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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 1d

The fundamental narrative challenge the fascist faces is proving there is some "enemy among us" AND he is eliminating said enemy. He requires the scapegoat to have someone to blame but must eliminate the scapegoat to prove his efficacy. So, he must keep adding to enemy list.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine a mayoral candidate in metro Atlanta lamenting 300 households getting homes because she preferred... a pickleball court.

vladimir.theatl.social @vladimir.theatl.social · 1d

"It's unfortunate that we do have 300 apartments now instead of a state of the art pickleball racquet center"

a mayoral candidate talking about 300 households that way is displacing my other thoughts about #SandySprings elections. Read There is No Place for Us by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social . 1/2

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 2d

Nice.

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d

Stay Weird Portland! 🔥 Today Portland had an emergency naked bike ride to the ICE facility. IN THE RAIN.

It was around 50°. Thousands were fully nude, half nude, or wearing costumes.

Portland is VERY dedicated to exposing the absurdities of injustice.

Here are some photos & videos. 🧵👇🏼

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

the boys who landed at Normandy or fought in Stalingrad couldn't have imagined the horrors of 21st century war

A picture and headline from an article: Unicorn bride marries Kenny from south park at Portland ICE protest

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 2d

Walked out into the street and found The Day of Spanishness in full bloom.

A parade of groups from Hispanic cultures all over the world. Beautiful!

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 3d

the shitposters are winning www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

ICE official testifies that DHS “prematurely” sent Abrego Garcia a notice that he would be removed to Ghana.

Just this morning, Ghana’s foreign minister wrote on X that the country had “directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities” that Abrego cannot be deported there.

Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa &
@S
_OkudzetoAblak
X.com
Ghana is not accepting Abrego Garcia.
He cannot be deported to Ghana.
This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities.
In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded.
Ghana strongly objects to these misleading media reports.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4d

Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.

And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway we had a real plan. There was a team from Ashland that had a counter plan that involved consciousness altering substances that would make homelessness, y’know, totally fine.

Not all teen debate nerds are earnest. Some have sociopathic tendencies. As we all know.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

Btw the services included a medical clinic and day care. Because a lot of children are don’t have homes, because their parents don’t have homes.

The plan also included training some residents to work in the ground floor commercial/health care businesses.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

My partner and I proposed redeveloping empty commercial space for residential use with ground floor subsidized retail & services. It was the early 90s recession. Lots of empty commercial.

Basically I was a very early abundance adopter lol.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

Just flashed back to an early 1990s National Forensic League debate topic about homelessness, and the dozens of times I uttered this:
“There are three main causes of homelessness: having no home, having no home, and having no home.”

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4d

One more thing: people are homeless because they have been deprived of housing.

You solve homelessness with homes.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

The South Carolina GOP is pushing for one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. If passed, the bill would:
✅Make abortion a felony equivalent to homicide
✅Narrow the legal definition of contraceptives
✅Criminalize sharing information about abortion
https://bit.ly/47ipe5t

New Attack on Free Speech: South Carolina GOP Wants to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Info

Read more here.

bit.ly

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

Someone at the end of this clip yelled “you guys look fucking stupid” and honestly, I hope it was someone in an inflatable costume doing the yelling.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5d

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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WIRED @wired.com · 5d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

This is giving nostalgia.

Maybe I should try to go to the Country Fair this year. I fondly remember lemonade with muddled strawberries and rather a lot of body paint.

Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

It takes until 8:45pm local for a chant to start, “ICE out of Portland” (more of a sing-songy taunt), I finally spotted a guy with a guitar, and PPB show up mostly to stand around & be entertained. More people show up. Our poor Yellow Vest guy has his work gently nudging them out of the street.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder from this pair of pumpkin heads: it’s spooky season y’all.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

I’m sorry this is just all very chill. There’s like 40 people hanging out and others wandering through.

People high fiving the costumed, taking selfies. A bunch of people with video gear streaming.

Is this all going up on twitch? Do I need to dig up my login?

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

There’s an older man in a reflective vest helping remind people to stay on the sidewalk and acting like a crossing guard.

And then a woman in a clerical collar comes to take a selfie with a frog & and thanks them for what they’re doing:

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

This image makes it clear how dumb ICE is.

A boomer takes video, two people in hoodies look on, next to people in inflatable costumes, while 5 masked ICE agents hold weapons and watch from a rooftop.

Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

People keep dancing.
Also I like this person’s umbrella. Red, with the words “Do not obey fascism”.

The holder stops to chat with the Portland Frog Brigade.

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Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social · 4d

When a car leaves the facility, before the gate opens they play what sounds like a recorded message warning people to stay out of the driveway. Gates open, agents on the roof lift weapons & point them at the crowd. About 20 black clad masked officers provide a corridor for exiting vehicles.

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