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blubaycrab.bsky.social @blubaycrab.bsky.social · 41m

Stay PEACEFUL!

DO NOT take the bait. Remain calm, avoid trouble.

Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 4h

October 18
It’s time

blubaycrab.bsky.social @blubaycrab.bsky.social · 43m

#Immigrants are ESSENTIAL

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 13h

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

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, and DHS need to answer for their unchecked attacks on Chicago residents.

ICE is an out-of-control danger to our peaceful communities.

The images from the Sun-Times today speak for themselves.

An ICE agent throws a tear gas canister at protesters at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Federal immigration enforcement agents detain a protester during a skirmish at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent points a crowd control weapon at a protester Tuesday at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago Police Department officer washes his face after being exposed to tear gas during a protest at East 105th Street and South Avenue N in East Side.

Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 9h

rbreich

If this country was truly "pro life," we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn't about "life".

It's about control.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

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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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14h

Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Ruth @poofer.bsky.social · 22h

That's the truth right there 👊💙

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 13h

“No kings” shouldn’t be a controversial message.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 1h

When we fight, we win! Don’t stop organizing to protect higher education from political and economic attacks. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Majority of Frozen Federal Funding Has Been Restored, Harvard Says | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard has now received payments on the majority of funding that it lost since the Trump administration froze its access to federal grants this spring, the University notified faculty this month.

www.thecrimson.com

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1h

Trump says that, with his illegal mass layoffs, he’s closing “Democrat programs.” But programs like Social Security, education for children with disabilities, & clean water enforcement work for all Americans. If you want to repeal them, send a bill to Congress; if not, hands off.

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blubaycrab.bsky.social @blubaycrab.bsky.social · 10h

Everything trump touches gets ruined

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

So far in 2025 the U.S. has lost a total of 33,000 manufacturing jobs.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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blubaycrab.bsky.social @blubaycrab.bsky.social · 10h

Make no mistake trump and #Republicans are destroying American #farmers

#RepublicanShutDown

#Epstein

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 2d

We need work requirements for Congress.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.

YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.

Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.

While you still can.

@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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AnarchoTerran @anarchoterran.bsky.social · 1d

This will piss off Mike Johnson.
Repost it! Copy and post elsewhere!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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