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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

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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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 18h

SW Side organizers are demanding a Back of the Yards property owner "kick ICE out" of its parking lot. blockclubchi.co/3WtL7sk

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 17h

"While some fretted over the behavior of protesters, these men, who performed brutality for their own cameras, were always going to riot."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19h

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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JGfromNP @jgfromnp.bsky.social · 17h

Laws are fake. Money is fake. Let's stop pretending any of this matters and go punch nazis.

lake effect kid @mattenloe.bsky.social · 18h

Obviously only a small component of the larger situation, but surely this is illegal? Those loans were made with certain guarantees to the holders, including forgiveness at prescribed statutory periods and under certain conditions. Regardless of whether the statute contemplates assignment...

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration is considering selling parts of its $1.6 trillion portfolio of student loan debt to the private market, per Forbes

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

Shout out to my hero at Cermak who didn't let the gringa go home with a cold loaf of French bread.
I only saw the one basket and was walking away, resigned to my fate when he shouted to me "wait! warm bread!"

I owe that man a life debt

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

I'm one of those #blessed folks who doen't get post-shot-sick. The only reactions i've had were the "COVID arm" rash that happens a week later at the injection site.

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

I know a number of people who have been avoiding the latest COVID Vax because of how bad it makes them feel. This protocol of taking antihistimines prior to vaccination has helped folks have milder reactions.

A day of ick from a vaccine is still better than a lifetime of long covid

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17d

The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin

Captcha Check

synecdochic.dreamwidth.org

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

Important update in these trying times:
Miss Daisy has a Halloween costume

A plastic skeleton with no forearms or legs is buckled into the center back seat of a grey car parked in a garage. She is wearing a peachy-orange beanie with some button flair attached. She also has on a glittery black cat ear headband, glitter black bowtie, and a glitter black tail tied to her ribs.
She looks very happy with her costume.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that we still don’t know what happened to the 1,000 immigrants who went missing from Alligator Alcatraz.

Their families and attorneys can’t locate them.

They’ve been disappeared.

People are still being sent to that horrible place without any due process.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, what a surprise 😐

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

trib.al

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 1d

It's Prime Day so here's your regular reminder that:

- Amazon has been exposed for throwing away millions of unused products each year
- Amazon emits MORE CO2 than Hong Kong & Denmark
- Jeff Bezos earns more in 1 MINUTE than many of his workers do in a year

Overconsumption is KILLING our planet

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 2d

Go big or go home: chicago.craigslist.org/chc/fuo/d/ch... A canopy bed fit for a queen. or something.

an overwrought french provincial meets baroque canopy bed with a bedskirt with gauzy layers that would make a Selkie dress-wearing gal jealous.
its a lot, in a distressed cream with painted roses on the footboard and gilt fillagrie on the canopy header

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not even 10 a.m., and so much has unfolded in Chicago:

– Illinois sues Trump over the National Guard deployment

– Mayor Brandon Johnson bans city property use for immigration enforcement

– Journalists and protesters sue the feds over Broadview violence

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A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 2d

So then the customer service rep offers to update the new address for me, just like the CSR did last month.
I'm begging: What is the password to get escalated to the next level? Something is busted in the backend.

A Rogue Monster @aroguemonster.bsky.social · 2d

My battle with Syncrhony bank to get my statements to be sent to the correct email addresss is ongoing.
I feel like i'm being gaslit, because they assure me that my statements are going to [email protected], but I know they are going to [email protected].

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate this as an idea, but I don't see how it carries any force in reality.

"The TRiiBE asked why people should feel safe with this new executive order, given that federal agents have ignored his previous order to not wear masks within city limits."

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

thetriibe.com

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 2d

One thing to understand about what's happening now is that on Oct 1, the deportation machine's budget increased dramatically: $170 billion in NEW funding, averaging to $42.5 billion per year. That's just below the Israeli military's annual budget. It's the equivalent of 13th biggest army on earth.

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Please note: protesters, clergy and a neighbor are also on this suit/also making claims here (it's a lot of reporters, but not only reporters!)

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d

If Trump's deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th largest on earth, ahead of Poland, Canada, Iran. The funding increase kicked in Oct 1, as federal agents unleash violence on the Chicago area, raiding communities and brutalizing protesters. By me & Lindsay Koshgarian, 📷 Steel Brooks.

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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