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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 16h

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Prosediva @prosediva.bsky.social · 1d

They keep doing this.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Trump and White House used footage from Florida to show ‘chaos’ in Chicago, report claims

Trump and White House used footage from Florida to show ‘chaos’ in Chicago: Report

www.independent.co.uk

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: The federal government is "temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois."

That's it. Thanks again for following.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry agrees, after lawyers for the Trump administration decline to rule out the possibility that the president would mobilize another state's National Guard and sent those troops into Chicago.

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Meghan Leonard @meghanleonard.bsky.social · 1d

A friend asked today how things were in Chicago and aside from the obvious I noted that everywhere I look and everything I read about demonstrates this is a city of good people who are going to fight back in ways big and small. Chicago is showing their values.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I see no credible evidence there is a danger of rebellion in the state of Illinois."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: Four (4) federal judges have issued rulings in the past two (2) days in separate cases that cast significant doubt on federal officials' "credibility and assessment of what is happening on the streets of Chicago."

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

BREAKING: A federal judge in Chicago has blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city as part of its ongoing immigration-enforcement push.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago

Arguments in federal court over an emergency restraining order that would bar a National Guard deployment began Thursday with lawyers sparring over what constitutes a “rebellion” that such troops m…

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 1d

Reports of ICE presence is notable. But the scale of response from neighbors, just showing up-- is also pretty striking.

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 1d

simple, beautiful bystander intervention and genius way to make community values legible

Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 1d

Context for the whistles (though the above is about Rogers Park/Edgewater, not Little Village): blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/i...

In Little Village, Residents Are Blowing Actual Whistles To Warn Neighbors About ICE

Residents have equipped themselves with bright orange whistles amid ramped-up ICE arrests. "People could hear that noise, and if they don’t have legal status, go the other way," one immigrant advocate...

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

I have lost count of how many times Hamilton has said that Perry must use a "highly deferential standard of review" when determining whether the president is acting lawfully.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: Do you acknowledge that your depiction of what is happening at Broadview does not at all reflect what the Broadview Police and the Illinois State Police?
Hamilton: You must give great deference to the president
Perry: "What if he is relying on invalid evidence?"

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

When I see this, I wonder if people realize that Jim Crow racism in the American south was a type home-grown fascism. It was not (just) a superficially genteel system of social deference. Refusing to defer was often met with incredible violence designed to terrorize the entire Black community.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 3d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 3d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 3d

this is so fucking gross i don’t even have words to process how fucking gross it is

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 3d

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Meghan Leonard @meghanleonard.bsky.social · 4d

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