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LaraVP7

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resister (noun) re·sist·er (ri-ˈzi-stər) : one that resists especially : one who actively opposes the policies of a government *SoCal born & raised* 💙 I Love LA 💙

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · Aug 3

Rage Against The Regime protest in downtown LA. We marched from Gloria Molina Park to the federal detention center.

#RagingAgainstTheRegime
#IceOutOfLA
#LosAngeles

Giant balloon trump in diaper flying over park

Group of protestors with signs against trump & ice marching in street in Downtown LA

Protestor standing on top of car holding an upside down American flag in front of federal detention center.

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 3h

Love this energy. 👏🏼

We need more of OUR reps willing to put themselves between the “wannabe dictator” and their constituents.

They represent US, they need to PROTECT US, too.
#Chicago

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 15h

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 5h

Camera ops embedded with ice, documenting human pain and suffering to create terror propaganda. Yes, times are tough and we all need to feed our families, but who the hell is taking these jobs and willing to selling their souls in the process? Despicable.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

Sickening.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 8h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Jennifer Taylor @jtaylor27.bsky.social · 2d

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 2d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 2d

The criminal complaint makes no mention of any firearm in the possession of either motorist, in contrast to an earlier statement from the Department of Homeland Security.

hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 3d

Source: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

2 Motorists Charged in Chicago, Including One Shot by Federal Agent

www.nytimes.com

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

MAJOR BREAKING: In a late-night order, Judge Immergut, a Trump-appointee, has BLOCKED Trump from deploying the National Guard from ANY state or D.C. into Oregon.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 3d

More messaging like this please

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 3d

Feel this in my bones. Lifelong Dodger fan who can’t support the team right now. 💔

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 3d

How do you feel about supporting the Dodgers this season? Erick Galindo asks L.A. TACO staff and the answers are mixed.

LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 3d

I completely relate to being conflicted. My family is filled with lifelong Dodger fans, we all feel the same way. Can’t support the team right now, and it breaks our hearts.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

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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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Kay O. @k1970.bsky.social · 3d

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 3d

Laurie Eckman, 84, said she and her husband Richard Eckman, also 84 and a Vietnam war veteran, were rushed by federal officers “for no apparent reason.” She said her husband was leaning on his walker and wearing his Vietnam veterans cap as he was pushed to the ground.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

Like this. People assume there must be some serious provocation, but there’s not.

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

A Chicago citizen confronts the hypocrisy of a fellow Hispanic man working for ICE, shaming him and making a powerful point by asking how his family ended up in the United States.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 4d

AOC is a great example of American leadership and public service.

In this short TikTok video she gives a tour of the Senate building, because the government is shut down and there's no one else to give one.

WATCH:

#Resist

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 4d

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 4d

Liberty Vans currently deployed in LA are documenting ICE actions in real time with camera crews, along with veterans, lawyers and chaplains to protect and de-escalate. They’re currently fundraising to bring these vans to Chicago and beyond. Love this.

Liberty Vans Are Here

YouTube video by Save America Movement

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LaraVP7 @laravp7.bsky.social · 4d

“This is how it starts, with the baby steps, with normalizing this behavior. … I hope people don’t tolerate this kind of behavior. If this is going to become normal, there will be no hope in the future.”

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

blockclubchicago.org