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Bettina
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unraveledpress.com
unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h
Border Patrol has reportedly detained several people in Little Village this morning.

Video from Facebook shows Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and his agents walking the streets as warning whistles blow in the background.
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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 14h
I would have gone all-in betting this phrase would be in here before I clicked:

“The Illinois Attorney General’s Office, which oversees compliance and enforcement of the state’s sanctuary laws, did not respond to requests for comment on contracts.”
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Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social · 14h
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
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Ken Stone @kenstonemedia.bsky.social · 2d
Basement of courthouse horror stories: “One immigrant got her period during the meeting in which she was detained, and was forced to wear that same underwear for days.”
timesofsandiego.com/politics/202...
Asylum-seekers now held for days – in a downtown San Diego basement
Migrants held in makeshift conditions in basement offices say they slept in the cold, used the restroom without privacy and went without medical attention.
timesofsandiego.com
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unraveledpress.com
unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d
Border Patrol returned to the O'Hare rideshare lot today after taking 11 people on Saturday 10/18. No official word yet on how many were detained.

When we visited yesterday, drivers told us it was very empty for a Sunday.

Last Friday 10/10, they took 18 people here (it's city-owned property).
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 2d
Of course American fascism is just consumerist slop.
tweet from the department of homeland security x account showing a bottle of coke on top of a red ford bronco with the caption: "we can return" and a link to join USCIS
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
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self.agency
"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 3d
lmfao
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d
Federal agents arrested 11 rideshare drivers at O'Hare Saturday, the second time agents have targeted workers who are the "backbone" of the city's transportation network, an advocacy group said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/19/b...
Border Patrol Arrests 11 Rideshare Drivers At O'Hare Parking Lot
It is the second time federal agents arrested rideshare drivers at O'Hare Airport, targeting workers that are the "backbone of Chicago's transportation system," an advocacy group said.
blockclubchicago.org
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d
xAI bought X now Space X and xAI are buying Musk's clunkers. Because that is what real businesses creating real value do! electrek.co/2025/10/13/e...
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks
Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...
electrek.co
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 3d
Folks I know there’s a lot going on, but if you’re free tmrw in Chicago plz support NU students been banned from classes for refusing to watch Israeli propaganda. Their lawyer (& mine), Rima Kapita, has filed an emergency order demanding the courts intervene. I filed an affidavit of support. 🙏🏾
SHOW OUT TO OUR COURT HEARING TO SUPPORT THE NU STUDENT'S CLASS ACTION MONDAY OCT. 20 2:00 PM COURTROOM: 1719 219 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60604 THE BUILDING IS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF DEARBORN & JACKSON WE INVITE NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS, FACULTY, THE GREATER EVANSTON COMMUNITY, AND THE GREATER CHICAGO COMMUNITY TO COME TO THE HEARING! TO SHOW THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THAT THIS CASE AFFECTS US ALL! [HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS' PETITION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERI COURT ETIQUETTE • BRING YOUR ID • NO BANNERS OR DISRUPTIONS • DRESS NEUTRALLY • BE RESPECTFUL • BE ON TIME CASE INFO: HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/FILEDCOMPLAINT
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 3d
“Largest single-day protest in American history.” Roughly 2% of the population rose up to demand the restoration of democracy. So powerful.
From @gelliottmorris.com

open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Second "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever*, with 5.2-8.2 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
open.substack.com
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taniel.bsky.social
Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d
“likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970” www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
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prisonpolicy.org
Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 3d
Among the 35 jail births identified in the news over 10 years, jail staff ignored repeated cries for help or medical assistance in at least 24 cases.

The carceral system is no place for pregnant people.

www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/07...
Infographic showing the outcomes of 35 in-jail childbirths reported by media, 2013-2023
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atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power."
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d
“No public criminal charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the raid … The @chicagotribune.com has been able to confirm the identity of only one immigrant taken into custody by federal agents that night: a 41-year-old pizza delivery man … who has no apparent criminal history.”
They were already living in one of Chicago’s worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.
In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.
www.chicagotribune.com
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jfallows.bsky.social
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.

See if you can spot it! /s

Then you can find today's story on p A23
Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic. Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.
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lesypersound.bsky.social
Bettina @lesypersound.bsky.social · 3d
…was on the otherside of this a few months ago and the response to a very short lived posting was the largest we could remember AND so many qualified and way overqualified ppl in the pool. 😐
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eva.computer
eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 5d
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah, that tracks.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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lesypersound.bsky.social
Bettina @lesypersound.bsky.social · 3d
This may be what white supremacists and billionaires think they’re doing… “restoring the republic” via a tyrant to MAGA by reestablishing an unambiguous white supremacist State (eg where only landowner/megarich m white men vote). 😬
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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d
New from me: The notion that Charlie Kirk represented speech “done right” is a smokescreen manufactured specifically to distract from the single greatest attack on free speech in the 21st century. Kirk wasn’t simply offering an opinion, he was right-wing power personified.
Charlie Kirk and the Free Speech Hoax
The Right doesn't really care about free speech, and their reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk proves it.
inthesetimes.com
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theferocity.bsky.social
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 5d
“Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.”
Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show
Matthew Menchel, who spearheaded Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 criminal prosecution, left the DOJ in 2008 to take a job as a trial lawyer at Kobre & Kim. Epstein’s calendars show Menchel met with Epstein in ...
www.miamiherald.com
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 5d
Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d
Less than three months of a seven year sentence.
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