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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22m

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 38m

anywayssssss it’s also wild to see your former boss who fired the only black employee on accusations of theft with zero proof talking about how pro-community they are by posting flyers on their door in the newspaper I tell you what.

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 44m

It’s important to remember that we are not in the social media age of the Arab spring (mileage may vary on which country obv) and those tools are not there to protect us and can be taken away at anytime by the billionaire over class. We need to organize outside of them as much as possible.

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

As I said before, they just move the line when crossing the line has no consequences.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 3h

We are right back at the free speech zone phase in Chicago (broadview).

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 14h

Greer said he and the other two workers taken to Lombard waited for another two hours in private cells before they were released without being charged.

“I asked them repeatedly what I was charged with, and they said that they had to talk with their supervisor,” Greer said.

Ever since, he’s been averaging three to four hours of sleep a night.

“If this is happening to me, a U.S. citizen, what are they doing to the other individuals?” he said.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22h

Remember we're already in a world of Kavanaugh stops based solely on ethnicity. If you are from a targeted group, this can happen to you no matter what your citizenship status is. What if you forget your wallet at home? You could end up in detention for days or worse.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23h

Do you want to live in a "papers, please" country?

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 19h

(silently mouthing the words to myself) there are too many protesters abusing their right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 22h

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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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 21h

Before anything else, I am indelibly proud to be a Chicagoan.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 23h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

chicago.suntimes.com

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 21h

Love to watch my rights erode by the day living in the 2020s babyyyy

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 1d

was very good to spend some time alone with Lake Superior this weekend. felt very blessed by my sunset dinner company.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3d

This is a GoFundMe supporting the tamale lady taken by ICE on 21st Place and Damen in Pilsen yesterday.

“Now she’s being forced to start over in Mexico with nothing — no home, no job, and no access to the medical care she desperately needs.”

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship." n.pr/4ocHQcG

She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired

Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 3d

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 3d

Press needs to assume everything McLaughlin says is a lie. On Saturday within an hour or so of it happening, she was tweeting about the woman they shot and
Everything
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Said
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 3d

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I’d say they were in the vicinity of one another.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3d

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 3d

liars all the way through bro

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 3d

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 4d

Taking this weekend off for a long planned time among the trees and a different Great Lake than my local one - be safe out there this weekend Chicago. We’re gonna win. ♥️

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately seems like they’re busy arresting other journalists bsky.app/profile/jimd...

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Odette Yousef @oyousef.bsky.social · 4d

"Days before the raid, the man who sheltered the mother and her daughter saw someone he believed to be a worker from the building taking pictures of the units “where the Venezuelans lived.”

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

www.wbez.org

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 4d

ICE is a clear and present danger to our city.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 4d

A Dist Court judge issued a TRO ordering the fed fence in Broadview removed.

Broadview mayor says court spoke “clearly and unequivocally” but that “it remains to be seen if ICE will respect the judge's order and dismantle this hazard immediately, or if they will continue their pattern of defiance."

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

"This is a validation of local law and, most importantly, a decisive win for public safety. The judge’s decision confirms that the illegal fence constructed by ICE is not only a clear defiance of Broadview’s ordinance but an unacceptable and escalating risk to our Beach Street businesses, their customers, and our first responders. The law of probability dictates that the danger increases daily. The court has spoken clearly and unequivocally. Now, it remains to be seen if ICE will respect the judge's order and dismantle this hazard immediately, or if they will continue their pattern of defiance."

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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 4d

Through all this, my heart really goes out to DC who still has not only ever federal agency trampling on their rights but also the national guard wandering around pointlessly as theater and much less recourse than states like IL and OR to legally challenge that nonsense.

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