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Ray Long @raylongchicago.bsky.social · 4h

Elections board hearing officer recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pay nearly $10 million fine By Rick Pearson of Chicago Tribune www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/14/d...

Elections board hearing officer recommends Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pay nearly $10 million fine

The Illinois State Board of Elections will decide next week whether to reject state Senate President Don Harmon’s appeal of a nearly $10 million fine for campaign contribution violations.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 5h

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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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: Federal immigration agents’ use of Naval Station Great Lakes will continue through “at least December,” according to an email to leaders at Naval Station Great Lakes obtained by the Sun-Times.

Feds have been using offices there as a command center for operations and parking for 140 vehicles.

Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December

Leadership at Naval Station Great Lakes have been informed that agents will be on base through "at least December," according to an email obtained by the Sun-Times.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1h

The fence has come down.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1h

I stole this joke from Shawn:

bsky.app/profile/mulc...

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

#fencewatch2025

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2h

Riveted to Broadview fence watch

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1h

Big thanks to @tylerplariviere.bsky.social and @vimiller.bsky.social for bringing us tonight's Fence Watch in Broadview, IL.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 1h

The fence on Beach Street in front of the ICE Processing Facility in Broadview has been taken down.

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 1h

The fence on Beach Street in front of the ICE Processing Facility in Broadview has been taken down.

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 1h

Large panels are being removed.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1h

Forklift is moving cement barricades in front of the fence now. Massive panel in the center has come down.

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

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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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1h

The order takes affect Wednesday and bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to, remaining at or returning from court proceedings inside the courthouse or its parking lots, sidewalks or entryways.

Judicial warrants can still be served.

Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect

The Cook County public defender’s office and legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding court out of fear of being detained by federal immigration authoriti...

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1h

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 · 1h

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

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

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

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 1h

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

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 2h

Feds have moved out their Bearcat and construction crews in high vis vests are working on the fence, we can hear what sounds like drills.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2h

Feds have got until midnight tonight to take down the fence in front of the Broadview ICE facility, per a recent ruling from district judge LaShonda Hunt.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 2h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 2h

A lots happened, a flatbed with fence equipment entered the facility a couple dozen agents came out, chatted with ISP, and three ICE marked vehicles have come out and are parked in front of the fence on beach street.

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 2h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Photos coming out of Western AK are devastating.

Hardest hit are indigenous villages off road system, many miles by air from supplies. Most built on river deltas w/ no high ground to which to escape.

Cuts to NASA/NOAA mean worse weather data. Cuts to EPA mean no grants for erosion control. Etc.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5h

“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.

Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody

A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 5h

One protester arrested, the rest remain across Lexington yelling “shame,” among other things, at officers who just detained a person.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6h

About 14 protesters out on Lexington being pushed away from the corners and toward 25th, they were asked to disperse after they started chanting and drumming.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6h

Agents just came to fill up the generator for flood lights near the fence. About a dozen protesters on Lexington. Pretty quiet scene.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 7h

ISP separated them and told protesters/press to go the protest area.

Bergquam/Newsome appear to have left.

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