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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 14h

every first amendment litigator rn

screenshot of tweet from Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) "I... worked on this story for a year...and...he just...he tweeted it out"

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

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...

religionnews.com

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

nah, it's all just city scenes with varying degrees of sexism. I have to change words throughout: "PARENTS go grocery shopping. Police OFFICERS direct traffic. Repair WORKERS fix the cables."

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

like hell they are

A vintage children's book shows a man relaxing and reading outside a mobile home while a child plays and a woman washes dishes inside the mobile home. The caption says "This family is taking a quiet vacation."

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 1d

every now and then I remember the time we totally whiffed on a trivia night clue about a horse-related song about long odds sung by Katy Perry and guessed "Failure Pony"

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/

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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 2d

"As parents, we are indispensable lifelines to our children, and we are struggling to fight for our own survival on top of it,"

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new fed...

www.npr.org

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 2d

All right, fine, I will take space law seriously. Lovely interview with AJ Link: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac...

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Jessica Levinson @levinsonjessica.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Immergut (I'm paraphrasing) - Issuing not a modification, but a new TRO that prohibits federalization, relocation, or deployment of NG from any other state or D.C. to OR b/c of likely violations of 12406 and the 10th A #Portland #Oregon

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Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak.bsky.social · 3d

What caused the big Chevron oil refinery explosion in El Segundo? We may never know because Trump has gutted the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Mitigation Board

Tony Briscoe, Connor A Sheets

www.latimes.com/environment/...

Chevron's El Segundo refinery has a history of safety and environmental violations

Over the last five years, Chevron's El Segundo refinery has 46 violations of environmental safety rules; over the last decade, it was also issued 17 OSHA violations.

www.latimes.com

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 4d

handle? Rachel Cohens are legion

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 4d

Look nobody ever had autism before we were aware of and capable of diagnosing autism, you merely had a second son who was “touched” and he joined the monastery where he was known for communing with the birds.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 4d

Pleasantly surprised this was published by the CDC last month. Not surprised bc good people still work there, but disability has been attacked under anti-DEI measures. www.cdc.gov/disability-i...

Become a Disability A.L.L.Y. in Your Community and Promote Inclusion for All

Advocate for accessibility and equitable health with resources, images, and social media content.

www.cdc.gov

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E.A.R. @primateyell.bsky.social · 4d

I told my 5-year-old that no, I cannot whistle (don't try to teach me, many have tried and failed) and he suddenly got very intense and shouted "BE BRAVE, MAMI"

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4d

One resident of the apartment building ICE raided told Reuters that agents broke down her door, then "told them to go back to their country and made a sexualized remark about Venezuelan women, she said. One of the agents hit a man in front of her son."

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 4d

I've never seen such escalation and use of force toward ends I just could not see. There was no real property destruction, no pushing into the neighborhoods to make arrests, very little obstructing of traffic. Saw chemicals and bangs deployed down streets the feds were not facing and did not travel.

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 4d

Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

The anti-ICE protester, 19, was hurling insults but standing still when she was sprayed.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The anti-ICE protester, 19, was hurling insults but standing still when she was sprayed.

www.oregonlive.com

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes as she confronted them Friday at Humboldt Park Hospital.

Agents handcuffed her, forced her out of the hospital and threatened her with arrest, Fuentes told a Block Club reporter. blockclubchi.co/3Wkje5V

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ca-dmv-bot @ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social · 7d

Customer: (not on record)
DMV: ?

Verdict: ACCEPTED

California license plate with text "GAY".

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