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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 16h

Hello #BreakfastCrew. Have a kick-ass Thursday 🦋

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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.

apnews.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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

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

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 1d

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Banned Books Week! 🗃️

For more information on Book Bans, check out this recent report from @penamerica.bsky.social

pen.org/report/the-n...

Read Banned Books under a shelf of books.

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 1d

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

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

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 1d

Change doesn’t happen on its own, it takes all of us. There’s real power when community comes together. Take a look at the many ways to get involved, speak up, and make a difference.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING—New Trump White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay. (Read: possible mass- airport sickouts if TSA & air traffic controllers refuse to work without pay during shutdown)
www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning #BlueCrew

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 3d

Good night

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National Democratic Redistricting Committee @democraticredistricting.com · 3d

NEW: Reporting from @politico.com reveals that the White House is ramping up its pressure campaign to gerrymander red states, going as far as promising “consequences” to Republican lawmakers who don’t fall in line.

This is dangerous new territory for our nation. politi.co/4nDMcKk

‘There could very well be consequences’: Trump’s team pressures wary GOP lawmakers to draw new maps

The new pressure campaign from Trump and outside groups shows the party’s desperation to cling to its razor-thin majority next year.

politi.co

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago establishes ICE-free zones
www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago...

Chicago establishes ICE-free zones: Here's what we know

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday signed an executive order creating "ICE-free zones" across Chicago, limiting the ability of federal immigration agents to use city property and private businesses as st...

www.fox32chicago.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking:

The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit to block the Trump admin from deploying federalized National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago.

"The Trump administration's illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm."

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 4d

In the rare cases when Americans believe they’ve been injured by a vaccine, they can turn to vaccine court. Since the program began in the late 1980s, it has awarded nearly $5 billion to about 12,000 people. 60 Minutes reports, tonight.

The court has paid out billions of dollars to Americans who have suffered rare injuries after vaccination.

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 4d

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6d

Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes as she confronted them Friday at Humboldt Park Hospital.

Agents handcuffed her, forced her out of the hospital and threatened her with arrest, Fuentes told a Block Club reporter. blockclubchi.co/3Wkje5V

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6d

Federal agents — with the Homeland Security secretary and a right-wing social media influencer in tow — raided an Austin Walmart on Friday. blockclubchi.co/4mRrtBw

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 7d

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

Sour grapes. That’s why this is happening.

ICE plans to run immigration enforcement at the Super Bowl.

Cori Lewandowski: “ICE will be everywhere”

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Miss Lee @misslee10.bsky.social · 7d

Good morning #BreakfastCrew!

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✊Larry Colvin✊ @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 8d

Gov. Pritzker: "ICE is running around harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace. That’s not making America great."

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