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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️

@mslauradurnell.bsky.social

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Exhausted Gen Xer and disabled spoonie coming to you every day from the "killing field" of Chicago. Wife of @willyh1. Publications include The Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Women's Media Center, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Room, others.

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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️ @mslauradurnell.bsky.social · Jan 2

A week after the Chicago Tribune published my op-ed, Senn chose not to cut classes at Senn Arts for my daughter's class.

This is a gift link. You can also hear the audio laughably mispronounce my last name.

www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/o...

Laura Durnell: CPS is gutting my daughter’s arts program. This isn’t what we signed up for.

Cuts to Senn High School’s competitive magnet fine arts program will harm student educational experiences.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 2h

Schools around our area are creating parent patrols - response teams to raise alerts if ICE tries to snatch teachers.

THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Kero @kerosene-333.bsky.social · 1h

More and more people are getting kidnapped in Chicago everyday. Spaces are getting emptier by the second. People are scared to leave their house. The man who was shot & killed by ICE in Franklin Park was down the street from where my mom works. They’re going to schools. They want to go to our clubs.

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 19h

Chicago residents are now following ICE vehicles, honking horns and shouting warnings before raids begin. This is what community defense looks like. 💪

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 1h

I know people are freaked out by the arrival of troops in blue cities but I can tell you that here in LA, the worst abuses that happened this summer didn’t come from them. They were mostly here for show. The big ugliness came from local law enforcement.

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CatsAreGods @catsaregods.bsky.social · 22h

Striped #hyena at #safariwest for #tongueoutthursday

#wildlife #nature #photography

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 44m

A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its removal.

Protesters return to Broadview on Friday after judge temporarily blocks National Guard

Protesters returned to Broadview on Friday, but it’s unclear where the Texas National Guard will be after a federal judge blocked their deployment in Illinois.

trib.al

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 1d

Former FBI Director James Comey's indictment is more than a case—it's a warning.

It’s the most obvious instance yet of targeting political opponents, while letting allies off the hook. 🧵

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 49m

Thou shalt not shoot priests in the head. I shouldn’t have to say this.

Thou Shalt Not Shoot Priests in the Head

I shouldn’t have to say these things.

www.thegodpodcast.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3h

The government has executed more people in 2025 than any year in over a decade — and there are five more executions scheduled over the next week.

Just a handful of states are responsible for these executions, and they’re increasingly out of step with public opinion.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 14h

ANTIFA:

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Mr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 19h

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

www.wbez.org

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

A federal judge has ordered that ICE cannot use rubber bullets or other “less lethal ammo” directly on protesters at the Broadview ICE facility.

Good.

Now arrest and charge the agents who shot the priest in the head and the woman in her car.

Stop letting them get away with it.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 47m

“The antifascist frog” made another appearance in war torn Portland

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

MIT has rejected Fat Satan’s blackmail, making it the first university not to bend the knee.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h

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

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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️ @mslauradurnell.bsky.social · 49m

My neighborhood.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 2h

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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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 23h

Go woke, go Pope

Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

www.npr.org

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Robin Mcmichen @robinmcmichen.bsky.social · 20h

Michael Stipe on the Fall/Winter '25 cover of Zeit Magazin (Mann)! 🔥 @michaelstipe.bsky.social @remhq.bsky.social

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

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 ... "