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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15d

The Trump administration offered a select group of universities the opportunity to score priority access for federal funding.

Many of those schools were largely silent, as they considered the conservative terms that could upend university life.

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15d

At a time when federal agents are sowing chaos in Chicago, the Trump administration is holding bipartisan funding hostage.

It’s attempting to score political points but is instead hurting our economy and the hardworking people who rely on public transit to get to work or school.

CTA Red Line Extension funding frozen as Trump administration withholds $2.1 billion from Chicago

Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 15d

South Shore residents returned to their ransacked apartments after an ICE raid. "It looks like hell." blockclubchi.co/4gV8ODq

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15d

“It was heartbreaking to watch. Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16d

“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 16d

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Demetrius H. @dharrison615.bsky.social · 16d

So now he knows what Project 2025 is huh? How convenient. #ElectionsHaveConsequences

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut ... I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity."

I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 16d

It was on this day in 1994 that the CTA switched all of the names of train lines to colors. You see here both the purple and brown trains heading through downtown.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 17d

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (as one movie) to be released in theaters on December 5, 2025 deadline.com/2025/10/kill...

includes never before seen 7.5 minute animated sequence. 70mm and 35mm showings available

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17d

The Trump admin told furloughed workers to set out-of-office email messages blaming Dems for the shutdown, according to an email obtained by @jamieson.bsky.social

Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown

One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.

www.huffpost.com

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 17d

End of an era. Feeling bad for those in the super rural areas who were dependent on their services. Everybody don’t have broadband access.

Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 18d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Demetrius H. @dharrison615.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks man I appreciate that. God bless and same to you too🙏🏿. We'll both get through it somehow.

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Demetrius H. @dharrison615.bsky.social · 17d

Definitely I'll keep pushing and get it all done one way or another, it's all I know...Thank you for your kind words, will do. 🙏🏿🙏🏿

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Demetrius H. @dharrison615.bsky.social · 17d

Tired and haven't eaten yet. Long long day. Really rough when your parents get sick.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17d

The federal government has shut down after a congressional standoff over measures aimed at protecting health insurance for millions of Americans

Government Enters Shutdown After Congress Misses Funding Deadline

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go home while others, including active-duty troops, will have to work without pay.

www.huffpost.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 18d

This headline is ridiculous. Republicans have literally every lever of power. They have proven incapable of keeping the government open. Because while they are good at winning elections, they don’t care about governance.

That’s the story.

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Use Alt Text not A.I. @carebear2717.bsky.social · 17d

They keep kidnapping people now they're sweeping our neighborhoods

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

thetriibe.com

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Leon “Lee” Grayhare @grayharetherabbit.bsky.social · 17d

I have family in South Shore, this is terrifying

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

thetriibe.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 17d

Trump already said LIVE ON TV that he would never support a Vance run in 2028.

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 18d

Imagine getting owned this hard by Hakeem Jeffries

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 18d

Imagine getting owned this hard by Hakeem Jeffries

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Demetrius H. @dharrison615.bsky.social · 17d

This whole day has been.... something.

Demetrius H. @dharrison615.bsky.social · 17d

Wtf?

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17d

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE

An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

thetriibe.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18d

Just a reminder that the shaving thing is because Black men are more likely to have curly facial hair that gets trapped under the skin causing pseudofolliculitis barbae. So they get a shaving waver so their faces don't burn. He got rid of the waiver

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 18d

Donald Trump is an anti-constitutional president who finds new ways every day to violate his oath to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States"

Here, he tells military leaders they will play a major role in fighting the "war from within" in American cities

Unconscionable

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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