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San Patricio Brigade
@behan.bsky.social
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Chicago guy w/Irish ancestors. Adtech, Motion Pictures, Lit, Music and Progressive politics. I have friends everywhere.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court Monday all but cleared the way for President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Appeals Judges Greenlight Trump's Portland Military Deployment
Read more here.
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Having it available and then being able to use it correctly are two different things. It'll be interesting to see if they figure it out.
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“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
Uhhhmm... I guess I'm late to the game, spending too much time obsessing about Chicago problems, but this is a lovely little project you're building. Fair play to you.
I still haven't figured out why the assembled "jounalists" don't follow up with the same question over and over until they get an answer, or he runs away. It's crazy that they move on just because he wants to.
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You may have noticed that folks who are from Chicago love this city. There's a reason for that. I walked to the lake with friends yesterday, and when I saw the waves rolling in, I felt something shift back into place inside of me. So many parts of this city are part of me. We will defend this place.
Our airports have more balls than our governor. @govpritzker.illinois.gov
O’Hare and Midway international airports are refusing to play a video from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that accuses Democrats of causing the ongoing government shutdown.and its impacts on flight operations.
O'Hare, Midway refuse to play video of Kristi Noem accusing Democrats of government shutdown
They join a growing list of airports refusing to play a video from Department of Homeland Security Secretary due to its partisan messaging.
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This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays
If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid
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I have been surprised at the number of people and organizations willing to pucker up and kiss his ass.
I've been watching coverage of the Chicago Marathon, and Ch 5 is using AI to make the city look so gorgeous. They are purposely not showing the bombed out war-torn streets. Fake news.
I grew up in the era where we still got annual classroom visits from Officer Friendly. Even as a kid I knew it was BS, because I could see what was happening in the streets. And a lot of my friends Dad's were coppers and you heard them talking about the reality.
Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.
Lee Marvin was amazing. And this just makes me sick to think of what replaced the old Sun-Times building.
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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I'd never want to be:
Fuelled by hate
Soured by bitterness
Empowered by the weakening of others
Uplifted by the downfall of others
Or find joy in the misery of others
But rather be a torch wherever darkness intrudes
Ands always be stumblin' t'wards empathy & gratitude RS
Renaissance Man. He never had a job, but he always had the price of a movie. RiP.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."
At least her bosses have an in with the Orange Menace.
The dude went to med school, but he still should have heard of prior restraint somewhere along the way. At least be familiar with the First Amendment.
Someone needs to get @govpritzker.illinois.gov away from the cameras and let him know that his Illinois State Police are now doing the work of ICE. I'm sure he will express outrage in the strongest possible terms. They better not lay a hand on Pastor Black.
Happening now: we're at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

CCSO + Broadview police are telling protesters + press they can't stand on the west side of 25th Street for any reason.

We asked what the precise public safety issue is. They just said they're anticipating cars coming through.
The answer is yes. Absolutely, yes.
CBS is dead to me, but in fairness, in those days, the sponsor owned the time and the show. Cream of Wheat was probably more to blame than CBS.