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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 6h

Bischöfe sind nicht die Kirche. Was ist weitgehend? Es sind so viele von uns auf den Straßen. Allüberall.
Wir sind die Kirche. Und ökumenisch sind wir auch noch.

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 1d

Es ist staatlicher Mord. Sagt auch: die New York City Bar Association.
www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels | New York City Bar Association

New York City Bar Association Statement Introduction This September, President Donald J. Trump ordered U. S. military strikes against three […]

www.nycbar.org

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 1d

Must it always be nothing or all? Can’t we Germans not just do something without immediately claiming we will or must be the leader?

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 1d

Jap. From today - the power grab is real: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount buys Free Press startup

Commentator to lead storied US news network, five years after acrimonious exit from New York Times

www.theguardian.com

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 1d

This is from September - worthwhile reading. And a lesson to all international journalists.

www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elit...

www.theguardian.com

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 2d

People of good will: listen. This is crazy, yet it is real.

October 18. Coming. Everywhere.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 3d

He is right.

Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 3d

this guy says it all

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️Explosions rock western Ukrainian cities as Russia launches large-scale drone attack.

Russia launched a wave of drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, including Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk, overnight on Oct. 5.

The Air Force has warned of Russian drones approaching various regions of Ukraine.

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 3d

Man kann von Washington bis nach Pittsburgh auf einem Fahrradweg fahren. Das habe ich vor ein paar Jahren gemacht. Wunderbar.

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 3d

@loyolachicago.bsky.social - the way to go. 👇

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 4d

This week, ICE treated South Shore like a battlefield—guns drawn on families, kids zip-tied, homes destroyed.

President Trump: Chicago is NOT a training ground. Get out of our city.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 4d

I stand with Alderperson Fuentes and with all those who have the courage to stand up to authoritarianism and their terror force, ICE.

We must defund ICE. We must hold Trump, Noem, and ICE accountable.

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 4d

They are not Christians. They hate immigrants and tear families apart. They also repress the press.

Journalist Mario Guevara Is Deported After Being Held for Over 100 Days www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalist Mario Guevara Is Deported After Being Held for Over 100 Days

www.nytimes.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to institutions that toe the party line reeks of bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda.

This is corruption.

Adherence to ‘loyalty oaths’ would usher in a new era of thought policing in American higher education.

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin 'Loyalty Oath' Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities that court government favor in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological...

www.aaup.org

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 5d

As president of @aaup.org I stand with Governor Newsom. Every single democratic governor should follow suit

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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d

They're dropping out of helicopters and blowing the doors off of homes . . . to catch undocumented immigrants.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

Still thinking about this by the way paragraph in the Sun Times piece on the apartment building raid. Full story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A similar raid was carried out in suburban Elgin, when agents led by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem rode in a military vehicle and blew down the front door of a home where they detained six people, including two U.S. citizens.

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K [erkrankt] @heykaj.bsky.social · 11d

Karl Lauterbach scheint der einzige SPDler zu sein, der den IST-Zustand offen ausspricht.

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 5d

They have created a secret police without any accountability. But worse: the FBI is actively supporting raids of apartments and illegal arrests. Read this: this is done to Chicago.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.

Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

"It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face," Fisher said. "They asked my name and my date of birth and asked me, did I have any warrants? And I told them, 'No, 'Ididn't."
Fisher said she was handcuffed before being released around 3 a.m., and she was told that if anyone had any kind of warrant out for them, even if it was unrelated to immigration, they would not be released.

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Taint @taint9.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!💙

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for doing the right thing here, Senator.

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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 6d

It’s actually kind of scary how easily these people lie…
youtu.be/3uyykh5sCmY

SHUT UP J.D.!

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 6d

There is no way to finish a dissertation in four years without dramatic changes.
This must be stopped.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

The proposed rule will limit the duration of visas for international students to four years. Democratic attorneys general said it is illegal and will harm students, schools and the economy.
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New student visa rule blasted by Illinois Attorney General Raoul

The proposed rule will limit the duration of visas for international students to four years. Democratic attorneys general said it is illegal and will harm students, schools and the economy.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 7d

❌️👑 Tell Trump NO KINGS!
🗓📍Oct 18th, noon, Grant Park

Indivisible Chicago's visibility brigade over the Kennedy with an alert to the upcoming #HandsOffChicago #NoKings rally and march--see you on the 18th!

People holding a large sign saying Tell Trump no kings. Grant Park. October 28. Grant Park.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 7d

We are no enemies.

Chicago is not a war zone.
We do not want illegal military deployment in Chicago.
We ask any military generals and any officer: don’t follow illegal orders.
You are many. We are many.
ICE officers: take off your masks.

There will be a day of reckoning.