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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 6m

Durbin’s getting beaten up for this but I think it’s a bad move now to start adding conditions to reopening government at this point. Get the thing you can get.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1h

So many videos of ICE agents driving recklessly at high speed in the city. They’re going to kill someone. It’s just a matter of time.

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 2h

Shot 88 today. 41 on the back 9, including two birdies. And on a relatively tough course.

Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 11h

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine shooting at a priest and thinking you’re the good guy

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 23h

I still can’t get over Samuel Beckett driving Andre the Giant to school.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 1d

This is more or less what we’ve come to expect from the chicago tribune editorial board

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

A fascist dictator is ordering armed troops from another state to invade the city of Chicago, and the Chicago Tribune editorial board reacts by warning Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson to avoid injudicious language. Really.

Editorial: We need our leaders to stay cool as ICE-related chaos gets hot

Provocateurs on the right and left were the story of a chaotic weekend in Chicago. Our political leaders need to reclaim the narrative and cool things down.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1d

We’re supposed to fly to Florida for a wedding next week and now we’re seriously considering driving instead.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 1d

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

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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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 2d

Who’s got two thumbs and needed this rain?

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 2d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s because I grew up in an era where death by electrocution was a horror flick standard. Bubbling skin. Convulsions. Eyeballs popping out.

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking as someone who calls his neighbor for help whenever he messes with electric cuz he’s afraid to end up in an ashtray, I’m impressed.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Toscha @poemless.bsky.social · 2d

This Evanston Roundtable article is phenomenal. The pictures are wild, but also it reports the chaotoc attack on protesters, in which IL State troopers participated, was directly ordered by Noem herself and led by Bovino who called the "Free Speech Zone" for protesters a "Free Arrest Zone." Do read.

Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 2d

Photo: Richard Cahan evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/04/b...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Illinois sued President Trump over his deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, expanding the multistate court fight challenging Trump’s authority to send military forces into American cities.