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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 1h

Because although they once again tried their hardest to make guns seem scary and relevant

They couldn't manage to say some key phrases (like yesterday's example)

They knew in minutes the guns were legal and were not drawn, but still displayed them "bust-style"

Dishonest - unless you're anti 2A

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CHICAGO - On Saturday night, federal agents arrested armed rioters Jocelyne Robledo and Ray Collins for assault at ICE's Broadview facility.

They will be prosecuted and held accountable. Thanks to our partners at @ATF_Chicago, @CBP and @USMarshalsHQ.

We will not be deterred.

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Can't say I told you so about something I deliberately never said but

How to know the gun possession was lawful/irrelevant/unbrandished: despite trying their hardest to hype up its presence in that first statement, they didn't scream about her "illegal gun" or "attempted murder"

sEmlaUtOmAtic lol

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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 Mart..

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 1h

"Still, authorities acknowledged the couple had 'lawful permits' for the weapons. And neither was accused of actually brandishing their weapon."

Again: guess how one could have immediately known those things were true (before authorities admitted them)?

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against the Chicago couple who lawfully carried guns outside Broadview's ICE facility last month.

A defense attorney tells @chicago.suntimes.com a grand jury refused to indict: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility

A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case.

chicago.suntimes.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2h

Great news.

It’s ridiculous that Collins was kept in pre-trial detention for six days before being release, and the Feds had absolutely nothing.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against the Chicago couple who lawfully carried guns outside Broadview's ICE facility last month.

A defense attorney tells @chicago.suntimes.com a grand jury refused to indict: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility

A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against the Chicago couple who lawfully carried guns outside Broadview's ICE facility last month.

A defense attorney tells @chicago.suntimes.com a grand jury refused to indict: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility

A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case.

chicago.suntimes.com

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2h

Chicago Ald. Gregory Mitchell oversees the 7th Ward, which is home to the South Shore apartment building at the center of last week’s ICE raid.

He didn’t sign the letter.

Mitchell has not yet publicly issued a statement on the raid.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/so-a...

So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

thetriibe.com

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 13h

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Ash vs the Evil Dead @ashflanagan.bsky.social · 21h

It doesn't make any sense to conceive of due process as a right that individual people can have or not have at all tbh. Bad framing from the start. Due process is a restriction on the government's actions, and by definition it applies to either everyone or no one.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15h

Aside from shattering core state sovereignty, it's saying one state's Guard (TX) is somehow more loyal to the national authority than another's (IL). It's treating the latter as something bordering on hostile, or at least alien. One part of the country and its soldiers are more America than another.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 16h

NEW — A message of support has been circulating online for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes, who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week.

A few signatures were noticeably missing: 13, to be specific.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/so-a...

So, about that letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes: 13 alderpeople didn’t sign it • The TRiiBE

The letter describes what the agents did to Fuentes as an “abuse of power.” Mayor Brandon Johnson, City Clerk, Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin also signed it.

thetriibe.com

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 15h

The Nava settlement has been extended ❤️

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 15h

It's completely maddening

The volume makes even processing the voicemails a real $!@&!?#$? chore

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 15h

7 more since then. So, 14 today and counting.

Untenable

Call log showing 7 spam calls between 3:30-6:40

Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 16h

I was able to be at a couple of hearings during the passage of IL's version of this law ten years ago and still think about the testimony of people harmed by it.

The idea of not only forcing that on children (still legal!) but calling it professional treatment/keeping state license is beyond foul.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 16h

"MY religious beliefs say the father is the head of the household, so when I represent teenagers accused of crime, I have Dad sit in on every meeting and make all of the usual client decisions. How dare a licensing body undermine my sincere religious beliefs"

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 16h

Know what IS voluntary? Offering conversion "therapy," which AFAIK everyone is still free to do in all 50 states

Just not under your professional license

Next: attys blabbing their clients' business, then suing over "free expression"

"I have a prayer request: poor Donna, her divorce is SO ugly"

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 16h

Conversion therapy isn't "voluntary" for children when their parents are the ones deciding to do it.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 16h

Conversion therapy isn't "voluntary" for children when their parents are the ones deciding to do it.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 18h

"Free State of Florida" Update...

Florida household gets a visit from DeSantis administration goons after they send a postcard simply saying, "You lack values" to Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia.

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of CFO Ingoglia

Two armed men wearing bulletproof vests with the word “police” stenciled on them showed up Wednesday at the Largo home of Cathy O’Gara while she was getting her 11-year-old granddaughter ready for sch...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18h

Like it sounds like Stephen Miller said Trump has unlimited power and then realized he shouldn't?

www.law.cornell.edu/wex/plenary_...

plenary authority

www.law.cornell.edu

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18h

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

www.reddit.com/r/LateStageC...

From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18h

I know it's a distractify link but it's the only story I found that talks about this in the hed? Like the video was weird? He said this and then it was like he glitched?

Stephen Miller Said the President Has "Plenary Authority," but What Does That Mean?

During an interview on CNN, Stephen Miller said that the president had plenary authority, which naturally led some to wonder what that means.

www.distractify.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 19h

The feds have been using a Back of the Yards Plaza for staging and other operations. Activists are calling on out of town (Michigan) management Friedman Real Estate to block ICE operations on their property. A story from SW side. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/b...

Back of the Yards activists call on shopping plaza to block ICE operations on their property

Activists said they have seen federal immigration agents repeatedly use the shopping center at 46th Street and Damen Avenue for staging, sometimes as early as 6 a.m.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 19h

Academic freedom means that a course that teaches students to critique settler colonialism can be taught alongside one that teaches students to maximize shareholder value.

Both are "biased" in their framing.

Only one is currently at risk of being cancelled by state and/or institutional actors.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 19h

7 of these so far today at 3:19pm

So cool how I can't* mute calls from noncontacts

*won't for personal reasons

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22h

I just…I can’t believe we haven’t made stronger norms around this stuff

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw a care home employee post a video of one of her charges dancing when she thought she was alone and care providers, you really need to…well, CARE about your patients’ privacy! My grandma would have been mortified.

Kids, elders, and disabled people aren’t your content.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 23h

I've not seen any indication that they (even under this admin) are including international airports in their definition

the statute easily could have said ports of entry but instead it used *and defined* the term "external boundary" - even the most enthusiastic lawyer can't really include airports

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

one thought in closing. no matter what other lessons we take from the last few weeks and the next, we should all agree on this one: things can always get goofier

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