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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

And Trump’s threat not to pay backpay to federal workers is only going to make this worse‼️

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Chastity Blackwell @blackisis.bsky.social · 1h

This is a good explainer by folks doing the work here in Chicago about why Pritzker can't just start ordering the ISP to arrest ICE.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14h

NEW — Some TRiiBE readers, among many others on the internet, have been suggesting that the Chicago police arrest ICE agents for their misconduct.

TRiiBE publisher @morganelisej.thetriibe.com put out this explainer video, breaking down the legality for y’all.

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Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Invest to Elect Illinois @investtoelect.bsky.social · 27m

Why Chicago police cannot — and should not — try to arrest ICE, and more excellent explanations from the crack reporters/editors at @thetriibe.com. #NoKings

Loki Lakapumpkin 🎃 @runtimeerror.blackskycomra.de · 1h

these are excellent points.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14h

NEW — Some TRiiBE readers, among many others on the internet, have been suggesting that the Chicago police arrest ICE agents for their misconduct.

TRiiBE publisher @morganelisej.thetriibe.com put out this explainer video, breaking down the legality for y’all.

youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

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KittyKat870 @kittykat870.bsky.social · 1h

No, Trump doesn't seem to understand the law, everything he is doing is illegal, Pritzker and Johnson's jobs are to keep the people of Illinois safe, not an unlawful organization that is terrorizing people in the streets.

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Trump says Johnson, Pritzker 'should be in jail' for 'failing to protect' ICE officers - NewsBreak

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker "should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!"

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Invest to Elect Illinois @investtoelect.bsky.social · 34m

So, women are significantly more dissatisfied with their spouses in some red states than in blue. Might it be something to do with abortion bans, domestic abuse, gun sales, poverty, pollution, environmental degradation? 🤔

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3h

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3h

Local El Paso coverage has much more detail on the package of information presented to Pope Leo, including the video:

"Together, let us be a church that refuses to abandon our people, one that walks in faith, justice, and love"

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In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3h

Try to imagine if federal agents under a Democratic administration had fired pepper balls at conservative clergy protesting--- let's just say --- abortion.

They've litigated and won Supreme Court cases over much less.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

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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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3h

Good to see religious freedom claims raised on behalf of clergy assaulted by ICE during protests:

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3h

FYI: Rev. Black (in the clip above) is one of several clergy who told me they've been shot with pepper balls by agents at that ICE facility, among other things.

Rev. Black now part of a lawsuit over it. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4h

Texas bishop had brought Pope Leo a packet of letters from terrorized immigrant families

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El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 45m

Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 40m

Also: if you are in a state with an abortion ban and you show up pregnant needing emergency treatment- you aren’t getting treatment for a lot complications that could kill you.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Cindy Banyai for Florida House 78 @cindybanyai.bsky.social · 1h

Is there a single person who thinks having 💩 in the water is ok? Why do we give our elected officials a pass on this? No more! Time to throw their asses out! #florida #politics #fortmyers #water #pollution

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Invest to Elect Illinois @investtoelect.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo showing his Chicago roots.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. 🇺🇸

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 1h

Healthcare premiums are about to double or triple for millions of Americans.

House Republicans don’t give a damn.

You deserve better.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1h

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 1h

I would simply add to this @jamellebouie.net column that we have prominent MAGA outlets *explicitly citing the Red Scare* as a good model
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Opinion | The Second Trump Administration Is a Museum of America’s Worst Moments

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Invest to Elect Illinois @investtoelect.bsky.social · 1h

We are the deserved pariah on the world stage. It didn’t have to be this way.

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Invest to Elect Illinois @investtoelect.bsky.social · 1h

To all the Broadview and Brownsville protesters: Thank you for your courageous stands in the face of bullets, pepper spray and unnecessary assault. #NoKings

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

We must all stand up and speak out.

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

Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

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

His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street.

Separating children from their parents.

Creating fear.

Taking people for “how they look.”

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

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16h

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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