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machine @lainmachine.bsky.social · 8d

if you want to follow along with things I find important during this miserable timeline here’s a way to do that:

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southwest melting time

using this as an archive for this insanely horrible time in human history

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.

i’m at the corner of 25th and harvard, where a small (for now) crowd is gathering to protest the masked federal agents abducting people throughout chicagoland.

state and local police have already made a handful of arrests today.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 7h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 44m

Heavy machinery in the driveway now doing something with the barricades, unsure what.

"Hey, that's my freedom zone!" someone shouts.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 47m

meanwhile, back at the “free speech zone,” the illinois department of transportation is adding more concrete barricades.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Quick update on what we just saw here—*before curfew*, ISP troopers, Broadview PD and CCSO deputies began menacing demonstrators outside the ICE facility. Several arrests.

Pepper ball guns at the ready, a bit of a standoff going with remaining protesters. All people are doing is playing music.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

totally necessary for swat officers with rifles to be doing crowd control right?

two illinois state police swat officers stand in a street. one holds a pepper ball gun and the other holds a rifle.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

While this is all happening, Don Lemon is here. Standoff again for now. Some people have dispersed, some standing on the sidewalk, some in the road dancing.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1h

Telling the federal court that IL police can handle Broadview was part of the state's legal strategy against national guard being deployed here.

But it's hard to square that as for the good of protestors or Illinoisans as a whole, when IL police are perfectly willing to drag and beat them anyway.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1h

After ordering people out of the street, ISP cleared the entire “free speech” zone into the street before “curfew.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

More violent arrests for seemingly no reason. Seeing at least two, sorry don't have exact total.

The crowd here has kept moving backward/everyone is following orders. This is absurd.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

state police have pushed protesters out of the “free speech area” and into 25th street and are telling protesters to leave.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

One man on the megaphone pleading with police to stop advancing on protesters.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

illinois state police lt. col. jason bradley has declared an unlawful assembly and is telling protesters that they will be arrested if they don’t disperse.

the crowd isn’t moving.

didn’t catch what tipped this off but it looks like some protesters may have tried to take 25th street.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

dinner time!

the mass of state troopers pulled back into the parking lot across from the protest. they’re eating what looks like pizza from a salvation army van.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

A van with visible captives inside just returned.

"Those are people!" someone shouts.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

While this is going on here, ICE has been spotted on foot + in vehicles across SW + NW sides of Chicago. Can't verify reports rn, but also presuming suburbs. Yesterday was brutal. It's not lost on us they have more agents free for weekend kidnappings now with their facility secured by state police.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — Both Broadview police and Illinois State Police aggressively pushed demonstrators back behind the barricades during today’s demonstration.

They didn’t deploy teargas or any other chemical agents, but some carried pepper ball launchers.

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No troops in Broadview yet, but anti-ICE protestors say state and local police used intimidation tactics in crowd control • The TRiiBE

Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Broadview to continue calling out the federal government for its aggressive immigration enforcement and the treatment of detainees at the facility.

thetriibe.com

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H.D. Gregg - Designated Terrorist™️ @hdgregg.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts and prayers for the people of Venezuela as this award will fuel the efforts of imperialists to plunder their resources

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuela has called on the UN Security Council for an emergency session over the US military buildup near its waters.

Caracas warned of a possible armed attack “in a very short time.”

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Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 1d

Free him

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Migrant guilty of threatening to kill Nigel Farage in TikTok video

www.independent.co.uk

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