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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2h

i’m really sad about D’Angelo. i’m really sad about this world we live in.

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D’Angelo died yesterday. He was an R&B giant. A Neo-Soul pioneer. All of the things are being said about his earlier albums, 1995’s Brown Sugar and 2000’s Voodoo. Both deserve monumental praise in their own rights. But let’s talk about his surprise 2014 record, Black Messiah; the one that succinctly captured a revolutionary moment.

The Black community was in the thick of despair. Our people were being taken from us left and right. Trayvon Martin was brutally killed at 17 years old, and justice was not served in court. Michael Brown killed in Ferguson, Missouri. Eric Garner violently choked to death in Staten Island. We couldn’t breathe. The violence against Black people was suffocating and inescapable.

Then, D’Angelo dropped Black Messiah in the midnight hours of one December night in 2014. He demanded our attention. The album cover, Black fists and open palms raised in protest and favor, placed us in the middle of the liberation movement. Funk has historically been the genre of Black resistance and freedom. D’Angelo, mostly known throughout his career as an innovative and sexy R&B crooner, returned from his hiatus because he had pain, love and revolution in his heart — just as we all did.

We could barely grieve D’Angelo’s death Tuesday before we learned that our reporter Tonia Hill had been tear gassed. She went out to cover the unrest taking place on the Southeast Side, where militarized federal agents had detained young Black people, been involved in a car crash and deployed tear gas in a residential neighborhood.

President Donald Trump’s federal agents use tear gas as if it’s magic dust. Toss it out and then poof! They disappear into the thick of smoke, off to transport detainees and wreak havoc on another unsuspecting community.

Tonia is OK and resting today. She interviewed people at the scene, and freelance contributor Dave Byrnes jumped in to help her get the story out. (Dave’s been going hard with his reporting for us this past month. Please send a few dollars his way, if you’re able).

We’ve been covering Trump’s militarized occupation of Chicago for more than a month now. I’m now calling it an occupation because we shouldn’t have to wait for the National Guard troops, or any other military force, to arrive on our streets before we call a spade a spade. Masked federal agents, dressed in military camouflage and deploying toxic weapons on residents, is an occupation. They are capturing people — U.S. citizens and all — without any hesitation or pause.

I’ve never stopped listening to D’Angelo’s Black Messiah, because police violence in America has never stopped. Now, communities who were otherwise unaffected by police violence are witnessing and experiencing what Black Americans have for centuries. This time around, under an escalating authoritarian regime, I hope people will forever be moved to end the unchecked powers of the police state.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

He looks and sounds like he's aged 10 years since he had to flee his house.

Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 4h

It’s very possible Nick Fuentes will appear on Tucker Carlson’s show next week— the largest MAGA platform outside the White House. Fuentes has been on many large shows in recent weeks, barreling towards the mainstream at “6 million miles an hour” as he told followers last night

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

More efficient, but I also think the visibility was the point at first. Now it’s just supposed to be normal to have all these feds around and soldiers, and for people to just very quietly disappear.

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

They are quite purposefully less visible. Stops and arrests are happening in under 10 minutes mostly. They have been targeting construction crews and work vans, and are overwhelmingly focused in Wards 1 and 4. Here’s a video I took of FBI, CBP, HSI, and others with MPD in Petworth about 2 weeks ago.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

A FB live just ended in Carpentersville, where neighbors filmed more feds putting people in a van. This was in front of Village Hall adjacent to a Walmart. Elgin area RR has issued an ongoing alert: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCm...

Sceeengrab showing men in olive and camo and white van

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Bumblejack @bumblejack.bsky.social · 4h

South Bend, IN

The Well's window was shattered this week.

The past 3 years their drag shows have been targeted by far right extremists (including Michiana Proud Boys) w/harassment, physical intimidation, and violence.

