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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 18m

Queens Neighborhoods United, a group representing Corona, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights posted a statement about the abduction of 7 community members from the same corner in Corona, Queens. They describe that federal agents cycled in and out of the block kidnapping ppl throughout the afternoon.

KEY TAKEAWAYS (1/3)
1. This is a marked escalation and change inICE's tactics: ICE racially profiled community members, abducting any Latino -looking men who walked by.

2. We also have not seen this kind of rapid cycling of agents, kidnapping so many people indiscriminately in such a short period. For scale: this is just 2 fewer people kidnapped than at the Canal Street raid on October 21, 2025.

3. We need to treat ICE and non-ICE federalagents as the same. We cannot separatethe NYPD from this analysis.

November 1, 2025

KEY TAKEAWAYS (2/3)3. (cont'd)
The NYPD is widening the dragnet they create in our communities; this is a direct and widening pipeline into the deportation and international carceral machinery. It is not a stretch to say that deportation is a death sentence for many.

4. Militarization does not happen overnight.
It is a spectrum, and it has already taken root in our communities. Many of us havenormalized it: in NYPD checkpoints and the criminalization of small things like turnstile hopping, in the vice raids targeting street vendors and sex workers,in the National Guard troops in trainstations, so on.

November 1, 2025

KEY TAKEAWAYS (3/3)
4. (cont'd) We must accept that enforcementmay never look like LA or Chicago, and we must respond to the conditions that the state is creating for our communities.

5. Now more than ever, it is critical that westay on the ground in our communitiesand have longer conversations with more people. Talk to as many people as you can on the block and surrounding businessesand encourage your neighbors to buildtheir relationships amongst themselves.

This incident was a reminder that the block is often watching and protecting itself.

November 1, 2025

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 4m

A sympathetic Supreme Court would have legal ground to work with, and the SC can be made sympathetic with sufficient control of Congress, the presidency, and state govts. Sufficient political will can accomplish almost anything - and there is no path back to democracy without de-Trumpification.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 7m

I really think that every pardon and every appointment made by Trump, at least in his second term, needs to be invalidated. I know that sounds far-fetched, but he *is* ineligible for the presidency under the 14th amendment, section 3 - could that be a path to nullifying many of his actions?

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 26m

Edmund LaCour, the solicitor general in Alabama since 2019, finally got a federal judgeship. After a failed nomination in Trump's first term, he was confirmed on a 51-47 party-line vote last week to a seat on the Northern District of Alabama bench.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 49m

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it plans to use the SNAP contingency fund to cover 50% of November allotments to current eligible households — but that it might take states “a few weeks to up to several months” to disburse the money.
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Trump Admin Tells Judge It’ll Disburse Half of SNAP Benefits for Eligible Households in November, With ‘Significant’ Delays

The Trump administration told a federal judge on Monday that it plans...

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h

the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Jury selection begins in the trial of D.C.'s 'sandwich guy'

Sean Dunn went viral this summer for throwing a salami sub at a Customs and Border Protection agent.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 33m

Bold strategy from the people who caused the deadliest plane crash in decades earlier this year.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2h

Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."

Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff

Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staf...

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6h

Faith leaders were again denied entry to the Broadview ICE facility on Saturday, but held Mass outside anyway. blockclubchi.co/47ZsDph

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 35m

Two months now of this nightmare in Illinois, two months of abductions and chemical weapons and crying children and terror and despair.

Never forget or forgive. Come hell or high water, we *will* put Bovino and Miller and Noem and Trump in prison to rot out the remainder of their pathetic lives.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

NEW: Protestors turn up the heart on Fenway Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center that recently pulled transtion care from all patients under 19.

Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos.

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Defiant Protests Target Fenway Health As Youth Care Ends — Assigned

Organizers spanning generations converged to demand the LGBTQ+ community health center reinstate gender-affirming care for patients under 19.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 21h

Over 100 people rallied in Brighton Park Saturday to support tamalero Fausto Valladares Alvarez, who was taken by federal agents.

