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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 6h

Finally felt like fall today in Chicago.

A scattering of sea gulls flies off into the horizon over Lake Michigan as the sun sets on the north side of Chicago. A small observation tower at the end of a pier rises over the green grass and gold flowers in the foreground.

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I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 6h

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 4h

every time i’ve turned on CNN this week, Rahm Emanuel has been on here.

he’s on Anderson Cooper’s show now

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

Thank you to everyone who's donated/subscribed to us in recent weeks. We are so behind on emails, newsletter, thank yous, DMs etc but it's all appreciated. We just bought three full face respirators* so we can assure you it goes to good use

*Things are very normal

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 5h

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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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 7h

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 7h

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

And so it begins

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 9h

JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss "without prejudice" the charges against Huburt Mazur, who faced a misdemeanor charge stemming from ICE protests in Broadview.

Mazur's preliminary hearing was set for Wednesday morning.

Background: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 9h

One protester said they had a meeting with the city and police, worked out a deal on the tents. Two protesters remain at Beach and Lexington, cops said they’re leaving them alone so long as they aren’t actively protesting or shouting in the street.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10h

State cops just made everyone exit the roadway, and saying they have to be in free speech zones.

“If you guys start fighting you will go to jail” one trooper says to anti-ICE protesters as they move the counterprotester from a sidewalk on the other side of the street to the same side as protesters.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10h

I’m here at Broadview about 10 minutes ahead of the city’s curfew. A lone counter protester is shouting back at them. State police are hanging out in their cruisers.

Several people standing in a line with signs bearing anti-ICE slogans like “ICE is made of snowflakes”

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 14h

The papers w/ orange triangles are "demo bags" taped up over the windows of one of the holding cells. They had no problem showing men detained in the room to the right, but clearly didn't want anyone to see the people or conditions in the other cell. Or didn't want them to see out.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 14h

This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.

For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.

See the orange triangles?

Kristi Noem inside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, IL. She is standing near a white man, smiling at a desk with a computer monitor and printer. Behind her is a cell door with a man looking out a narrow slit window. Next to him, three or four other men are seen through a larger window in the cell.

Behind the white man are two upside down "demo bags" taped up over the windows to another cell.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like I am losing my mind from the constant sound of explosions and rockets…

The bombing never stops every minute, Israeli warplanes launch a new series of strikes.

The situation here in Gaza is catastrophic and extremely dangerous.

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 12h

regular reminder that being a normie online is good opsec

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 13h

Just saw someone slamming people for posting about sports during a moment of national democratic collapse, so I wandered over to see what they've been posting about, and it turns out that it's a lot of open advocacy for the commission of federal felonies.

Yeah, posting about sports is preferable.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12h

Part of what's extraordinarily broken about this situation is that Bsky made a big point of being hypercommunicative and it now seems like the org was being selective about that -- when it has actively made an effort to be very transparent and then when it has done the total opposite

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 14h

One of the things that brings me the greatest despair in authoritarianism is watching people react to state violence the way they react to domestic violence.

By justifying anything and everything the perpetrators does through blaming a victim for failing to be submissive enough.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

This fact did indeed get plenty of focus from locals before it hit national news just FYI.

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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 16h

Developing a culture of hunting and harvesting delivery robots off the street

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

*Many more neighbors were affected, but you won't get tallies on those numbers from the media because they don't get free ambulance rides and a PR team to issue statements on their behalf

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 18h

27 police officers were among those injured by tear gas during a weekend protest, Chicago’s top cop says. blockclubchi.co/4nGOb0m

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 17h

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 16h

A county commissioner tried to take down a License Plate Reader in his jurisdiction where elected officials had ended their contract w/ Flock. Police arrested him.

Who really runs these counties? Politicians gave blank checks to police and are now learning the genie is out of the bottle.

Camden County commissioner pleads guilty to misdemeanor for removing Flock camera

A Camden County commissioner has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from taking down a Flock camera on Highway 54.Todd Isaac Skelton pleaded guilty

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 17h

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/n...

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

www.chicagotribune.com

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