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dominic c.
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world traveler, computer geek, bon vivant, atomic sketch event chicago co-founder, film photographer, lover of googly eyes and old timey things. https://www.flickr.com/eatatjoes2/
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If you've got a 3D printer, feel free to print out a few of these whistles:

www.printables.com/model/79399-...

They're quick to print, loud, and tough, with bite grips for extra comfort / loudness.
Beat Whistle by gringer | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
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Back when I certified as a Rescue Diver, we did exercises saving people who were panicking (note: drowning is very different). People who are panicking will grasp at anything to preserve themselves. They will pull you down.

This is a GOP panic. The world is changing and they are grasping for power.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 1d
Anxiety is rising among congressional Republicans that their party has no plan to address a critical health care deadline this fall that will result in spiking costs for millions of Americans – the issue at the heart of the deepening government shutdown crisis.
https://cnn.it/3L5TJmK
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If you live in a city that Trump/Miller have their sights on, this is absolutely essential reading for how to effectively organize your neighborhood against the incursion of ICE.

Just ordered 100 whistles (becoming scarcer) and will be printing out the handy zine linked in here as well.
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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This is true—Bessent owns $25 million of farmland in North Dakota—and a reminder of why farm bailouts are nothing more than a giveaway to feudal lords who demand the government grossly distort agricultural economics to make their tax haven "farms" even more valuable to them.
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
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Imagine being 17, your little brother by your side, begging to speak to your dad as he’s dragged away. You may never see him again. And this is every day. Soul shattering, nightmarish stuff, never to be forgiven.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
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This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
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Camps to cage 10,000 people at a time—all denied any due process and targeted because of their skin color and place of origin. Does this remind you of any other camps in times past?
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 3d
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
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🧵This is an important story.

Chicago is at the forefront of the resistance to our nation’s fall into authoritarianism.

Every city should be joining in and showing consistent support for them.

We’re in one of the most pivotal moments in the nation’s history.
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Himmler telling ICE officers they have immunity to do whatever they want.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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White Supremacist and Nazi’s come in a variety of fields. You may see these on cops, people in the medical fields, your mechanic people in the grocery store, gas stations attendants, Home Depot etc etc. Pay attention.
Spread the word. Halloween is coming up, we'll be handing out candy for the kids and whistles for the parents.

Get involved!!
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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False equivalencies will be the end of us.
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"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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"but it looks so cool in the movies..." fucking losers.
"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
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"LOOK AT ME, DAD! DO YOU LOVE ME NOW, DAD?"
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This is a matter for The Hague
With alt text.

Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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If you see ICE agents, Illinois State Police, or Chicago or suburban police engaging in immigration enforcement or misconduct this weekend, file a complaint with COPA, Cook County, or the IL Inspector General and let us know. If you have video, here's how you can share it with us:
Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

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