lake effect kid
@mattenloe.bsky.social
what is law, really // opinions are my own // he/him
chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
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lake effect kid
@mattenloe.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Every TikTok I see about Chicago, I post "Chicago is the greatest city in the world" and get a chorus of "hell yeah" replies. And you may ask yourself, why do people love Chicago so much?
It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
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🧙♂️ TOMORROW 🔮
As promised from our stream with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social , we’ll be LIVE tomorrow night playing Dungeons and Dragons! 🐉 ⚔️ 7PM CT
Anyone who donates $10+ will receive a limited-edition Heater sticker 😽🪄🧚
As promised from our stream with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social , we’ll be LIVE tomorrow night playing Dungeons and Dragons! 🐉 ⚔️ 7PM CT
Anyone who donates $10+ will receive a limited-edition Heater sticker 😽🪄🧚
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 AM
🧙♂️ TOMORROW 🔮
As promised from our stream with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social , we’ll be LIVE tomorrow night playing Dungeons and Dragons! 🐉 ⚔️ 7PM CT
Anyone who donates $10+ will receive a limited-edition Heater sticker 😽🪄🧚
As promised from our stream with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social , we’ll be LIVE tomorrow night playing Dungeons and Dragons! 🐉 ⚔️ 7PM CT
Anyone who donates $10+ will receive a limited-edition Heater sticker 😽🪄🧚
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I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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this thread about Minneapolis fuckin rocks, and I want to shoutout the Chicago patrollers who have been guarding schools throughout the frigid temperatures, too
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
Today I talked with a 76 year old who'd been standing in the cold for hours guarding her neighbors. I was getting kind of chilly, even in the new winter gear i bought for this trip (and I live in the goddam mountains myself).
She didn't even have a hat on.
She didn't even have a hat on.
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
this thread about Minneapolis fuckin rocks, and I want to shoutout the Chicago patrollers who have been guarding schools throughout the frigid temperatures, too
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
“decentralized in a way they can’t handle,” as Margaret says
I cannot fucking believe how rough of a ride Gene has had. He's one of the kindest people I know and absolutely does not deserve this bullshit. If you can help him, I would really appreciate it.
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I cannot fucking believe how rough of a ride Gene has had. He's one of the kindest people I know and absolutely does not deserve this bullshit. If you can help him, I would really appreciate it.
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Gene is a wonderful person who has absolutely fucking walloped cancer in the past. He’ll do it again.
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Gene is a wonderful person who has absolutely fucking walloped cancer in the past. He’ll do it again.
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Philly will chew them up and spit them out so badly that this will be remembered as Trump’s Barbarossa
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone is saying the same thing
‘Philly people are a different breed,’ wrote one user, while another added: ‘Bro ice is going to be protesting’
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Philly will chew them up and spit them out so badly that this will be remembered as Trump’s Barbarossa
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Hi, I'm Evelyn Normielib. I have my local ICE Watch hotline saved to my contacts. That's my platform, that's it, thanks for listening. [raises $5,000,000 and wins 60% of the primary vote]
Could a Democrat, any Democrat, release a statement actually thanking the people that have been out there doing the fucking work instead of this constant scolding tone for the love of God
Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Hi, I'm Evelyn Normielib. I have my local ICE Watch hotline saved to my contacts. That's my platform, that's it, thanks for listening. [raises $5,000,000 and wins 60% of the primary vote]
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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250 salons later, our movement is growing.
What started as conversations in living rooms has become a people-powered campaign for a new kind of Democratic Party—one built by listening, organizing, and fighting for our neighbors.
Join our next one at: www.mobilize.us/nickforillin...
What started as conversations in living rooms has become a people-powered campaign for a new kind of Democratic Party—one built by listening, organizing, and fighting for our neighbors.
Join our next one at: www.mobilize.us/nickforillin...
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
250 salons later, our movement is growing.
What started as conversations in living rooms has become a people-powered campaign for a new kind of Democratic Party—one built by listening, organizing, and fighting for our neighbors.
