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JohnCraig of Earth 123488.23497 / Eternally tired. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Punk. Ontologically Problematic (they/them or he/his) 🇵🇸 BLM Trans lives matter

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JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · Jan 23

For posterity, that was the most viral Tweet I had.
10K+ retweets
69K+ ♥️’s
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

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JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · 11h

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 15h

Greetings from U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s courtroom in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is present, waiting for the high stakes hearing to begin. @wttw.bsky.social

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 16h

FULL STORY: As lawyers for the Trump administration defended the president’s unprecedented decision to send National Guard troops to Chicago despite the objections of Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, officials acknowledged that California troops had also been sent to Illinois. @wttw.bsky.social

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 17h

As soon as I saw this location on the list I assumed it was just because it’s a highly visible location downtown. We all know there’s no legit security need.

Almost everything they do is to create social media content and terror.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse

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JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · 1d

FOUND IT

JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · 1d

I’m having the damndest time trying to remember what the name of the strips at the back of some Marvel comics was called. It was similar to the Peanuts. Who’s the artist?! This is driving me insane

JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one the founders of antifa”

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JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · 1d

What movie aired on Fox recently?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

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.

JohnCraig @johnny2tone.bsky.social · 2d

Superman 1 Million has a Force Barrier-type of spell than needs Concentration, yeah? That IS what this is implying, right?

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d

as the person who kicked off a lot of the modern "civil war 2" discourse i don't think we're past the point where that can be avoided. i do think we are already in a state of mass civil conflict. but many nations (see: Italy) have been through similar upheavals without war.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

Beyond not believing that ten cars rammed them, no rational person believed that was even spatially possible on a Chicago street. It makes no sense!

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

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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Save Democracy! @savedemocracy.info · 4d

Keep yourselves anonymous, and get the agents' faces ON CAMERA if you can. Then, send it to icelist.is so we can get charges against as many of these terrorists as possible.

ICE List – Put ICE on ice

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 4d

nobody should serve any of these goons. not a slice, not a cup of coffee. if they want to eat they can eat MREs. they’re not welcome here. if The Noid knew we were selling them pies he’d be pissed

Ingrid @itlz.bsky.social · 5d

saw some feds taking advantage of the amazing portland food scene at the domino’s on 21st and division today

photo taken outside of a domino’s pizza showing two federal police officers exiting the domino’s carrying probably 15 pizzas, and heading to their ugly police SUV.

close up of two federal police officers exiting a domino’s location, carrying approximately 15 pizzas

close up of the front passenger side of a police SUV outside a domino’s. passenger side door reads “federal protective service” “POLICE” and “Homeland Security”

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Bobby @bobbyspumoni.bsky.social · 4d

The throughline of right wing politics is pretending or imagining something grievous is happening to you in order to then make it okay to carry out that made up thing on people you hate.

Been going on since the Haitian Revolution at least.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

During the Obama administration, Oregon Republicans were convinced the federal black helicopters were coming for them at any moment. Today they’re posting videos of black helicopters over Portland & cheering giddily about it. They hate their senator who is speaking out against the black helicopters.

Oregon Republican League Carole Hopkinson • 11h • €
Wyden's upset ..hes cheering the wrong folks.
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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 4d

it’s challenging being a Black-owned newsroom during this time of anti-DEI and political attacks, but we persevere. that’s what our ancestors did.

if you can, consider making a contribution — big or small — to fuel our reporting on Chicago.

if you know a $$$ person in your life, spread the word.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

We’re so thankful to everyone who is spreading the word about our work at The TRiiBE.

This moment demands more revolutionary voices in journalism. Support independent, Black-owned journalism today.

Make a monetary contribution: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...

The TRiiBE is independent, Black-owned media.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 4d

This appears to be video of what happened in Brighton Park yesterday where events are completely different from what DHS said. DHS is doing the ramming here, and it appears that one of their own rams into the initial vehicle that started the whole thing

jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 5d

per reddit this is the 'ten car' incident -- weird!

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago

"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

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