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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

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

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1d

every ruling out of chicago is like, "federal judge rules ICE agents cannot desecrate graves; must not deploy nuclear weapons against journalists and faith leaders."

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Ryann @ryannagnew.bsky.social · 2d

It’s true, and it is one of the only channels left that we actually have some control over. May it inspire others!

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Ryann @ryannagnew.bsky.social · 2d

None of them replied but I didn’t expect them to. I may keep writing to them anyways

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Ryann @ryannagnew.bsky.social · 2d

I gave up on social media algorithms and decided to email a letter about what we are experiencing in Chicago right now to everyone I know, including and especially my Republican relatives who voted for this

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 3d

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 3d

Albany Park. Like Rogers Park an incredibly diverse neighborhood. Many refugees have been settled in these neighborhoods.

ICE is tear gassing people on residential streets.

This is like a foreign occupation.

The Sidewalk School @thesidewalkschool.bsky.social · 3d

Keep Resisting Chicago! At Wilson and Sawyer -an hour ago. 10/12/25

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 5d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6d

Weird how offended Christians get about the teachings of Christ.

Shoe + @shoe.bsky.social · 6d

Lol

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 6d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

All current WSJ headlines

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 7d

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Geoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 10d

Name it for what it is — because Chicago is certainly occupied territory right now; not conclusively and not always effectively, yet undeniably host to hostile armed forces — and don’t let the reality of the peaceful or the beautiful or the everyday make you deny the occupation, or vice versa.

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Bobby @bobbyspumoni.bsky.social · 10d

The throughline of right wing politics is pretending or imagining something grievous is happening to you in order to then make it okay to carry out that made up thing on people you hate.

Been going on since the Haitian Revolution at least.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10d

During the Obama administration, Oregon Republicans were convinced the federal black helicopters were coming for them at any moment. Today they’re posting videos of black helicopters over Portland & cheering giddily about it. They hate their senator who is speaking out against the black helicopters.

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 11d

The regime is acting this way because there are no consequences so it is clear that consequences—the development of them, the advocacy for them, the imposition on bad behavior—are the answer to our crisis.

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Ryann @ryannagnew.bsky.social · 11d

Hey Governor, why don’t you call up your troops to protect us, your constituents, from Trump’s terror?

Ryann @ryannagnew.bsky.social · 11d

ICE is full of untrained, undisciplined, amateur punks. This CPD officer looks like he’s ready to walk off the job instead of holding their line, after being gassed by their idiocy.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 14d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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