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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

NEW: A federal judge hands win to clergy (and others) who say ICE agents violated their religious freedom by, among other things, shooting them with pepper balls.

Also: a pastor tells me senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino personally shoved him last week. religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9h

Me: “we’re doing this to make the world a better place right?”

Husband: “right now, it feels mostly about making sure it doesn’t become a worse place.”

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10h

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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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago friends - do not lose hope. If you’re devastated by what’s going on - unite together!

There’s thousands of activist networks across the city working to support our friends and neighbors.

We can restore human dignity together . Reach out to friends and allies. We are not alone ✊

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 10h

This picture accurately portrays what they are doing — terrorizing our city.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

ICE thugs.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 23h

You can never control how others act but you can always choose to be the best version of yourself.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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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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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky fam we need help! One of our outstanding student doctors - a true future leader - had to run out of the hospital today after hearing her mom had been detained by ICE while going to a routine immigration hearing.

She needs all the help she can get: chng.it/DC9sXXg5mk

Sign the Petition

Demand release for Maria Francisca Villanueva Caballero from ICE detention

chng.it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has demonized Chicago for so long that this was the only natural conclusion of all that hateful rhetoric. He’s trying to break our spirit but he doesn’t even know us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/o...

Oak Park elected officials stand against ICE after township trustee Juan Munoz detained in Broadview

Officials from Oak Park spoke out passionately against the detainment of Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz on Oct. 3 in Broadview.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

Every, single hour in Chicago there are more and more reports of acts of violence committed against civilians, citizens and peaceful protesters by federal agents. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

A mental health expert offers coping tips for those experiencing stress from immigration operations, as the climate has created widespread fear and uncertainty.

Expert says threats of militarization and immigration enforcement fuel anxieties

One mental health expert offers tips on how to cope with the stress of immigration operations in the Chicago region.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 1d

The indiscriminate use of violence by federal agents is abhorrent.

This is not the America we know.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

There is no acceptable excuse for zip-tying children! None.

This shouldn’t even have to be said.

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 3d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart.

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