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Adrienne

@adrienneleigh.bsky.social

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Don’t you see we must either follow one wild possibility or else go home to bed? Also @[email protected] on Mastodon/Fediverse; find me there!

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · Jul 26

"…I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
—Eugene V. Debs

Statement to the Court, Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act

Eugene V. Debs Article.

www.marxists.org

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 58m

Do i know anyone in Europe with a Wise account who would be willing to send me a few bucks so i can test something? DM me if so!

(I can certainly send the money BACK, less whatever transaction fees there are.)

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5h

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

good morning, when I said “American law enforcement” I meant: the actual police

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

starting to think much of the “how democracies end”/“how autocracies are born” literature could benefit from considering the actual existence of American law enforcement

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

and when I said “the violence is already here” I also meant: the actual police

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

What we’re seeing now is not people “[beginning] to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army”—the federal agents are becoming an occupying army, and the violence is theirs. The violence is already here.

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 1d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

anyway just pointing out police have a ridiculously effective invisibility shield around their violence and that shield is called “the rule of law”

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

“…the president of the U.S. wants to turn that heavily funded, extramilitary military into a force to be unleashed against the American people, to do war crimes against us. Who authorized and appropriated that funding? Was it Congress? (Spoiler alert: It was.)”

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 16h

Bridging my current life in Chicago and my past life in D.C., I argue today at @newrepublic.com that Democrats should ~never~ vote to fund this government. Make John Thune blow up Senate rules and Republicans wholly own the U.S. extra-military military doing war crimes against us, funded by us.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

lets all feel old together and have a little trust in one another and if you really want to argue with people about protests get some other people together and organize something

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

one of my most durable political lessons out of Occupy is: not only is it a bad look to instruct people at protests you are not part what to do based on posts online, it’s bad tactics to order around people with local experience and who are doing countless things you won’t know about from posts

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 1d

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

youtube.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13h

Reuters story headline reading:

Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

By Brendan O'Brien, Andy Sullivan and Susan
Heavey
October 8, 2025 9:41 AM EDT • Updated 36 mins ago

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 13h

Rather than seeing this for what it is -- the invasion of a mostly Black, Southern city -- a lot of people are arguing about whether "crime" is going "down." This is why the entire conversation about the "effectiveness" is pointless.
www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/08/c...

Criminologist weighs in on crime reduction sustainability after task force surge is over

The United States Department of Justice released data Tuesday showing 386 arrests so far as the Memphis Safe Task Force continues its surge operations, but questions remain about whether this approach...

www.actionnews5.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13h

"...these men, who performed brutality for their own cameras, were always going to riot." organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

At the Broadview ICE facility, some of us were trying to physically get in the way, blocking cars with our bodies while federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas canisters at us. Now, the state police have shut down that small window of intervention by walling protesters off in “first amendment zones,” arresting people with an expediency that renders our previous actions untenable. I believe Governor J.B. Pritzker thought that if he restored “order” outside Broadview, Trump would have no “excuse” to send in the National Guard. Trump—whose relationship with reality is contemptuous, at best—called our efforts to halt cars with our bodies, while being gassed and brutalized, “riots.” His agents attacked us, even when we were cooperative and contained, behind a wall of state troopers. While some fretted over the behavior of protesters, these men, who performed brutality for their own cameras, were always going to riot. They have waged violence and terror, making propaganda films of their own chaos, and insisted their monstrous Instagram reels are proof that Chicagoland is a war zone. They have battered and shot people, looted buildings, gassed neighborhoods, contaminating and violating everything they touch—and said, Look what they made us do. They’re out of control.

Fascists make their own excuses.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13h

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I understand why people *want* the police to intervene--normies are like, 'I thought cops are supposed to arrest people doing crimes, ICE is right there doing crimes, go do your thing'

but police organizations take nearly every opportunity to be like, 'oh you misunderstood what our thing is'

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 13h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12h

On ICE raids and attacks in Chicago, local reporters have consistently shown up the national outlets attempting to report remotely.

Locals continue to break story after story even as the nationals are summarizing govt press releases. They've shown physical bravery in very dangerous circumstances.

COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 1d

"With local news in a severe tailspin for decades, there was a real question about whether Chicago’s media would meet the moment. But they have indeed," writes @markjacob.bsky.social in Stop The Presses.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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Hexadecimal @bobtheguardian.bsky.social · 8h

Allowing tech companies to control app distribution was a mistake in 2008 and it’s a mistake today.

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404 Media @404media.co · 8h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 7h

is this press pool so neutered that no one is going to ask any of these people a normal question

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Jordan is the Huggiest Kaiju @parchmentscroll.bsky.social · 4h

Just got slapped in the face with the reminder that Ben Shapiro is a failed screenwriter.

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 8h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Marc McCaskey @mccaskeym.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t do this lightly and it’s already taken 3 hours to type this much. With my surgery a week ago. I messed up. Long story short I need help & I have no one to help. So here goes nothing. My cats are my life. I have no idea how I’m going to feed them in about 2 weeks. I’m struggling staying out

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Marc McCaskey @mccaskeym.bsky.social · 7h

…gotten. So yeah, here it is www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Anything would be greatly appreciated and it’s just for them. If I could get one thing to ease my mind just a little it’ll be knowing they’ll be taken care of. In the meantime here’s Zeus mid chin scratch. #catsky #catsofbluesky

Zeus stuck his tongue out mid chin scratch.

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Marc McCaskey @mccaskeym.bsky.social · 7h

…of a psych unit at the moment. My mental health has really just gone away. The cats can tell. They won’t leave my side. I feel like I’ve failed them on so many levels. So I’m sharing an Amazon wishlist just for them. I’m already hoping and praying they’ll never know just how close or how bad I’ve..

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

In some ways this is the government now

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I'm sick and tired of seeing these thugs terrorize big events and am worried that they will try to interrupt Limp Bizkit's set. My gf (F19) and I (M31) are going to our first Lollapalooza and are concerned about the growing threat around the city

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