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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

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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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10h

This Is How We Take On ICE and Trump’s Gestapo

Former Border Patrol agent and whistleblower @jennbudd.bsky.social joins The Left Hook to give concrete strategies for the majority, Democratic leaders, and the Chicago police to resist ICE's campaign of terror.

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 10h

Problem is that requires the US Attorneys Office to do so. Considering they are all in the tank for this, charges wont be very likely unless/until they kill someone and even then they will try to excuse it or lie about why.

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 10h

ICE/Feds targeting a pastor in prayer outside their facility. Looks like they may have shot the pastor in the head and even with less lethal ammo, could easily be fatal. Truly insane where things have gotten.

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From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago’s Broadview ICE Targets Pastor in Prayer: Opens Fire from Rooftop, Shooting Him and Causing Him to Collapse

Explore this post and more from the illinois community

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 18h

More on how kratom is different batch to batch, why that is and that "strains" are largely just made up.

www.kratomscience.com/2025/10/07/s...

Study: Kratom alkaloid make-up dependent on genetics, environmental factors, and processing – Kratom Science

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 18h

This is how completely bizarre the Kratom industry is. Company releases press release saying "strains" are made up marketing(largely true) and yet when you go to their website it still markets by strains.

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Kratom Strains Explained: Super Speciosa Reveals The Complete Truth About Vein Colors, Alkaloids, and What Vendors Won't Tell You

Super Speciosa Explains the Science Behind Kratom Strains, Vein Colors, and Alkaloid Differences That Shape Product QualityMiami, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Disclaimer: This release is for info...

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 1d

First day volunteering to drive other veterans to medical appointments and what do I see at the county hospital but free Narcan in the lobby.

#HarmReduction is a good thing.

Bay County Prevention Network Narcan box.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

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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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 2d

Arent the state troopers part of the national FOP, who also endorsed Trump?

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump admin is preparing a plan to make it harder for older Americans to get Social Security disability payments.

Officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether or not someone is capable of working.

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose out.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 2d

That nonsense is still floating around?

The Protect and Serve propaganda broke a lot of brains.

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Shook1 @mrcunn02.bsky.social · 2d

Liberals watched cops brutalize people protesting police brutality for an entire summer and then decided cops should get more money. Now liberals watch ICE brutalize people protesting ICE brutality and decide they can't possibly be Real Cops.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

Those of you who continue to claim these are not real federal agents are only giving cover for these agents’ crimes. That you refuse to believe your gov is doing this & that cops are trained to do this shows you are caught up in the American exceptionalism myth.

Beth Campbell @saltybeth.bsky.social · 3d

No, I’m saying they are no where near being trained law enforcement. Not county sheriffs, state cops, or especially federal agents.

ICE is amateur cosplay and can be intimidated.

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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

True.

Shook1 @mrcunn02.bsky.social · 2d

Liberals watched cops brutalize people protesting police brutality for an entire summer and then decided cops should get more money. Now liberals watch ICE brutalize people protesting ICE brutality and decide they can't possibly be Real Cops.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 2d

Those of you who continue to claim these are not real federal agents are only giving cover for these agents’ crimes. That you refuse to believe your gov is doing this & that cops are trained to do this shows you are caught up in the American exceptionalism myth.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

‘I use cannabis as medicine’: the US basketball player facing execution in Indonesia over $400 of gummies

Unlike his fellow basketball player, Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseas When Jarred Shaw, an American basketball player in Indonesia, stepped down to the lobby in his apartment complex earlier this year to collect a package containing illegally imported cannabis gummies, he thought that the medicine to ease his Crohn’s disease had arrived. It had – but so too had 10 undercover police officers. A video on social media shows Shaw, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, shouting for help as the swarm of officers move to apprehend him. The Indonesian National Police did not respond to a request for comment for this story. Continue reading...

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah it seems like a number if government websites have had all sorts of propaganda placed in them(again?) to shift the blame anywhere but where it should be.

Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 7d

Now now. Im sure there is some blame for President Obama who is almost a decade out of office and his tan suit. Thats how this works right?

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8d

Impressive how one political party can control the White House, the House, the Senate, and the Supreme Court, but not bear responsibility for whether the federal government functions. Neat trick.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 7d

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 7d

Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. youtu.be/OSOAPMl_BSc?...

We're Not Done Yet - Fred Wellman for Missouri

YouTube video by Wellman For MO

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 8d

Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what they heard.

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'Disbelief': Pentagon reporter can't find one military official who liked Hegseth's speech

Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what the...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.

That wasn't a goddam suggestion!

Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 14d

"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

South Koreans Describe Fear and Anger After Georgia ICE Raid

Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the United States under murky circumstances, they had always planned to return home.

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Drew Turner @drewturner.bsky.social · 13d

While I will always support keeping kratom legal, it absolutly needs to be better regulated and the public education about the risks that exist need to be far more clearly presented than are currently.

www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a6630...

Kratom Is Marketed As A Wellness Product. For These Women, It Became A Nightmare

The plant from Southeast Asia is wreaking havoc on a generation.

www.womenshealthmag.com

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 14d

The Barbed Wire conducted an in-depth review of court records and statements thus far in the July 4 Prairieland case in which 17 people have been charged related to a shooting at an ICE facility — and found holes that call into question the government’s narrative.

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‘None of It Makes Any Sense’: New Details in the July 4 ICE Attack Show Holes in Feds’ Case

Repeated changes to the official narrative after the July 4 attack have shrouded the investigation.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14d

If the victims weren't carrying IDs when ICE kidnapped them, DHS might not even know who they are. If the victims' families are afraid to come forward, it could take days, weeks or longer.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Kristi Noem still can't confirm who was killed during the shooting at the ICE facility today and can't even confirm that the victim's family has been contacted

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14d

Yes

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14d

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.

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China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say

Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

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