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Michael McLean

@mclean.bsky.social

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Ideal city: ⚛️ nuclear-powered, 🏙️ dense housing, 💰 affordable, 🚇 transit. Aka Chicago. Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · Nov 11

Here are curated lists that you can follow if you are interested in these topics

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 6h

Same

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 6h

Thinking about making a flag for the no kings rally next weekend.

But for the 32nd Ward of Chicago

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you for telling the story

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8h

The most important news story in the country is happening in Chicago right now with the ongoing Trump deportation raids.

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 6h

Lots more sports stuff there

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 6h

Source: Bleacher Bunch

x.com/bleacher_bun...

The Bleacher Bunch on X: "#Chicago will never bend to tyranny. https://t.co/XDZ2ki1qhs" / X

#Chicago will never bend to tyranny. https://t.co/XDZ2ki1qhs

x.com

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 6h

Cubs bleacher bunch helping protect kids from ICE on the north side of Chicago

The aura of the patch on that union cap 🔥

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 9h

The governor is telling us to go out and film these guys, who then draw weapons for doing it.

Idk man, maybe we need to test the legal waters and arrest some of these thugs

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 11h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 13h

I think there are a few minisplits that have them built in now

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 16h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 16h

Flex post bump outs are fine if they have a rock in the middle to stop cars

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 19h

This too

youtu.be/mqgEYRtWMJU

The Son of Flynn (From "TRON: Legacy"/Score)

YouTube video by Daft Punk - Topic

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

Might have been a vallas op

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

Reddit too. Although it seems like a lot of the pro-cop commenters have washed out in 2024/25

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

Based

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

Flare them 🔥🔥🔥

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

Know someone who talked to him recently and he literally called it liquid ass

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

The best cards in Cards Against Humanity and it’s not even close.

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Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

www.reddit.com

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 1d

Bechtel expects 10 large AP1000 reactors to begin construction in the next five years

Not reported, but I’ve heard that the Trump administration is steering these to republican states

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bechtel Expects 10 US Reactor Projects With New Shared-Risk Model

The US may have as many as 10 large nuclear power plants under construction within five years, meeting a goal set by President Donald Trump, according to Bechtel Group Inc., one of the industry’s top ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 2d

This brown skinned landscaper was minding his business on a job in Edgewater when 3 masked ICE thugs took him away. Then on leaving the 3 reportedly got out of their car, turned their guns on a woman and tried to get into her car for apparently driving too close searching for parking near her home

Graphic in black, blue, red and white

COMMUNITY SAFETY ALERT
ALERTA DE SEGURIDAD COMUNITARIA
OCTOBER 10, 2025
This morning at approximately 9:30am ICE detained at least one person near Sheridan and Catalpa. Please be aware. Call 855-435-7693 to report sightings or for support if someone you know is detained. Also report any sightings
to my office 773-784-5277.
Esta mañana, aproximadamente a las 9:30, ICE detuvo a una persona cerca de Sheridan y Catalpa. Por favor, estén atentos. Llamen al 855-435-7693 para informar de observaciones de agentes federales o para pedir ayuda si alguien que conocen ha sido detenido.
También informen de los avistamientos a mi oficina, al 773-784-5277.

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Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!!!!! 🍾🎈

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 3d

Those west coast night games