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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 8h

The Socialist Case for Antitrust url:https://prospect.org/economy/2025-10-07-socialist-case-for-antitrust/

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 19h

ICE is literally shooting priests like it's 1905 or some shit

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 21h

Here’s video of the incident

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 4d

Nancy Pelosi was asked, “what did the Democrats do wrong?” “And her answer was basically nothing... I just feel like it’s completely inadequate,” says congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti.

Saikat Chakrabarti is coming for the Democratic establishment

AOC’s former campaign manager is ready to take on Nancy Pelosi

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 10h

They imply the finger claws thing without actually showing it, like - we know what you want to do.

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 19h

What is the logo on his hat? Some if these dudes are wearing militia insignia.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

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

Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton

Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

www.chicagotribune.com

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 21h

Graeber is ALWAYS worth a good read.

Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 1d

“It is always morally superior, [Gandhi] insisted, to oppose injustice through non-violent means than through violent means. However, to oppose injustice through violent means is still morally superior to not doing anything to oppose injustice at all”

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 21h

Stand up and win

Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

A big win for Wisconsin!

Thanks to Attorney General Josh Kaul's lawsuit, the Trump Administration is dropping its attempt to withhold around $24 million in funding for crime victim services in Wisconsin.

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 21h

Can't wait to face the possibility of a state governor having to call up their guard to defend against the occupation by another state's guard.

Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 21h

More like Naked Half-Women

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Pam Bondi REFUSES to answer if the FBI found photographs of Donald Trump with "half-naked women" in their Epstein investigation.

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be-see.bsky.social @be-see.bsky.social · 1d

Pudding

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

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 2d

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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peppermint.jack @peppermintjack.bsky.social · 1d

biden got swept into office in 2020 on the back of the largest protest movement in 50+ yrs by a nation outraged over a cop murdering a man in the street

how did dems respond to the overwhelming demand to reform the police?

biden's signature policy was "100,000 new cops, no reforms necessary"

mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats knew it too. they were warned over & over for more than a decade that police have become a dangerously unrestrained RW paramilitary and begged, demanded, protested to commit to reform. they told activists to fuck off and just kept giving police more money without more accountability

Mike O @mikeo331.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and his crime family know police in the U.S. are on their side. Put police together with Trump's ICE army and whatever National Guard troops he can force into action and his regime can continue ignoring court orders, kidnapping and killing innocents, and cementing their chokehold over America.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

Just close it down already!

“bucking tradition” 🤡

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logo, acting strange @logophobe.bsky.social · 1d

This meeting could have been an extra judicial murder performed by a malfunctioning ED-209 unit

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

I've been trying to put my finger on why ICE/DHS lies feel so much more outrageous than normal cop lies, and I think it's because they don't lie like cops, they lie like aggressively stupid criminals

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

There it is

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issues an executive order
prohibiting ICE from using any city-owned property

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Great LakesQ @qglpolicywonk.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the signs that will go up around #Chicago

Great reporting @thetriibe.com

City of Chicago sign that says "This property is owned and/or controlled by the City of Chicago. It may not be used for Civil Immigration Enforcement as a: Staging area, processing location or operations base."

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

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.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 1d

#historians #history 🗃️

Once again I'm looking for recommendations of newly digitised archives/collections relating to radical history (broadly defined).

Nearly 1000 online and open access collections of radical historical documents already listed!

hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

radical online collections and archives

I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…

hatfulofhistory.com

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