Rae Loren
@aspwriter85.bsky.social
Home cook, data engineer, transit geek, Chicagoan, and mom x2
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Rae Loren
@aspwriter85.bsky.social
· Oct 9
I'm heading to the burbs today and refreshing myself on SALUTE. ICE hasn't been spotted as much in the city but has been very present in the suburbs.
ICE has been verified in Rogers Park today - sharing this again.
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🚨TONIGHT’S PROTEST IN MINNEAPOLIS IS INSANE:
CNN is STUNNED. Share this widely!
“I've covered many protests… I've not seen a crowd like this before.” It’s 8 degrees. “It is freezing, but nothing, nothing is stopping these people.”
This isn’t a rally. It’s a movement. @calltoactivism.bsky.social
CNN is STUNNED. Share this widely!
“I've covered many protests… I've not seen a crowd like this before.” It’s 8 degrees. “It is freezing, but nothing, nothing is stopping these people.”
This isn’t a rally. It’s a movement. @calltoactivism.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 12:59 AM
🚨TONIGHT’S PROTEST IN MINNEAPOLIS IS INSANE:
CNN is STUNNED. Share this widely!
“I've covered many protests… I've not seen a crowd like this before.” It’s 8 degrees. “It is freezing, but nothing, nothing is stopping these people.”
This isn’t a rally. It’s a movement. @calltoactivism.bsky.social
CNN is STUNNED. Share this widely!
“I've covered many protests… I've not seen a crowd like this before.” It’s 8 degrees. “It is freezing, but nothing, nothing is stopping these people.”
This isn’t a rally. It’s a movement. @calltoactivism.bsky.social
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Here's the view from above
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Here's the view from above
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Would be curious from those who know DOJ history better to know how often historically the AG has personally signed an indictment.
Looks like every DOJ lawyer who signed the Don Lemon indictment is a political appointee.
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Would be curious from those who know DOJ history better to know how often historically the AG has personally signed an indictment.
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The march is now passing by Trump Tower in Chicago, which sits north across the river.
I want everyone to appreciate how cold out it is: the river surface is frozen over.
I want everyone to appreciate how cold out it is: the river surface is frozen over.
January 31, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The march is now passing by Trump Tower in Chicago, which sits north across the river.
I want everyone to appreciate how cold out it is: the river surface is frozen over.
I want everyone to appreciate how cold out it is: the river surface is frozen over.
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A massive shoutout to everyone who called their senator this week.
They wouldn’t have done this without public pressure. And they may need more two weeks from now. But this is exactly what we need.
They wouldn’t have done this without public pressure. And they may need more two weeks from now. But this is exactly what we need.
Thank you @democrats.senate.gov for voting unanimously for Senator Sanders’ Amendment to strip ICE of BBB funding. Can you please demand the Sanders Amendment as a condition to fund DHS now that you’ve successfully separated it from the larger spending package?
January 31, 2026 at 1:49 AM
A massive shoutout to everyone who called their senator this week.
They wouldn’t have done this without public pressure. And they may need more two weeks from now. But this is exactly what we need.
They wouldn’t have done this without public pressure. And they may need more two weeks from now. But this is exactly what we need.
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The march in Chicago has continued on past Trump Tower and is turning back south into downtown.
The snow is coming down hard now.
As it does, the column chants, "say it once and say it twice, we do not fuck with ICE"
The snow is coming down hard now.
As it does, the column chants, "say it once and say it twice, we do not fuck with ICE"
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The march in Chicago has continued on past Trump Tower and is turning back south into downtown.
The snow is coming down hard now.
As it does, the column chants, "say it once and say it twice, we do not fuck with ICE"
The snow is coming down hard now.
As it does, the column chants, "say it once and say it twice, we do not fuck with ICE"
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
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The anti-ICE/CBP rally in Chicago's Daley Plaza has grown significantly in just the last half hour.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The anti-ICE/CBP rally in Chicago's Daley Plaza has grown significantly in just the last half hour.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
The crowd is spilling out into street; I'd say there's over a thousand people here at this point.
We found black mold behind the dishwasher a few weeks ago. Had mold remediation out earlier this week and they found the leak. Had the plumber out today.
Hopefully this saga will be over within next week and I can finally get my new dishwasher.
Hopefully this saga will be over within next week and I can finally get my new dishwasher.
January 31, 2026 at 12:07 AM
We found black mold behind the dishwasher a few weeks ago. Had mold remediation out earlier this week and they found the leak. Had the plumber out today.
