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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19h

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

The TRiiBE asked why people should feel safe with this new EO, given the feds have ignored his previous order to not wear masks within city limits.

“This is just one action of many,” Johnson said.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson establishes ‘ICE-free Zones’ aimed at keeping federal agents off city-owned property • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 22h

The National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite a judge urging the federal government to hold off. blockclubchi.co/4pZI2Om

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 21h

Block Club Chicago and other news organizations are suing the federal government over First Amendment violations.

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed by federal agents. blockclubchi.co/4mRA6vG

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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul @ilattygeneral.bsky.social · 1d

As I said earlier today on @msnbc.com’s Deadline White House, the President's decision to deploy the National Guard was politically driven. This deployment is illegal, and I will use every tool at my disposal to challenge this unconstitutional act.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 20h

See CATA's Instagram post announcing the Oct 8 protest here: www.instagram.com/p/DPgk0PyABxs

Find full text at the Instagram link shared in the post

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 20h

CHICAGO: When our communities are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! As the National Guard comes to occupy our city & suburbs, we stand united to say HELL NO!

@chicago-cata.bsky.social puts out this call for all to rally:
📆 Wed, Oct 8th
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Ida B. Wells Dr. & Michigan Ave.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 20h

NPR, stop parroting Trump's fabricated excuses for sending federal forces into cities. You know there's zero data to support his claims; in fact, data show the opposite.

What Trump is doing is not a "crackdown"; it's an invasion, heading toward an authoritarian occupation.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 20h

NPR, stop parroting Trump's fabricated excuses for sending federal forces into cities. You know there's zero data to support his claims; in fact, data show the opposite.

What Trump is doing is not a "crackdown"; it's an invasion, heading toward an authoritarian occupation.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 22h

Tuesday, October 7 - Government Shutdown Emergency Rally TOMORROW / Know Your Rights / What’s the Plan? 10/10

Tuesday, October 7 - Government Shutdown Emergency Rally TOMORROW / Know Your Rights / What’s the Plan? 10/10 — Indivisible Chicago Alliance

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Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov · 1d

Illinois has made it clear: there is no reason to use the military as political pawns and we will not roll out the red carpet for a wannabe dictator.

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Rep. Jan Schakowsky @schakowsky.house.gov · 1d

The ICE raids taking place in our communities and the deployment of the National Guard to Chicago are not at all about public safety. They are about political theater.

We will not let Trump get away with this. Not in Chicago. Not anywhere. Not now. Not ever.

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Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov · 2d

This is a brazen and authoritarian violation of our state sovereignty. It is an attempt to bully and intimidate Illinoisans. There is no need for military troops on the ground in Illinois.

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President Trump calling up 300 Illinois National Guard ‘immediately’ to protect ICE, buildings for 60 days

In a memo obtained by the Tribune, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Illinois National Guard leadership up to 300 members will be called into service “effective immediately.”

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Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 1d

In the middle of a government shutdown, Trump is sending the National Guard to Chicago in an illegal attempt to intimidate and punish our city. (1/2)

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Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 1d

Trump is sending the National Guard to Chicago, but Chicagoans are already facing raids and intimidation from ICE agents. This weekend, I joined over 700 of our neighbors at a community workshop led by the 40th Ward. (1/2)

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 3d

As part of the authoritarian playbook the Trump Administration has been running, they are moving full steam ahead with the unconstitutional invasion and military control of our cities.

Read my full statement on Trump’s Unconstitutional, Politically Motivated Deployment of the National Guard.

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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 1d

Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago is an abuse of power that undermines our democracy.

I joined @durbin.senate.gov, @duckworth.senate.gov, and Democratic members of the IL delegation to demand Trump immediately rescind his order to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago.

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Rep. Chuy García @chuygarcia.house.gov · 1d

Trump ordering National Guard troops into Illinois is a dangerous, authoritarian move meant to threaten us for being a welcoming state. We will not be intimidated. The only emergency crisis in Chicago is Trump’s invasion and assault on our communities.

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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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 2d

Today I hosted a press conference demanding justice for communities menaced by Trump’s ICE, his government shutdown, and his deployment of the National Guard—all designed to spread fear and chaos in our city.

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🚨Calling out ICE terror and Trump’s chaos in Chicago.🚨

Today I stood with Rep. Delia Ramirez, Rep. Jesus Chuy Garcia, and Rep. Jonathan Jackson to demand an end to ICE terror and justice for Laura Murillo—a mother torn from her family—and an end to ICE’s…

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Congresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 1d

Yesterday, I stood with our South Shore and immigrant communities to tell ICE to get the hell out of our city.

President Trump is ordering 300 National Guard troops into Chicago to help ICE agents terrorize immigrant families. This is not the America I know.
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After military-style raid on South Shore apartments, Congress members rally around residents

Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building Wednesday morning, arrested 37 people and left behind cracked windows and broken doors. Lawmakers seek a halt to all federal immigration enforcement…

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 1d

We have the Insurrection Act for a reason—

But it's not so a President with 34 felonies can ignore court orders and punish cities he doesn't like with military intimidation.

Especially not when the courts are telling him his claims of insurrection are "untethered to the facts."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump "We have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd to that ... if courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I'd do that."

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 1d

These aren't targeted immigration operations.

Agents are breaking down doors to arrest families and kids first… and asking questions later.

Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

Sham immigration raids now include literally busting holes into people’s walls and doors.

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 1d

MAGA Republicans would rather keep the government shut down than make health care affordable.

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 1d

Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.

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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