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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 16h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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john wilmes @wilmes.bsky.social · 22h

This Milwaukee suburb is the only community in America that broadly watched Eddington

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

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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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2d

👀 still looking for info on this. if you recognize this patch, hmu.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5d

spotted this patch on what looks to be an hsi agent outside broadview today.

anyone know what “dst” stands for?

a round patch that reads “u.s. department of homeland security. chicago.”

the inner part of the patch shows an american flag behind what looks like a skyline or maybe a ship? above the flag reads “HSI-chicago” and below it reads “DST.”

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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 3d

first, I am in no way a refutation of the OP, because Abbott's hypocrisy and mismanagement is egregious and worth addressing.

that said, what I hope everyone understands is that no American city, safe or dangerous, needs militarized occupation

Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 3d

Cities with a higher violent crime rate than Chicago:

Houston
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
San Antonio
Corpus Christi

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Fam, this is a challenging moment. We (as reporters) are trying to balance urgency of news & amplification of resistance narratives with not assisting in putting people in prison. It's tough for everyone right now with how fast videos go viral. There's a lot we are not sharing.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

If you see local law enforcement assisting ICE by arresting protesters, establishing perimeters, or otherwise responding to ICE activity, FILE A COMPLAINT and send us video/photos

City: www.chicagocopa.org/complaints/i...
County: apps.cookcountyil.gov/oiig/
State: oeig.illinois.gov/complaints/o...

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 4d

Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

Upload video directly at tinyurl.com/chicagojourn... or email us at [email protected]

HAVE YOU SEEN ICE?
¿HAS VISTO A ICE?
We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago who
are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and
traffic stops conducted by federal agents.
Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists
Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com
We won’t share video publicly without your permission.
Share video / Enviar video
Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago
recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza,
detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes
federales en Chicago.
Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists
Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com
No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 4d

Pritzker needs to take some sort of demonstrative action against this. But nothing he does will stop this.

Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

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Andy Broughton @andybroughton0.bsky.social · 4d

I know things are chaotic rn, but any word on protests in Chicago in the coming days?

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 4d

If you are a billionaire governor I don’t think posting ”damn that’s crazy” counts as doing everything in your power

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.

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Kyle Beachy @kylebeachy.bsky.social · 4d

if it is not glaringly obvious that these people are in chicago to manufacture violence

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 5d

Just witnessed Chicagoans following this undercover ICE vehicle (Black pick-up truck) heading south on Ashland honking their horns incessantly and alerting everyone that ICE was coming.

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john wilmes @wilmes.bsky.social · 5d

pritzker needs to bring the hammer down on every IL-employed collaborator

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

What a hed. Chicago today:

Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE

A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

thetriibe.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Corbin Smith @corbinsmith.bsky.social · 6d

HI EVERYONE! I wrote about The Materials Show, a big materials acquisition event for the Activewear Industry, and also the future of clothing in the face of IMPENDING CLIMATE AND PLASTIC CONSUMPTION APOCALYPSE for @defector.com! defector.com/the-future-o...

The Future Of The Sneaker Business First Requires A Future | Defector

PORTLAND, ORE. — Global capitalism begins with apparel. Slaves were brought to the American South from West Africa to do farm labor, and by the 19th century that largely meant cotton, a ubiquitous puf...

defector.com

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john wilmes @wilmes.bsky.social · 14d

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 14d

Nearly six dozen Chicago musical acts have signed onto this boycott campaign / open letter urging other local musicians to pull their music from Spotify. More on this in my @chicagoreader.com story chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Open Letter: Chicago Musicians Are Pulling Their Music From Spotify

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20d

Indeed. Earlier this summer, the White House did this to me, as a scientific expert source in media, and issued a formal statement regarding my personal campaign contribution history in an attempt to discredit my commentary on wildfire, climate, and federal policy. Yet more alarm bells ringing...

Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 20d

I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.

This is *not* normal.

I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 20d

I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x

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Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 26d

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.

This is Kirk's legacy.

You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 26d

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

onion person @junlper.beer · 26d

the entire media ecosystem is just not built or ready for events like this and far right billionaires like larry ellison buying news orgs will only make this worse

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john wilmes @wilmes.bsky.social · 27d

last winter I wrote about the right wing influencers of Chicagoland, one of whom was Charlie Kirk chicagoreader.com/commentary/n...

How Chicagoland laid the seeds of Trump’s MAGA movement

From Nick Fuentes to Charlie Kirk, MAGA's not-so-secret right-wing roots lie beneath one of the country’s bluest metro areas.

chicagoreader.com

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john wilmes @wilmes.bsky.social · Aug 22

lotta great pathos in ROBOTS (2005)

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Corbin Smith @corbinsmith.bsky.social · Aug 21

wrote about some Portland as hell shit

Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · Aug 20

Last weekend's Portland Adult Soapbox Derby was—in its 26th year—weirder and wilder than ever. In this photo essay, @corbinsmith.bsky.social talks to the creators, drivers, and organizers of this beloved event that is SO VERY PORTLAND. ❤️🏁🏎️

PHOTO ESSAY: The Need for Speed (and Artistic Expression)

For a second, imagine you don’t live here. Deep in the southeastern part of Portland, there's a dormant volcano. Around this volcano, there's a massive forested public park (191 acres), with hiking tr...

www.portlandmercury.com

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