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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 8h

Day after day, evil act after evil act. There is no spreadsheet big enough to contain the horrors we now live with daily.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 9h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 18h

All the good things are going away: hope when we’re struggling, healing when we’re suffering, education for all, give arts a platform & audience, and tell us we are one, here for each other on a path to wholeness. Stolen by those blind by power who don’t see the goodness democracy makes possible.

ICE arrests a family visiting Chicago’s Millenium Park, their young girl clutching her doll and overcome with terror and sadness.

Photo of Donald Trump at White House by Jim Watson, with Trump positioned in a way that makes him appear to have devil’s horns from gilded embellishments he added to the room behind him.

Photo of Kash Patel with headline: cash, Patel and FBI partnership with the anti-defamation link

Screenshot of blue sky post with link to article with headline “Trey Reed hanging death was suicide official say caper neck to fund private autopsy.” Trey Reed was found hanging from a tree on campus in Mississippi with visible signs of violence on his body.

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 1d

I feel sorry for the Detroit guys. That look on their faces.

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed! My favorite Halloween costume since 1986.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1d

In July, Pérez got a call from CBP Home telling her she’d be on a flight out of the US in August.

She began packing.

Then, after weeks of silence, somebody called to say there might be a delay.

Then no more info, and no plane tickets.

by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 2d

Smoky is hiding. Where’s Smoky?

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

More great news out of federal court today.

This was a particularly appalling case in which HSI agents took advantage of this man to get him to sign away his rights during his interrogation inside the ICE Broadview facility.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

New: U.S. attorneys moved today to dismiss felony assault charges against Paul Ivery, an intellectually disabled man who was arrested at a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility on Sept. 27.

Ivery agreed to waive his Miranda rights while in federal custody.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: Five anti-ICE protesters face federal charges

Plus: Seminary Co-op union workers turn up the heat as they negotiate a first contract and Adler Planetarium workers launch a union.

chicagoreader.com

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Rep. Lauren Underwood @underwood.house.gov · 2d

This week, I’m kicking off a series of Protect Our Rights events across our community to share resources and hear your experiences and concerns with ICE and DHS under the Trump Administration.

The first stop is in Aurora this Friday, October 10th. RSVP here: bit.ly/communityfor...

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 3d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 3d

If you haven’t already done so, lease take a minute to call Governor Pritzker’s office and leave him a message of support.
🇺🇸

312-814-2121

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

The relentless @djbyrnes1.bsky.social has spent day after day in court this week tracking what's happening with suits against DHS filed (disclaimer: we're plaintiffs in one of them), as well as protesters facing charges.

Get up to speed now:

Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ hits the courts in Chicago • The TRiiBE

The legal impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts landed hard in Chicago’s federal courthouse this week, with more developments expected in the coming days.

thetriibe.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 3d

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

bit.ly

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve lived in both CA under Newsom and IL under Pritzker. Newsom is a good thing, but Pritzker is the great thing. I see it in his initiatives, his actions, his presence. Came to a union rally in a small town in rural Illinois a few years ago. He’s on the street for real.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 3d

Pritzker isn't low-IQ because he's not Black. Only Johnson is low-IQ because he's Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3d

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 3d

“Great Value Gestapo”
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D20_Buster @d20buster.bsky.social · 3d

We survived 2 Daley mayors. We survive February every year. We survive Malort. We can handle great value gestappo.

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D20_Buster @d20buster.bsky.social · 3d

We survived 2 Daley mayors. We survive February every year. We survive Malort. We can handle great value gestappo.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 3d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3d

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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