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Eric Badofsky

@ebadofsky.bsky.social

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Anti-fascist husband and father • Historical archivist • Curio collector • Siamese cat addict • Chronic tree hugger• Volunteer curmudgeon • Windy City, USA • Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Banner art by Jason Holley (for Ray Lamontagne’s 2004 album, 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦)

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · Nov 18

“Let me remind you: Surrender means Russian occupation. Russian occupation means torture, sexual violence, enforced disappearance, denial of your identity, forcible adoption of your own children, filtration camps, and mass graves. Occupation is just another form of the war.”

– Oleksandra Matviichuk

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 21m

We printed out 300 copies to distribute free to local restaurants and retailers on Chicago’s north and northwest side on October 18th. I’ll be eager to see how many shop and restaurant owners will put them up. 🤞🏼

Healthcare resource posters will be in our next set come November.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1h

Kind of pricey… but still cheaper than a real guard dog. And you never have to walk it.

Catalog photo and description of an electronic device called “Dog Barking Alarm Motion Sensor Plug-in Door Bells Chime [including] 1000 ft. Wireless Remote Control. The price is listed as $131.24 (via Home Depot)

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you, my friend! 👊🏼

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 9h

“𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 #𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘕𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.”

– @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Cartoon: 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵, by @assignedmale.bsky.social

Four-panel cartoon by artist Sophie Labelle depicting an offscreen interviewer speaking with an older, gray-haired woman wearing round glasses, a salmon-colored overcoat, and a yellow headscarf.

Panel #1:

Reporter: MA'AM! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RADICAL LEFT FEARMONGERING THAT WE COULD SOMEDAY SEE FASCISM IN THE U.S.?

Woman: DEAR BOY, THE U.S. HAS BEEN A BLUEPRINT FOR FASCISM ALL ALONG.

Panel #2:

Woman (continues): HITLER SPECIFICALLY CITED JIM CROW, U.S. ANTI-MISCEGENATION AND WHITE-ONLY IMMIGRATION LAWS AS INSPIRATION FOR HIS EUGENICS POLICIES.

GERMANY SENT PEOPLE TO STUDY WHAT WAS BEING DONE IN THE U.S. TO EXPORT IT OVER THERE.

Panel #3:

Woman (continues): IN THE ‘30s TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ATTENDED MASSIVE RALLIES BY FASCIST GROUPS SUCH AS THE ‘FRIENDS OF NEW GERMANY’ OR THE ‘GERMAN AMERICAN BUND.’

THEN IN THE ‘4Os, TWO DOZEN CONGRESSPEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH SEDITION FOR PLANNING A FASCIST OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Panel #4:

Woman (continues, dejectedly): AND SINCE WWII, THE AMOUNT OF FASCIST GROUPS AND MILITIAS HAS BEEN EXPONENTIAL.

NOT ONLY CAN FASCISM COME TO THE U.S., IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INHERENT PART OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 10h

“𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 #𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

– @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Editorial cartoon by artist Pat Bagley depicting five masked ICE thugs in black paramilitary gear, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with AR-15 assault rifles in their hands. At their feet is the fallen body of a murdered woman with a “No Kings” sign lying next to her.

The thug in the middle, his rifle barrel still smoking, turns to the thug on his left and says: “She called me a Nazi.”

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 15h

100%!

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got a whole portfolio of WWII-era anti-fascist art. comics, and posters. Stay tuned and I’ll post more in the days ahead.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

@psychopropane.bsky.social Fair point, but as a business owner, I’d be more worried about the climate of fear and hostility these gestapo thugs would be creating for my clients.

Better, I suspect, to evict them in a civil, professional manner—fully recorded, of course.

Banish, shun, repeat. 🚫

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Nuremberg II’s gonna be lit.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘥𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘪𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵.” – @aricohn.com

Cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social

10/11/25 editorial cartoon by artist Ann Telnaes depicting three figures with the letters "I", "C", and "E" on their uniforms, standing on the roof of a building. Beneath them on the pavement, the Statue of Liberty is shown on her knees, her torch and tablet on the ground, holding her wounded head.