Community members held a craft night following the attack to show support.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Also this morning, rapid response confirms agents took someone from Little Village: www.instagram.com/p/DP1PrpEjjY1

lavillitasedefiende on Instagram: "Hoy, 15 de octubre, a las 7:40 a. m., pudimos confirmar que ICE secuestró a una persona en la calle 25 y Hamlin. Recuerde llamar al…"

Hoy, 15 de octubre, a las 7:40 a. m., pudimos confirmar que ICE secuestró a una persona en la calle 25 y Hamlin. Recuerde llamar al (855) 435-7693 para reportar cualquier actividad inusual o sospechosa. Nuestra comunidad está más segura cuando estamos informados y organizados.- DESCRIPCIÓN DE LOS VEHÍCULOS: SUV negra, camioneta plateada, jeep negro.—-Today, October 15 at 7:40am, we were able to confirm that ICE kidnapped someone at 25th and Hamlin. Please remember to call (855) 435-7693 to report any unusual or suspicious activity, our community is safest when we are informed and organized. - DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLES: Black SUV, Silver pickup, black jeep

www.instagram.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

(we recognize the Kia in this video from Broadview on Saturday)

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

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 · 5h

In Elk Grove Village, another empty car. Witnesses say two people were taken from it, and are trying to locate family.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

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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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 6h

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 7h

I know the whole “every accusation is a confession” thing but it’s pretty clear this is the most elitist government that’s existed in decades. It’s just 12 billionaires in a group chat sharing banned Reddit memes

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 6h

Mmmm idk did Greek riot cops "scuffle" with doctors protesting poor public healthcare services or did Greek riot cops "fire volleys of pepper spray and used shields and batons to" brutalize doctors protesting poor public healthcare services?

Greek riot police scuffle with protesting doctors during hospital tour by PM Mitsotakis

Riot police have scuffled with medical staff at an Athens public hospital, after dozens of staff gathered to protest the state of public health services during a visit to the hospital by the country’s...

apnews.com

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 9h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

tinyurl.se/crR

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Pang OfFearnity @bough.cloud · 7h

the realization that police are an unaccountable, state-sponsored gang hits those who dismissed leftist concerns about law enforcement the hardest

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

People are also grappling to describe experiences that, to them, are unprecedented at this scale. "X group in history had it SOOOO much worse" is both unhelpful and asinine. You are not scoring points by snarking on terrified immigrants hiding in their fucking homes

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

Happy to block anyone whose contribution in this moment is to immediately police the language people are using to describe fed invasions of their cities. People are going to be imprecise. They are experiencing immense trauma. If you haven't had a gun pointed at you recently, maybe sit this one out

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Jonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 7h

I know advocates and attorneys have been calling for Chief Judge Evans to do this. But I'm wondering how this order can possibly be enforced. Are sheriff's deputies (who run security at court buildings) going to detain ICE officers they see trying to arrest people on courthouse grounds?

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 21h

NEWS: Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans issued an order today meant to prevent immigration arrests -- "civil arrest" -- for individuals attending court proceedings in Cook County.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 7h

An American journalist was brutalized while in Israeli custody and reports being threatened with pepper spray and rape.

Yet U.S. officials are silent about the abuse of their citizens by one of America's closest allies and Israel's utter disregard for press freedom. There's no excuse.

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 1d

Noa Avishag Schnall -- @noavi on IG -- a photojournalist who reported from the Conscience for @dropsitenews.com, has been released from Israeli detention.

Here she is just before her illegal abduction in international waters, and here she is after she was treated viciously in detention.

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 7h

We are in an interstitial period where the networks and institutions that once sustained the social order and facilitated shame have collapsed. Everything is up in the air for now though I think it will eventually stabilize. Durkheim's "anomie" feels like an appropriate description of right now.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7h

Border Patrol propagandists filming their operation yesterday

📸 @mkaplanphoto.bsky.social

Feds in camo with tear gas launcher, rifle
One agent in olive has what looks like DSLR camera
Nondescript man in black shirt red hat with matching gas mask filming with larger camera

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Black Sabre Jr. 🏆 @homunculusdick.bsky.social · 7h

Hey do people think they're helping by spreading that right wing fabrication about "Chicago gangs" waging war on ICE? "The cartel" is putting bounties on ICE agents heads? Do you listen to yourself? Doesn't this sound like the plot from an 80s movie? Are you stupid?

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 17h

You may have noticed that folks who are from Chicago love this city. There's a reason for that. I walked to the lake with friends yesterday, and when I saw the waves rolling in, I felt something shift back into place inside of me. So many parts of this city are part of me. We will defend this place.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

It's Wednesday. Cool and damp. Rain across the area will end by afternoon.

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