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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 8h

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 10m

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 16h

The ‘Peace President’ killed six more people off the coast of Venezuela this morning. We have no evidence other than his word that they were a threat to anyone, anywhere and also release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention in this matter!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

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

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 10h

Hellhole

Chicago skyline seen across a large expanse of the turquoise water of Lake Michigan. The sky is blue with scattered white puffy clouds.

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 13h

Now hearing that they might be headed to the dairy facility on 107th. Be aware.

McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 16h

Apparently they're parked in front of Gallistel elementary, staging out of Calumet Park and maybe the Coast Guard station.
CPD/CFD helicopter Base is adjacent

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 16h

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 1d

The photographer deserves a medal.🤣🤣🤣😂😅😂

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 13h

“He’s a citizen! He’s a citizen! That’s my brother-in-law!”

ICE entered a Walgreens in Chicago running with their guns drawn looking for any person of color.

Apparently they kidnapped a black young man.

Contact Walgreens HQ and ask them to not allow ICE on their property.

#Chicago #Walgreens

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McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social · 16h

Apparently they're parked in front of Gallistel elementary, staging out of Calumet Park and maybe the Coast Guard station.
CPD/CFD helicopter Base is adjacent

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 16h

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

tear gas billows from canisters in a residential intersection, at 105th street and south avenue north, on chicago's southeast side.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 13h

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 13h

Please stop him! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 17h

Former Hub Theater, 1746 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. David Saul Klafter was the architect. Vintage photos from cinematreasures.org

Two story dark red brick theater, now a restaurant. There are square towers on each side and a large arched window across most of the front of the second floor. Stylized stone comedy and tragedy masks sit above the arch and above the entrances on both left and right.

Early photo of the same theater with a neon and bulb-lit marquee. Several cars of the period are parked in front. Signs advertise that it is "cool inside."

A later photo showing a different marquee, more Art Deco in design, with a snazzy car parked in front.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

Developing: per photographer Matthew Kaplan and others on scene, neighbors are currently facing dozens of Border Patrol agents on the east side. Feds have been all over the area, some kidnappings confirmed. Saw one gas canister deployed on FB live earlier.

Militarized federal agents in street at 105th and N

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Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social · 1d

Whistles on the north side of Hirsch just west of Homan for anyone in Humboldt Park!

A cardboard box full of whistles labeled "Take a whistle y chinga la migra!"

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 17h

So he can fuck himself.

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okgrown.bsky.social @okgrown.bsky.social · 22h

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 17h

Exactly. There are no consequences.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 17h

a man in a suit and tie says " i don 't get it " in front of a map

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " i don 't get it " in front of a map

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 19h

Looks like a dunce cap.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 19h

Decided to call this a wall quilt. Ford Ave. just south of Cermak Road, Chicago

Wall of a building resembling a patchwork quilt. Brick, cement block, stone, glass block, iron fire escape, two doors, a louvered vent in the glass block window and four pieces of blue tape.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 22h

#TurretTuesday Both in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood

Three-story brick building most of which is hidden by a tree. There is commercial space on the first floor and a round turret on the corner of floors 2 and 3. The turret has no roof and looks like it is made out of concrete but it is probably stucco or some other kind of thin coating. It's the drabbest turret I've seen in a while. It also has no supporting columns under it.

Three story brick and stone apartment building on a residential corner. There is a polygonal turret on the corner, either wood or pressed metal, that is decorated with geometric shapes and foliage. The turret and the vertical paneling covering the first floor are painted light blue-gray with green accents.

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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 1d

Its that time of the year friends

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