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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 11h

Was the Chicago military ICE raid just a property scam so someone could make a few bucks?

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 12h

More critical work from the Chicago Sun-Times (by Ashlee Rezin).

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 1d

That “raid” in Chicago is a dark story.

It’s a lot to process.

Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, that’s what I thought when I saw the news. South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s... I read this and think, “Could building owner have driven this to clear out building?”

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 12h

These are the top Republican donors of 2024. Since Speaker Johnson shut the House — stopping critical work — to stop any Epstein file disclosures, I have to assume that most of the biggest are in the files somewhere.

Mellon? Uihlein? Adelson? The victims already mentioned Singer.

Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 16h

I don't want to sound alarmist, but this is where we are.

And yes, we should be more than just alarmed.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 18h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18h

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 18h

X/Shitter remains a weird wasteland. I signed up so that I could read specific posts. I'm just lurking. I haven't posted anything there or replied to anything.

And my account was just locked for unspecified violations of X rules of engagement.

I can solve that problem for them.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

I'll challenge that. Why do you assume that this distorted view wasn't deliberate? Do you have evidence that they meant to report on Portland accurately, and just missed?

The answer that requires the fewest assumptions is that the NYT is publishing biased work.

FYI, I'd love to be wrong.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson is extreme, but the Republican magic is simple: we don't believe an adult can say things that plainly false.

We all struggle to be good, so seeing anyone that ethically adrift leaves us horrified. We literally can't believe it, so we look away.

TL;DR: they're fucking weirdos.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson is just more extreme than most. The GOP's magic is simple: we don't understand how an adult says things that plainly false.

We all struggle to be good, so anyone that ethically adrift leaves us cringing in horror. We literally can't believe it.

Are they immune to shame and irony? How?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine believing this. They’ve refused to expand Medicaid in Tennessee costing us $30 billion and counting

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

Demonic sexual performances during its halftime show.

Well, shit! Now I really do need to learn Spanish. Sounds like it'll be better than any halftime show I can remember.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Bad Bunny rolling into the Super Bowl with a demonic sexual performance in Spanish.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

Background: 'muscles' are really groups of bundles of individual fibers. You need to get them firing at the same time. Thankfully, all that means is, if you do stuff, you get stronger.

But it's easy to overwork (too sore) or even hurt yourself in the beginning. Go extra light the few weeks.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great thread.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Karin Immergut hears emergency arguments as California and Oregon seek to block President Trump's deployment of federalized California National Guard troops to Portland. 🧵

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

NEW: Judge Immergut schedules a hearing TONIGHT, in 45 min, to hear arguments on SECOND TRO to block federalized California National Guard from deploying in Portland, Oregon. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a long-distance runner. Here's the secret: find a pace that's slow enough that you can keep it up forever. It'll be REALLY slow — slower than you walk — so don't freak out.

Run-walk-run is great, too, but keep searching for that pace that doesn't exhaust you. *Lightly* challenge your body.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 1d

That's a critical part (says the 70-year-old guy), but let me temper that.

Exercise is powerful, but remember the basics: if you're not having fun, you won't keep it up. The goal is to lightly — lightly! — challenge your body. It's really easy to overdo things in the beginning.

Go slow; have fun.

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

A picture of Trump with this text: "MY FLOOR CLOCK SAYS MY iq IS 315 WHEN I STAND ON IT."

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

Pretend Dems win a big majority in 2026. What will they do?

I have no idea. They won't tell us. They're driving us to give them huge powers, but for what? That's weird, right?

We need the Dem leaders to tell us their intentions NOW, not later. I mean, unless they want us to sit this one out, too.

Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, although I was more 'fingers crossed' for the Trump Death Watch.

Maybe next time!

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

Sure, qualified immunity is a disaster, but on the plus side, Justice Clarence Thomas just admitted that we don't need to abide by any of his or the Roberts' Courts' opinions beyond their temporary majority status. So, qualified immunity will not stand.

Unless Democrats just fold again, I suppose.

Clarence Thomas Admits That He’s Coming for Our Rights

In a little-covered speech, the Supreme Court justice explained how he thinks the court should reverse rulings conservatives don’t like.

www.thenation.com

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

On the plus side, Justice Clarence Thomas just told us that we don't need to abide by any of the Roberts' Courts' opinions beyond their temporary majority status. So, qualified immunity will not stand unless Democrats just fold again.

Clarence Thomas Admits That He’s Coming for Our Rights

In a little-covered speech, the Supreme Court justice explained how he thinks the court should reverse rulings conservatives don’t like.

www.thenation.com

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Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

Crossposted all over creation.

@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 3d

Nathan Standing @cryptosantra.bsky.social · 2d

As frequently as the NYTimes, WaPo, NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN have booted any coverage of ICE atrocities in Chicago, the local Chicago Sun-Times has been publishing some kick-ass reports.

You go, Sun-Times!!

Village of Broadview sues Trump administration over 'illegal' fence outside ICE facility

DHS put up an 8-foot fence outside a federal detention center following clashes between agents and protesters. But village officials said the fence, which extends across Beach Street, was placed “ille...

chicago.suntimes.com

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