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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Biggest Little Action Group @renoactiongroup.bsky.social · 15h

"We’ve learned that these federal agents are largely untrained, disorganized, not very smart. They’re not the same kind of threat as a police force. People need to understand they’re inexperienced, scared, and vulnerable to counter-action.”
sf.gazetteer.co/sf-activists...

SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The chaos in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local activists

sf.gazetteer.co

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Now they'll have a moment of silence that lasts six months

Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Once again I am begging Gen X and younger journalists to become aware of the singer José Feliciano singing the national anthem before one of the games of the 1968 World Series
www.mlb.com/news/jose-fe...

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

And those are the cops who *haven't* been fired and subsequently hired by ICE so they could abuse people with impunity

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 1d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today.

If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces

Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Dept. of Don't Know Whether to Laugh or Cry

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

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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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Know the enemy (Bovino. Not his targets)

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Really fantastic piece by a Chicagoland activist processing the emergency through her mind and body as she struggles to think clearly about the next thing to do.

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

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Today in news stories I won't be reading

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Want to do something positive?

Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 9d

ACLU's On the Ground program deploys volunteers to provide free speech and Know Your Rights information at protests and community events. If you haven’t attended a Ground Team training or need a refresher, sign up here for an upcoming Zoom session on
Wednesday, Oct. 8th:
tinyurl.com/37pppw5a

Ground Team Training

Take action with ACLU!

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Several Bay Area counties will return to a mask mandate for health care workers
www.sfchronicle.com/health/artic...

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

Mask requirements are returning to health care settings across parts of the Bay Area, as health officials brace for the annual surge in respiratory illnesses — including COVID, influenza and RSV.

www.sfchronicle.com

Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 1d

Federal agent in a van points gun at civilian taking video. The incident took place yesterday in Berwyn, IL
centeredamerica.substack.com/p/news-ice-a...

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

(As you can see, getting shot in the head by multiple pepper rounds did not shut the brother up.]

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

Christian, may the evildoer find your prayer for him so threatening that he shoots you to shut you up
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20d

CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball

Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

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Lori Eades @lorieades.bsky.social · 2d

“Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job”!
This is a great chant.
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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

what

Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

The Smith Bros. cough drop beard is a sure sign of someone terrified of women with the smallest amount of independence

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 2d

YMFKM
www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

AI wealth has created a new dynamic in S.F. real estate: Not enough mansions

San Francisco has long been a market for the affluent, but luxury homes across the city are being sold at record speed as a new wave of wealth floods the city with fresh riches.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

Senate Democrats must continue to hold the line. The GOP is trying to run out the clock, but we need to encourage our senators to keep fighting to protect healthcare for millions of Americans and stop health insurance costs from doubling this winter: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...

(next to an image of the Capitol and a hand holding a megaphone) STOP THE TRUMP SHUT DOWN

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Mark Pritchard 🏳️‍🌈 @markpritchard.bsky.social · 3d

I am once again asing you to stop asking for Trump to be removed.

Vance will be WORSE. He is:
• younger
• less mentally challenged
• even more connected to, and beholden to, christofascist interests

Be careful what you wish for.

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