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JoMoMo

@jomo99.bsky.social

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I burn bridges needing burning. Not afraid to say what needs to be said. East coast gal living in Midwest. Progressive. Humanist. Avid reader, writer, birder, swimmer, semi-retired mom. Does not suffer fools. *NO DMS, crypto, etc."

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JoMoMo @jomo99.bsky.social · Nov 16

I was seeking an "Okay what the f*ck do we do now?" plan of sorts. Stumbled across protectdemocracy.org which lists several concrete actions you can take, as well as in-depth information about authoritarianism (hint: they want you to lose hope--don't let them).

Protect Democracy

It can happen here. We can stop it.

protectdemocracy.org

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💙 кαямα 💙 ➑➏➍➐ 🗽🇺🇸 #ℕ𝕠𝕂𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 ❌👑 @karmauncensored.bsky.social · 6h

Please pass this on so Chicagoans know to be on the lookout!
#Chicago #Cubs #ICE

Bryce Read @brycefoot.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 ICE at Addison Red Line stop right now for Cubs game! 🚨
#ice #chicago #cubs

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 12h

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12h

Why isn't this major headline news? Why isn't corporate media covering NSPM-7?

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 18h

The MSM is worthless, they have sold out. This needs to be on the news on a loop. Ice is out of control. It will only get worse..

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12h

There has been a lot of ICE activity in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago today. There has also been a lot of ICE watch and rapid response activity. We love our community, and we are showing up for each other.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13h

Unbeknownst to most or long forgotten is that on October 8 and October 10, 2023; Hamas offered the same deal that’s being pitched as Trump’s “Gaza Peace Deal” which would have handed all hostages over to Israel in exchange for Israeli troops not entering the strip, Netanyahu refused the proposal.

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · 1d

“The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly”

Robert Anton Wilson (1932 - 2007)

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JoMoMo @jomo99.bsky.social · 13h

JFC WTF?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Bea Kaye @brainconfetti.bsky.social · 14h

I still have to remind myself THE POPE IS AN AMERICAN. THE POPE IS FROM FUCKING CHICAGO CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. I AM NOT EVEN CATHOLIC AND THAT GIVES ME HOPE.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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JoMoMo @jomo99.bsky.social · 14h

The government is terrorizing us.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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[email protected] @blueangie.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor Maura Healey @massgovernor.bsky.social · 1d

Never in the history of our great country has another President threatened to jail a Governor for disagreeing with him. I stand with Governor Pritzker and hope all Americans do as well. This is authoritarian insanity.

Donald Trump’s not fighting crime, he’s abusing power to attack opponents.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 2d

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JoMoMo @jomo99.bsky.social · 1d

Lawless bullies attacking US citizens. Appalling.

IveyJanetteMcClelland @iveyjanette.bsky.social · 1d

Just west of Chicago on the Blue Line. youtu.be/aPtEmAwgPRk?...

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 1d

When the pastors start to stand up, it’s because their silence feels like sin‼️
SILENCE IS COMPLICITY‼️

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Chastity Blackwell @blackisis.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good explainer by folks doing the work here in Chicago about why Pritzker can't just start ordering the ISP to arrest ICE.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

NEW — Some TRiiBE readers, among many others on the internet, have been suggesting that the Chicago police arrest ICE agents for their misconduct.

TRiiBE publisher @morganelisej.thetriibe.com put out this explainer video, breaking down the legality for y’all.

youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

youtube.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

A tweet from Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump has tried to unjustly arrest a Black man and he’s not going anywhere. A reply from Donald Trump says the Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg is not in the Epstein files, but Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump are.

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Kelly “always on her bullshit”💅🏽 @kellymc4.bsky.social · 2d

Learning the Wells Fargo connection to the Chicago ice raids was just the reminder I needed to start moving my banking elsewhere. It’s been on my to-do list for ages and I just kept putting it off, but not any more.

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