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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. If a deal with China isn’t reached soon, Hill said, the soybean market ‘might be a bloodbath.’”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 11h

Religious freedom bros weirdly quiet.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

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...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

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...

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

"Our hotdogs are as green as the river on st paddy's day"

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

There is an escalation ladder here and he understands how that is the absolute last step, one you don't touch until all else has failed and you've done a lot of laying the groundwork. Things are bad, heading that way, it's deadly serious. But we're not there yet and he is right to not say it now.

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

As Gov. Pritzker says in his opening statement, ICE and CPB are attempting to provoke a reaction by their actions in Chicago. And as he says -- more or less -- at the time stamp below, he won't order state police to physically confront them, b/c he can't.

Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 1d

If you still know anyone who imagines that Pritzker or Johnson will order police under their command to arrest federal agents, you can send them this (1hr12min42sec timestamp). They are explicit that they will not and they view courts as only venue for enforcement.

www.youtube.com/live/vqP4YFV...

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

This is the hero America needs right now: protesters so non-threatening that anyone who assaults them will look like obvious villains.

Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 4d

📍 Portland, Oregon 🐸✊🏼✊🏾

A demonstrator dressed in an inflatable frog costume stands infront of law enforcement officers during a protest outside of the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

New plan: "relatable" dudes show up to welcome their conquerers with offers of happy hour brews and Chicago dogs.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wrong about politics a lot [insert Kevin from the Office gif]. But my suspicion that dudes yelling about censorship actually just want to promote their own perspectives has proven depressingly correct.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

I want someone to help me explain how promoting voices of marginalized groups is racist, but how rebalancing the ideological slant of newsrooms is a matter of free speech.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

Lotta guys think that DEI is bad and should be illegal, but that the state should mandate conservative editorial voices.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. told federal prosecutors investigating James Comey that he was unable to uncover evidence that would support false statements or obstruction charges against the former FBI director ..”

abcnews.go.com/US/special-c...

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, babe. Can't watch the kids. Gotta do some kidnapping.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

Right. So it's people being pulled from their day jobs to do a fascism.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

And add-in a bunch of cleaning time!

Jamie: get your 15 minute meal hat on and blitz this in a blender, pour boiling water from the kettle into a screaming hot pan, and just let the cleaning ferry degrese the kitchen.

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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just a simple Canadian, so forgive my ignorance. But aren't the national guard all volunteers? Are they calling up car salesmen and accountants in West Texas to invade Illinois? Do I have that right?

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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 1d

www.axios.com/2025/10/06/d...

"Journalism is not a crime": Chicago reporters sue Trump over violence at ICE protests

Press groups say Trump's agents used force to silence reporters.

www.axios.com

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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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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

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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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 1d

Sports fandom primed a lot of dudes to think in genuinely insane ways about the world around them.

Your tea sucks? Shoulda tried harder. Have some guts. Leave it all on the field!

You're unhappy with some aspect of government? The guys in charge don't have the balls to do the obvious thing!

Etc

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

I think and have said many times that the vast bulk of political commentary is vapid nonsense. But in the last couple of years, I've dipped my toe in sports fandom and had occasion to consume some sports commentary, and holy shit there are millions of these dudes & they never say *anything*!

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The militarization of American cities isn’t happening with a parade of tanks. It’s a slow drip of troop deployments that are probing courts’ willingness to give unlimited deference to the commander in chief — and testing workarounds when they don’t.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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