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flor @florae05.bsky.social · 4h

In #Portland, popular activist and Internet personality @roadsteamer.bsky.social was just grabbed and abducted by #ICE while peacefully exercising his 1A rights. This is lawlessness - ICE is conducting a violent coup. #usa #protest #humanrights #nokings

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Roadsteamer Detained by ICE in Portland Oregon!

YouTube video by Robby Roadsteamer

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 5h

ICE took someone at 25th and Hamlin this morning. Masked law enforcement who won’t identify themselves throwing people into trucks and minivans every day all over Chicagoland

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flor @florae05.bsky.social · 5h

Nazi fucks

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flor @florae05.bsky.social · 5h

Echoing this. I’m also in Chicago - this is a military occupation, an indiscriminate terror campaign by masked men with guns and body armor and armored vehicles. They tear-gassed my street this weekend and kidnapped my neighbors.

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RevolutionaryRadish @revoradish.bsky.social · 6h

I am in Chicago, and I can't stress this enough: we are being invaded and our neighbors kidnapped off the street by masked agents of the state. They're throwing tear gas at us and the police, indiscriminately targeting EVERYONE, even infants in at least one case. This is as bad as it gets.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

The entire first two months of the Biden administration were taken up by obsessive complaining about how he wouldn't do press conferences & wasn't taking policy questions (bsky.app/profile/mcop...).

This? Gone tomorrow. Totally different set of standards applied to two totally different parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Things to do in the future:

1. Putting them all on trial for crimes against humanity at the Hague

2. Totally reforming entire government to root out corruption and abuse of power so this bullshit never happens again

3. At some point you’d imagine, brunch

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Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 1d

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

There is no statute of limitations for murder, including under UCMJ.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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flor @florae05.bsky.social · 1d

@npr.org As a long time NPR reader and listener, I'm so proud of NPR and Tom Bowman for rejecting this ridiculous censorship demand. Americans deserve to know what their government and military are doing in their name and with their tax dollars!

Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 1d

A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 1d

The President is announcing more extrajudicial killings today.

A reminder that the administration has provided no limiting principles and these killings are completely untethered from the law (there was no "armed attack," there's no "armed conflict," and these aren't "unlawful combatants").

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 1d

Plans to allow for taller and more dense development along Broadway on the Far North Side were approved by a key city committee Tuesday. blockclubchi.co/47dKtnZ

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Loki Lakapumpkin 🎃 @runtimeerror.blackskycomra.de · 1d

it started with “illegal immigrant criminals.” then it was “anyone who looks latine.” then they extended it to anyone who’s brown. now they’ve extended it to black americans, who are obviously citizens. and they’re still launching chemical weapons at unarmed crowds of people.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta think this helps justify a future Dem administration’s decision to essentially terminate ICE and redesign from the bottom up.

The enforcement arm of ICE (ERO) has generally had ~3,500 ppl.

A President could easily fire the entirety of ERO and temp nationalize some Nat Guard to fill in.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

The first
Antifa
Counter Terrorism
Task Force
Trump already gave so many of us jobs with ICE. We may have to start recruiting soon to fill all these spots.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

n.pr

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 1d

Just yesterday I saw people commenting on how musicians weren't stepping up to the moment, but it sounds like Chance is trying to.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — Chance the Rapper decked out a CTA train with his starry album art and rode with passengers to the South Side.

Later that night, he brought his “And We Back” tour to Northerly Island.

He even displayed a message on stage that got lots of attention: “f—ck ICE.”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/chic...

Chicago got the full experience as Chance the Rapper brought ‘Star Line’ to life • The TRiiBE

With a decorated Red Line, surprise guests, and a Northerly Island show, Chance’s comeback was a city-wide celebration.

thetriibe.com

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flor @florae05.bsky.social · 1d

This is gob-smackingly, astoundingly crazy. The FBI doesn’t have rules regarding preservation of evidence????? Like not even ones they have and don’t follow, just to look good?

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

The govt is also saying that DC's MPD has better evidentiary standards than the Eff Bee Eye, which would suggest Kash has been destroying things even faster than we suspected.

ICE? That I believe. Which is why everyone arrested by ICE should immediately get a preservation order.

3 The government disclosed over the weekend that neither the FBI or ICE have rules or procedures
governing the preservation of evidence. In contrast, MPD has a general order that requires officers to
preserve all potentially discoverable material, including any material which “may be favorable to the
accused.” MPD General Order 602.02 at 4.

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Daniel Larison @daniellarison.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump has civilians murdered on his orders, and he enjoys doing it. The deaths of these civilians please him." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-the-...

Trump, the Murderer-in-Chief

The far more accurate description of what he does with U.S. power in the world is murderer-in-chief.

daniellarison.substack.com

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

"Everyday Chicagoans are proving that they’re the first line of defense against this extraordinary federal incursion into this city," Edward McClelland writes for @chicagomag.com: www.chicagomag.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Is Organizing for All

Everyday Chicagoans are proving to be the first line of defense against the federal incursion into their city.

www.chicagomag.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The People’s Law Office is representing Debbie Brockman, the WGN producer who was detained by feds.

“Ms. Brockman and her legal team adamantly deny any allegation that she assaulted anyone. Rather, Ms. Brockman was the one who was violently assaulted by federal agents on her way to work.”

Statement on Behalf of Debbie Brockman, WGN
Employee Assaulted by Federal Agents

Debbie Brockman, the WGN employee who was physically attacked and arrested in Chicago, Illinois by federal agents on October 10, 2025, would like to provide the following information to clarify any misunderstandings or misrepresentations that have been previously reported.

First off, Ms. Brockman wishes to clarify that at the time of this incident she was not acting in any professional capacity as an employee of WGN. During the morning hours this past Friday, Ms. Brockman was walking to the bus stop as part of her morning commute when she was attacked by Border Patrol agents.
Ms. Brockman, who is a U.S. citizen born in this country, was violently detained on Foster Avenue, on the north side of Chicago. As this occurred, individuals on the street began recording the incident and asked Ms. Brockman her name. In addition to providing her name, Ms. Brockman stated that she worked for WGN. She added this information because she hoped someone would notify her employer so her coworkers would know that she would not be arriving at work that day.
Ms. Brockman was detained and held in federal custody for approximately 7 hours before being released. She has not been charged with any crimes and she intends to pursue all legal avenues available to her to vindicate her rights and hold the federal authorities accountable for their actions.
Ms. Brockman is being represented by attorneys from the People’s Law Office in Chicago. Ms. Brockman and her legal team adamantly deny any allegation that she assaulted anyone. Rather, Ms. Brockman was the one who was violently assaulted by federal agents on her way to work. Ms. Brockman feared for her life multiple times throughout this terrifying experience.
“This incident should be alarming and horrifying to every single person in this country,” said Brad Thomson, one of Ms. Brockman’s attorneys at People’s Law Office. “If armed, masked, federal agents are sn…

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That tree guy 𓅃 @somearborist.bsky.social · 1d

3M is an abbreviation for ANTIFA, which is a common mis spelling. It’s actually spelled MAMTIFAM, hence 3M ANTIFA

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BumboJumbo @bumbojumbo666.bsky.social · 1d

The average protester has been doing expert-level escalation management and the average ICE officer is threatening to murder ambulance drivers.

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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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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d

“Operation Midway Blitz” is a great name if you want to be ambiguous about which side of WWII you’re on.

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