Nora Flanagan
@noraflanagan.bsky.social
Union organizer, English teacher, horror dork, derby enforcer, book glutton, rabid Chicagoan, coffee junkie, metaphorical nazi-puncher
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If you woke up in organizer mode: part of my role at my union is researching and organizing against right wing attacks on public education and labor spaces. If we should be collaborating, reach out. The work didn’t start today, but if we aren’t connected and should be, let’s fix that.
We’ve been careening toward needing this essay for a decade.
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We’ve been careening toward needing this essay for a decade.
“Education workers were the most frequently punished.” Every educator cited in the Reuters piece as suspended or fired lives in a “right-to-work” state.
Hundreds of Americans lost their jobs or faced discipline at work for making comments about Charlie Kirk after his death in September, new reporting from Reuters finds, as the Trump administration whipped up a frenzied crackdown against Kirk’s critics. This is likely a vast undercount.
Over 600 Were Fired or Punished as White House Whipped Up Charlie Kirk Crackdown
Education workers were the most frequently punished, a new report finds.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“Education workers were the most frequently punished.” Every educator cited in the Reuters piece as suspended or fired lives in a “right-to-work” state.
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ICE is STILL stuck inside the parking garage in lower Manhattan, and they seem pretty grumpy about it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICE is STILL stuck inside the parking garage in lower Manhattan, and they seem pretty grumpy about it.
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Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
All Rad, No Bad | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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Lots of shoving from NYPD to create an empty area for ICE to RETREAT after their planned raid got exposed
LRAD now ordering dispersal outside parking garage to force dispersal.
LRAD now ordering dispersal outside parking garage to force dispersal.
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lots of shoving from NYPD to create an empty area for ICE to RETREAT after their planned raid got exposed
LRAD now ordering dispersal outside parking garage to force dispersal.
LRAD now ordering dispersal outside parking garage to force dispersal.
A vintage shop purchase yesterday has me wanting to rabbit hole about various City of Chicago logos over the years — beyond the flag, the seal, and the municipal device. Can anyone advise on how/where to dig in?
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A vintage shop purchase yesterday has me wanting to rabbit hole about various City of Chicago logos over the years — beyond the flag, the seal, and the municipal device. Can anyone advise on how/where to dig in?
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So, DOGE, What Would You Say You Did Here?
An exit interview
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Footage from nearly four dozen body cameras worn by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz was released to the public on Wednesday, capturing in shaky, first-person style the abject chaos on the streets as residents and protesters were tear-gassed, hit with pepper balls and arrested.
Bodycam footage from Operation Midway Blitz released: ‘It’s all about arresting people’
The group of videos made public through the Loevy & Loevy law firm includes footage from agents who responded to controversial arrest operations in the Little Village and Irving Park neighborho…
trib.al
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Footage from nearly four dozen body cameras worn by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz was released to the public on Wednesday, capturing in shaky, first-person style the abject chaos on the streets as residents and protesters were tear-gassed, hit with pepper balls and arrested.
The south suburban high school I attended is about to approve a Turning Point USA chapter, and the (white male) lefty teacher I reached out to about pushback options told me it’s best just to ignore them and maybe they’ll go away, and isn’t that kind of how we got here?
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The south suburban high school I attended is about to approve a Turning Point USA chapter, and the (white male) lefty teacher I reached out to about pushback options told me it’s best just to ignore them and maybe they’ll go away, and isn’t that kind of how we got here?
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Trump is an instinctive bigot, but he doesn’t have the attention span to be an ideologically committed white nationalist. He also craves approval from everyone (e.g. his Mamdani meeting). That’s why Miller’s role as Trump’s white nationalist whisperer has been so important. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trump is an instinctive bigot, but he doesn’t have the attention span to be an ideologically committed white nationalist. He also craves approval from everyone (e.g. his Mamdani meeting). That’s why Miller’s role as Trump’s white nationalist whisperer has been so important. bsky.app/profile/atru...
It’s always been about white nationalism. All of it. Islamophobia AND antisemitism, the trans panic AND trad wives, breaking public education AND attacking DEI, dismantling abortion rights AND deprofessionalizing women workers. The GOP wants a white ethnostate. Some admit it more openly than others.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It’s always been about white nationalism. All of it. Islamophobia AND antisemitism, the trans panic AND trad wives, breaking public education AND attacking DEI, dismantling abortion rights AND deprofessionalizing women workers. The GOP wants a white ethnostate. Some admit it more openly than others.
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Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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Marjorie Taylor Greene quit Congress because all her racist fascist friends are racist and fascist for clout and she is, mistakenly, a true believer.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene quit Congress because all her racist fascist friends are racist and fascist for clout and she is, mistakenly, a true believer.
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But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?
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The funniest most chilling thing about this is the question of why this has even come up. Who has a burning desire to… display these symbols ?
Update: The U.S. Coast Guard reversed course, saying the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited.
This came hours after The Post reported that the service was about to enact a new policy that downgraded those symbols.
This came hours after The Post reported that the service was about to enact a new policy that downgraded those symbols.
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The funniest most chilling thing about this is the question of why this has even come up. Who has a burning desire to… display these symbols ?
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Thats going to be the catchall for anything the feds dont like from hereon out
“anarchist violent extremist actors.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“anarchist violent extremist actors.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thats going to be the catchall for anything the feds dont like from hereon out
“anarchist violent extremist actors.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“anarchist violent extremist actors.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz,” revealing new information glean…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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Watch what happens in Chicago, folks. This 3 act play is coming to a city near you.
1) out of control border agents shooting (& killing) people. Also tear-gassing, kidnapping, pepper spraying, etc
2) lying about every single thing and then:
3) being held to account in court
1) out of control border agents shooting (& killing) people. Also tear-gassing, kidnapping, pepper spraying, etc
2) lying about every single thing and then:
3) being held to account in court
Federal prosecutors in Chicago are dropping one of the most high-profile criminal cases tied to Operation Midway Blitz.
It's among the cases the feds have pointed to, including at the Supreme Court, to insist agents on the ground were under attack: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
It's among the cases the feds have pointed to, including at the Supreme Court, to insist agents on the ground were under attack: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
It's one of the most high-profile prosecutions to result from the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz." Defense attorneys have been aggressively challenging evidence and sought a speedy tri...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Watch what happens in Chicago, folks. This 3 act play is coming to a city near you.
1) out of control border agents shooting (& killing) people. Also tear-gassing, kidnapping, pepper spraying, etc
2) lying about every single thing and then:
3) being held to account in court
1) out of control border agents shooting (& killing) people. Also tear-gassing, kidnapping, pepper spraying, etc
2) lying about every single thing and then:
3) being held to account in court
Border Patrol agent who pointed a gun at bystanders has Twitter/X account where he cheers on hate crimes and asserts that America would be better if women couldn’t vote.
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Border Patrol agent who pointed a gun at bystanders has Twitter/X account where he cheers on hate crimes and asserts that America would be better if women couldn’t vote.
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The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
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