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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 14h

"For some, the Trump administration’s Chicago assault was a shock. But for Black Americans, none of it felt extraordinary. It felt remembered." interc.pt/4h2hBUd

A photo of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Black People Knew This Would Happen," and the DEK, "Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us."

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 17h

Hundreds of people have already been taken and you have done nothing but posture.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 17h

ICE has been coming for the people of Chicago for weeks and this man has been helping them by protecting their operation from peaceful protestors.

There is no reason to believe @govpritzker.illinois.gov when he says this now. ICE has already come for hundreds of his people.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 1d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov is furiously writing letters. I feel so much better already. /s

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Posting with proper alt text. Imgine being visually impaired clicking through the alt text to see what the letter says and all you get is "letter from JB pritzker" not really useful!

From Pritzker:

Dear Governor Stitt:
On April 29th, 2024, I joined you and 51 of our colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden's
Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, voicing our opposition to Legislative Proposal 480. In that
letter, we stood united-53 Governors strong-around a fundamental principle: "Ensuring the
National Guard is adequately equipped with resources and capabilities to serve as the operational
combat reserve for national security missions and to support domestic emergencies is among the
National Governors Association's highest priorities."
Together, Democratic and Republican Governors unequivocally reminded the Biden Administration
of a shared commitment: "For over a century, Title 10 and Title 32 of U.S.C. have upheld
gubernatorial authority over the National Guard. National Guard assets are critical components of
states and territories' responses to crises. Governors must maintain full authority as Commanders in
Chief of these assets to protect operational readiness and America's communities."
Our collective belief then-and my unwavering conviction now-is that actions "that sidestep,
eliminate or otherwise reduce Governors' authority within their states and territories undermine
longstanding partnerships, precedence, military readiness and operational efficacy. This action also
negatively affects the important relationships between Governors and the federal government at a
time when we need full trust and confidence to meet growing threats posed by strategic competition
as well as natural disasters."
The principles we defended in April 2024 rose above party lines and presidential administrations. constitutional imperatives that demand protection regardless of the occupant of the White House.

That is why I am calling on you, as Chair of the National Governors Association, to speak out
against the unconstitutional deployment of Texas National Guard units into Illinois without my
consent or authorization. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he authorized, in coordination with
President Trump, his state's National Guard to operate within Illinois borders - a direct violation of
the principles we all defended just months ago. This is precisely the federal and interstate overreach
we warned against-gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and
the constitutional balance between states being attacked. If the President continues overriding
Governors to deploy military assets into another state against another Governor's will, we have

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abandoned the foundational principles that have protected our Republic for nearly 250 years. This
action must be denounced immediately and unequivocally by the National Governors Association.
The credibility of the National Governors Association-and our integrity as state executives-rests
on our willingness to apply our principles consistently, regardless of which administration attacks
them. Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have
no choice but to withdraw from the organization. I remain hopeful that principled leadership will
prevail over political calculation and we can chart a path forward together.
Sincerely,

Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois

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National Lawyers Guild Chicago @nlgchicago.bsky.social · 3d

NLG Chicago condemns arrests by state and federal authorities at demonstrations outside Broadview ICE detention facility and in Chicago

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 3d

Same.

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 3d

I never watched the Simpsons or South Park.

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.

Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's also really shitty when they do find the people on their lists because that 50% matters too. Every person detained is a tragedy. Each one.

Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 3d

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 3d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov has no problem sending state police against people to defend ICE.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 4d

Not only this, but if the community won't cut off the abuser, you have to find a new community.

It's so hard to do, but people who are willing to remain in community with an abuser are not safe. You deserve better. You'll be happier, too.

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4d

A serial abuser is nothing without the network (of people, online or off) they draw their victims & apologists from. That's why the community has to cut them off.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 5d

Your job does not love you. Your coworkers are not your family. You are exchanging your labor for pay. Never forget that.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve been shoved around by state cops with batons. They’ve already arrested one person for being in the street.

A protester questions a cop about whether he wants to be here.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 5d

Illinois state police in riot gear showing up to Broadview ICE facility.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

This is what the state of Illinois sent to greet protesters at Broadview.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 5d

This is why we say don't praise politicians for what they say, praise them for what they do.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov isn't doing anything to actually help our community being terrorized by ICE.

But he is helping brutalize protestors.

Liberalism aligns with fascism.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

ISP have forced people out of the road (never heard a dispersal warning).

Some kind of ISP SWAT unit here now, too.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 6d

Anytime. It's all nonsense with Indivisible. I would give them more credit if they admitted their goal was to protect the privilege of whiteness. Like, don't even try the solidarity thing when you left marginalized folks to defend themselves during Biden. We got receipts.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, ffs. It's the year 2025.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 6d

I would like to know what exactly @govpritzker.illinois.gov and @mayorofchicago.bsky.social are doing about this.

Do not fucking tell me to just record ICE when this is happening.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago, Illinois, 2025:

"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."

"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."

"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 6d

I am struggling to manage all of the conditions/symptoms that come with Long Covid as an adult.

I couldn't imagine trying to live with it as a kid. And it's preventable!

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 8d

New York Times: “Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds”

‘The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences’

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 8d

One of the things I really love about the Alien franchise is that the first movie was filmed in the 70s and a lot has changed since then but apparently it's been taken as canon that people chain smoke in space.

Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 8d

Fascists love creating lists of disabled people. To me, this sounds like another way to collect our information.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to fascist voters, pudding-brained non-voters, a broken Congress, and a broken SCOTUS, this rank corruption and authoritarian control of the economy is simply how things work now in the failed state of American.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals in a deal that would lower some of the company’s US drug prices.

Pfizer will sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx, an initiative intended to allow Americans to pay for prescriptions at discounted rates negotiated by the government.

The deal appears to resolve two major threats facing Pfizer. It would stave off more damaging drug pricing policies while shielding the company from future tariffs imposed by the administration’s Section 232 investigation into whether the cost of medicine represents a national security threat.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 8d

Every day.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 8d

I'm still far more worried about law enforcement than the military.

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 8d

I am just as impressed by the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign as anyone else. But they obviously have not created a campaign that includes disabled people as folks worthy of outreach and inclusion, much less included in policy positions that will make their lives better.

Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 8d

Is the only reason the person is being highlighted that they are disabled? Are we talking about what a person brings to the table, or only the barriers they had to overcome to get to the table in the first place? /5

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Mother of the Gwendal @logansolsun.bsky.social · 8d

What is the tone of the video? Is it "look at how resilient disabled people are for overcoming structural barriers to participation," or is it "there are these terrible structural barriers to participation and we are going to work to fix them so disabled people don't have to." /4

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