“My dad is not a criminal,” his daughter said.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

ISP fired ~only a few~ rounds of pepper balls last night in Broadview and we really need folks who haven't experienced these to understand how irritating and noxious they are. I wasn't even in direct line of fire, but the powder lingers. This morning: throat/sinuses are still in awful shape.

secret third thing @gochujung.bsky.social · 1d

Militarized local, state, & federal police used physical violence, chemical weapons, & the threat of dogs (as in, multiple - terrible) against people outside the Broadview ICE jail this afternoon. I still have a cough, sore throat, & breathing problems from it, even with a respirator mask.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Outside Chicago—

State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.

A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.

Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 1d

ICE has been staging in this parking lot. Local patrolers called an impromptu protest. Thousands of honking cars affirm to neighbors that the invasion cannot stand. Dozens getting to know each other, exchanging tips on identifying ICE cars to stop the next kidnapping, etc. Little things help.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 22h

This is a gap that LLMs are now exploiting with their dangerous "therapists." Isolation is such a key factor in fueling and worsening mental illness, and by turning "traumadumping" into an antisocial act, we cut people off from the kinds of support that have kept human beings alive since ever!

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 22h

I'm a big believer in psych therapy. and its irreplaceability for many mental health issues. However, I worry we've created a discourse that unintentionally discourages people from opening up about trauma to family, friends, and other IRL support outside of therapy, which remains very inaccessible.

margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 23h

I think that it is much better in any circumstance to open up to a real person, a family member or acquaintance or whoever, even if the circumstances are not ideal. That can evolve into a supportive relationship that breaks through isolation - talking to a chatbot never will.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 22h

I think that is much more likely than the idea that typing back and forth with "MechaHitler" will do anything but harm to a person's mental health. And I don't think the standard of "equipped to do so" should be so high as to discourage people seeking help from real people they know.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 22h

Sure, but I think it's an incorrect assumption to say that it's better than "unloading" on a real person. A real person can help - Grok cannot, and never will.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 23h

Is it though? Do we not think this man is capable of opening up to someone in a bar in a respectful way, and maybe making a friend? Do we think he will be better equipped to socialize in a healthy way after using a chatbot as a "therapist"?

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 23h

I think that it is much better in any circumstance to open up to a real person, a family member or acquaintance or whoever, even if the circumstances are not ideal. That can evolve into a supportive relationship that breaks through isolation - talking to a chatbot never will.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 23h

I really do think public opinion about police is shifting significantly under the surface - and more importantly, I think people will be very receptive to whatever ideas come from the leaders who defeat MAGA. They will have an enormous amount of political capital to spend, and vast possibilities.

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 23h

When we defeat the fascists, I hope there will be the political will to, at the very least, disarm police and prohibit weapons like tear gas on a national level.

Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 23h

Just came from a local organizing meeting & my god people the cops are never ever ever ever gonna be on “our side” especially in a police state
Our imaginations have been so captured we can’t imagine our way out of this trap it’s literally the #1 obstacle ppl want to rely on what made this possible

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

The ceasefire continues according to virtually every media outlet. Israel is demolishing entire neighbourhoods in Gaza to make sure Palestinians never go back.

The genocide is ongoing

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-razes-entire-neighbourhoods-east-khan-younis-report

Israel razes entire neighbourhoods east of Khan Younis: Report

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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 23h

This fascist police state is at war with the American people and everything we love, from Halloween to baseball.

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 1d

LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

About 250 people turned out Saturday to call on federal agents to leave the community, which has been on edge since ICE agents shot a woman who allegedly chased their vehicle in October.
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Brighton Park community marches to give voice to those fearful of ICE

About 250 people turned out Saturday to call on federal agents to leave the community, which has been on edge since ICE agents shot a woman who allegedly chased their vehicle in October.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.

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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 2d

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.

Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.

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Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvard’s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University…

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