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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 17h

Telling the federal court that IL police can handle Broadview was part of the state's legal strategy against national guard being deployed here.

But it's hard to square that as for the good of protestors or Illinoisans as a whole, when IL police are perfectly willing to drag and beat them anyway.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 17h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 4h

Me: D&D stuff isn’t real, clerics don’t actually have powers that come from their gods

Catholic priests in Chicago: We used “Turn Undead” and the ICE ghouls couldn’t come near us

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 19h

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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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17h

But in case you missed it, Fr Dowling's statement takes the time to make it explicit: "Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing. Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing."

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 20h

I hope someone asks JD Vance about this. When it it comes to the Eucharist and Catholicism there is no ifs, nos or buts. You kind of have to allow people to take communion. It’s kind of the entire point of Catholicism.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 22h

As the procession reaches Broadview, priests have been denied access to ICE detention facility in order to bring the Eucharist to detainees.

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 22h

Local bar

Chalkboard sidewalk sign: ICE in our cocktails NOT in our streets!

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 23h

Ooh ☹️

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 23h

So what's the alleged justification for the bag search? Any clues why this person was singled out?

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

Hi Senator have you changed your mind since Wednesday?

Eric Michael Garcia • @ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a
precondition to rein in the government says "can't do that. It's gotta be health care all the way."
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM @ Everybody can reply

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

Judge Sara Ellis' opinion in IL v. Trump is an absolute banger:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants’
declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants’ declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a
lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne
Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609
(N.D. Ill.). In addition to demonstrating a potential lack of candor by these affiants, it also calls
into question their ability to accurately assess the facts. Similar declarations were provided by
these same individuals in Chicago Headline Club et. al. v. Noem, 25-cv-12173, Doc. 35-1, Doc.
35-9 (N.D. Ill.), a case which challenged the Constitutionality of ICE’s response to protestors at
the Broadview ICE Processing Center. In issuing its TRO against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,
the court in that case found that the plaintiffs would likely be able to show that ICE’s actions
have violated protestors’ First Amendment right to be free from retaliation while engaged in
newsgathering, religious exercise, and protest, and Fourth Amendment rights to be free from
excessive force. Id. at Doc. 43. Although this Court was not asked to make any such finding, it
does note a troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of
appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning,

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

It’s a complicated dynamic. Without police at Broadview, the feds escalated at-will, deploying chemical munitions & physical force without provocation. The police presence has provided an argument against deploying the National Guard & ppl haven’t gotten gassed. But it frees ICE agents to grab ppl.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

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."

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 2d

It only makes sense now that more frogs join!

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The Jurph from the Black Lagoon @jurph.bsky.social · 3d

The advisor from SimCity hollers at the player, "YOU CAN'T LET A FROG DANCE EROTICALLY AT YOUR SWAT TEAM! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" The typeface is Chicago but the city is Portland.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 3d

Now: Hundreds assembling in the Chicago Loop for a march and rally to demand the National Guard leave town. Folks chanting "Donald Trump you racist clown! You're not welcome in this town!"

A photo of a large group of protesters gathering in downtown Chicago near Michigan Ave. Skyscrapers are behind the crowd in the background.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 3d

Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 4d

Emergency Protest Today, 10/8/2025 in Chicago: 5:30 PM at Michigan and Ida B. Wells. We're demanding that ICE and the National Guard get out of our city. I'll attend this.

A flyer credited to Coalition Against the Trump Agenda announcing an Emergency Protest Today, 10/8/2025 in Chicago: 5:30 PM at Michigan and Ida B. Wells, demanding that ICE and the National Guard leave Chicago. A large crowd is shown marching in downtown Chicago.

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micco caporale @juggaloreporter.bsky.social · 3d

imho the @thetriibe.com is doing some of the best ice coverage in the city

i don't think people outside the industry fully appreciate the scope of what they provide relative to their resources, and i think they should be the first click for non-chicagoans trying to understand chicago right now

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 3d

oh so there WEREN'T ten cars (duh)

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 7d

Federal prosecutors announce charges in Brighton Park shooting yesterday

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 3d

woman in Brighton Park didn't die fortunately!

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 3d

a (partial) map of recent ICE-related activity in Chicago and environs

Quinn (YummyOreo) @quinn-is.a-good.dev · 6d

I made an interactive map with the protests at the ICE facility in broadview, the protest on saturday and the helicopter raid. (I will try to keep this updated): quinn-is.a-good.dev/posts/ice-ac...

ICE Activiy Map | Quinn

quinn-is.a-good.dev

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4d

Try to imagine if federal agents under a Democratic administration had fired pepper balls at conservative clergy protesting--- let's just say --- abortion.

They've litigated and won Supreme Court cases over much less.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 4d

gathering/protest this weekend: www.instagram.com/p/DPXNLyzCQv-

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clara @clararaubertas.net · 5d

Could barely hear it in the alley