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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot announces that she is opening a documentation center to collect evidence of the criminal misconduct of DHS leadership and of ICE agent deployed to Chicago and its environs. The effort will also focus on unmasking and identifying all ICE agents deployed.

Lori Lightfoot on federal immigration enforcement across Chicago | The Chicago Report

From politics to pop culture, Paris Schutz and guests bring Chicago's top voices to you.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 1d

The correct term for Trump's particular aesthetic style is “Regional Car Dealership Rococo” according to architecture critic Kate Wagner, author of McMansion Hell.

The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo: a treatise | McMansion Hell

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 1d

The correct term for Trump's particular aesthetic style is “Regional Car Dealership Rococo” according to architecture critic Kate Wagner, author of McMansion Hell.

The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo: a treatise | McMansion Hell

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 1d

This press conference from Sep with Prizker, Brandon, Toni Preckwinkle, the Attorney General of IL, and the Lt Governor was inspirational as fuck. It set the tone for how the city and the state has been fighting back ever since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzLE...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson address Trump plan for troops in Chicago

YouTube video by CBS News

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 1d

It's important also to highlight the politicians who *are* fighting back despite the risk. Here is Illinois and Chicago we have Gov Pritzker pulling no punches. Major Brandon doing better than anyone expected. Even former Major Lightfoot salvaging her former reputation!

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 1d

Stats on SNAP by state:
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Children make up 39% of SNAP recipients, elderly are 19.5%: www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These...

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 1d

This is disastrous. Roughly 42,000,000 people will not have enough to eat in November. That's 12% of the US population (1 in 8 people), who will lose their ability to feed themselves sufficiently.

USDA announces SNAP benefits will not be issued in November

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that SNAP benefits will not be issued for next month.

www.wabi.tv

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 2d

#BoycottHomeDepot indeed.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Threads post from julieceye

At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

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hpanzironi @hpanzironi.bsky.social · 6d

Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 4d

I stood behind this for 2 hours (because it took that long for our part of the march to move!) with a group of my husband's actor friends, who commented on how a good set designer could've put this together. Chicago has a hell of a storefront theater scene!

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 7d

Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument

The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October

www.theguardian.com

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 13d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 17d

This is so lovely! Having a positive experience during a peaceful protest boosts revenue and the profile of independent businesses and the local farmers market in downtown Portland.

Capt. “Fishy” McGee @fishymcgee.bsky.social · 17d

youtu.be/E8IMTxE4SPA

Downtown Portland food carts, restaurants see record sales during mass protests

YouTube video by KPTV FOX 12 | Local news, weather Portland, Oregon

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 17d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 17d

Illinois also has them at CVS, including the pediatric vaccine, and they are available without prescription or insurance. Walk-ups available. It is *wild* that it we are back to the scramble and call-around to try and get vaccinated against a virus that so recently caused so much death.

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 22d

Awesome! Glad it's sparking good conversation! I'm now a therapist and get to help people working with similar dynamics in many different kinds of workplaces. Its great to think that young people heading into their careers are thinking about these topics ahead of time!

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 23d

"intelligence that indicates there’s illegal alienage in a particular place or location" turns out to be..."Hey, Chip, you or other folks. How do they appear in relation to what you or other people look like?"

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in Downtown Chicago chosen based partly on ‘how they look’

WBEZ spoke with the U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz in the Loop and River North neighborhoods. He claimed our report took his comments out of context. Here is the transcript and...

chicago.suntimes.com

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 23d

Just some good 16th century advice:
"Company, musicke, honest gaming, or any other virtuous exercise doeth helpe agaynst heavinesse of mind."

William Bullein, 1558
wellcomecollection.org/works/bga5qy...

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 27d

Astonishing drone footage released by @amnesty.de of today's All Eyes on Gaza protest in Berlin.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27d

They were a child, that's been confirmed for hours and as of 16:52 BBC still hasn't updated.
Nobody, absolutely nobody, risks a child's life crossing one of the world's busiest shipping routes if they see a genuine alternative. Labour needs to provide safety alternatives
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Another person dies trying to cross English Channel

Almost 900 migrants are thought to have crossed the Channel on Saturday

Simon Jones and Adam Hale

28 September 2025, 12:59 BST

Updated 2 hours ago

Another person has become the latest migrant to die while trying to cross the English Channel, amid a surge in illegal crossing attempts this weekend.

The body was found on Sunday morning on a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France, according to the AFP news agency, with their age and nationality not yet known.

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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · Sep 25

4 out of 5 young people in the EU can have a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue.

In celebration of the 24 official EU languages, member states shared the joy of their languages with UK pupils at the @euinuk.bsky.social‘s #EuropeanDayofLanguages event.

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Mary Leighton @maryleighton.bsky.social · 29d

I say this as a British person: can we at least all agree that the last thing Palestine needs is the British taking over again? Seeing as - let's be honest - we were the ones who created this whole problem in the first place?

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 29d

🧵 Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) was one of England’s greatest painters as well as a populariser of the art of landscape. He was a character in every sense & repays study big time! Here is a picture of his beloved daughters.

Enjoy this thread of his works by scrolling down! [1]

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Sep 25

JUST IN: A new class action lawsuit challenges ICE's warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., which they say are occuring without probable cause and based largely on perceived ethnicity.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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