The image reflects an incident on 10/9 outside an ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, where ICE agents on the roof of the facility inexplicably opened fire with pepper ball rounds on Pastor David Black, striking Black in the head. Video of the assault shows Pastor Black, of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago immediately falling to the ground; just before the attack, he was praying.

More reading on the shooting:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/9/headlines/pastor_shot_in_head_by_less_lethal_round_at_chicago_area_ice_protest_joins_lawsuit

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Freedom of association includes the right to shun men like Joe Bingham.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Nuremberg II is gonna be lit.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

I think he’s referring to the blowback. It’s definitely coming.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, Issue # 1 (Interfaith Publications, 1945). Cover art by Elmer Stoner

Cover art for 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, Issue #1, 1945 by Elmer Stoner.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 was a comic book series published in the 1940s by Interfaith Publications. The cover shown is from a 1940s-era anti-fascist comic book. The image depicts a young man, a member of "The Challenger Club," hitting a villainous figure wearing a uniform with "FASCISM" written on it. The villain's head is shown exploding with a "TRUTH BOMB". The visual style is characteristic of Golden Age comics, where superheroes and other heroes often fought against Axis powers and fascist ideologies during World War II.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, by @nessle.bsky.social (2022)

Painting by Australian artist Vanessa Stockard entitled 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, depicting a mischievous, chubby black cat reclining on a large, pink and white-striped Victorian easy chair

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social

Cartoon by artist Ed Wexler depicting Donald Trump throwing a tearful, two-fisted tantrum while shrieking “The Nobel Prize is RIGGED.”

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

“Banging and screaming, you say? Why, no – I don’t hear any banging and screaming.”

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

This was the plan all along: Scorched earth—followed by a complete takeover of the land.

Funny how the U.S. media isn’t reporting on the fact that Trump’s “peace plan” looks virtually identical to the one presented by the Biden admin (then immediately rejected by Netanyahu).

Trump gets credit for what looks like Joe Biden's ceasefire proposal in Gaza | CBC News

Amid the relief over a reported ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and an end to the slaughter in Gaza, there are also plenty of questions about why the deal couldn't have been signed eight months ago...

www.cbc.ca

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Grub Hub, Door Dash and Uber Eats drivers should consider refusing deliveries to suburban hotels until ICE is gone. I know of at least one chain, Holiday Inn, that’s housing these bounty hunters by the dozens.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. Businesses can most certainly refuse service to anyone who is armed or otherwise creating a threatening atmosphere for other customers. These bounty hunters fit both categories. Shun them.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t give them any excuse to target your business. Simply refuse service based on the fact they’re armed, and/or they’re creating a threatening atmosphere for your customers.

Shun these bounty hunters as if they’re carrying a plague—because fascism 𝙞𝙨 a plague.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

Holiday Inn is housing them in/around Chicago.

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

#Chicago restaurant and business owners: Please print, post, and share these door signs. Let Homan’s bounty hunters know they’re 𝘯𝘰𝘵 welcome to invade your establishment.

NOTE: You have the right to refuse service to anyone carrying a weapon or creating a threatening atmosphere for your patrons.

Printable door sign reading:

NOTICE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IMMIGRATION AGENTS

[STOP sign symbol]

NO ICE ENTRY

• Private Property - Entry Restricted by Law In this Business Without a Judicial Warrant Signed by a Judge

• This is a private business - You are not permitted to enter non-public areas.

• You may not search the premises or question employees without proper legal authorization.

• Any persons on this property have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

• An ICE administration warrant - Form I-200 or I-205 - does not authorize entry into private areas.

[Lower bar]

In compliance with The Constitution of the United States of America, 4th amendment and The Immigrant Worker Protection Act AB 450

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Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

I worked for the company that put on ChicagoFest, and Sinatra headlined one year. He’s was getting on in years by then, but he gave a marvelous performance, nonetheless.

Eric Badofsky @ebadofsky.bsky.social · 1d

I could probably rustle up a little snack for them in a pinch.