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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 10h

the "and now it's time for a breakdown" in this en vogue song is a little too on the nose for today, random music shuffle machine

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 13h

Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump is deploying troops to Chicago due to "dementia" and obsessive fixations.

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“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” Pritzker said in a telephone interview with the Tribune. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out of his head. He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.

“And then, unfortunately, he has the power of the military, the power of the federal government to do his bidding, and that’s what he’s doing.”

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 13h

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she's leading the department's "final mission" to shut down. But @megomatz.bsky.social and I found it's more than that: Political appointees from ultraconservative groups are in power at ED now, and they hope to dismantle public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 13h

Pritzker: “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

Johnson: “This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested. I’m not going anywhere.”

President Donald Trump calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to be jailed

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 13h

Trump called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed — a dramatic rhetorical escalation as he tries to flood the city with federal agents and National Guard troops against the wishes of the local elected officials.

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President Donald Trump calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker to be jailed

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

this is fine.

Staffing issues cause ground delay at O’Hare amid government shutdown

The O’Hare ground delay was slated to last from 6 p.m. to 10:59 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

hairlo peter

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

they should go get some empanadas and start a podcast (i hear people do that)

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump again suggested invoking the Insurrection Act against Democratic-led cities resisting his Guard deployments, naming Chicago specifically.

The 200-year-old law grants the government authority to deploy the military to suppress rebellion within American borders.

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

NOT NOW, TUESDAY TORNADO TESTING SIRENS

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area.

Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 2d

“We really need leaders who are going to continue to fight, that are going to do everything that we can, not only in the Capitol, under the dome, but also on the streets,” Sen. Karina Villa said.

“Legislators can’t just write laws. We must be showing up.”

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/i...

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 2d

As Trump’s federal agents continue raiding homes and businesses and marching on city streets to crack down on illegal immigration, many members of Illinois’ legislative branch — typically confined to the guardrails of government — have shifted into rabble-rouser mode.

📝 @olivia0.bsky.social

Illinois Democratic lawmakers take on activist role amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown

Illinois lawmakers have reaccelerated their activist origins as they find themselves unable to change things from within and have no role in broader immigration policy-making.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 2d

"Continue to stand firm, continue to document the rage that this administration is promulgating against the people of this city.”

Mayor Brandon Johnson delivered forceful rhetoric but few concrete answers ahead of an expected deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to the Chicago area.

Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for ‘dramatic’ response ahead of imminent National Guard deployment

Mayor Brandon Johnson told Chicagoans to stand together against the White House’s threats of a military occupation, which he dubbed “the war on Chicago.”

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 2d

In its 69-page filing, Illinois AG Kwame Raoul’s office asked the federal court to find the federalization/deployment of the National Guard unconstitutional.

"It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/i...

“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” the Illinois attorney general’s office wrote.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 The state of Illinois and city of Chicago sued Trump’s administration to block the deployment of Illinois and Texas National Guard troops, which the White House claims is necessary to protect federal immigration personnel and facilities amid its escalated deportation actions.

Illinois Attorney General sues to block President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployment

The state of Illinois and city of Chicago sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to block the deployment of Illinois and Texas National Guard troops.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 4d

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Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Daniel Palencia celebrates by playing a cowbell after the Cubs NL wild-card series Game 3 victory over the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Oct. 2, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 4d

Aside from “people yelling at them, telling them to leave, and a lot of honking, no one was attacking the agents,” said Andrew Denton, who lives in Logan Square.

📹 Andrew Denton

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 4d

Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near a school on a busy Northwest Side street.

"It’s upsetting to see people being paid to attack our community for senseless stupid reasons.”

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Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy Northwest Side street

The deployment of smoke canisters — some witnesses described it as tear gas — came as tensions boiled over on the city’s Northwest Side Friday afternoon.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 5d

what was today

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5d

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 5d

from @jmetr22b.bsky.social

Appeals court denies bond for ex-Speaker Michael Madigan pending appeal; must report to prison Oct. 13

A federal appeals court Friday denied bond for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan pending his appeal on corruption charges, a decision that means Madigan will have to report to prison on Oct. 13 to b…

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