Hopefully this saga will be over within next week and I can finally get my new dishwasher.
Hopefully this saga will be over within next week and I can finally get my new dishwasher.
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Absolutely fucking wild that this is now libcoded.
even if it isn't a bluff, "getting arrested on a bullshit pretext by a brutal government" was in fact one of the recurring tactics of the civil rights movement!
January 31, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Absolutely fucking wild that this is now libcoded.
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NEW: Enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest happening in Baltimore right now.
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
January 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
NEW: Enormous anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest happening in Baltimore right now.
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
Crowd stretching back over the horizon.
(🎥 PSL Baltimore)
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Many people are asking "why don't other politicians do this" and the answer is BECAUSE they don't want you to understand this shit and they want you to just trust they know what they're doing when they're secretly fuck you over. Look at the funding bill!
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Many people are asking "why don't other politicians do this" and the answer is BECAUSE they don't want you to understand this shit and they want you to just trust they know what they're doing when they're secretly fuck you over. Look at the funding bill!
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one of the reasons I think it's hard to believe Catherine O'Hara died is because she was this super rare combination of both poise and chaotic energy and so she didn't seem to have a physical age; she was just oscillating between 40 and 17 and 60 at all times.
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
one of the reasons I think it's hard to believe Catherine O'Hara died is because she was this super rare combination of both poise and chaotic energy and so she didn't seem to have a physical age; she was just oscillating between 40 and 17 and 60 at all times.
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This move is gonna cow major news organizations and galvanize every scrappy newsroom and independent journalist worth a damn in this country
Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes in anti-ICE church protest
The Department of Homeland Security says journalist Don Lemon has been charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a...
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This move is gonna cow major news organizations and galvanize every scrappy newsroom and independent journalist worth a damn in this country
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Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jim Pattison won't sell U.S. warehouse proposed as new ICE facility | CBC News
Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Turns out that you can simply chose not to sell your warehouse and prevent it from becoming a detention center
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ICE Begins Warehouse-Buying Spree in Small Towns
To use as detention centers. This is alarming!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To use as detention centers. This is alarming!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
January 30, 2026 at 7:31 PM
ICE Begins Warehouse-Buying Spree in Small Towns
To use as detention centers. This is alarming!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To use as detention centers. This is alarming!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Here's a copy of one of the deleted files, that contains the most damning accusations against Trump (and others). #Streisand
bsky.app/profile/coco...
bsky.app/profile/coco...
They took that page down but someone made a copy. gofile.io/d/TkHwis
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January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Here's a copy of one of the deleted files, that contains the most damning accusations against Trump (and others). #Streisand
bsky.app/profile/coco...
bsky.app/profile/coco...
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Not my girl rolling up to the pearly gates like
a woman in a sequined dress is walking in the fog .
Alt: RIP Goddess Catherine O'Hara
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Not my girl rolling up to the pearly gates like
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Devastated.
apnews.com/article/cath...
apnews.com/article/cath...
Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'SCTV' fame, dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara has died at 71. The was Emmy-winning actor known for her roles in "Home Alone" and "Schitt's Creek."
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Devastated.
apnews.com/article/cath...
apnews.com/article/cath...
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Noooooo. Not Catherine O'Hara.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Noooooo. Not Catherine O'Hara.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
Genuinely, a comedy genius. No one approached a line or a scene the way she did. Brilliant from day one on SCTV. No matter how celebrated she was at times, I feel like it was never enough.
Absolute legend. I love her so much. I will miss her desperately.
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Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children.
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children.
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Call them what they are, now, when you can still see them clearly and before the spin from the government has really ramped up.
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Call them what they are, now, when you can still see them clearly and before the spin from the government has really ramped up.
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I would beseech the national media to stop writing sentences like one I just read that said basically "ICE's time in Minnesota is almost up." That is NOT an established fact. Please do not turn away. Please check the readily available information from people on the ground and local journalists.
From everything I’m hearing and reading, nothing in the ground in the Twin Cities has meaningfully changed.
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I would beseech the national media to stop writing sentences like one I just read that said basically "ICE's time in Minnesota is almost up." That is NOT an established fact. Please do not turn away. Please check the readily available information from people on the ground and local journalists.
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It worked this way with elected officials too. They started with Black politicians.
Arresting Black journalists is also vice signaling. Their base is racist and hates journalists and they want to get them excited again. The mainstream media industry has never protected Black journalists or journalists of color the way it should.
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It worked this way with elected officials too. They started with Black politicians.