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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 8h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 11h

If you haven’t already done so, lease take a minute to call Governor Pritzker’s office and leave him a message of support.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

The relentless @djbyrnes1.bsky.social has spent day after day in court this week tracking what's happening with suits against DHS filed (disclaimer: we're plaintiffs in one of them), as well as protesters facing charges.

Get up to speed now:

Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ hits the courts in Chicago • The TRiiBE

The legal impacts of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts landed hard in Chicago’s federal courthouse this week, with more developments expected in the coming days.

thetriibe.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 10h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe Pritzker can offer to send in the IL National Guard

Chron.com @chron.com · 12h

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 11h

I’ve lived in both CA under Newsom and IL under Pritzker. Newsom is a good thing, but Pritzker is the great thing. I see it in his initiatives, his actions, his presence. Came to a union rally in a small town in rural Illinois a few years ago. He’s on the street for real.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17h

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

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 15h

Pritzker isn't low-IQ because he's not Black. Only Johnson is low-IQ because he's Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "They've had hundreds of people shot and then a guy like Pritzker or this low IQ mayor gets up -- the people are all against him. Beautiful Black women are wearing a MAGA hat last night on TV. And they said, 'We don't care who comes, just stop the crime.' They don't care if it's military."

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 12h

“Great Value Gestapo”
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D20_Buster @d20buster.bsky.social · 14h

We survived 2 Daley mayors. We survive February every year. We survive Malort. We can handle great value gestappo.

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D20_Buster @d20buster.bsky.social · 14h

We survived 2 Daley mayors. We survive February every year. We survive Malort. We can handle great value gestappo.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 14h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14h

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 15h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 14h

As a resident, I can tell you how effective, caring, intelligent, fair, thoughtful and proactive he is. A few years ago, Pritzker came to the tiny town of Marseilles, IL for a union rally Tom Morello (my high school friend) was playing. Tom’s ancestors were coal miners there. Pritzker is the best.

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 15h

EXACTLY. Pritzker does not just react & respond. He proactively strategizes. He’s also appropriately serious, consistent in tone and message, and also knows the Chicago sense of humor and when to put the good lines in.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 15h

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you so much for posting this fundraiser and for showing the world what’s really going on in Chicago. The footage of Samantha finding out her mom was taken will haunt me—as it should all of us. You relaying Governor Pritzker’s message today and this week MATTERS. People need to hear sanity.

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 15h

PEOPLE: let’s support this NOW and show ICE that we don’t accept this in our streets. Watch this ICE incident on MSNBC—a woman who’s been here 30 years—and the moment the daughter Samantha finds out her mom was taken. Heartbreaking. To help, click link gofund.me/86eaed3e1

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 15h

just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Maureen Herman @maureenherman.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Wellbutrin.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

thank you gabapentin

strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 1d

always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.

The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).

"The party of small government,” folks.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 1d

If Chicago wanted to make those Texas soldiers feel at home, they'd wait for a blizzard, then turn off all the power and go to Cancun for the weekend.

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