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Sigfreid Skaldrup @sigfreidskaldrup.bsky.social · 6h

DHS and ICE refer to these aggressive arrest videos as recruitment and training.
We'll tag them by their correct name.
Evidence of war crimes.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

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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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 7h

If you’re worried things can’t get worse, I assure you…..

open.substack.com/pub/mollyjon...

Worried That Things Can’t Get Worse?

They Can.

open.substack.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 8h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 4h

I'm struggling to see what the difference would be if he did, seems like they've abdicated all authority and usefulness already

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 13h

If you're running for office and a key part of your platform isn't arresting and prosecuting ICE agents you won't get my vote.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 6h

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 10h

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14h

Sadists. Truly sick people.

ICE is thoroughly un-American.

Don't you want to know—as I do—how many of these armed, masked, warrantless, insignia-less, nameless, essentially untrained Big Government goons are Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other J6 runoff? apnews.com/article/immi...

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

apnews.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 12h

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 15h

Fair question. I expect Matt's expose to be released any moment.

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 15h

Seems relevant.

thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 1d

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 1d

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

windycitytimes.com

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 16h

This is correct, literally a concept beyond their understanding

NurseGenius @nursegenius1019.bsky.social · 1d

Duffy wants to know who is funding Antifa for the No Kings March. He can’t wrap his brain around the idea of people doing something and not being paid for it unless it’s people who don’t count. Millions of people bringing their homemade signs marching peacefully together is a concept beyond him

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 16h

Travelers on Netflix explained this perfectly.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1d

“You get this sense of a change, where China’s competitiveness has gone from being about government subsidies and low wages to a tremendous number of highly skilled, educated engineers who are innovating like mad.”

headline: western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 18h

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 1d

There were 18 shootings in Chicago this weekend, while under federal occupation.

It’s clear they are deploying into these cities to make drama not to decrease violence.

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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 1d

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. - Bryan Stevenson

Pic of the day

#photography

Loutro Beach on the island of Crete. A small boat with a man in it hovers on top of turquoise water. In the distance, brilliant white stores and homes line the cove. There are no roads to get here. Boat is everything.

#greece
#travel
#sea
#holiday
#crete

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...

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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many more of us than there are of them, no matter how many signing bonuses they give with our tax dollars to people with the blackest souls imaginable

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone saying they’re not racially profiling is unserious

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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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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Plucky P @pluckypurcell.bsky.social · 1d

He wasn't really a priest, so we should all be okay with the fact that they just headshot him with no due process.