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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 11m

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA. I think a trump-endorsed chat bot has been running that paper for a long time.

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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 12m

Watching a long interview with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, where he's being pushed hard about whether he's doing everything possible.

Before you shit on him, imagine how fast Paul GOP Vallas and his helpers like alder Lopez would have thrown everyone under the bus.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson discusses National Guard deployment and city safety

YouTube video by WBEZ Chicago

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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 48m

If Republicans don’t act 24 million Americans will be devastated by sky rocketing health care costs.

Speaker Johnson needs to call his people back and stop covering up for pedophiles.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2h

Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 45m

Johnson: Trump has been accused of saying he wants war on American citizens. I have no idea where that comes from

Host: Trump did say that he wanted to use cities as training grounds for the military.

Johnson: Of course, yes. The National Guard drills once a month. Put them in cities, it's a win

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 57m

This is a word:

“They may try to take away our 501(c)(3) tax status, which would be devastating. But I would rather be a truth-teller and taxed, than to be silent and untaxed.”

Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 1d

If you read one thing today, make it this piece by @nytimes.com's Kurt Streeter about the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 43m

Isn't this why all GOP run for office?

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

www.wsj.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

In a Chicago suburb, Berwyn, IL, multiple ICE goons and a cameraman surrounded a resident who blew his horn and walked down the street in his own neighborhood. They demanded his ID and threatened to arrest him for impeding their audit.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

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BlueCrew community 💙💙 @libertyovergov.bsky.social · 10h

We Stand With Chicago 💙
#BlueCrew #Resist #StrongerTogether #Chicago #JusticeForAll

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 2h

“U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said ICE had improperly told its field offices over the summer that the consent decree had been canceled.”

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 22h

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests.

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022…

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 2h

My latest, on the ongoing Trump push for undemocratic power. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/t...

‘Trump 2028’ Is No Joke

The U.S. president is drawing ever more from Chinese autocrats’ playbook.

foreignpolicy.com

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Nancy French @nancyfrench.bsky.social · 2h

700 Club readers fawned over a pastor (who abused a 12 year old girl) and then accused the child of seduction.

I'll never get over stuff like this.

(Here's a Daily Kos article on my social media posts about it.)
www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...

The 700 Club sits and watches while its FB followers fawn over Robert Morris and shame his victim

Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault There have been some pretty low and pretty off-the-charts cringey moments from the Christian Broadcasting Network over the last 60-plus years. Until yeste...

www.dailykos.com

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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 57m

How can it be that Chicago is an unsafe war zone AND Trump Hotel remains open for business! Who would be foolish enough to book a room in downtown Chicago? Shouldn't the hotel be promoting it's security features? The website:

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

(The Aristocrats voice) The protective power!

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10h

This lays out the situation in IL so far.

200 federalized National Guard troops in the state as of 3 p.m. on 10/8.

Two requests for protection support: 1. The ICE facility in Broadview, and 2. The Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Friday "due to two high profile cases involving DHS activities."

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Lynn Sacco @urbanexile.bsky.social · 1h

They are going to be so unpopular I hope they feel they have to grab a seat on Elon's ship to Mars.

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 2h

Article: Trump isn’t the first elected official to suggest jail for Mayor Brandon Johnson via @thetriibe.com
thetriibe.com/2025/10/trum...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

Live TV, folks. 🤓

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Have you ever voted against anything that Trump has set forth in terms of policy? ... Trump is a dictator. So it doesn't matter what Johnson does or what they guy over in the Senate does."

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2h

Virginia resident calls out Speaker Johnson on air:

As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you. You do have the power to call the House back. You refused to do that just for a show.