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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 18h

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social I am offering you the honour of becoming my 1500th follower

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 20h

Hey. I saw a documentary about that. It was called the Warriors. You should watch it sometime — learn something

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 2d

@kamimagic.bsky.social
I'm not following you solely because you can wield affect and effect, but it does make me more of a fan

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Words to Win By @wordstowinby.bsky.social · 3d

“In order for people to fight this regime, they have to understand it as a regime hellbent on taking our freedoms."

@anatosaurus.bsky.social in @us.theguardian.com

Democrats are embracing the risky politics of a government shutdown to rein in president, activists say

In ‘holding the line on healthcare’ Democrats answered the call to do something in a rare display of unity

www.theguardian.com

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3d

I don’t think that the United States military murdering Venezuelans at sea is getting anywhere near the attention it should

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 3d

If you want me, I’ll be in the bar

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Goblin @crankygoblinboy.bsky.social · 4d

I know everything is terrible but I really think that the continued refusal to seat and swear in an elected D Representative needs to be consistently in the news. Like how is this not scandalous as hell

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 4d

The cognitive dissonance is incredibly hard to bear

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahongwi.bsky.social · 4d

About $25 billion annually could end child hunger in the US.

About $20 billion could house folks with housing vouchers.

We gave $170 billion to ICE in the big ugly bill.

Instead of feeding children and housing families, our tax dollars are going to terrorize communities.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 4d

Federal authorities do not have the power to charge state law violations. Only state and subsidiary authorities can do this.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

CPD is not involved in the incident or its investigation. Federal authorities are investigating this shooting, and all further inquiries regarding the circumstances of this shooting should be referred to the appropriate federal authorities. (2/2)

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago: The feds gassed the cops.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 4d

This is evidence

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 5d

DHS released a glossy ICE raid video straight out of an authoritarian playbook: helicopters over Chicago, 900 people swept up, children separated, citizens detained. They call it “Operation Midway Blitz.” I call it despicable state propaganda masking terrorist constitutional crimes.

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov please instruct ISP to wear name patches

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Have seen a few troopers out here without their name patches. This one tells me they're not required to wear them "with this uniform."

Asked him to identify himself and he then told me his name is "Tad Nelson."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Have seen a few troopers out here without their name patches. This one tells me they're not required to wear them "with this uniform."

Asked him to identify himself and he then told me his name is "Tad Nelson."

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Elizabeth Austin @elizabethaustin.bsky.social · 4d

Bring back the University of Chicago football team

Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

my wife is a Cal fan and apparently this week they’re putting a “59” on their football helmets to honor the 59 Nobel laureates tied to Cal in order to flex on Duke

this is maybe my favorite dunk anyone has ever done on Duke

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

There are some great indie journos on the ground in Chicago with up-to-date information as it happens.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

ST just updated with more details, most importantly at this time CFD statement immediately challenges their narrative of this victim driving herself to the hospital. They claim she was found (and is in fair condition):

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

The body slam seems to be the ICE preferred initial interaction.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 5d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 6d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem coming out and saying ICE will be at the Super Bowl and suggesting it's because of Bad Bunny is propaganda. CBP and ICE (DHS) work security at EVERY Super Bowl.

She is playing y'all.

This is what flooding the zone with bullshit looks like. Ignore what they say and watch what they do.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Trump & the GOP are not just saying they don’t want undocumented immigrants to have health care — they’re saying they don’t want millions of Americans to have health care if it means any undocumented immigrant gets cared for in an ER.

Not “pro-life”. #TrumpShutdown

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Amy S✌️💙 @saintsophia.bsky.social · 5d

Can't anyone find these boys? I want to know if they're okay, currently serving someone else, dead, or still servicing these pedophiles.

I really mean it. Whare are they now?

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Grumpy dad energy @fdsignifier.bsky.social · 6d

Ice is kidnapping black citizens in Chicago in the middle of the night.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5d

Unhappy at being stuck in traffic, masked ICE agents deploy tear gas. An infant was hospitalized because of this.

Tell me again that Trump did not openly declare war on Chicago in his Quantico speech.

Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social · 5d

Today, masked agents (I assume to be BP or ICE agents from the badge) threw tear gas canisters toward civilians because they were blocked in traffic and were heckeled at

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