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Micah @rincewind.run · 1h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5h

Same time that Pritzker is telling city and state officials to start arresting and prosecuting federal officials for assaulting Illinois citizens.

OT1H, this is clearly really bad.

OTOH, our federalized design might end up being an absolute godsend.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Kat Lyons • Available for Work! @katlyyons.bsky.social · 2h

In losing my animation job and pivoting to another career, I have lost 91% of my gross income. Went from feeling like I was thriving for the first time since moving out of my parents’ to being back under the poverty line. It’s really, really rough out here

✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 4d

This is not a call for pity but more to put into perspective how 2025 has been impacting a lot of artists:

Between losses of sales, wholesale, tariffs, and fewer corporate clients, I have lost 50% of my gross income this year as a full-time graphic designer and artist.

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 14h

Years of Lead Paint confirmed

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 15h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 3h

My boys. My sweet, sexually harrasing gay boys.

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 3h

So normal posting then?

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 3h

I lived off of those things in middle school.

Mostly because my middle schools kitchen was out of commission for like 3 years.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3h

As you can clearly see your honor they’ve combined peanut butter and jelly into a sandwich, an idea we came up with in 1998

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 3h

The J.M. Smucker Company, the brand that makes peanut butter and jelly spreads, is suing Trader Joe's over what it says is a copycat version of its Uncrustables sandwiches.

Smucker's sues Trader Joe's over product its says mimics Uncrustables

The lawsuit accuses Trader Joe's of selling a product that closely mimics the company's Uncrustables both in its packaging and sandwich design.

cbsn.ws

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 6h

The president keeps telling the military to murder people in boats and the military keeps doing it. Crimes, just straight-up crimes internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Trump’s Wag The Dog Moment - CIP

If you want to break up a drug cartel, blowing up a boat does little to accomplish that, unless you believe cartels only own one boat.

internationalpolicy.org

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 4h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 4h

the never trumpers have repeated this bullshit so much that some people believe it

Dan in Kansas City @daninkc.bsky.social · 9h

The media smeared Mitt Romney as Hitler. Then Republicans thought, well we might as well run Hitler.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

Jackie Merlos, a Portland resident who has been detained by immigration authorities for nearly four months, might be closer to getting home to her four U.S.-born children, a family friend said Tuesday.

Portland woman arrested with kids at border may be released but husband was deported, friend says

Jackie Merlos has been detained for nearly four months.

www.oregonlive.com

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 3h

I still dont believe them. Nobody should.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

Those of us who covered Occupy might remember this:

www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

Scott Olsen, Iraq Vet Hurt by OPD Projectile: “I’m Not Alright.”

But that's not stopping him from taking part in May Day protests.

www.motherjones.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32081822/

Fatal Penetrating Head Injuries Caused by Projectile Tear Gas Canisters - PubMed

TGCs have the potential to cause lethal penetrating head injuries, calling for a reevaluation of their safety and methods of use in terms of human health.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 3h

There has never been, to my knowledge, any accountability for this. Maybe a department gets sued but thats it. This is common practice, and its extremely dangerous. The same can be said for baton, bean bags and rubber bullets. They are never used the way they are intended.

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 4h

Tear gas or other 40mm less lethal munitions are meant to be fired at the ground, not at a person. The idea is for the canister or grenade to roll into the crowd. Notably, cops almost never do this! Instead they aim at peoples heads and chests. Causing severe and often permanent injury.

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Condor (Fiadh right now. (Fee-uhh)) @condor.bsky.social · 4h

In the third picture the weapon that the fascist is pointing at that mans head is a 40mm grenade launcher. If you fired that point blank it would cave someones skull in. Certain death. Its the same as if he had a rifle to his head.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4h

I would have bet they’d ignore the order, but I had wondered if this was even a battle worth fighting for them.

With all the cops there now protecting the facility, they don’t need the fence.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 4h

Crews are starting to remove panels from the fence on Beach Street.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 6h

LA County declares a state of emergency as a direct result of the federal government’s raids…

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 13h

US Department of Education workers who received a reduction-in-force earlier this year, which was blocked by court challenges, are now receiving new RIF notices/separation dates

RIF notice to US Department of Education workers citing Court decision, adjusting separation date to November 3

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