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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 9h

Seems like time for Chicago Pope to join the protests...

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. 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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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 13h

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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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 11h

Now I will 😈

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨 PSA on Covid vax eligibility in the USA 🚨🚨by @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on Twitter:

"BREAKING: CDC signs off, anyone 6 months and older can get an updated booster without a prescription...
CVS Louisiana confirms, scripts no longer needed tomorrow!"

Full 🧵
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Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 1d

The entire Regime is nothing more than a roving pack of evil content creators.

They aren’t interested in doing anything other than filming themselves living out their wildest fantasies of what they would do if given unchecked power over all of America. 🇺🇸

They are professional, gov shit posters.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 21h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

they all glowed

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 1d

Two faves of mine, Kadrey and Pynchon, to each drop a new novel, the morning after the rise of the harvest moon…

Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 2d

THE FLESH KING will be out this Tuesday! It continues Ford, Neuland, and Tilda's story back home in New York, where they are blackmailed into hunting down an immortal killer. Also, my cat says please buy it because we're out of chicken and chicken is life. 😿

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

Dazzling!

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when I used to go DAYS—WEEKS EVEN—without thinking about the President of the United States because I wasn’t worried about him starting a civil or world war, making a gestapo police force, or ripping our constitution to shreds.

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

On this Harvest Moon 🎶
[Neil Young twang]

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

The man is obsessed with ratings, we will know how much actual news he is getting exposed to based on if he has a meltdown over Kimmel’s ratings or not.

Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure he'll take this normally.

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

www.theguardian.com

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

TV's at the White House go half mast...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

1000% id.

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure he'll take this normally.

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Economist and YouGov poll finds president had a 16-point deficit in terms of popularity compared with late-night host

www.theguardian.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

As an internet culture journalist, I think it’s important for me to continue to observe the depravity that goes viral on X, but one of the reasons I’m glad I stopped posting there is because I think it helps me avoid normalizing the rhetoric celebrating the political brutality in America right now

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

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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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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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

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