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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 1h

Having read that recent New Yorker profile of Bondi it seems very likely that: (a) she knows Trump will never check on this; and (b) if she says it loudly enough, no one will dare contradict her in front of him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

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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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 1h

the street a bit east of me is Mozart which is pronounced like you have never heard of the Austrian and are figuing out the pronunciation for the first time

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah probably more than half of it you can do that. But there's at least a large minority of statements such as that Portalnd is a "war zone" with "no stores" where it's just not anywhere near true.

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 1h

Like, do you have a nickname for your group of friends from the neighborhood and will they back you up in a fight? If that's a gang I'd believe 2-3% of men and boys in Chicago are in a "gang".

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder what a real number would be. Probably not as wildly off from what they're saying than reality usual is! Particularly if you use an expansive definition of "gang" and "member" as my understanding is that the boundaries of those are much less clear today than they were in, say, 1995.

Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 4h

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly when do they run out? A big part of the reason the 1999 Seattle protests went like they did is the Seattle police ran out of tear gas. (Portland police brought them some more but it took a while.) There has to be an answer to this question though I don't know that we're likely to get it.

Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 2h

So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

www.motherjones.com

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 2h

plus the venues are always so sterile!! I guess some people like that though

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 2h

"reveals" is a really funny verb choice here

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 4h

"the food was terrible, and such small portions!" is not only a good analogy for this governmental action, but also a description of the future we will get from it

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 9h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 5h

What is real estate's role indeed? Good place to start inquiring.

bsky.app/profile/oluf...

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5h

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."

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 6h

it's so orange!! well at laest that one time I saw it was

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 6h

here we go!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/c...

Chicago Neighbors Are Forming Watches Near Schools To Protect Students, Guardians From ICE

Increased federal immigration activity has prompted whistle-carrying neighbors in Irving Park and Albany Park to organize walking school buses and keep watch over students and guardians during school ...

blockclubchicago.org

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 10h

Oof!

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 10h

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/g...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

www.chicagotribune.com

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