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onion person @junlper.beer · 2h

just remembered that randy fine, israels strongest soldier in congress, posted pup play he had saved to his phone and blamed the left for it last month. why did he ever do that lol

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 3h

I've been following Aaron since before the latest ICE immigration stuff and he is one of the most valuable ones you can have. True professional context and experience of the headlines. He's not just bloviating he actually understands the full legal case history.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 12h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 3h

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 5h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 3h

"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1h

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Abby Jane 🌙 🏳️‍⚧️ @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 3h

What a perfect paragraph.

Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889–1944) was an American engineer and chemist who contracted polio at age 51, leaving him severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to help others lift him from bed. He became entangled in the ropes and died of strangulation at the age of 55. However, he is better known for two of his other inventions: the tetraethyl lead (TEL) additive to gasoline, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 3h

The illustration is so good, look at the dude’s hat flying off

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 6h

Boo

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 6h

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 5h

[solemnly] let’s fucking go

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
www.foxnews.com/politics/squ...

Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

www.foxnews.com

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 6h

My reading of this is “we’re going to blow up Hugh Freeze’s car if he doesn’t do better“

Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 6h

The latest on Auburn’s Hugh Freeze from @peterrauterkus.bsky.social

www.al.com/auburnfootba...

Exclusive: Auburn AD addresses future of head coach Hugh Freeze

John Cohen was asked if he expects Hugh Freeze to be Auburn's coach next. Here's what he said

www.al.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 7h

The Republican leaders of North Carolina's state legislature called everyone back to Raleigh to find a way to rig another US House seat for Donald Trump, but not to pass a state budget, or fund our state's Medicaid system.

Do you get it now? 🤡

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obnoxiously pitt ghoul 👻 🎃 👻 @opg.bsky.social · 7h

yikes on bikes

Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 12h

For more on Drew Allar’s injury, Jay Paterno is available for comment:

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11h

Co-sign. This is an excellent segment on the grievance troll Bari Weiss and her misguided bullshit journalism and academic ventures.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15h

This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed.

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 11h

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more.

The government gave her nothing.

This Indiana city doesn’t have to pay an innocent mom $16,000 after police wrecked her home, court rules

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more. The government gave her nothing.

reason.com

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Will Jeanes @willjeanes.bsky.social · 11h

Cape Verde have just become the smallest country by area to ever qualify for the World Cup.

The nation is smaller than 49 of the 50 U.S. states and could have fit into the Soviet Union — the largest country to ever play at the World Cup — 5,554 times.

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Bloody Mary (mirror entity, not cocktail) @marygillis.bsky.social · 11h

Won't somebody think of the people who overextended themselves trying to get rich gouging the needs of foreign students to have basic shelter?

‘If there is no demand, we can’t operate’: Small landlords ponder future after foreign student cuts

The case for investing in student housing isn’t as obvious as it once was as the federal cap on international students enters its second year

www.theglobeandmail.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 12h

Today's newsletter is all about this brilliant ad www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

zack polanski is so good and i genuinely think if the left rallies around this guy and the green party in the UK, they can easily beat back the hysteria of the reform party

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 12h

I'll bet he is!

Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 12h

For more on Drew Allar’s injury, Jay Paterno is available for comment:

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 12h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Matt @handsoffthesub.bsky.social · 12h

lol Atlanta United put out their Season tickets on sale email and I know there ain’t NO ONE wanting that after such a shit last few seasons.