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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 9h

A resident of a nearby building asks a very important question:

“You claim you have warrants, but do you have a warrant to seize the entire building?” she asked the agents. “Do you have warrants to detain the entire building?”

Or: do people lose their rights if they live near undocumented people?

I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 10h

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 9h

File state charges. This is a crime.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 12h

Here’s video of the incident

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

Every part of this sentence describes an abomination before God. People are going to hell for this.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 12h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 13h

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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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 9h

Did she fly Trump to Epstein Island in the olden timey days

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Zee Roth @zeeroth.bsky.social · 12h

The always-great Wonkette's critique of an NPR story: "Sure thing. Let’s make lemons out of Donald Trump’s Gestapo. You bet... Somewhere in there NPR manages to brush up against the suggestion that actually a lot of 'Memphis' is fucking pissed and horrified by this, but only lightly."

DO BETTER NPR

Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 17h

NPR Says Memphis 'Sees Opportunity' In Trump's Fascist Invasion, So It's All Good, We Guess!

Oh for gods sake

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NPR Says Memphis 'Sees Opportunity' In Trump's Fascist Invasion, So It's All Good, We Guess!

Oh for God's sake.

www.wonkette.com

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 13h

This. And more evidence that our fascist regime is actually incredibly weak. Just a bunch of losers who are fucking it all up.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18h

We're now hearing threats about withholding post-shutdown pay. They first threatened widespread new firings? So why hasn't that happened. As I noted last week despite all the threats none of the firing machinery had actually been started up. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

Don’t Believe the Hype: Trump Bum-Rushing DC Reporters Edition

News comes today that Russ Vought is now threatening not to pay...

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 15h

Also is God cut or uncut?

And if cut who did it?

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 17h

NPR Says Memphis 'Sees Opportunity' In Trump's Fascist Invasion, So It's All Good, We Guess!

Oh for gods sake

www.wonkette.com/p/npr-says-m...

NPR Says Memphis 'Sees Opportunity' In Trump's Fascist Invasion, So It's All Good, We Guess!

Oh for God's sake.

www.wonkette.com

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.

America is on the brink of martial law.

Do not be silent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

At this point. This is the point. At which this should happen. Right now. Straight to mobilization.

If Americans know nothing else, we should know that racists in conservative states are absolutely serious when they threaten to send troops into woke states.

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2d

At what point does a governor call up their National Guard to oppose the deployment of an out-of-state National Guard?

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 2d

That this is not only considered implausible, but that nobody in the top echelons of Congress (in either party!) will even consider being gauche enough to say the i-word, is the surest sign that the entire federal legislative branch has declared bankruptcy as a going concern.

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 2d

Damn

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 2d

Just found out Russ Vought is ONLY 49.

More proof that being a MAGA Nazi and Satan incarnate makes people look like shit.

Good lord.

(cf. Stephen Miller, Emil Bove, etc.)

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 3d

This is so important.

We are dealing with literally the worst, stupidest, most thuggish, most damaged, least qualified losers the entire nation has to offer, and they want to force us to bow down to them.

Which is kind of the entire Trump project, all the way to the top, isn’t it?

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military.

They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

Remaining feds left the scene in a large caravan, deploying more tear gas straight into the crowd - and right at my feet - as they left.

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 4d

His little hair-covered three-incher has been RAAAAGING

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 4d

Omg

Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 4d

Guess she’ll have to boycott by spending the Super Bowl halftime show fucking Corey Lewandowski instead of her husband while watching videos of violent ICE raids. Which I guess was probably her plan anyway.

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 5d

Sometimes he uses all caps for non-joke purposes.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 5d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 5d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 5d

Why Is Every World Leader Laughing At Donald Trump Today?

And did Trump really end the war between Garglespit and Bingbong?

www.wonkette.com/p/why-is-eve...

Why Is Every World Leader Laughing At Donald Trump Today?

We've got another hilarious hot mic moment of world leaders making fun of El Dipshit!

www.wonkette.com

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Evan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 5d

Ooh thank you, I always appreciate local context

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