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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, and Gaza is still the spinach between your teeth, @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 10h

Remember, hope is the thing with feathers

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · Jun 29

Remember: hope is the thing w feathers

An elderly oranged faced man in a blue jacket, white shirt, red tie, stares forward blankly with his mouth open. An orange hen with bouffant crown feathers stares ahead, alert.

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 11h

They can't. It's #copaganda. This is a must read for these times: 👇

Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News

How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News

bookshop.org

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 12h

The irony of him speaking forth on aggravates & irritates

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 15h

🤮🤮🤮

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15h

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 15h

We could all have healthcare
We could have housing for everyone
Instead we uphold white supremacy
nd remain mostly silent
Thinking it won't come for us

JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 15h

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🧊🖕✈️ YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK 😬

Map of ICE Air flights on Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 18h

Lord Have Mercy on us all

Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · 1d

“O’er the land of the free”

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

"ProPublica’s Claim File Helper lets you customize a letter requesting notes & documents your insurer used when deciding to deny you coverage" @beyer.house.gov @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social WTH! Universal health insurance is a right, denying it is a policy choice. #MedicareforAll

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

😓 As @theandrehenry.bsky.social says, It doesn't have to be this way. Hope your neighbor gets the care he needs🙏

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing better to calm down a person in crisis than 8 police cruisers🤬 #defundpolice

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking today of hostages, 3,544 Palestinians are now held by Israel as "administrative detainees," jailed indefinitely and charged with zero offenses. This is made possible by US taxpayer support.

FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸❤️‍🔥🙌

#endapartheid #defundgenocide
#freepalestine

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Shame on you #npr
This is not journalism.

Homelessness is a policy CHOICE. Defund genocide. Defund ICE. Defund the US defense budget that outspends the next 9 largest armies combined. Wth.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.

Some Democrats share Trump's goal of forcing more homeless people into medical care

President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 1d

Today! WPFWFM.org occupied DC's Jazz & Justice public radio is commemorating Palestine all day today, and marking 2 years of genocide. Stream on website or download WPFW app for drop-free signal.

PALESTINE WILL BE FREE! ❤️‍🔥🇵🇸

WPFW News, what breaks the heart ten slash seven? On Tuesday, October 7th, 5 a.m. until midnight, WPFW presents what breaks the heart, joining millions around the world, marking two years of genocide in Gaza. Through interview stories, music and poetry, the days programming will reflect the cultural and political concept of Palestinian Sumud, highlighting the political, the enduring presence, resistance and connection of the Palestinian people to their land. That's what breaks the heart, commemorating two years of genocide in Gaza, Tuesday, October 7th, 5 a.m. until midnight until midnight. On WPFW, building a more compassionate world, one broadcast at a time.

New WPFW App available. Don't get left behind. The new WPFW mobile app is live. Download today. iOS and Android.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

You may not be paying attention to this story,

but a white police officer was caught on camera tampering with a witness and other evidence for the express purpose of framing LSU football player Kyren Lacy for a vehicular manslaughter he had NOTHING to do with.

Kyren took his own life in April.

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 2d

As Israel continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza, it is targeting those living in tents with brutal airstrikes.

“No where is safe, it’s all lies. All of Gaza is not safe. [...] Either they kill us all or they force us all out.”

“Death is Better Than This Life”: Displaced Palestinians in Gaza Are Being Bombed in Their Tents

Israel attacked tent encampments and Al-Aqsa hospital as Palestinians fled Israel’s intensifying ethnic cleansing campaign in the north.

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Mark, all Americans have a right to universal healthcare like in most other countries. (Even Israel: US taxpayers subsidize Israelis' universal hc, but none for us??) Quit reporting the news, that's not your job. Get busy on Medicare for All or RETIRE.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order mandating “ICE FREE ZONES.”

The order prohibits ICE from using any City owned property & invites local biz & community orgs to join citywide efforts to safeguard the inalienable rights of every Chicagoan.

This Is Leadership! Let’s Go!

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

#abolishICE

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

Mainstream media: violent crime remains unsolvable, despite attempts to deter through punishment or ameliorate via increased social investments

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 2d

Free speech zone meet free speech hours.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d

A federal judge based in Nashville, Tennessee, said that there is a “realistic likelihood” that the human trafficking charges against Abrego Garcia were a “vindictive” action by the Trump administration after he filed a successful lawsuit challenging his illegal deportation to El Salvador.

Newer Charges From Trump Administration Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia Appear “Vindictive,” Judge Rules

The ruling allows Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to pursue evidence and testimony from Trump administration officials.

truthout.org

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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 2d

They're just taking a well-known tool out of the university toolbox
www.thefire.org/research-lea...

Free Speech Zones

Free speech zones limit expressive activity to small and/or out-of-the-way areas. They are usually unconstitutional on college campuses.

www.thefire.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

wrote this line yesterday:

"If President Trump were, in other words, trying to instigate some kind of national divorce, it is hard to imagine what he would be doing differently than this."

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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