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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 2h

Brilliant ❤️🐸👏

Portland Frog standing against ICE.
Art by Nikkolas Smith.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. REP. RAMIREZ (D-IL): "Donald Trump, Noem, Hegseth and all those criminals in office, they want to use their power to try to break our spirit. But here with federal workers here in the city of Chicago and our downtown, we know something very clear: that the people united will never be defeated."

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Indivisible Elk Grove Township ❌👑 @indivisibleegt.com · 2h

🔥 This Congressional fighter is our headliner at the #NoKings rally in Arlington Heights, Illinois. DON'T MISS IT.
@ramirez.house.gov
RSVP: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 3h

Donald Trump and Kristi Noem won’t let the American people see what is going on beyond this barricade at the Broadview ICE facility — even as ICE terrorizes our Illinois communities.

It’s absurd and it’s un-American. We demand transparency and accountability NOW.

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Indivisible Elk Grove Township ❌👑 @indivisibleegt.com · 6h

❓What's a Democracy Tailgate™️you ask?
It's an opportunity for you to learn, engage, & make a difference.
We need YOU.
Join us at the Arlington Heights, Illinois #NoKings event on October 18 @ 3pm. Arrive early. Bring friends.
This is not the time to sit this one out.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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Indivisible Elk Grove Township ❌👑 @indivisibleegt.com · 6h

cc: @barringtonareadems.bsky.social @barrington-indvsbl.bsky.social @indivisibledupage.bsky.social @dupagedemocrats.bsky.social @indivisibledpil.bsky.social @indivisiblesml.bsky.social @nwsofa-indivisible.bsky.social @gpadems.bsky.social @indivisnaperville.bsky.social @egtdems.org @indivisible.org

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Chicago

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 9h

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

View looking east from the Skydeck at top of the Sears Tower towering over the Loop, Millenium Park, Chicago Harbor and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-08 13:37:18 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 57.09 F | 13.94 C // Precip: few clouds // Wind: N at 4.608 mph | 7.41 kph // Humidity: 75%

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Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 9h

War torn, crime ridden Chicago.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 9h

Enough is enough!!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

National Guard units from Texas have arrived on the outskirts of Chicago.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

More good work by Greg Sargent

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 8h

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Christine Moretti @christine520.bsky.social · 10h

Miller again saying his wet dream out loud - complete and utter dominance. God how I hate them all.

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 10h

Truth-tellers don’t get silenced because they lie. They get silenced because they remind others, they’re not crazy.
This whole system was lost long before the military stormed our streets. But we will still resist. Unbought. Unbowed. Loud. And that matters, especially at the end. #Resist

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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 8h

Well said, my friend.

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jessicabruno.bsky.social @jessicabruno.bsky.social · 8h

Hahahahahahaaaaa!

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 8h

“This is hardly the most important example from the lengthy list of Trump’s abuses of power. But symbols matter, and this one cuts to the very heart of who he is — and what he fancies himself to be. An emperor or king who rules not by the consent of the governed, but by divine right.”

The dangerous symbolism of the Trump coins

Trump wants to be on our money — and there's a reason why

www.salon.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 8h

Art: @pinkojoe.bsky.social

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 8h

🛡️ Mikie Sherrill wants to protect our families

While Jack Ciattarelli voted against common-sense protections

Register by Oct 14 to vote for families—not lobbyists

Receipts 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
#VoteNJ

New Jersey register to vote by Oct 14th. Vote for Mikie Sherrill

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 8h

Ciattarelli voted NO:
❌ 2013: allowing children to testify via closed-circuit TV
❌ 2013: terminating a rapists parental rights when rape results in pregnancy
❌ 2014: banning sex offenders from working at “teen night” events
❌ 2014: allowing AG to fine colleges for mishandling sexual assault cases

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jessicabruno.bsky.social @jessicabruno.bsky.social · 9h

It’s the small wins that bolster my hope.

I don’t believe the regime will abide by the courts, but it’ll be on record when the reckoning occurs.

As a lifelong Chicagoland resident, I am proud to stand with my neighbors & fellow Resisters in fighting against fascist authoritarianism.

STAY SAFE! ❤️

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10h

A federal judge in Chicago says ICE violated a consent decree with warrantless arrests. blockclubchi.co/4nGUOQ8

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10h

A federal judge in Chicago says ICE violated a consent decree with warrantless arrests. blockclubchi.co/4nGUOQ8

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Indivisible Elk Grove Township ❌👑 @indivisibleegt.com · 18h

Don't forget to RSVP!
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS: ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

www.mobilize.us

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