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Nat (Goth Cousteau) @gothshit.com · 20h

This is a very good and concise explainer you send to someone the next time you hear “why doesn’t CPD just arrest ICE?”

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

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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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

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

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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.

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 1d

Well goddamn.

Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 2d

WOW....👀👀👀

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

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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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 1d

A warrior.

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 1d

And look behind her. Infuriating.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1d

This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.

For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.

See the orange triangles?

Kristi Noem inside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, IL. She is standing near a white man, smiling at a desk with a computer monitor and printer. Behind her is a cell door with a man looking out a narrow slit window. Next to him, three or four other men are seen through a larger window in the cell.

Behind the white man are two upside down "demo bags" taped up over the windows to another cell.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1d

Was just talking to a friend about this exact thing. Yes they want protesters to do something violent to justify more violence and fewer rights. But in the absence of that, they will manufacture a narrative to do the same thing.

I mean, read a history book.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

*Many more neighbors were affected, but you won't get tallies on those numbers from the media because they don't get free ambulance rides and a PR team to issue statements on their behalf

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 1d

27 police officers were among those injured by tear gas during a weekend protest, Chicago’s top cop says. blockclubchi.co/4nGOb0m

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 1d

Tons of stuff.

Shawshank Redemption might be the most glaring.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 1d

Dems better not crack on this bullshit. Keep waiting for Republicans to flinch and give us what we want. And if they try to pull this holding back pay bullshit, let the answer simply be an unequivocal “Fuck you, pay them.”

Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 1d

NO BACK PAY FOR FURLOUGHED FEDS? Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown -- @jennifershutt.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to...

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 2d

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Police violence is part of our national fabric. You will not find us diminishing that. It's hard to believe any cops could be worse than a department who ran a torture black site. But DHS is entirely unleashed and unaccountable. They will kill more people by the end of this month if not stopped.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

Free speech*

*offer available only in designated zones and posted times, subject to change.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson signed an executive order effective immediately, designating new protest hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., until it is “deemed no longer necessary to protect residents’ health, safety, and welfare.” trib.al/3YGQqL5

Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility

The new protest hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, citing public safety concerns, according to the executive order. Protests have popped up almost daily outside the ICE facility since President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign ramped up last month.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 2d

‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’

Bari Weiss is expected to be announced as CBS News' editor-in-chief. Employees worry her new role will bring a pro-Israel bias & more censorship, writes @premthakker.bsky.social:

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‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’

Bari Weiss is expected to be announced as editor-in-chief of CBS News, as employees worry her new role will bring a pro-Israel bias, more censorship, and lower editorial standards.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2d

this part.

the feds are *already* here. they’ve *been* here, tear-gassing neighborhoods, abducting people from their cars and homes with helicopters and bearcats, beating and arresting protesters.

so far, the state’s response has been to just let them do it—and to send in the police to help them.

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 2d

Hit ‘em hard and don’t let up.

Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago press organizations, along with @unraveledpress.com, @peoplesfabric.com, and @blockclubchi.bsky.social are suing DHS and ICE for detaining and assaulting journalists. Journalists in LA were successful in their suits against the dept.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 3d

when 2 ICE agents come to abduct our neighbors, Chicagoans can band together and force them to flee. This is deeply embarrassing for ICE/CBP and Greg Bovino and shows how much Trump's war on Chicago relies on their numbers and the willingness of people to look the other way.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

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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gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social @gadzooksbazooka.bsky.social · 5d

drawing in my sketchbook of some of the 1500 Jewish community members blocking access to the Brooklyn bridge yesterday in solidarity with the people of Palestine and against the forces of genocide. 9 Rabbis and 50 other community members were arrested in the Yom Kippur action. Pen and ink on paper.

Here is a drawing in my sketchbook of some of the 1500 Jewish community members who blocked access to the Brooklyn bridge yesterday in solidarity with the people of Palestine and against the forces of genocide. 9 Rabbis and 50 other community members were arrested in the Yom Kippur action. Pen and ink on paper.

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 5d

I’d use the ol’ “quiet part out loud”, but none of it’s quiet anymore.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

overt nazi language in this DHS job listing (which i’m told is for a low-level but important job in adjudicating immigration applications and requires knowledge of the law)

Homeland Defender (Immigration Services
Officer)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Field Operations Directorate

Protect your homeland and defend your culture. Join USCIS, America's frontline defense against illegal foreign infiltration and fraud.
This entry-level role requires no college degree and offers up to $50,000 in signing and retention bonuses. If you're driven and ready to serve with pride, join USCIS and become a vital part of homeland security!

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Gentleman Doofus @gentledoofus.bsky.social · 5d

I gave my students a very impassioned plea against using AI for their work at the beginning of this semester. Now some of their major assignments are coming in, and not only is their work coming up clean on every AI detector, it's also very good stuff. There's hope out there.

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 5d

A cop is a cop is a cop. They have never - and will never - be on our side.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

border patrol agents are holding a line against protesters side-by-side with broadview police, oak brook police, illinois state police, + the cook county sheriff’s office.

feds made a huge push to clear everyone from harvard street, which ice uses to enter and leave the broadview detention center.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

moments ago: pandemonium.

a huge mass of border patrol agents, led by greg bovino, pushed the crowd of protesters and started grabbing people at random.

leading up to this, folks were just calmly standing in the grass, following isp’s orders.

multiple people detained. no clue how many.

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Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 5d

So now a priest is attacked and - surprise, surprise - Illinois police are joining in on the cruelty.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents again attacked protesters outside Broadview ICE facility. blockclubchi.co/4mRrtBw

Joshua K. Harris @joshoowuh.bsky.social · 5d

They ambushed unhoused people. Outside of a shelter. A shelter run by a church. There is no end to the cowardice and cruelty.

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Church leaders say they were never contacted before ICE agents arrested 4 people outside Bronzeville shelter

Bright Star Church, which runs the former migrant shelter, now a 260-bed homeless shelter, said Homeland Security never contacted them to see if who they were looking for was registered.

www.cbsnews.com