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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 13h

More of this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 14h

Yes.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 15h

Would this be considered incitement of political violence?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. 🇺🇸

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 15h

this is really bad. also, "democrat-leaning" seems like a weird way to describe Chicago and Portland.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

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.

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 1d

How is the dollar’s collapse not a leading story?

“Inflation is…above target [now] & in all forecasts for next yr," Griffin said, pointing to inflation as 1 reason for the…dollar’s 10% collapse…this year—"the single biggest decline in the U.S. dollar over 6 months for 50 yrs.’” shorturl.at/yLJQG

Serious U.S. Dollar Fed Warning Triggers Sudden Bitcoin And Gold All-Time High Price Surge

The billionaire chief executive of Wall Street giant Citadel has issued a serious warning over the dollar’s role as a global safe haven...

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 1d

Not almost

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Durbin: "What's happening in Illinois is outrageous. To think they're going to federalize the Texas National Guard and send them into my state is not only necessary, it's almost criminal."

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 1d

So much this. Also, I feel like there is lot of stuff that should have never escaped containment from the group chat.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

Looks more and more like the raid in Chicago was more than just a fascist terror raid but the use of federal violence to help a bank empty a building they held in receivership.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 1d

All of this. Also, during the last ten years especially dedicated religion reporting has been cut from legacy media making what does make it through often uncritical, christocentric, and orientalist.

Case in point: the coverage of Zohran Mamdani, South Asians, Hinduism, and Islam.

Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 1d

So since I'm annoyed let me say a few things today.Some folks have been writing about Christian Nationalism and apocalyptic right wing movements for YEARS here in the US. YEARS. Do we get to have a platform in major mags and newspapers... rarely.

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 2d

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 2d

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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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 1d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

Counterpoint: they voted for exactly this.
They might be occasionally uncomfortable with the openly sadistic violent aesthetic of fascism this administration takes such glee in (only aesthetically, mind) but this is what they voted for/what they want.
Rogan especially can stfu forever.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 2d

It would be good to see more coverage of this.

CGC- Cheryl @clgc.bsky.social · 2d

'MAGA influencers in Chicago are posing as Antifa, trying to bait peaceful protesters into clashing with ICE agents.'

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Thanks Mike (@mikenellis.bsky.social ) for covering and sharing this!

Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

MAGA influencers in Chicago are posing as Antifa, trying to bait peaceful protesters into clashing with ICE agents. One of them, Joey Gibson, just got caught red-handed. If you're out there, be caref...

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 2d

I call on Governor Pritzker to withdraw the State Police goon squads brutalizing protesters on ICE’s behalf in Broadview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 3d

So @spacelawshitpost.me aka Link got banned. I just got text message.

So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now?

Link of all people?

Apparently Jay said something to him before taking him down. He didn’t even get a chance to reply.

He sent this image.

This is sad.

“Screenshot of a social media post showing ‘Post not found’ error message at the top. Below is a post from user ‘KC Complains a Lot’ (@kcclyburn.bsky.social) that reads: ‘jay Responded to you and you haven’t copypasta’d her, Im disappointed in you link’ Posted on October 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM”

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 3d

"all universities have to do now is do nothing—no accepting the compact, no counter-offers, nothing—and the government will be left with no more power to coerce and control the First Amendment-protected activities of major American universities than it has today." balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Afnan Taw @fofojoho.bsky.social · 3d

Hello world
I come to you with a sad heart and I hope you do not leave me alone💔

I need your support and assistance I don't want anything much, just protect what's left of my childhood and take care of my cat. 😔💔
Please donate and share 💔
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 3d

lol yes this

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Ipsita Chatterjea (she/her) @ichatterjea.bsky.social · 3d

Desi hall of shame

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 3d

IMO this hasn't gotten enough attention: a recent memo at NIH announces that peer review will be devalued in determining which grants get funded, granting more power to political appointees to make decisions based on the admin's whims over scientific merit

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Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News

The National Institutes of Health’s long-held standard of peer review for grantmaking has been subverted by President Donald Trump and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who gave unprecedented power to po...

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 4d

The crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia right now. Instead of taking part in the sham local elections, Georgians are filling the streets in large numbers for Day 311 of uninterrupted, nationwide #GeorgiaProtests.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 4d

Free @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social now!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

These fascists have taken my friend, Palestinian scholar and feminist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social into custody.

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