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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 5h

Two years after the cruel murder of Wadee Alfayoumi, my colleagues and I reintroduced the Wadee Resolution to honor his memory, condemn hate speech, and affirm our shared humanity.

The rise of hate crimes and hateful rhetoric endangers us all. We must stand against it.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

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

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 27m

Homeland Security in Chicago: it's all about the propaganda. 🎥

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 15h

I joined Chicago’s congressional delegation to send a letter to the Secretary of Transportation & demand answers about the hold on $2.1 billion in federal funding for Chicago’s infrastructure.

This hold threatens the livelihood of hardworking Americans who rely on public transit.

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 14h

join me and my pals at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social where i'll be bringing my patented run-on sentences and cul-de-sac musings to this panel for new doc by the brilliant @samfeder.bsky.social
tickets are limited!

One sheet for documentary film "Heightened Scrutiny." An upside down supreme court building hangs guillotine-like above the thumbnails of filmmaker Sam Feder and the guest speakers Lilly Wachowski (me,) Crispin Torres, Mickey R Mahoney and AllienSteve Mullen.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 36m

❗️Militarized federal agents attacked people on Chicago's SE Side. They held a young Black man on the ground & detained him. Follow The TRiiBE for more information ⤵️

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 8h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

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

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 3h

Another reminder that this is a violation of the consent decree and a court order. They do not care.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 8h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

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

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 14h

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.
— Audre Lorde

4️⃣ days from today, join us in the streets of Chicago for a peaceful protest to say: Hands Off Chicago & NO KINGS! ❌👑

📅 Sat. Oct. 18
⏰12 PM
📍Grant Park, Chicago

🔗 Info: bit.ly/HandsOffChiO... (rsvp not required)

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 1h

Jacob Soboroff of @msnbc.com debunks Homeland Security propaganda filmed in Chicago

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 4h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 1h

And no record would justify the abuses committed by DHS agents anyway.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 1h

DYK... 99% of people swept up by Homeland Security in Chicago have no criminal record.

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 9h

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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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11h

A confrontation between community members and militarized federal agents appears to be unfolding on Chicago's southeast side, near the intersection of E. 105th St and S. Ave. N.

Details still emerging. From what I've seen federal agents have deployed at least one can of some kind of gas.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 10h

❌🧊 East Side neighborhood on Chicago's Southeast Side

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Developing: per photographer Matthew Kaplan and others on scene, neighbors are currently facing dozens of Border Patrol agents on the east side. Feds have been all over the area, some kidnappings confirmed. Saw one gas canister deployed on FB live earlier.

Militarized federal agents in street at 105th and N

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 14h

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.
— Audre Lorde

4️⃣ days from today, join us in the streets of Chicago for a peaceful protest to say: Hands Off Chicago & NO KINGS! ❌👑

📅 Sat. Oct. 18
⏰12 PM
📍Grant Park, Chicago

🔗 Info: bit.ly/HandsOffChiO... (rsvp not required)

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 1d

📻 Listen to @wbez.org! Dr. Claudia M. Fegan & Dr. Linda Rae Murray have been invited to speak with 91.5 WBEZ's Sasha-Ann Simons on her show, In the Loop, Tues 10/14, ~9:20-9:40 am CT. @sashaannsimons.bsky.social

Indivisible Chicago-South Side @indivchisouth.bsky.social · 1d

🧊 ICE is going after sick or injured patients in Chicago hospitals!

🏥 We need a model citywide policy to protect patients, families, and staff from harassment or unlawful detention + rebuild public trust in our health institutions as safe havens FOR ALL.

Read Dr Claudia Fegan & Dr Linda Murray ⤵️

Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past

In 1850, the federal government deputized local officials to enforce slavery. In 2025, it demands cooperation in deportation. Chicago resisted nearly two centuries ago, and it still is today.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 14h

Tuesday, October 14 - Whistle Packing Parties TONIGHT / No Kings: Protest Safety Training TOMORROW / NO KINGS Dance Party 10/18

Tuesday, October 14 - Whistle Packing Parties TONIGHT / No Kings: Protest Safety Training TOMORROW / NO KINGS Dance Party 10/18 — Indivisible Chicago Alliance

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Attorney General Nick Brown @atg.wa.gov · 1d

We stand in solidarity with AG James and others who have been targeted for reasons wholly antithetical to the pursuit of justice. We commit to doing all we can to ensure that the rule of law prevails and to resist the further corrosion of our system of justice. https://ow.ly/27wM50XaMc4

Image showing New York Attorney General Letitia James, a woman with long dark hair, smiling and talking to a Washington State Attorney General, a man in a suit. Overlaid text reads: "Joint statement of 22 attorneys general condemning retaliatory prosecution of New York AG Letitia James."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

So far, the only media outlet that has signed Pete Hegseth's new prohibitive press policy for covering the Pentagon is One America News.

Even Newsmax and the Washington Times have rejected the letter.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Even Newsmax rejects the Pentagon’s new press restrictions ahead of signing deadline

‘Newsmax has no plans to sign the letter,’ the network stated on Monday. ‘We believe the requirements are unnecessary and onerous and hope that the Pentagon with review the matter further’

www.independent.co.uk

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Read my full statement on the incident and my ongoing fight for accountability:
krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-...

Krishnamoorthi Demands Transparency and Accountability After Shocking Hoffman Estates ICE Detention Caught on Video

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today reaffirmed the validity of the video showing ICE agents violently detaining individuals in Hoffman Estates, confirmed that the incident occurred in his district, and condemned the Trump Administration’s campaign

krishnamoorthi.house.gov

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 1d

We have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom — Nelson Mandela

5️⃣ days from today, join us in the streets of Chicago for a peaceful protest to say: Hands Off Chicago & NO KINGS! ❌👑

📅 Sat. Oct. 18
⏰12 PM
📍Grant Park, Chicago

🔗 Info: bit.ly/HandsOffChiOct18 (rsvp not required)

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