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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 8h

I hope the ham taster is ok! Such a little darling!

Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 16h

If you've seen Marcel Ophuls's Hotel Terminus, this Sun-Times story will resonate extra for you: "This motion picture is dedicated to the late Mme. Bontout, a good neighbor." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you to brave Debbie Brockman and all the other journalists covering the crisis that the White House has created in Chicago.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks!!!

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks, am so excited!

Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 17h

So thrilled, my Nashville book has arrived! You can order it here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/nashville... It's still 2025, so not too late for 50 year anniversary screenings. Need a guest speaker? "Let me be the one!"

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 17h

THE NASHVILLE BOOK HAS ARRIVED! Check it out, I've made my first "reveal video."

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 17h

Basic Training for the win!

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 19h

Good work, MIT. Let's see the other schools follow their lead. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 19h

I'm generally big AP booster, but super frustrated by "mirror" headline, which I've seen from other news sources as well, and more recently. A mirror reflection looks like something real, but is not real in the same way. DJT's authoritarian actions *are* authoritarian.
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Trump's moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 1d

Right on, guv.

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

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: A judge blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks.

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

A judge has blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area for two weeks, finding no substantial evidence that a “danger of rebellion” is brewing in Illinois.

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 2d

Right on!

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d

Temporary Restraining Order to be granted tomorrow in the Chicago case filed by journalists, pastors, and others hit with riot control munitions by ICE!

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

Ellis rules that the plaintiffs have standing for their case. She cites the "ongoing and sustained record of conduct" by federal agents gathered over the last month.

She further finds the plaintiffs have plausibly shown feds have "frustrated" efforts to "protect journalist safety."

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 3d

Right on, Chicago news outlets. We need you now more than ever!

G @monkeyes2.bsky.social · 3d

Shout out to the Chicago local news! @blockclubchi.bsky.social @thetriibe.com @southsideweekly.bsky.social
@unraveledpress.com
@borderlessmag.bsky.social

Follow the locals!

And the strong reporting hasn’t come only from legacy outlets such as the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune but also from newer independent media such as Block Club Chicago, the TRiiBE, Borderless, Unraveled, and South Side Weekly.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

"In 1964, while reporting from the Republican National Convention just south of San Francisco, Ms. Davis and a Black male reporter were hounded from the hall by fans of the nominee, Barry Goldwater. The crowd snarled racial epithets and tossed garbage at them..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/b...

Belva Davis, West Coast Trailblazer in TV News, Dies at 92

www.nytimes.com

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 5d

Nope, Trib firewall is impenetrable. But @govpritzker.illinois.gov is good for keeping up with everything.

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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 5d

What was that someone was saying about "invasion"?

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/p...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6d

ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 6d

Continued video of feds gassing protestors and CPD alike. In the chaos one woman came to a CPD officer asking for help for a relative that she says feds just grabbed.

Officer response: "We just clocked in. We don't know what's going on."

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 6d

Am grateful to have the Chicago Sun-Times covering the current crisis in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning'

Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 6d

Here in Chicago, ICE is dragging children into the street in the middle of the night, zip-tying them.

CNN @cnn.com · 7d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Heather Hendershot @profhendershot.bsky.social · 6d

"You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why *you're* safe." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 6d

NEW — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker just announced today that “In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.”

This comes about a week after Pritzker first mentioned plans to deploy 100 troops. We wrote about that in the article below.

CHICAGO – Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement following a request the Illinois National Guard received from the Trump Administration’s Department of War:

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

“In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.

This demand follows unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents. Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart. None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos.

“I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois. State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights. I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.

“In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.”

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