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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

We are one of the best, most welcoming cities on earth, and we're currently facing an unconstitutional military occupation.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

Don't allow BS narratives about Chicago to stand. We are not a war zone.

Serious crime is around the lowest it's been in 40 years. This summer saw the fewest homicides since the 1960s.

www.chicago.gov

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

There's a reason Conde Nast Traveler just named us Best Big City in the US for the 9th straight year.

Chicago named best big city in US for 9th straight year: survey

For the ninth year in a row, Chicago has been crowned the Best Big City in the United States by the Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

And I haven't even gotten into our architecture, that the 28-mile shore of Lake Michigan is mostly free, public beaches, the amount of both world-class & scrappy art (sometimes those categories overlap!) that gets made here, the fantastic food you can get at all price points & almost any cuisine.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

Since 2022, we've taken in over 51,000 refugees who were bussed and flown here by Governor Abbott of Texas, who sent asylum-seekers to Democratic cities for petty political points instead of taking care of them.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

We know how to resist. We successfully prevented Trump from making campaign stops here multiple times since 2016.

A few months ago, Trump's "border czar" complained that Chicagoans knew their rights too well and it was hard for them to make arrests. (So now federal agents just ignore the law...)

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

I once shocked a New Yorker that I'd met at a conference by inviting him and his friend over for dinner when he emailed me to say he was in town.

That's what we do. If you make friends with one Chicagoan, you'll probably make a whole crew of new friends in short order.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

When I first moved here 20 years ago and people found out I was new, they gave me their contact info, told me to reach out if I needed help navigating the city - I've done the same for new folks.

If you look lost on the street, we'll stop and offer to help.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago is real. Chicagoans are friendly but have little patience for b*llshit.

I've traveled to 30 countries and lived in another one and there is no city in the world I'd rather live in.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

They've already shot a woman who was just on her way to donate clothes.

Body camera footage showed they lied about her being violent in any way. But they still charged her with assault for daring to warn neighbors that feds were there. (They couldn't even get the city where she was shot right.)

www.reuters.com

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

(But it's also important to not equivocate on what's happening here, which will be a blueprint for how this administration deals with cities across the country. We are a testing ground.)

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5h

I love Chicago so hard, you all.

And I worry about what will happen as an authoritarian occupies and militarizes my city.

(Note that I'm not using the words "authoritarian" or "occupy" lightly.)

Photo I took of the Chicago River at dusk, gleaming with lights.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago: Don't sell to DHS.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Noem: "With your authority, we're purchasing more buildings in Chicago to operate out of. We're gonna not back off -- in fact, we're doubling down. We're gonna be in more parts of Chicago in response to the people there. We're looking at facilities we can deploy more law enforcement out of."

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 16h

Also Mackinac Island 😂

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 16h

He just posted a few minutes ago:

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 16h

Coming up…

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna be on CNN at 6:45am est tomorrow for the early birds

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Reposted by Dawn Xiana Moon

Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 21h

Good god: The Trump Admin has not provided any evidence the boats were threats warranting extermination. They're just killing brown people in boats.

Even if we assume they ARE drug traffickers moving contraband, US officials cannot just simply kill them and claim they're combatants.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

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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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 16h

A US citizen in Alabama was been detained TWICE in two months even though he had papers on him both times.

Both times federal agents dismissed them as "fake."

U.S. Citizen’s Lawsuit Demands an End to Unconstitutional Raids and Detentions at Alabama Construction Sites - Institute for Justice

MOBILE, Ala.—Leo Garcia Venegas is an American citizen and construction worker in south Alabama. Even though he has done nothing suspicious and is working on […]

ij.org

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 17h

... I have so many on just my phone that Google gives me a smiley face instead of counting.

... My personal PC has easily 100. The work laptop, I think 80.

I thought this was normal??

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 17h

Jesus. I hope he stays safe.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 17h

Mackinac Island
Gratiot

Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago: Imagine if your good friends - who happen to be internationally-touring fire performers & obsessive foodies - were throwing a laid-back cocktail party with just a handful of people & gourmet bites and drinks.

That's the vibe. Don't miss out! Only 35 tix available.

raksinferno.com/shows

Show poster: Raks Inferno: Secret Halloween Fire Party. Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7pm. Andersonville, Chicago (secret location).

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 21h

This is the man who has the nuclear codes.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 1d

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 1d

Media capitulation to Trump is going to be the death of us all, and I'm not sure that's even hyperbole.

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 1d

Better headline:

US President Sends Military, Threatens Elected Officials with Jail

NYT headline: Trump says Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor Should Be Jailed Amid National Guard Tensions

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