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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 20h

This detail about the Palisades arrest is wild:
While on the phone with 911, Rinderknecht allegedly typed a question into ChatGPT: “Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes,” according to the criminal complaint. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities announced the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is suspected of setting a fire on New Year’s Eve that eventually became the Palisades fire.

www.latimes.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21h

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 22h

There are at least three protest actions scheduled today in the Chicagoland area. Two in the Loop, and one in the suburb of Broadview at the ICE detention facility. (Instagram link for BV since I don't have a flyer)

Broadview: www.instagram.com/reel/DPhIdFP...

A photo of a flyer for a protest in Chicago. It's a white background at the top, and a partially transparent image of solidarity fists and signs. Fron the top it reads:

Government shutdown emergency rally: stand with federal workers. Wednesday, 10.8.25 at 12pm. Federal Plaza 230 S Dearborn St, Chicago.

Below that are logos for 10 unions. They are (left to right, top to bottom): AFGE, FUN Chicago, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, NTEU, AFGE Local 704, SEIU HCII, National Association of Letter Carriers, APWU, IFPTE Local 777, Chicaog Federation of Labor

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 23h

You should watch this video.

Elevated Grey Morality | What we can learn from Dark Fiction

YouTube video by CrimsonEnder

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23h

It's almost as if a movement that began with lusty chants of "lock her up" in regard to the opposition party's candidate for President in 2016...combined with a refusal to honor the results of the election...has morphed into a cult of unaccountable, authoritarian power.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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KylaTea @kylatea.com · 23h

Well yeah they’re over here attacking the Pope’s home. That’s gotta earn you top pit in hell.

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 1d

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

www.reuters.com

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KylaTea @kylatea.com · 1d

This is what I was telling people. Like the guard is still in DC they’re still in Cali. Trump and Muller is indefinitely occupying blue states/cities they don’t like.
This is fascism.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchicago.org.web.brid.gy · 2d

When Will ICE Leave Chicago? ‘No End Date’ For Operation Midway Blitz, Field Director Says

Russell Hott, ICE's field director in Chicago, said officers have committed no wrongdoing since Operation Midway Blitz began. But protesters, local officials and residents have cited many instances of violence and unlawful detainment.

blockclubchicago.org

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchicago.org.web.brid.gy · 1d

SW Side Organizers Demand Property Owner ‘Kick ICE Out’ Of Parking Lot

Neighbors and officials are calling on Friedman Real Estate to block federal agents from using the Yards Plaza’s parking lot to stage their operations.

blockclubchicago.org

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchicago.org.web.brid.gy · 1d

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says

Attorneys with the National Immigrant Justice Center are arguing the recent arrest of an Albany Park family violated a consent decree that limits the conditions under which federal agents can make warrantless arrests. The family was detained while at Millennium Park.

blockclubchicago.org

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Above St. Louis @abovestlouis.com · 1d

🇺🇸 N232NN - Embraer EMB-175 LR - American Eagle ENY3758/MQ3758, Memphis (MEM) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) - 4.2 mi away @ 34750 ft, heading NNE at 525 mph. Spotted 26x before! [08:02:06 AM CDT] #A21127 #N232NN #E75L #ENVOY #ENY3758 #MQ3758 #autopilot #ADSB #ADSBbot

Map of the St. Louis area showing the position and track of the aircraft described in the post.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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trans people are experiencing genocide in the US and UK @oh-that-amy.bsky.social · 1d

and there we have it. Gavin Newsom is exactly who we told you he was.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Frank Vehafric @fvehafric.bsky.social · 4d

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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KylaTea @kylatea.com · 1d

This is probably a quote in someone’s fan fic.

Eyepatch Wolf but like spooky or a ghost or something @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 1d

hey guys.

im gonna have to ask that people be more responsible when clipping my twitch streams. moments like this could be interpreted by bad faith actors as something i did not intend. thank you.

www.twitch.tv/supereyepatc...

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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KylaTea @kylatea.com · 2d

This tracks because I can not stress how conservative the outer Chicagoland area is. (Naperville, Schaumburg, Elgin etc)
Kinda like once you get past Joliet you start to think you hit the Deep South when you get to southern IL. Which is why IL State Police is probably happy to help.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

New: Broadview, IL Mayor Katrina Thompson issued an executive order today - her first this year - limiting protest outside the Broadview ICE facility to between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The order cites "recent escalation of violence by ICE" at the facility as reason to restrict protest there.

An executive order restricting protest at the Broadview ICE facility. Full order can be found here:

https://broadview-il.gov/reference/latest-news/village-of-broadview-executive-order-no-2025-01/

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brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up there’s an ICE checkpoint in Harlem right now apparently

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

This is the second lawsuit of the day filed/separate from the first amendment suit.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 4d

𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨
I've been filing independent journalism about ICE in Chicago under #Illinois. 80+ articles added over the past month. Daily updates.

𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝
1. Desktop: Click on #Illinois. Mobile: Click and Hold.
2. Click 'See # posts by user.'
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This image shows your options when you click #Illinois on one of my posts. The image is divided into three lines

The first line includes hashtags: '#Illinois #USA.'

The following two lines show the available options after clicking on #Illinois. These options are 'See #Illinois posts' and 'See #Illinois posts by user.'

This image displays a feed of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed under #Illinois.

The top of the image includes a back button, a share button, and '#illinois From @harmscommitted.bsky.social.'

There are two tabs to sort the archived articles, 'Top' and 'Latest.' The 'Top' tab is highlighted, having been selected.

Below these tabs is a representative post, featuring 3 quotes from the article and relevant hashtags.

The article's title is "Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed.'"

Description of photo: "Federal agents detain two people during a protest near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, Ill. on Sept. 26, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle."

The post's text reads as follows:
"ICE has no regard for any human life."

"I've seen ICE agents with fingers on their trigger, using real M16s and M9s, pointing them at people."

"They're just trigger happy, and there is no trigger discipline."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3d

Trump "is waging war on our city for welcoming those he wishes to expel."

"DHS is terrorizing our communities and staging violent spectacles to produce fascist propaganda."

"To ignore what's happening in Chicagoland would be a damning mistake."
#Illinois #Oregon #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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KylaTea @kylatea.com · 3d

With everything going on in my personal life I just caught up with the ICE bullshit.
God I wish there was more I can do beyond spread news and resources.

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Your good friend, Chris Normal @heythatsmyleg.bsky.social · 6d

Hearing all about that new artificially created actor that's going to take over the insustry

Magazine clipping of Maxim Magazines hottest 100 babes or something article where the completely computer generated Aki Ross got a render in a bikini as a way of promoting Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

"Why should Hollywood be concerned about an impending actors strike when such completely computer generated stars as Aki render flesh and blood thespians - not to mention their agents - downright obsolete?
Heat factor: Aki makes her debut this summer in the animated feature Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, based on the long running video game franchise"

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KylaTea @kylatea.com · 5d

When white ppl start talking about getting back to “healthy discourse” or “market place of ideas” or “everyone should have a voice” know that it’s gonna go downhill quick
This place had a good run while it lasted

Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 5d

Stage 4

Jay
• @jay.bsky.team • 4h
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
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Jay @jay.bsky.team • 4h
Yet it's a behavior that persists across social media anyways, with negative consequences for civil discourse and society. Human nature is a contributing factor, but systems that reward outrage only make the problem worse.
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Jay @jay.bsky.team • 4h
We're system architects at core. We built a decentralized network so you could run your own moderation, but beyond that our upcoming healthy discourse project is taking some swings at the interaction model that drives these dynamics on Bluesky. Excited to start seeing it in action.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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