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A Rogue Monster
@aroguemonster.bsky.social
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Chicago-based cat-loving abolitionist nerd.
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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.
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.
JB Could do more by not letting ISP be rent-a-cops in front of Broadview
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For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
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I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified.

So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life.

Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.
Thank! I hate doing things like this on my phone, but this could work!
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Graphics from one north side rapid response group; they’ve asked to share far & wide.
look, @denali.bsky.social and I are up to mischief, and you could help
Looking for a free way to build a "buzzfeed" style weighted quiz where it will output 1 of 12(?) results based on how you answer 3-4 questions.
Its a lot of simple IF THEN logic trees, but I don't have the programming skills for a sexy webapp

It could maybe be a bunch of web pages on a free site?
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Also ultimately I cannot muster up a lot of outrage for a building when armed masked squads of state sponsored terrorists are disappearing people for the crime of looking brown, like it's just a building. If it activates people good but I have questions about why that and not, yknow, hurting people.
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Here’s something revealing: A WGN report found the vast majority of people ICE detains don't have criminal convictions. Tom Homan’s answer:

“Most national security threats don’t have criminal histories. They’re lying low to do the dirty deed.”
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Normalize being like: Oh shit that guy I didn't know a lot about who seemed cool is super yikes, my bad, let's move on.
Gang it is so easy to not get or defend Nazi tattoos
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A look at part of the crowd of tens of thousands out this afternoon for the “No Kings” protest in downtown Chicago
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Everything for Everyone broke my brain in the most beautiful and wonderful ways. This project is amazing and I'm here for everything about it.
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Project 2052 is a website of revolutionary speculative short fiction, visual art and poetry, set in the world of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072.
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ICE credits the presence of Illinois State Police with their ability to work on the weekend of October 4, during which they handcuffed an alder, shot a rapid responder, unleashed CS gas in two residential neighborhoods, & kidnapped dozens of community members.

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Cities should tax concentration, not participation.

Concentrated wealth

Concentrated land value

Concentrated digital infrastructure

Concentrated payroll power

That’s how you fund public services without punishing individuals.

A head tax is a small, targeted way to do exactly that.
"BOSS, THE FASCISM" is on loop in my head
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If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.
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It is absolutely maddening to see IL police brutalize people who protest against the modern day gestapo disapearing their families and neighbors,

Only for the state to use this police brutality in federal court and argue it's why the Texas national guard isn't needed here.
Everything that just happened was both brutal and expected given how we've seen ISP behave these last few weeks.

Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.
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Despite the early police violence, protesters are still rallying in their free speech area.

Singing, "this is for the people who are locked inside. Together, we can abolish ICE!"
JB thought if he sent in ISP, the president wouldn't send in the NG.