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@govpritzker.illinois.gov Trump sent stormtroopers into cities around Chicagoland yesterday including Evanston. They threatened Illinoisans at gunpoint. They demanded our papers. They kidnapped us. These stormtroopers are who you've sent our Illinois State Police to protect.
Some context to the viral videos:
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
November 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov Trump sent stormtroopers into cities around Chicagoland yesterday including Evanston. They threatened Illinoisans at gunpoint. They demanded our papers. They kidnapped us. These stormtroopers are who you've sent our Illinois State Police to protect.
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Hey guys, instead of using the Illinois State Police to back up these criminals why don't you start investigating their crimes? Kidnapping, breaking & entering, brandishing firearms, assault. So many options beyond filing law suits.
Hey guys, instead of using the Illinois State Police to back up these criminals why don't you start investigating their crimes? Kidnapping, breaking & entering, brandishing firearms, assault. So many options beyond filing law suits.
The day after the Chinatown raid, New York AG Tish James launches an online portal for the public to submit photos and videos of ICE activity.
"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.
Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
"We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," she writes.
Portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
October 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@ilattygeneral.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Hey guys, instead of using the Illinois State Police to back up these criminals why don't you start investigating their crimes? Kidnapping, breaking & entering, brandishing firearms, assault. So many options beyond filing law suits.
Hey guys, instead of using the Illinois State Police to back up these criminals why don't you start investigating their crimes? Kidnapping, breaking & entering, brandishing firearms, assault. So many options beyond filing law suits.
The Ass Formerly Known as Prince Andrew
*Apologies to The Artist Who Will Always be Remembered as Prince, who should not be sullied with any connection to these weirdos
*Apologies to The Artist Who Will Always be Remembered as Prince, who should not be sullied with any connection to these weirdos
October 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Ass Formerly Known as Prince Andrew
*Apologies to The Artist Who Will Always be Remembered as Prince, who should not be sullied with any connection to these weirdos
*Apologies to The Artist Who Will Always be Remembered as Prince, who should not be sullied with any connection to these weirdos
Do we have secret state police in Illinois @govpritzker.illinois.gov? We've seen very clearly the horrors that ICE agents' anonymity allows. Don't give your troopers the same license to abuse the public!
Require all police in Illinois to wear identifying marks on any uniformed assignment.
Require all police in Illinois to wear identifying marks on any uniformed assignment.
Have seen a few troopers out here without their name patches. This one tells me they're not required to wear them "with this uniform."
Asked him to identify himself and he then told me his name is "Tad Nelson."
Asked him to identify himself and he then told me his name is "Tad Nelson."
October 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Do we have secret state police in Illinois @govpritzker.illinois.gov? We've seen very clearly the horrors that ICE agents' anonymity allows. Don't give your troopers the same license to abuse the public!
Require all police in Illinois to wear identifying marks on any uniformed assignment.
Require all police in Illinois to wear identifying marks on any uniformed assignment.
@duckworth.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov, you seriously couldn't stand up straight enough to vote against honoring a hate preacher? What's next - David Duke Day? Nathan Bedford Forrest Day?
Every time you let this fascist bullshit pass without objection you get weaker. Stand up for us!
Every time you let this fascist bullshit pass without objection you get weaker. Stand up for us!
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
@duckworth.senate.gov and @durbin.senate.gov, you seriously couldn't stand up straight enough to vote against honoring a hate preacher? What's next - David Duke Day? Nathan Bedford Forrest Day?
Every time you let this fascist bullshit pass without objection you get weaker. Stand up for us!
Every time you let this fascist bullshit pass without objection you get weaker. Stand up for us!
I'm still hearing, occasionally, a lament that "you should've voted for Kamala", whoever that "you" is.
235 days have passed and nobody can go back to change the result. Not on November 6th and not now. Telling people what they should have done helps nothing.
235 days have passed and nobody can go back to change the result. Not on November 6th and not now. Telling people what they should have done helps nothing.