Join our next one at: www.mobilize.us/nickforillin...
What started as conversations in living rooms has become a people-powered campaign for a new kind of Democratic Party—one built by listening, organizing, and fighting for our neighbors.
Join our next one at: www.mobilize.us/nickforillin...
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*sighing, tapping the sign*
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
*sighing, tapping the sign*
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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I am not a social media influencer I am just a regular Minneapolis dad trying to do a kid pickup this morning and get some gas. What do I find but that one guy and a bunch of bortech (whatever that is) blocking the station for a glamour shot. I stood right where I wanted to stand this is my town.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I am not a social media influencer I am just a regular Minneapolis dad trying to do a kid pickup this morning and get some gas. What do I find but that one guy and a bunch of bortech (whatever that is) blocking the station for a glamour shot. I stood right where I wanted to stand this is my town.
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault
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Proud to earn the endorsement of the Illinois Nurses Association, our first labor endorsement!
Nurses know what happens when profit comes before people. I’m honored to stand with them and fight for patients, workers, and families.
Nurses know what happens when profit comes before people. I’m honored to stand with them and fight for patients, workers, and families.
January 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Proud to earn the endorsement of the Illinois Nurses Association, our first labor endorsement!
Nurses know what happens when profit comes before people. I’m honored to stand with them and fight for patients, workers, and families.
Nurses know what happens when profit comes before people. I’m honored to stand with them and fight for patients, workers, and families.
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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Israeli forces continue to blatantly disregard international law and Palestinian lives. Their campaign of death and destruction goes beyond Gaza.
Israeli forces fire tear gas at Palestinian trade school in east Jerusalem, the second targeting of a UN facility Tuesday.
Israeli crews begin bulldozing UNRWA headquarters in east Jerusalem
Israeli crews have started bulldozing a United Nations headquarters in east Jerusalem. Israel's government is tightening restrictions on humanitarian groups aiding Palestinians.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Israeli forces continue to blatantly disregard international law and Palestinian lives. Their campaign of death and destruction goes beyond Gaza.
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“Billionaires have taken control of this country in ways we’ve never seen before, and it is hurting all of us. Progressives in Seattle who won spoke pretty unapologetically about that reality,” says a newly elected Seattle city council member.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
“Billionaires have taken control of this country in ways we’ve never seen before, and it is hurting all of us. Progressives in Seattle who won spoke pretty unapologetically about that reality,” says a newly elected Seattle city council member.
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‼️ Today @americansunlight.org launches TrumpCensorship.com, a public dataset visualizing 200+ censorship actions by the Trump Admin against journalists, researchers & citizens since his 2nd term began.
From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.
From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
‼️ Today @americansunlight.org launches TrumpCensorship.com, a public dataset visualizing 200+ censorship actions by the Trump Admin against journalists, researchers & citizens since his 2nd term began.
From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.
From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.
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The next witness in the Greg Bovino murder-for-hire trial is Homeland Security Investigations special agent Chris Perugini.
Jimenez's testimony has concluded.
He asks for help getting off the witness stand.
He asks for help getting off the witness stand.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The next witness in the Greg Bovino murder-for-hire trial is Homeland Security Investigations special agent Chris Perugini.
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Federal source Adrian Jimenez is now being cross-examined by Dena Singer, defense attorney for Juan Espinoza Martinez.
Espinoza Martinez is accused of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino.
Espinoza Martinez is accused of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino.
Shin repeatedly tried to get testimony from Jimenez about his conversations with Espinoza Martinez about immigration.
And repeatedly, Judge Lefkow sustained foundation and leading objections from defense attorney Dena Singer.
And repeatedly, Judge Lefkow sustained foundation and leading objections from defense attorney Dena Singer.
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Federal source Adrian Jimenez is now being cross-examined by Dena Singer, defense attorney for Juan Espinoza Martinez.
Espinoza Martinez is accused of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino.
Espinoza Martinez is accused of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino.