Aleese Eckenrode
@ade1219.bsky.social
Finding the humor in the apocalypse. Mostly because it's preferable to the alternative.
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Aleese Eckenrode
@ade1219.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Get mad, be loud, grab attention. Impeach every impeachable offense!
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I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
these people really do look creepyAF
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
these people really do look creepyAF
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Pay no mind to that man behind the curtain
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Pay no mind to that man behind the curtain
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New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge recently issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents in the state, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New from Bellingcat: “‘Pattern of Extreme Brutality’ — Tear gas, pepper balls among weapons used by federal agents at Illinois immigration protests.”
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Read the full investigation:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
NAZI THUG
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
NAZI THUG
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"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
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NEW: On the eve of Greg Bovino's court-ordered appearance before Judge Sara Ellis, lawyers in the case ask her to fully bar the feds from using tear gas until she rules on a preliminary injunction.
"Something must be done. Defendants are plainly in contempt, and sanctions are warranted."
"Something must be done. Defendants are plainly in contempt, and sanctions are warranted."
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
NEW: On the eve of Greg Bovino's court-ordered appearance before Judge Sara Ellis, lawyers in the case ask her to fully bar the feds from using tear gas until she rules on a preliminary injunction.
"Something must be done. Defendants are plainly in contempt, and sanctions are warranted."
"Something must be done. Defendants are plainly in contempt, and sanctions are warranted."
These fellas are a lot like my pot head brother who was so comfortably coddled in his formative years that he welcomes playing the victim in every shitty circumstance of his own making. Mike Johnson cannot govern because he never had to. Whiny, pathetic bootlickers with zero original ideas.
Mike Johnson now claims Democrats are in charge of the government.
Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House.
Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
These fellas are a lot like my pot head brother who was so comfortably coddled in his formative years that he welcomes playing the victim in every shitty circumstance of his own making. Mike Johnson cannot govern because he never had to. Whiny, pathetic bootlickers with zero original ideas.
The guy can’t actually shit on us with a fighter jet so this is the next, best thing.
The full East Wing of the White House will be torn down to make way for President Donald Trump's new ballroom, contradicting the former New York real estate magnate's pledge that the project would not interfere with the existing US landmark reut.rs/4qGJLIX 1/6
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The guy can’t actually shit on us with a fighter jet so this is the next, best thing.
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NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
No Kings Protest Elgin, IL
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
No Kings Protest Elgin, IL
No Kings Protest in Elgin, IL
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
No Kings Protest in Elgin, IL
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Keys to the office? Check! ✅
Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻♂️
Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻♂️
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Keys to the office? Check! ✅
Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻♂️
Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻♂️
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Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
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NO KINGS ELGIN - Standing Strong TOGETHER · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I live in Hoffman Estates & this is just absolutely chilling. If you think they aren’t coming for your neighborhood, think again.
Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I live in Hoffman Estates & this is just absolutely chilling. If you think they aren’t coming for your neighborhood, think again.
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Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.
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“They know that they can’t arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing. That’s how they’re silencing us,” one veteran said Thursday. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/v... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed'
“They know that they can't arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing,” one veteran said Thursday.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“They know that they can’t arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing. That’s how they’re silencing us,” one veteran said Thursday. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/v... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Y’all out here trying not to see what’s happening. They dragged every human out of an apartment building in Chicago, separating kids from their families, & took them who knows where. If this isn’t some Nazi shit then IDK what it’s gonna take.
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Y’all out here trying not to see what’s happening. They dragged every human out of an apartment building in Chicago, separating kids from their families, & took them who knows where. If this isn’t some Nazi shit then IDK what it’s gonna take.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.
September 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.
All Cassidy has done since green lighting RFK Jr.’s nom is cover for his ass. His credibility is gone…much like the Hippocratic Oath he swore as a physician.
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
All Cassidy has done since green lighting RFK Jr.’s nom is cover for his ass. His credibility is gone…much like the Hippocratic Oath he swore as a physician.
I think the only bombshell is Disney's futile attempt to make their decision seem like it was in our collective best interest to have this nonsense cool off period and that we'd all come running back to Daddy Disney. No thank you, you boot licking fascists.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/m...
Sal Iacono, Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin and a long-time writer and performer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” suggested Sunday that the show may not be coming back on the air after ABC indefinitely suspended program.
“We’re going to be all right. Everything’s going to be just fine.”
Sal Iacono, Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin and a long-time writer and performer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” suggested Sunday that the show may not be coming back on the air after ABC indefinitely suspended program.
“We’re going to be all right. Everything’s going to be just fine.”
Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin Sal hints: ‘There are a couple bombshells still there’ | CNN Business
Sal Iacono, Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin and a long-time writer and performer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” suggested Sunday that the show may not be coming back on the air after ABC indefinitely suspended the pro...
www.cnn.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I think the only bombshell is Disney's futile attempt to make their decision seem like it was in our collective best interest to have this nonsense cool off period and that we'd all come running back to Daddy Disney. No thank you, you boot licking fascists.