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Jen B @jenbaty.bsky.social · 15m

Since Trump can’t stop bleating “Chicago”...

Jen B @jenbaty.bsky.social · 26m

Re-post if you don’t have nazi symbols hanging around your office.

Politico @politico.com · 1h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

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

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Jen B @jenbaty.bsky.social · 17h

a cartoon character is standing in a bed with the words get back in here and love me

ALT: a cartoon character is standing in a bed with the words get back in here and love me

media.tenor.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

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

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Jen B @jenbaty.bsky.social · 18h

More government threats that violate the First Amendment. Fuck Zuck for capitulating.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group ICE Sighting-Chicagoland has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

chicago.suntimes.com

Jen B @jenbaty.bsky.social · 18h

The real War on Christmas: Trump plans to terrorize Chicago metro through the holidays.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: Federal immigration agents’ use of Naval Station Great Lakes will continue through “at least December,” according to an email to leaders at Naval Station Great Lakes obtained by the Sun-Times.

Feds have been using offices there as a command center for operations and parking for 140 vehicles.

Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December

Leadership at Naval Station Great Lakes have been informed that agents will be on base through "at least December," according to an email obtained by the Sun-Times.

chicago.suntimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

They took entire families from their beds in the middle of the night.

None of us deserve peace.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Jen B @jenbaty.bsky.social · 19h

This is horrifying. These generations are not okay. In a former life I led a couple of YR groups, and I never heard anything like this from any members. I (and many others) left the party before Trump. This is their sickening new nazi normal.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

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

Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

thetriibe.com

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 20h

every ruling out of chicago is like, "federal judge rules ICE agents cannot desecrate graves; must not deploy nuclear weapons against journalists and faith leaders."

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hoping that the "No Kings" rally this weekend has so many American flags flying it looks like the Fourth of July.

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