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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 2h

@pgh-scanner.com what's up in the east end (Waterfront/Sq Hill) bc sirens have been popping off for awhile?

Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 2h

Follow up question suggestion for press pool: "Is that dying like an old dog, of natural causes, or like a young dog being shot in the head by its owner, Kristi Noem?"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 2h

Very curious if the poll explained to any of the voters they talked to that coming into the country seeking asylum is not illegal?

Because it's not.

People largely don't understand what the law is, regarding immigration.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 5h

All these fuckers who were clutching their pearls about the horror of "political violence" when Charlie Kirk was killed don't actually seem bothered by political violence, if the targets are Democrats, judges or anyone who's not in the bag for their cause.

These people are for the urn.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 7h

Lol. He got "de-banked" because his family is a fucking crime syndicate.

Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 7h

Wow, talk about antisemitism! Seems like Pam Bondi should be going after the new conservative WaPo leadership....

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 9h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 7h

Melania was prob too old for Epstein's tastes, so he introduced her to his bestie.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 9h

This is giving me life.

Every DHS/NG/ ICE action should be met with absurdist mockery and derision. Because that's what they deserve.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#WarRavagedPortland

Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 9h

"As soon as she wants," he said....

Now hold him to it!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 9h

Better than conducting a poll to gauge a general vibe, I was lying in bed this morning and could hear two road workers talking on the street in front of my house as they set up some signs for repaving.

It was a Black guy and a white guy and they were comparing Trump to Hitler.

Maybe there's hope.

a man wearing a hat that says uss gerald w. ford cvn 78

ALT: a man wearing a hat that says uss gerald w. ford cvn 78

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 16h

Most of these dudes don't get to escape their lives and families very often and go fuck around in cool war zones and eat donuts like this.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"...has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing..."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

"The Real Deal, a real estate news outlet, reported that City inspectors visited the building two weeks before the raid. Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th Ward) did not return the Weekly’s request for comment."

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

“ '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."

The building owners were clearly in on this.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 22h

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...

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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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 17h

With her little media team. What a skank.