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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 4d

Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 4d

Anyone who thinks what is happening with "immigrant" communities isn't the exact same blueprint they will use with every other group they seek to subjugate, exploit, consume, and destroy, is living in a fucking delusion that will absolutely NOT keep them safe.

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Kenny Akers @keneakers.bsky.social · 4d

Who said ICE isn’t detaining and arresting Black folks? Some of y’all must’ve forgotten that to “them,” we all look the same. You must’ve overlooked decades of police brutality, wrongful arrests, detentions 👇🏾

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 4d

Partially naked Black children & elders, ziptied like animals in the streets, for hours as Nazi goons tore apart their homes, all under the eye of the scum property management company that was already being sued for unsafe living conditions, etc.

This will not fucking stand on our Chicago streets.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

The mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, announced city property and participating private property will become “ICE-free zones,” as President Donald Trump tries to deploy National Guard troops throughout Illinois.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 4d

ICYMI: Senate Republicans just blocked Democrats' bill that would reopen the government AND save health care for millions of Americans.

This is now the FIFTH time we've voted on this bill.

The Republican shutdown continues.

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 4d

Fox News and Robert O'Neill apparently think we are all fucking stupid and can't recognize each time they bring on an "anonymous guest from the Other Side", it is just this fucking dweeb in a different costume.

JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 4d

Because From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free.

Because Black Lives WILL ALWAYS Matter.

Because "fearfully and wonderfully made" will ALWAYS include the lives of my Trans brothers and sisters.

And because La Raza unida, jamás será vencida!

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Notes from the Wreckage: Reborn

This morning I started a new household policy; every morning, I will walk my roommates to the bus stop and watch them get on the bus, and then walk down to meet them at the bus stop everyday when they...

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 4d

Notes from the Wreckage: Reborn

This morning I started a new household policy; every morning, I will walk my roommates to the bus stop and watch them get on the bus, and then walk down to meet them at the bus stop everyday when they get off work. Why? Because for all of the years I have lived…

Notes from the Wreckage: Reborn

This morning I started a new household policy; every morning, I will walk my roommates to the bus stop and watch them get on the bus, and then walk down to meet them at the bus stop everyday when they get off work. Why? Because for all of the years I have lived between MLK Drive and Cottage Grove on Chicago's beautiful, historic, and proudly Black South Side, I have never felt a moment of fear out on our streets until the US government decided to turn our neighborhoods into a wannabe war zone.

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 4d

This morning the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago filed against Trump specifically, DOD, Homeland Security, the US Army, Hegseth, Kristi Noem, and the secretary of the Army, Daniel Driscoll.

Full court filing is here:
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HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 9d

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know:

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 7d

ABSOLUTELY fuck ICE, and fuck HBO Max for airing these disgusting propaganda ICE commercials during @allelitewrestling.com show on Wednesday night.

JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 7d

Black families in a historically Black neighborhood, btw. I think that detail is critically important to include. This happened blocks from my apartment, in a beyond majority Black neighborhood, and is so obviously the blueprint for every group that doesn’t fit their racist ideology.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 7d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
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Representative Val Hoyle @repvalhoyle.bsky.social · 7d

President Trump is doubling down because he wants to see how far he can take this illegal militarization.

This is just the next boundary he is hoping to cross without pushback.

Now is the time to speak up so this doesn’t end in every major American city under military occupation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 7d

Republicans control the House, Senate and White House - and so the government has been shut down because they chose to shut it down rather than pass a budget that protects our health care and keeps costs from rising.

Tell Congress to cancel the GOP healthcare cuts here: https://bit.ly/3IDECjz

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Apple has removed an ICE tracking app that allows users to report ICE activity nearby from its App Store.

The removal came after a direct demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 7d

Shame on Polk County Teacher

Teachers have an obligation to the safety of their students, and anti-black racism has 0 place in the classroom. 👇🏻

Shame on Polk County Teacher

Teachers have an obligation to the safety of their students, and anti-black racism has 0 place in the classroom. 👇🏻

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 14d

For those who are interested in helping out, our situation has gotten absolutely critical.

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 15d

I recently met with families of Americans killed by Israeli forces and extremist settler violence. I join their call for accountability for their loved ones' deaths and urge the release of Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Florida boy jailed for 6 months without trial. 1/

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JJ Hastings @jjhastings.com · 15d

Been having this issue since it was released for Android like 4+ months ago. Did anyone ever help you??

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