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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 1h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 4h

Imagine what this is doing to the kids.

Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 4h

Multiple Chicago schools went on lockdown today because of ICE, including my son’s and the one I’m on the council of. Spent the last two hours standing outside, trying to make sure nothing happens to these kids. This is horrible.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 3h

In 2020, Trump put footage of vandalism and violence in Portland and elsewhere on repeat in his social media and campaign ads. This time, despite similar rhetoric about the city, he isn’t. And I bet you can guess why. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...

The president’s pretend enemy

There is no crisis of unrest in Portland, Oregon. One way I know this to be true is that President Trump — who is insistent that Portland faces just such a crisis — doesn't offer any evidence of it. A...

www.pbump.net

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 4h

Senator, do you get paid to spread ridiculous lies like this, or do you do it on your own volition?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 4h

Donald Trump has been illegally shutting down the parts of government he doesn't like and firing tens of thousands of federal workers since Day One.

Republicans’ shutdown doesn't give him any more power to create chaos.

It’s workers and the American people who will suffer.

Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

www.politico.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

“.. WGN is aware of this situation, and we are actively gathering the facts related to it,” the station said in a statement.

@chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 9h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Zach @zrcr.bsky.social · 8h

Since these guys have anointed Trump as king, they may never come back into session.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

So they’re keeping the House in recess for another week (see his follow up)?

To delay the Epstein Files and, I guess, avoid the No Kings rally on 10/18?

They are in full blown pants pissing panic

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 9h

UNREAL

Democratic Whip Notice: The House GOP Leadership have made the following change to the House Floor schedule:

Members are advised that votes are no longer expected in the House on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

Pending Senate action on FY26 Funding, Members will receive 48 hours' notice prior to any potential votes in the House. Further information regarding the Floor schedule will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

This is a change from the House GOP Leadership's previously announced schedule.

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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 9h

Holy moly

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 9h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 9h

The Oct. 18 rally is to proclaim “No Kings.”
Johnson apparently is “Pro Kings.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 13h

Oh, so they give the Peace Prize to people pushing to go AWAY from autocracy? I see the problem.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 13h

how disgusting and unnecessary. begging men to be normal just once.

WIRED @wired.com · 13h

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 1d

I believe that should be REEKING

Politico @politico.com · 1d

REAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

www.politico.com

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

A deep red state governor slammed Texas for sending National Guard troops to Chicago, saying "Oklahomans would lose their mind" if Illinois were to do the same to his state.

Deep red gov rips TX for sending troops to Chicago: 'Oklahomans would lose their mind'

A deep red state governor slammed Texas for sending National Guard troops to Chicago, saying "Oklahomans would lose their mind" if Illinois were to do the same to his state. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, chair of the National Governors Association, said the move is overstepping state rights in a New Yo...

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 1d

Somehow manages to be wildly antisemitic, antivaxx and viscerally fundamentally wrong in a single sentence

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Mary Beth Schneider @marybschneider.bsky.social · 1d

This is true.
And it is heartbreaking.

Johnnybee @alicethewonderdog.bsky.social · 1d

I keep hearing people on the news saying “this is not who we are”.
You should all wake up because this is who you’ve become.
This is the America that world sees.

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