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Debbie Carlson
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Journalist: Commodities, investing retirement + more for @barronsonline @WSJ, @theguardianus + others. Curiosity gets the best of me.
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you.
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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 1d
SUPPORT MANNY'S IF YOU ARE IN CHICAGO.
Mannys stating that if you come in during the first week of November and show your SNAP card, they will make a family meal for there or to go.
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 1d
Hat tip to your daughter.
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 1d
It's 415 and I haven't seen a kid out yet. These ICE bastards are ruining what should be a fun day for kids.
These Bubba Brownshirts should know what it's like to be afraid.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d
"authoritarian abyss"

"In just nine months, the US has been dragged towards an authoritarian abyss. A warning: Trump has 39 months left in office."

We are Hungary now and media companies like Paramount, Facebook, Google, Wash Post are all in on it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones
We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 2d
Good question. Under this deal, the US is selling even fewer soybeans than before.
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d
NEWS: Ruben Torres Maldonado is coming home to his wife, sick daughter and four-year old son.

An immigration judge granted the 40-year-old Portage Park man detained by federal immigration agents while his 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment. Story coming
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Kelly Boyer Sagert @kbsagert.bsky.social · 3d
It's good to know how to respond in advance if a witch appears at the door.
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 4d
Great news!
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Chicago History Podcast @chicagohistorypod.bsky.social · 10d
No matter how annoying the world can be at times, there are still things that can bring a smile.

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Illinois man arrested after pretending to be rocker Sammy Hagar
Ronnie Putnam allegedly tried to open a bank account in the name of rock musician Sammy Hagar. (MOUT VERNON POLICE PHOTO)
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 4d
Good for these students. These suburbs are getting hit hard by multiple ICE tactics. Their school administration should support them.
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Cicero, Berwyn students demand more school district support as immigration enforcement escalates
They are sitting out this week's homecoming events and protesting after they say their concerns have been dismissed. The leader of the heavily Latino Morton High School District says it is there to su...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 6d
“I’ve never seen more active propaganda coming from the federal government,” said WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell. “When I’ve seen something with my own eyes and then I see a completely different characterization coming from the spokesperson in Washington … it’s hard to know how to respond to that.”
tear gas in the streets of chicago
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5d
The time to organize with your neighbors and your community is right now.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both. Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table." It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d
They've used Chicago as a testing/training ground for this roving army of BP dipshits after doing the same in LA. Feels pretty crucial that everyone not in Chicago continue paying attention to Chicago to know exactly what to expect when they move elsewhere.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both. Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table." It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 8d
For most of fall, Trump’s immigration agents have set out every day to scour Chicago neighborhoods where immigrants live. On Friday, Operation Midway Blitz fanned out across the wealthier white communities on the North Side where they work.
Federal immigration agents tear gas Lake View, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s tony North Side
Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd, said masked immigration agents hit “every corner of the ward” he represents, one of the city’s wealthiest communities.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 8d
"They come not for the 'worst of the worst,' as they so repeatedly claim, because that would mean they would be coming for themselves. …"
dansinker.com dan sinker @dansinker.com · 8d
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14d
An astonishingly large crowd!
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 14d
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
gabriellehecht.bsky.social Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 14d
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 14d
Southeast corner of Chicago's federal plaza is backed up as everyday traffic tries to navigate around No Kings demonstrators who broke off from the main march (and vice versa).

Looking east past the CPD barrier on Dearborn you can still get a sense of just how many people are in the march.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14d
Grant Park Chicago. #NoKings
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 14d
Protesters gathering at Grant Park plan to march a 2.5-mile route that will take them past Trump Tower, continuing south to Federal Plaza near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Ida B. Wells Drive, before returning to Grant Park.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 14d
Whistle sounds are in the background of many videos showing ICE activity circulating on social media, as local residents have been using them to warn vulnerable neighbors when federal immigration agents are in their area.
To stand up to ICE agents, some Chicagoans are arming themselves with whistles
The plastic whistles have become a way to loudly resist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and warn those who may be in danger.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14d
As seen at No Kings Atlanta:
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Debbie Carlson @debbiecarlson.bsky.social · 17d
"Rat hole" sidewalk imprint was likely made by a squirrel, which I always thought. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers
Scientists from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, look at 37 species to identify cause of ‘rat hole’ in pavement
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 18d
NEWS: Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans issued an order today meant to prevent immigration arrests -- "civil arrest" -- for individuals attending court proceedings in Cook County.
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