Tracy Maple
@tracycopygrrrl.bsky.social
Wordsmith. Work in progress. Ex-journo. Find me looking at the lake.
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Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
We've got a verdict in this case, in which feds accused a Chicago resident of murder-for-hire, allegedly for a $10K hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
The jury has begun deliberations in the murder for hire trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who feds accuse of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Opening arguments in the case began yesterday morning; closing arguments concluded about a half hour ago.
Now we're on verdict watch.
Opening arguments in the case began yesterday morning; closing arguments concluded about a half hour ago.
Now we're on verdict watch.
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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We’ve been living inside a 5 alarm fire for a decade. Fighting fascism is the most important thing any of us will ever do.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
January 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We’ve been living inside a 5 alarm fire for a decade. Fighting fascism is the most important thing any of us will ever do.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
But if you don’t allow yourself to carve out a few minutes a day for joy or simple pleasures you’re not gonna make it.
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It's not debatable that a mentally disturbed person has the nuclear codes. The Republicans know they're endangering us all by leaving him in office. This is a betrayal of every person on Earth. It is a crime against humanity.
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It's not debatable that a mentally disturbed person has the nuclear codes. The Republicans know they're endangering us all by leaving him in office. This is a betrayal of every person on Earth. It is a crime against humanity.
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Republican lawmakers are doing what they've done for the last decade: whispering to each other that the head of their party is unhinged and frightening, then acting in public as if everything is just fine. They are cowards who have sold out their country.
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Republican lawmakers are doing what they've done for the last decade: whispering to each other that the head of their party is unhinged and frightening, then acting in public as if everything is just fine. They are cowards who have sold out their country.
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🧵🧵🧵 JD VANCE, SOCIOPATH 🧵🧵🧵
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
🧵🧵🧵 JD VANCE, SOCIOPATH 🧵🧵🧵
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom.
You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11
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Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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The criminals in the White House are terrorizing the American people. It's not over the top to compare Homeland Security to the Gestapo. That's how they're behaving.
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The criminals in the White House are terrorizing the American people. It's not over the top to compare Homeland Security to the Gestapo. That's how they're behaving.
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"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
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The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility hinder Head Start providers' ability to serve the very communities that Congress directed them to serve.
We're in court defending this essential program.
We're in court defending this essential program.
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility hinder Head Start providers' ability to serve the very communities that Congress directed them to serve.
We're in court defending this essential program.
We're in court defending this essential program.
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Winning the FIFA Peace Prize is like winning the Dahmer Culinary Award.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Winning the FIFA Peace Prize is like winning the Dahmer Culinary Award.
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Chicago is standing up for our immigrant neighbors and against MAGA thuggery.
Thursday morning, if you can make it downtown to the Chicago Federal courthouse, is a rally to demand the release of the daycare worker seized by ICE last week.
www.instagram.com/p/DQzJDBJDqEm/
www.instagram.com/p/DQzJDBJDqEm/
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Chicago is standing up for our immigrant neighbors and against MAGA thuggery.
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Fellow fascist.
Trump greets Orban at the White House, points at him, and says "great leader"
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Fellow fascist.
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We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
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Trump didn't send armed agents to the Chicago area to quell violence. He sent them there to cause violence.
10/31/25🧊neo-nazis attacking Americans-2 blocks from Evanston Township HS🇺🇸🤬
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Trump didn't send armed agents to the Chicago area to quell violence. He sent them there to cause violence.
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❌️👑 ❌️✋🏻 In Chicago, Saturday Oct 18th, 12pm, Grant Park (Jackson & Columbus) -- show out, Chicago!!
One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
October 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
❌️👑 ❌️✋🏻 In Chicago, Saturday Oct 18th, 12pm, Grant Park (Jackson & Columbus) -- show out, Chicago!!
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Plainclothes Beaufort County Deputy brutalizes and threatens to kill 2 teens with his service weapon in Hilton Head, SC.
September 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Plainclothes Beaufort County Deputy brutalizes and threatens to kill 2 teens with his service weapon in Hilton Head, SC.
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If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”
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At this fragile moment in history, any noise you make as a politician towards legitimizing these bullshit concerns is just you helping usher the human race down its slippery slope to pure authoritarian control. We’re equal or we ain’t, that’s it. Gay Panic 2 sucks just as much as the original.
As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women.
The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.
The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.
September 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
At this fragile moment in history, any noise you make as a politician towards legitimizing these bullshit concerns is just you helping usher the human race down its slippery slope to pure authoritarian control. We’re equal or we ain’t, that’s it. Gay Panic 2 sucks just as much as the original.
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I refused to placate the bully. Then I refused to placate the institutions who placated the bully. Then I refused to placate the shills who placate the institutions who placate the bully. I'm still standing; the rest are down.
Never placate the bully.
Never placate the bully.
September 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I refused to placate the bully. Then I refused to placate the institutions who placated the bully. Then I refused to placate the shills who placate the institutions who placate the bully. I'm still standing; the rest are down.
Never placate the bully.
Never placate the bully.