June 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm still hearing, occasionally, a lament that "you should've voted for Kamala", whoever that "you" is.
235 days have passed and nobody can go back to change the result. Not on November 6th and not now. Telling people what they should have done helps nothing.
235 days have passed and nobody can go back to change the result. Not on November 6th and not now. Telling people what they should have done helps nothing.
Hey @ericswalwell.bsky.social, *what* things has Mamdani "said about the Jewish people"? Do you have any actual quotes or is this just a vague allusion to things he never said because you want to smear a real progressive?
June 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hey @ericswalwell.bsky.social, *what* things has Mamdani "said about the Jewish people"? Do you have any actual quotes or is this just a vague allusion to things he never said because you want to smear a real progressive?
Note to reporters, editors, politicians, and somebody's uncle: I can be worried/angry/sad about more than 1 thing at at time.
Israel bombing Iran does not "push the ICE protests off the front page"
Israel bombing Iran does not "push the ICE protests off the front page"
June 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Note to reporters, editors, politicians, and somebody's uncle: I can be worried/angry/sad about more than 1 thing at at time.
Israel bombing Iran does not "push the ICE protests off the front page"
Israel bombing Iran does not "push the ICE protests off the front page"
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
Does this sound like someone you can work with? Johnson will happily let his allies and their goons lock you away.
Does this sound like someone you can work with? Johnson will happily let his allies and their goons lock you away.
Be aware:
Speaker Johnson just spoke to press and said that Padilla's behavior rises to the level of a censure. Are you freaking joking me.
Speaker Johnson just spoke to press and said that Padilla's behavior rises to the level of a censure. Are you freaking joking me.
June 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
Does this sound like someone you can work with? Johnson will happily let his allies and their goons lock you away.
Does this sound like someone you can work with? Johnson will happily let his allies and their goons lock you away.
@sanders.senate.gov You gotta know that a big reason Dr King's non-violent strategy was effective is that it was the alternative, the better option. The implicit risk of a violent reaction to society and government ignoring the demands of a movement gives non-violence power.
June 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
@sanders.senate.gov You gotta know that a big reason Dr King's non-violent strategy was effective is that it was the alternative, the better option. The implicit risk of a violent reaction to society and government ignoring the demands of a movement gives non-violence power.
Maybe if the Senate minority leader showed some spine and some initiative once in a while the administration might tread more lightly?
Mayor Ras Baraka has been released, but he should never have been arrested by Trump to begin with.
May 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Maybe if the Senate minority leader showed some spine and some initiative once in a while the administration might tread more lightly?
@governor.ny.gov why are you letting the Republicans use New York State Troopers as their rent-a-Gestapo to drag dissidents out of a public meeting?
Amazing photograph of @emilyjaynef.bsky.social taken by Seth Harrison of The Journal News.
Many more photos in gallery. @lohud.bsky.social
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Many more photos in gallery. @lohud.bsky.social
www.lohud.com/picture-gall...
May 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
@governor.ny.gov why are you letting the Republicans use New York State Troopers as their rent-a-Gestapo to drag dissidents out of a public meeting?
@governor.ny.gov why are you letting the Republicans use New York State Troopers as their rent-a-Gestapo to drag a dissident out of a public meeting?
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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
May 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
@governor.ny.gov why are you letting the Republicans use New York State Troopers as their rent-a-Gestapo to drag a dissident out of a public meeting?
Eight. Strong. Questions.
Wow Chuck, you really know how to make change not happen.
@schumer.senate.gov
Wow Chuck, you really know how to make change not happen.
@schumer.senate.gov
April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Eight. Strong. Questions.
Wow Chuck, you really know how to make change not happen.
@schumer.senate.gov
Wow Chuck, you really know how to make change not happen.
