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State Editor at cityandstateny.bsky.social. Previously @nysfocus.bsky.social, @freedom.press and @politico.com. He/him. Email: [email protected] Signal: petersterne.91 https://petersterne.com
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 12d
SCOOP: DSA-backed City Council Member @cmalexaaviles.bsky.social is exploring a primary challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10.

Avilés is meeting with @socialists.nyc's Electoral Working Group next week to discuss her potential congressional run.

Read more at @cityandstateny.bsky.social:
Alexa Avilés exploring challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10
The DSA-backed City Council member has been talking to allies about potentially challenging the incumbent representative.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 5h
Never heard of Elle Bisgaard-Church? You will soon. The 34-year-old DSA member is Zohran Mamdani's most trusted staffer and helped shape his successful primary campaign.

@hollypret.bsky.social profiled her for @cityandstateny.bsky.social: www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
Cover of City & State NY magazine for October 13, 2025, showing Elle Bisgaard-Church sitting on a floor covered in Zohran Mamdani campaign signs. The headline reads: "New Player. New Game. First-time campaign manager Elle Bisgaard-Chrurch launched Zohran into political stardom. Consultant class: Take note"
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h
Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 17h
"What (Trump is) making is more dangerous than either militarizing our domestic police or deploying the military for domestic law enforcement, and it’s something every aspiring authoritarian has done for centuries: Trump is creating his own personal paramilitary force" – @radleybalko.bsky.social
The police militarization debate is over
Quaint disputes about the proper role of police and military have been superseded by a more urgent threat: Donald Trump is creating his own, personal paramilitary force
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 17h
"The purpose of the omniforce is not public safety. The purpose is to control spaces of political dissent. It is to instigate an excuse for violent reprisals ... The more protests they see, the more troops will arrive." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
Purge, Merge, and Surge
Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 17h
"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."
Purge, Merge, and Surge
Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d
New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.
Image text: Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson: “The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest. Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street. There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore. Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors. As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way. Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”
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Big Chungus Bus Factory, MSW (NOT A MAN) @acabcalloway.bsky.social · 22h
Katrina Thompson is a collaborator.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.
Image text: Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson: “The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest. Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street. There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore. Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors. As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way. Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”
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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 23h
Resisting arrest has long been used as a “cover charge” by police (in Chicago and elsewhere) after they use force against someone, as I reported back in 2018: www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-poli...
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d
ICE is all over the city and burbs today, including Waukegan. Multiple reports on social media from people who have found empty work vans and are trying to locate family of their owners. This is a near daily occurrence now.
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 1d
Until Palestinian Liberation-- Read the entire statement from our National Political Committee:
www.dsausa.org/statements/u...
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 23h
This is a searing read from @donmoyn.bsky.social
about Trump’s growing war on America.

“The Trump administration… wants a government that rules by fear, where we cannot even question the masked and armed gunman that invade our neighborhoods.”
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
• Purge - eliminating those deemed not to be aligned with Trump. • Merge - combine different components into a single omniforce. • Surge - impose Trump's control over Democratic cities; instigate enough unrest to justify escalation; find examples to brutalize and tamp down any dissent.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 1d
The Israeli army distributed leaflets in several areas with a clear threat not to participate in the prisoner welcome celebrations, or they would face severe punishment, according to the army. Razan, the daughter of prisoner Taleb Makhamreh from Yatta, south of Hebron, told Middle East Eye that the Israeli army brutally raided the family's home on Saturday evening and warned them not to show any signs of joy or celebration. She said they targeted the homes of three prisoners in Yatta who were scheduled to be released. She explained that her father would be released to the Gaza Strip without the family knowing if he were to be deported to Egypt afterwards.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d
This really highlights how negotiations between Israel and Palestine are negotiations between an occupier and an occupied people.
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Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 1d
Israel raided prisoner family homes across five districts in the West Bank. www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-ba...
Israel raids homes of West Bank prisoners set to be released in deal
Families of captive Palestinians threatened not to celebrate release of family members following ceasefire deal
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d
In this case, they are protesting the synagogue for inviting Mamdani to speak with them.

In the past, they have accused pro-Palestinian protesters of antisemitism for protesting real estate events (where land in illegal settlements are sold to Americans) that are sometimes held at synagogues.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
Here for the "emergency" naked bike ride in Portland
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d
“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.
ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2d
Do Zionists still think protesting outside a synagogue is antisemitic?
Screenshot from Tali Goldscheft: PROTEST today at 1 pm!!! 📢📢📢 At the same time as hostages are hopefully being finally released, Zohran Mamdani is speaking at CBE (Congregation Beth Elohim) in Park Slope. Beyond outrageous. A major protest by the Brooklyn Jewish community, including CBE congregants and former congregants, will be taking place. IN BROOKLYN? Join us, rain or shine!!!
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2d
I get that this piece is supposed to be presenting the perspective from Israel (the author is Jerusalem bureau chief) but it’s still absolutely insane for the angle on the end of a genocide to be “so will the people who did the genocide be able to win back support in the U.S.?”
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2d
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point
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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 2d
Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d
bitch what
Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.
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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d
I hate profiles of conservatives who are worried that their country is changing and would welcome profiles of liberals and leftists who are afraid of same thing from the opposite direction and treated their concerns the same kind of reflexive deference
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