voters to approve a ballot measure calling for more police. From our partners at @wfaach8.bsky.social

A Year Before Trump’s Crime Rhetoric, Dallas Voted to Increase Police. The City Is Wrestling With the Consequences.

Leaders at Dallas HERO argued the city was descending into anarchy despite falling violent crime rates. Residents, including some law enforcement officials and at least one prominent Trump supporter, ...

www.propublica.org

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 21h

Do you think Will Lewis is proud of his tenure as publisher and CEO? Is he really that deluded? Or do you think he is consciously destroying a 150-year old newspaper to secure favors from an Ali Express reseller?

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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