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Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 13h

Kelly Rowland texting Nelly in Excel is older than ICE.

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David Teeghman 🇵🇸 🇺🇸🌏🚴🏻 @teeghman.bsky.social · 11h

Today and every day, I am proud to be a Chicagoan

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 10h

I have found success using this in the past, just passing along in case it helps. solidarity through the escalating strife

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Mammalian Dive Reflex: A Cool Way to Reduce Stress and Anxiety | Ochsner Health

Learning how to trigger the mammalian dive reflex can help you slow down your heart rate and manage intense emotions.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

The relentless @djbyrnes1.bsky.social has spent day after day in court this week tracking what's happening with suits against DHS filed (disclaimer: we're plaintiffs in one of them), as well as protesters facing charges.

Get up to speed now:

Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ hits the courts in Chicago • The TRiiBE

The legal impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts landed hard in Chicago’s federal courthouse this week, with more developments expected in the coming days.

thetriibe.com

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 16h

Pritzker isn't low-IQ because he's not Black. Only Johnson is low-IQ because he's Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Joe DiCola @joedicola.bsky.social · 11h

Roberts (unconstitutionally, voidably) gave immunity to Trump - not Miller. Miller needs total victory to escape accountability. That goes for all the fash in power not named Donald Trump

My point’s not “there will be trials!” but that these people will get more vicious to prevent the chance of one

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 12h

Chicagoans have arrived at Trump Tower, chanting "all power to the people, no human is illegal!"

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

Feds were actively arresting people just a few miles away while he was giving this interview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Trump is expected to announce an end to the war via Truth Social

@BarakRavid
X.com
Hugs in Egypt as negotiators wait
Trump's Truth Social post
announcing the end of the Gaza war
5:29 PM • 10/8/25 • 407 Views

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 14h

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

It's not special treatment for reporters—it's critically important to maintain the ability to document police activities after they've ordered assemblies to disperse.

Again and again, we've seen cops are most likely to get more violent with demonstrators when out of public view.

Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social · 15h

It's great that this TRO will issue. The lawyers and plaintiffs deserve tons of credit for making this happen.

But why is Judge Ellis walking back the position of the DOJ and at least one federal appellate court that journalists can't be dispersed at protests?

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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 18h

Another beautiful, if quiet, day on 18th St.

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 14h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Scott Free Link ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉 PhD @smenor.com · 14h

Perfect. No notes.

The skeet: i love the domino effect of trans people asking the moderation team to take harassment of trans people seriously and instead decided to perma ban a black guy who was one of the earliest users here

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 14h

Ellis also makes clear she doesn't want DHS to just distribute the order, she wants to make sure DHS implements the order and has its agents comply.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 15h

They created a fairy tale land for one grandpa and he's having the time of his life. His entire reality is like that thing where the brain releases a bunch of euphoric chemicals when it's dying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

At the Broadview ICE detention center outside Chicago this afternoon, things are (relatively) calm.

A vet-organized protest is planned for 4-6pm. After 6, curfew is in place.

Masked agents enter the building. ~1 month ago we would've been able to photograph them from Beach St, but not anymore.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 18h

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 17h

Alderman Quezada and Cook County Commissioner Vásquez posted a statement about a surge of ICE activity in the northwest side communities of Avondale, Logan Square, and Belmont Gardens targeting day laborers, street vendors, and other passerby. Approx 9 people were detained.

Today our Avondale, Logan square, and Belmont gardens communities experienced a surge in ICE activity targeting day laborers, street vendors, and several residents who were simply going about their daily lives.

As of this morning, approximately nine people have been detained and ICE remains active in the area. Please take precautions, report any possible ICE activity or if you know someone who has been detained, to the family support hotline 1-855-435-7693

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Leo! @ditavoncrease.bsky.social · 17h

The weed monster in Scary Movie 2 right before they light up Shorty:

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 18h

Nicole Kidman stuns for Vogue.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19h

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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