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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 2d

Antifa doesn’t exist but the Epstein files do.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2h

ICE Whistles packed and ready to go.

If you want to make your own kits, the Pisen Arts & Community House has PDFs you can download and links to whistles (though often sold out, so get creative) linktr.ee/pilsenartsco...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2h

Joy is actually a shared experience if you let it be. It’s infectious and that makes it motivating. Even if it’s not happening directly to you, it’s a sign of possibility and hope.

And also, just, like, it’s nice when people are happy! That’s a state we should wish on everyone!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2h

A big thing about people who think like this is that they don’t realize: learning how to be happy for other people is a HUGE step in the direction of learning how to be happy for yourself.

How that would help me? Because I already do that but the fact that I have nothing to celebrate myself make me just bitter in return
It's like clapping and be happy toward people about having cake without having ourself cake

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 13h

Future historians: As their computers ate and destroyed all their languages we can only assume that what happened was magic became real and that's how they defeated global genocidal fascism

On the left, the German Mud Wizard in their druid cloak pushes a German riot cops who is already stuck in the mud. On the left are 3 Portland Antifa frogs in green inflatable cartoonish costumes and one black frog with white frog bones on him like the antifa frog skeleton.

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Pattrick @pattrick11.bsky.social · 7h

We are out here for our community, thanks for being a leader in it. #Kat4Congress #IL09

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 6h

Some local Latino running clubs and their members plan to take extra precautions ahead of the Chicago Marathon to mitigate mounting dread that the heightened federal presence pervading the city will be felt from the 26.2-mile course.

Federal activity has some Chicago Marathon runners taking extra precautions

With the Texas National Guard arriving in the city just days ahead of marathon weekend, some local Latino running clubs plan to take extra precautions ahead of the 26.2-mile marathon course.

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Lauren (STT) She/Her @lobo92345.bsky.social · 5h

I just rewatched yesterday and this all holds so true.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10h

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10h

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Kim D @kimilatad.bsky.social · 13h

"...people know what moment we’re in in history. They want to be on the right side of it."

Chicago mag @chicagomag.com · 14h

Everyday Chicagoans are proving that they’re the first line of defense against this extraordinary federal incursion into this city. They're organizing against it, not just for the benefit of our city, but for the entire country.

Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

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Lauren (STT) She/Her @lobo92345.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago! This org has some great resources for using whistles in neighborhoods to warn of ice activity! I'm going to be printing these fliers out and distributing them. (Under Resources for Whistle Warriors).

Pilsen Arts & Community House | Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree

Providing space, resources and community engagement through arts and culture.

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Lauren (STT) She/Her @lobo92345.bsky.social · 1d

Bought ours today since ice is in uptown.

ChicagoDomDaddy™️ @chicagodomdaddy.bsky.social · 1d

Want to help out if you can?
Get a whistle

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Lauren (STT) She/Her @lobo92345.bsky.social · 1d

Just bought some whistles today. Hoping I don't need to use them but that having it can help someone get away/avoid the scum

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I made a horrible decision last night and told chat that I’d do a 24-hr livestream if we raise $100k with these streams by the 19th.

So if that’s an incentive to tune in… there you go.

Joe McKirdy @joemckirdy.bsky.social · 2d

. @katmabu.bsky.social
promises to do a 24 hr livestream if her campaign reaches $100k in donations. If you want an unapologetically pro-democracy Congress, please consider donating. If you want to see her stream for 24 hours, please donate to the stream specific url.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Make sure to join us this next week — Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday at 7 PM CT — to help us prove our experiment works!

If this holds strong, we’ll be regularly streaming through the entire campaign :-)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

We’re about to enter our LAST WEEK of our livestream fundraising experiment.

I wanted to prove that campaign fundraising can be fun and transparent instead of being reliant on rich people.

ICYMI, here’s how it’s been going:

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

ok but who do i have to talk to about getting my antifa money

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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hawkandhare.bsky.social @hawkandhare.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 1d

For future reference, Chicago: bookmark this page
thetriibe.com/2025/09/how-...

How to share your videos of ICE and other federal agents with The TRiiBE • The TRiiBE

The newsroom collaboration encourages Chicago residents to send in videos of federal agent misconduct

thetriibe.com

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Matt The Irrefutable @irrefutablematt.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful and deeply moving piece, about trying to deal with endless waves of cascading trauma. While trying to find some type of equilibrium between keeping your sanity, not becoming numb or running yourself into the ground.

It's short, give it a read.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 2d

Funny but true.

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