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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 1d

In Chicago, we're getting a few different protest group archetypes:

1. Indivisible/No Kings type: diverse but skews towards gen X+ white women

2. Broadview ICE site: diverse as well but skews younger, more LGBTQIA+

3. Immediate response: full community style response representing of the ara

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 7h

Sitting here listening to @msentropy.bsky.social reading the YR (and GOP at large) bitch fight over the leak as she archives "statements" from the other site is sending me.

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you for letting me know that Antifa means anti-fascist, lol.

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I’ve Had It Podcast @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a simple yes or no question.

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 15h

Lol

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 17h

Peter Giunta, former head of the NY Young Republicans and current Chief of Staff to NY State Assemblyman Mike Reilly, has deleted his FB, IG, LinkedIn, and set his X acct to private. He made the gas chamber joke, then final solutioned his social media.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 15h

Unfollowed because this is not the story.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 16h

Official statement from the Worldwide Anti-Fascism Research Network in solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social.

“The Worldwide Anti-Fascism Research Network stands in solidarity with Mark Bray and all scholars who are facing extreme repression and threats of violence.”

Worldwide Antifascism Research Network

An international network of academics studying Antifascism

antifascismresearchnetwork.com

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 15h

Probably being replaced by National Socialism Studies, Klan Studies, Falangist Studies, Plantation Studies, and Rhodesian Studies. You know, the classics of the West.

Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 16h

It's great that a violent Nazi said he looked forward to murdering me, but only once the state sanctioned it. He wanted to make sure it was all legal.

I'm sure there's nothing to worry about.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 16h

Nazis with qualified immunity and no federal prosecutor that would touch them until at least late Jan 2029. Super cool.

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 16h

The violent racist street thug in battle rattle to violent racist street thug in battle rattle and a badge pipeline.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 16h

Woof!

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Alex Han @alexhan.bsky.social · 16h

Grateful to have outlets like @thetriibe.com on the ground and reporting the facts. ICE and federal agents are not deploying tear gas at "protesters" in Chicago. They are wantonly tear gassing entire neighborhoods and communities.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17h

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

thetriibe.com

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 16h

Always makes my day a little brighter when @lcrw.bsky.social finds something I say worthwhile 😁

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 16h

Yup.

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 16h

I took direction directly from Tom on what types of people to recruit and where to focus their efforts to maximize undergrounding the movement in "normie" society.

The shit we're seeing now is literally direct fruits of that program. There were many others besides me actively recruiting.

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 16h

They also specifically said this is how they want to deal with Antifa, which by their own definition is pretty much anybody who disagrees with them.

Fun times.

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 17h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 17h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 17h

these people know how extreme they are

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On This Day In @chroniclebot.bsky.social · 22h

1943

World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.

Sobibor extermination camp

Sobibor was an extermination camp built and operated by Nazi Germany as part of Operation Reinhard. It was located in the forest near the village of Żłobek Duży in the General Government region of German-occupied Poland.

en.wikipedia.org

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 17h

The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social · 17h

This is Metzger's "Operation Appleseed" in action, at least one aspect of it. Arguably the most successful aspect.

Infiltration of police and military services were also included and have had some significant success as well.

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 17h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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