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Francine McKenna
@fmckenna.bsky.social
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Teacher/writer/speaker/reader. CPA. Using tools so tools can’t use me. Dogs rule! She/her “In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.” Kundera. I Dig. https://TheDig.Substack.com @retheauditors Chgo-born, Philly-based
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h
Mother and daughter help man escape from ICE
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 3h
A look at the No Kings map of where all the Saturday protests are happening shows some outside of the U.S., including in Mexico, Panama, Sweden and around Europe.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 3h
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Randi Weingarten and Karen Attiah -- the former longtime WaPo opinion writer fired for posting a quote by Charlie Kirk on social media -- are among those scheduled to speak at D.C.'s massive No Kings rally.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Sen. Chris Murphy, Progressive Leaders To Speak At DC’s Massive ‘No Kings’ Rally
www.huffpost.com
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h
Source: margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-media-...
The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.
Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h
This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d
The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.
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Diario Público @publico.es · 10h
ENTREVISTA | @mark-bray.bsky.social, profesor de la universidad de Rutgers (Nueva Jersey), conversa con @miquelramos.bsky.social: de las amenazas trumpistas al exilio
Mark Bray, exiliado en España tras ser señalado por el trumpismo: "Me amenazaron con matarme frente a mis estudiantes"
Miquel Ramos conversa con el profesor de la universidad de Rutgers (Nueva Jersey), Mark Bray, tras exiliarse en España.
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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 1d
The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com
Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...
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Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 5h
Not true the last few days…
Little People boxed set for Always Sunny show. Will remain unopened and hopefully fund my retirement at 85.
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Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 6h
Whistle source in Philadelphia? Where are we buying bulk or making ? I’d like to help. #Philadelphia #NoIce
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d
CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org
Find Me A Therapist
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Leigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social · 23h
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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Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 6h
That’s fancy!
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(◕ᴗ◕✿) 📷🚲⚾️ @gatodejazz.bsky.social · 14h
nlcs game 1 dub
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 16h
There is a lot of work to do, but if you find yourself doing it entirely with people who are not vulnerable to immigration detention and deportation, you may not be doing what's most needed.

There are times when relative non-vulnerability will be useful and welcome, but it can't be in isolation.
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 16h
I say this because the way user demographics skew on this site, it's more likely that somebody here's going to be closely connected to Rogers Park than to Gage Park or Brighton Park. I want you to know that Sunday's tactics are familiar to southwest siders and other highly targeted communities.
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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 16h
Rogers Park and surrounding neighborhoods were hit hard by immigration enforcement activity over the weekend.

There's no competition here, but I want to name that the same heavy, violent, fast-moving abduction pattern has invaded the southwest side about three times a week for over a month now.
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Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 17h
Looking forward to coming to see you guys in Nov.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21h
While Diane Keaton, who died on October 11th, will be remembered for the charm of her attitude toward comedy, it’s the essential goodness that characterizes her work that will stay with us most powerfully, Hilton Als writes.
Diane Keaton’s Shadows and Light
The actress’s nuanced ambivalence.
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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 21h
Turnage left Taylor in the care of her adoptive father, “enabling Defendant Cadle to thereafter subject Plaintiff to further horrific sexual abuse,” the complaint reads.
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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 21h
The complaint, filed in federal court on Friday, alleges that Taylor’s civil rights were violated by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Detective Melissa Turnage, and Detective William Rushing for prosecuting her for lying about being raped by her adoptive father—when, in fact, she told the truth.
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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 21h
We published our initial reporting about Taylor’s story almost a year ago. Read it here: www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d
This is the guy who wets himself at the thought of riding the 6 train.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."
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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d
Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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