@schumer.senate.gov
US citizen children deported to Honduras without hearing or counsel.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
US citizen children deported to Honduras without hearing or counsel.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
This isn't how grad school should go. @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov what are you doing to get Rümeysa Öztürk's PhD back on track? What are you doing to protect students in Illinois from being kidnapped by secret police?
www.xkcd.com/3081/
www.xkcd.com/3081/
PhD Timeline
www.xkcd.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This isn't how grad school should go. @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov what are you doing to get Rümeysa Öztürk's PhD back on track? What are you doing to protect students in Illinois from being kidnapped by secret police?
www.xkcd.com/3081/
www.xkcd.com/3081/
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social You damn fool. The tariffs are a distraction. The DOGE BS is a distraction. Sideshow Bobby and his anti-health malarkey are a distraction.
What they're distracting you from is Trump's Gestapo kidnapping people and disappearing them without any chance to defend themselves.
What they're distracting you from is Trump's Gestapo kidnapping people and disappearing them without any chance to defend themselves.
April 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social You damn fool. The tariffs are a distraction. The DOGE BS is a distraction. Sideshow Bobby and his anti-health malarkey are a distraction.
What they're distracting you from is Trump's Gestapo kidnapping people and disappearing them without any chance to defend themselves.
What they're distracting you from is Trump's Gestapo kidnapping people and disappearing them without any chance to defend themselves.
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It always seems to come down to "yes, the MAGAs are abducting people on the streets, destroying the nation's economy, eviscerating science as a force for good, and openly practicing racism and misogyny, but the 'left' tried to get people to use respectful language. We were forced to be fascist."
April 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It always seems to come down to "yes, the MAGAs are abducting people on the streets, destroying the nation's economy, eviscerating science as a force for good, and openly practicing racism and misogyny, but the 'left' tried to get people to use respectful language. We were forced to be fascist."
Hey @durbin.senate.gov, you could take a turn too! When the business of the Senate is hurting Americans, and letting Trump and Musk hurt Americans without interference, you need to stop that business from happening.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hey @durbin.senate.gov, you could take a turn too! When the business of the Senate is hurting Americans, and letting Trump and Musk hurt Americans without interference, you need to stop that business from happening.
It'd be great to see @duckworth.senate.gov join in this. Shut the machine down until it stops hurting Americans
I’ve been a @booker.senate.gov critic since like 2010, but this is unambiguously good, this is what we need more of, this is worthy of celebration. Obstruct. Throw sand in the gears. Every Democratic Senator should take their turn doing it.
Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk.
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It'd be great to see @duckworth.senate.gov join in this. Shut the machine down until it stops hurting Americans
@washingtonpost.com Should I be expecting opinion pieces on how Amazon's monopoly practices have destroyed the free market?
February 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
@washingtonpost.com Should I be expecting opinion pieces on how Amazon's monopoly practices have destroyed the free market?
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If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
February 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I were a Democrat, and I saw Trump do a purge of high-level generals who were women and people of color and wouldn't be "yes men," I wouldn't vote to advance JD Vance's college friend for Secretary of the Army.
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
And yet....16 Democrats just did so
Gonna clean up their phrasing because I'm a helpful little copy editor: "giving a provocative gesture . . . ." should read "saluted like the Nazi he is and always has been"
Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term—and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.
Steve Bannon Mimics Elon Musk’s VERY Controversial Salute
The president himself has suggested the idea of staying in office many times since moving back into the White House.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Gonna clean up their phrasing because I'm a helpful little copy editor: "giving a provocative gesture . . . ." should read "saluted like the Nazi he is and always has been"
Hey @washingtonpost.com I guess your layout editor dropped this?
February 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hey @washingtonpost.com I guess your layout editor dropped this?
Do you think the firehouse skipped calls for the night so they could catch the SNL show?
TiVo it while you do your job
TiVo it while you do your job
Oh, I’m so sorry. I took a few hours off to watch a show that commemorates 50 years of the best show on television that was a part of my growing up and is a phenomenal show. may i please have your forgiveness. When it’s over and before I go to bed, I will think of three more ways to work against 47
February 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Do you think the firehouse skipped calls for the night so they could catch the SNL show?
TiVo it while you do your job
TiVo it while you do your job