but at the end of the day, whether cops brutalize protesters or take a more hands-off approach, there’s still a massive, daily presence of state/county police providing security outside ice’s fortress so masked agents can continue to abduct our neighbors.

Conspiracy theory as both pretext and rationale for their next acceleration and the beginning of the imprisonment of his enemies as a way to chill any attempt at reigning his power in.

Fascists wield absurdity as a sword and a shield when needed.

This is a statement of intent wrapped in conspiracy

ICE deportation to India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. 45 tortuous hours in shackles. And this followed an Alexandria LA to Baltimore and back aborted attempt the day before. Horrible.

The strike authorization vote has begun!

While voting commences, union baristas are holding 70 rallies and pickets through November 1st. It's time to get serious about finalizing fair contracts, Starbucks.

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

This is upsetting.

"Agents in two cars wound through the neighborhood for at least 45 minutes, pulling over drivers and stopping people seemingly at random."

It is not an understatement when various elected officials tell their constituents to shelter in place if they are vulnerable.

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My band Ekko Astral is releasing our first song in a year — “horseglue” — this Wednesday on @topshelfrecords.com.

It is a deeply personal call for moral courage aimed directly at the beltway media elite.

Share this widely & brace yrselves, this is the hardest song we’ve ever dropped. 📰 🩸

Somewhere, reincarnated Dolly Madison is spitting.

Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where Judge Sara Ellis is expected to question officials from CBP and ICE about the treatment of protesters.

CBP Deputy Incident Cmdr. Kyle Harvick and ICE Deputy Field Director Shawn Byers are expected to appear.

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Disgusting.

💸💕🏳️‍⚧️ this is extremely urgent.

abscess can lead to sepsis. Please help wylder survive if you're able.

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

19 hours left - six families rely on this one link, so when support stops, how can we expect them to survive?

Every dollar is being doubled for:

- Food
- Shelter / tents
- Winter items
- Newborn supplies
- Transport north

We’re matching 185. Last check 273/1000

Promise me that yall aren't going to platform the eventual "repentent ICE agent" stories that will come out...

new:

for the @chicagoreader.com’s night issue, @djbyrnes1.bsky.social wrote about the trend of people getting released from the cook county jail increasingly late at night.

between may 2020 and july 2025, more than twice as many people were released between 8 pm-5 am than between 5 am-8 pm.

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.