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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 2h

Black People Knew This Would Happen theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...

Generational experience has taught us what happens when the state builds a weapon for someone else: Sooner or later, it finds a way back to us.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 21h

He’s got a lot going on

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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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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 1d

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

The habeas petition for Byron Rovidio Marin (the guy held w/o charge in a hospital for 37 days after ICE broke his leg) has been unsealed.

@davidjbier.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

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48. On August 27, 2025, CBP arrested Petitioner in Carson, California.
During his arrest, Petitioner sustained severe injuries to his leg and CBP transported
him to UCLA-Harbor Medical Center in Carson, California where he was
hospitalized as a “custody” of ICE. Petitioner remains in the custody of ICE at
UCLA-Harbor Medical Center with private contractor guards posted inside his
patient room at all times and controlling and limiting access to Petitioner by
medical personnel, attorneys, and family members.
49. ICE has not placed Petitioner in removal proceedings or charged him
with being in violation of immigration law. Upon information and belief, no
warrant for Petitioner’s arrest has been issued.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

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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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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 1d

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
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Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.

theintercept.com/2025/10/02/t...

Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed With Bullets From a U.S. Army Factory.

The president blames Mexico for the flow of drugs into the U.S. — while enabling the flow of guns into Mexico by slashing federal regulators.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · 2d

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at
@propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word.

Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips:
[email protected]
Cell: 480-476-0108
Signal: jenafifield.01

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 2d

Trump’s Outline of a Domestic War - The real message from Quantico

By Janine Davidson, former Undersecretary of the Navy and former Chair of the Department of Defense Policy Board.

www.justsecurity.org/121940/trump...

Trump’s Outline of a Domestic War

Former Undersecretary of Navy discusses import of President Trump's remarks to active duty military leaders at Quantico.

www.justsecurity.org

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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s reading

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d

Most journalism this week has been like, "Legal experts unsure whether Trump shooting man in middle of 5th Avenue is murder..."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 4d

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

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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.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5d

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Among other things, it remains extremely weird that the [checks notes] director of the FBI uses phrases like “ass clown factory” in public statements posted on his official account

FBI Director Kash Patel * ®
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon...
MSNBC has no facts and no audience
In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved.
& Barb McQuade @ @BarbMcQuade • 15h
DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras.

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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely brutal and like... the opposite of de-escalation here.
Really horrifying behavior by DHS/ICE in Chicago that one police exec I know flat out called "criminal conduct"
www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgain...

From the MarchAgainstNazis community on Reddit: Chicago Gestapo rules.. man standing on a public sidewalk gets taken down and arrested. When your Gestapo takedown is glorious in your head.. and you ca...

Explore this post and more from the MarchAgainstNazis community

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