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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8m

Carpentersville this morning. Border Patrol grabs some laborers at a worksite. The agent accuses a woman filming them of interfering and also tells her if she has an issue she should "contact her senators and congressmen."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20m

Marquette Park this morning, ~45 min ago at 70th and Washtenaw per anon FB post. Through a screen, someone films Border Patrol agents taking a man into a red minivan and driving away. Another angle of this shared to social media shows it happened in front of a daycare.

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook fuels fascism

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 25m

Mainstream media keep acting shocked.
Because whiteness does not see itself.

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Mar 12

Former KKK Leader David Duke Says 'Of Course' Trump Voters Are His Voters

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 44m

the police

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14h

Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”

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WIRED @wired.com · 55m

Also, a look back at our unpaywalled story:

Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.

'No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings

Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.

www.wired.com

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Feb 13

"Exposing whiteness for what it is—a foundational myth for the birth/consolidation of capitalism—is fundamental if we are to build a genuine social movement dedicated to dismantling the oppressive regimes of racism, heteropatriarchy, empire, & class exploitation"
www.bostonreview.net/forum_respon...

Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight Back - Boston Review

If we are to keep the enormity of the forces aligned against us from establishing a false hierarchy of oppression, we must school ourselves to recognize

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Jan 20

"If we are going to ever defeat Trumpism, modern fascism, and wage a viable challenge to gendered racial capitalism, we must revive the old IWW slogan, 'An injury to one is an injury to all.'"
www.bostonreview.net/articles/not...

Notes on Fighting Trumpism - Boston Review

To mobilize the abandoned working class, we need to revive the idea of solidarity.

www.bostonreview.net

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 11h

A fence outside the Broadview ICE facility was taken down late Tuesday night, in accordance with a federal judicial order issued last week.

ICE facility fence in Broadview has been removed, in compliance with federal judge's order

U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the Northern District of Illinois had set a deadline for 11:59 p.m. Tuesday for the removal after finding that ICE had placed the fence on city property without...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 13h

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidProtectionsNOW
#KeepMasking #FreeN95sForAll
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 1d

We are not going to get clean air while ppl are continuing to act as if long covid is something that only happens to others - which is not true! A new study found that children were TWICE as likely to develop long covid on their second infection as first

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13h

ICE goons are terrorizing LA to the point where elected officials need to treat it akin to a public health and safety emergency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LA to declare state of emergency over Ice raids to assist affected families

Move will allow county board of supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants amid immigration crack down on city

www.theguardian.com

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Federal immigration agents’ use of Naval Station Great Lakes will continue through “at least December,” according to an email to leaders at Naval Station Great Lakes obtained by the Sun-Times.

Feds have been using offices there as a command center for operations and parking for 140 vehicles.

Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December

Leadership at Naval Station Great Lakes have been informed that agents will be on base through "at least December," according to an email obtained by the Sun-Times.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 14h

Same in DC. It’s been two months.

Still constant helicopters overhead. Abandoned work trucks where neighbors have been kidnapped by ICE. Armed national guard walking the streets. Feds posting up in former unhoused spaces to keep people away.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

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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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

in all the discussion (and sometimes tokenizing) of Portland protests being a creative spectacle that neutralizes law enforcement, don’t overlook:

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 17h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 14h

Listened to PARADE a little differently tonight 💐💐

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 22h

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 14h

Last figure I saw was that 1/3 (32.4%) of people infected with Covid are asymptomatic.
Nobody ever factors that into their "just isolate/mask when you're sick" nonsense.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Percentage of Asymptomatic Infections among SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant-Positive Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Asymptomatic infections are potential sources of transmission for coronavirus disease 2019, especially during the epidemic of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. We aimed to assess the percent...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 14h

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 14h

Most ppl haven't had a Covid booster.
Those rejecting the need to #KeepMasking in public are saying it's ok for infected ppl to transmit a debilitating virus to others who (for whatever reason, incl inaccessibity) lack vax protection, incl millions of kids.
Such cruel uncaring is how fascism wins.

Vaccination uptake remains low: only 23% of adults had received updated boosters as of April 2025. Among young children aged 6 months to 4 years, just 5.6% are vaccinated; for children 5 to 17 years old, about 15% are vaccinated, per CDC estimates.

https://www.contagionlive.com/view/rising-covid-cases-and-narrowed-booster-access-spark-concern-among-experts

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 14h

Most ppl haven't had a Covid booster.
Those rejecting the need to #KeepMasking in public are saying it's ok for infected ppl to transmit a debilitating virus to others who (for whatever reason, incl inaccessibity) lack vax protection, incl millions of kids.
Such cruel uncaring is how fascism wins.

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 14h

That reissue is *spectacular* btw. What an album 🥰

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Apr 24

Having never owned the LP (a reissue is forthcoming), I was surprised to see this Maupin album included in this exhibition (which closes tomorrow):
"Let's Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar"
neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/...
Saar designed the cover (& is Maupin's sister-in-law!)

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 15h

He’s already prosecuting 34 protesters (at last count.) He’s just blowing more smoke here.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 15h

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/w...

Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 15h

Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 17h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Sweet Science, Savage Art @sweetscisavart.bsky.social · 8d

Kick Out the Feds flyers and resources available for download! Click the link to download flyers that you can post in your city. These flyers will direct new activists to beginner-level resources to help them protest safely and effectively.

tinyurl.com/mwfwn38y

#AbolsihICE #Portland #Chicago

Portland Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

Chicago Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

L.A. Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

Washington D.C. Kick Out the Feds Flyer with a QR Code for downloading the resources listed.

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