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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17h

FINAL UPDATE — Around noon, the community responded to the presence of Border Patrol agents at 105th Street and South Avenue N., only a few blocks from the Walgreens.

Dozens of locals gathered at the scene after the agents were reportedly involved in a car crash.

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Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods. Nearby, they detained a young Black man onlookers insisted was a U.S. citize...

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 16h

Critics point out that most boycotts don't impact companies’ bottom lines significantly enough to lead to policy changes, and they're right.

But if I found out my bank was renting out a room for someone to keep people in cages, I'd still tell everyone I know and would never do business there again.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 19h

Just as important, there are also leaders offering their communities alternative visions for their identity and economic revitalization.

After seeing a brief clip of Rev. Antwon Nixon speaking about the Folkston facility, I had to look him up.

His story is worth reading.

The pastor of a small church in a tiny town works to make a big difference

When the Rev. Antwon Nixon returned to his Georgia hometown, he didn't expect the call that would lead to his becoming a minister who would expand his church beyond its walls, all the way to the neigh...

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 19h

According to GEO’s website, it has provided a total of $15,700 in scholarships to Folkston students.

Just over half as much as the $30,000 that FEC records show its PAC has donated to Georgia Republican Congressman Buddy Carter.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 20h

Exploitation is the foundation of The GEO Group’s business model. Exploitation of marginalized people. Exploitation of taxpayers.

And exploitation of their employees and the communities where they operate. 🧵

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 1d

Vance and Miller really awaken some latent bullying instinct in me. Archetypal smug loudmouths who are constantly either punching down or taking cheap shots.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

“These people are disgusting…these ICE raids, they need to be mocked.” - Jack Cocchiarella

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights. “I’ve been warned my entire life, ‘The FBI’s watching us.’”

Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.

(Published July)

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...

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Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight @mjdavis1988.bsky.social · 1d

Some of these stories are difficult to read, but it’s important that as many people as possible know what is happening. We are 100% living in a police state. SHARE widely.
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Reddit Thread Details Horrific ICE Encounters

These stories are happening all over the country. We CAN'T look away and we must share them.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is thug trash.

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 1d

Boycotting isn't just about wielding our power as consumers; it's also about wielding our power as citizens and neighbors.

The term 'boycott' itself comes from the name of a 19th-century English land agent in Ireland whose community ostracized him to protest the unfair treatment of tenant farmers.

Graphic with an image of a masked ICE officer wearing sunglasses, tactical gear, and a hat. Alongside it is a quote from Charles Stewart Parnell's 1880 speech encouraging the ostracism of Charles Cunningham Boycott:

You must shun him on the roadside when you meet him, you must shun him in the streets of the town, you must shun him in the shop, you must shun him on the fair green and in the market place, and even in the place of worship, by leaving him alone, by putting him in moral Coventry, by isolating him from the rest of the country, as if he were
the leper of old.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 2d

Must-read reporting on another of a growing number of what might be called 'faux-bid' contracts — ones with contracting processes that technically allow for multiple bidders, but timelines or parameters so restrictive as to effectively eliminate any real competition.

Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 5d

A tiny firm with no experience, but lots of Trumpworld ties, got a massive contract from DHS. A rival says the award was rushed and "unlawful."

Massive DHS "self-deportation" contract challenged as secretive and "unlawful"

The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.

Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.

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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 2d

(NPR) There is such a callousness to what Trump does to children, in this case, special education needs. No empathy, no concern for others except himself.
www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful writing and storytelling by YMP teenage journalists. Must-must read to the end, including their ICE and Geo Group interview:

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 4d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 2d

90%+ of GEO & CoreCivic shares are held by institutions like BlackRock and Vanguard. Likely millions of people unknowingly have shares of GEO and/or CXW.

People can check their funds for private prison holdings at prisonfreefunds.org

Prison Free Funds

Get your money out of the prison industrial complex. Prison Free Funds is a search platform that informs and empowers everyday investors.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 3d

"The lobbying firm [is] about as close as you could get to the Trump administration. Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff, helped open Ballard’s DC office. Attorney General Pam Bondi is a Ballard alum."

Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts

Ballard Partners is helping companies cash in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

www.motherjones.com

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 3d

Important information to read, share, and save for later.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

Corporate media has completely ignored that since January, the number of 287g agreements between ICE & local police has gone up nearly 4X. We need to repeal these.

I'm a human rights lawyer. I wrote this piece on how to protect ourselves from ICE fascists.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-to-pro...

How To Protect Your Immigrant Neighbors From ICE Raids

Answering common FAQs on countering ICE raids, and providing 7 meaningful ways to better protect our immigrant and undocumented neighbors

www.qasimrashid.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no! Losing Diane Keaton and Robert Redford in the same month is really sad. What a great career she had
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 3d

From what I've heard from a friend who works in special ed. administration in Texas, it seems like a lot of educators are breaking right now. Burning out, yes, but also having actual breakdowns.

Republicans are gleefully doing incalculable, generational harm.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Broadview police chief Mills and ISP were examining some documents last night before targeting one protester in a small, completely non-disruptive crowd for a bag search. Looks like they're brushing up on ~policy~

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 4d

Nobody voted for Stephen Miller.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Claire @lb395.bsky.social · 4d

Abusers empowered and encouraged to openly be exactly who they are.

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 12d

On the left, a graphic commonly used to depict the dynamics of abusive relationships. On the right, an adaptation showing how those dynamics are at play now.

It's a regime of abusers at its core.

A black-and-white diagram titled “Power and Control Wheel.” At the center is a circle labeled “Power and Control.” Surrounding it are eight segments describing abusive tactics:

Using Coercion and Threats – threats to hurt her, leave, commit suicide, report her, drop charges, make her do illegal things.

Using Intimidation – making her afraid with looks, actions, smashing things, destroying property, abusing pets, displaying weapons.

Using Emotional Abuse – putting her down, name-calling, making her feel guilty, humiliating her, playing mind games, making her think she’s crazy.

Using Isolation – controlling what she does, who she sees and talks to, limiting outside involvement, using jealousy to justify actions.

Minimizing, Denying, and Blaming – making light of abuse, not taking concerns seriously, denying abuse, shifting blame, saying she caused it.

Using Children – making her feel guilty about children, using children to relay messages, using visitation to harass, threatening to take them away.

Using Male Privilege – treating her like a servant, making all big decisions, acting like “master of the castle,” defining men’s and women’s roles.

Using Economic Abuse – preventing her from working, making her ask for money, giving allowance, taking money, hiding or controlling family income.

Around the outside ring are the words “Physical Violence” and “Sexual Violence.”

A graphic titled “Power & Control” modeled after the domestic violence Power and Control Wheel, but adapted to authoritarian regimes. The center shows the words “Power & Control” with a hand holding puppet strings. Eight surrounding circles describe methods of control:

Using Economic Abuse – tariffs, lawsuits, cutting funding, refusing payments, withholding aid, punishing dissenters, targeting labor.

Using Coercion & Threats – threats of economic harm, investigations, litigation, exile, imprisonment, violence, or death.

Using Intimidation – deploying law enforcement, military, paramilitary, raids, arrests, beatings, cheering violence.

Using Psychological Abuse – spreading propaganda, disinformation, name-calling, gaslighting, attacks on press, “fake news” claims.

Using Isolation – sowing distrust, us vs. them mentality, surveillance, scapegoating, controlling communication.

Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming – denying wrongdoing, shifting blame, dehumanizing, claiming violence is needed.

Using Children – framing policies as child protection, indoctrinating youth, controlling education, firing dissenting educators.

Using Privilege – elevating in-group, enforcing hierarchy through white supremacy, misogyny, rigid gender roles, pseudoscience, or religion.

The border of the graphic is labeled “Violence” on all sides.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

OK, Pete Hegseth’s an idiot. He left out the word “training” when he said we’re building a Qatari Air Force facility. So I get why people were confused after his announcement yesterday, but I keep seeing folks repeat some version of “Qatar is building an airbase in Idaho.”

That’s not happening.
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