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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 13h

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another

As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

southsideweekly.com

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carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 16h

been thinking a lot about connection lately, about what that looks like beyond all the strange 30 second discourse, or what the "ideal" is or idk, a little too much talking and a little less reaching out, about what we get from just showing up. this, also, a very good way to connect. needed it.

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carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 16h

"It needs people who are willing to drink the full poison of reality and make sense of it. It needs people who will invite others to be curious, as gently as necessary, until they can defy themselves enough to smell smoke, taste ash, and scream no."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21h

"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."

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carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 1d

always good to write the NLG number somewhere like on your arm, or any other representation you might need. memorize a phone number or too, tell people where you're going before hand, connect with a buddy, and evaluate your own risk assesment i think is always good for where it feels safe to be

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carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 1d

OR, hear me out, let people bring what they need to bring, it's a big revolution and its a big ass spear we've been holding and are going to be holding for a long time. but if you want to be the sponsor of goggles, im sure people would love if you handed them out. maybe dont deride them immediately!

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carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 1d

the only response tbh

carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 1d

Kwame Raoul = AG
Eileen Burke = Cook County State's Atty
several other county state's atty exist
it is in fact not very clear all the time, but i think therein lies confusion

carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 4d

also also also please support @unraveledpress.com and if you're a homie who doesn't live here please follow because their reporting IS what is happening in Chicago rn

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

What seems like all the remaining agents just tear gassed Kedzie again, then drove very quickly north through the gas.

About half the vehicles that drove through are captured here. The lead group went by even faster.

They could have seriously injured anyone in the street.

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carmen aiken @caiken.bsky.social · 4d

teargassed neighbors protecting their own and CPD (?!) and then literally ran the fuck off under the cover of smoke down here.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Most of ICE/CBP seem to have made an escape down an alley headed east. A large group chased their cars for a few blocks.

We encountered several people on the street who has been gassed or pepper sprayed. One man told us they fired tear gas out their car window.

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