Heather Renwick
@hjrenwick.bsky.social
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George Retes is an American citizen and Army veteran who served in Iraq.
He was jailed by ICE and held for three days. He was never given a phone call — much less an explanation for why was detained by ICE.
He shared his story of abuse by the Trump administration to
@timmiller.bsky.social:
He was jailed by ICE and held for three days. He was never given a phone call — much less an explanation for why was detained by ICE.
He shared his story of abuse by the Trump administration to
@timmiller.bsky.social:
October 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and Army veteran who served in Iraq.
He was jailed by ICE and held for three days. He was never given a phone call — much less an explanation for why was detained by ICE.
He shared his story of abuse by the Trump administration to
@timmiller.bsky.social:
He was jailed by ICE and held for three days. He was never given a phone call — much less an explanation for why was detained by ICE.
He shared his story of abuse by the Trump administration to
@timmiller.bsky.social:
Reposted by Heather Renwick
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Reposted by Heather Renwick
Greatest city on this goddamn planet. ✊
Chicago is officially one of the top 10 happiest cities in the world
The Windy City is all smiles in 2025
www.timeout.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Greatest city on this goddamn planet. ✊
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Just realized that Judge Perry is a Northwestern law alum.
a man stands in front of a sign that says it 's a great day
ALT: a man stands in front of a sign that says it 's a great day
media.tenor.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just realized that Judge Perry is a Northwestern law alum.
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I was looking at this graph again today, and I honestly don't know how a democracy can function with this magnitude of a gap when it comes to perceptions of reality.
I mean, we are living in two different realities now, and this really hasn't always been the case.
October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I was looking at this graph again today, and I honestly don't know how a democracy can function with this magnitude of a gap when it comes to perceptions of reality.
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WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots
The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.
www.wsj.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.
www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
October 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
NEW: Reuters took a closer look at violent crime in D.C. after President Trump began a show of force here. Despite the big investment of federal resources, it's really hard at this point to see any dramatic changes.
www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
www.reuters.com/world/us/did...
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ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.
October 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.
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Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
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I am just so fucking proud of her.
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am just so fucking proud of her.
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NEW: By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants.
KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants.
KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
KBJ, dissenting, says she "cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference" while "lives hang in the balance."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Four more people were killed this morning.
To repeat:
- If it can happen at sea, it can happen anywhere
- Trump has offered no definition or limiting principle for who can be labeled a "terrorist" and summarily killed
- And no plausible legal theory for why an armed conflict exists
To repeat:
- If it can happen at sea, it can happen anywhere
- Trump has offered no definition or limiting principle for who can be labeled a "terrorist" and summarily killed
- And no plausible legal theory for why an armed conflict exists
October 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Four more people were killed this morning.
To repeat:
- If it can happen at sea, it can happen anywhere
- Trump has offered no definition or limiting principle for who can be labeled a "terrorist" and summarily killed
- And no plausible legal theory for why an armed conflict exists
To repeat:
- If it can happen at sea, it can happen anywhere
- Trump has offered no definition or limiting principle for who can be labeled a "terrorist" and summarily killed
- And no plausible legal theory for why an armed conflict exists
Reposted by Heather Renwick
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Reposted by Heather Renwick
Background:
* "Domestic terrorism" memo: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
* Comey indictment report: abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...
* "Domestic terrorism" memo: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
* Comey indictment report: abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...
Former FBI Director James Comey indicted days after Trump demanded his DOJ move 'now' to prosecute enemies
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted just days after President Trump issued a public demand for the DOJ to act "now" to prosecute him, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Background:
* "Domestic terrorism" memo: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
* Comey indictment report: abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...
* "Domestic terrorism" memo: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
* Comey indictment report: abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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NEW: Short video in which our pal Ben Wittes gives the background you need on the charges against Comey.
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org talks to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
substack.com/@thebulwark/...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org talks to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
substack.com/@thebulwark/...
The Bulwark (@thebulwark)
@Sarah Longwell and @Benjamin Wittes discuss the likely charges DOJ will bring against former head of the FBI James Comey.
substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NEW: Short video in which our pal Ben Wittes gives the background you need on the charges against Comey.
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org talks to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
substack.com/@thebulwark/...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org talks to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
substack.com/@thebulwark/...
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Unbelievable dreck. At some point, you have to accept that Douthat’s anti-anti antics (“there will be coup!”) simply amount to support for authoritarianism.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Many stewards of cultural institutions are aware that they have a problem,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes. “But they are still dealing with internal ideological pressures — so to be able to reform, they need pressure from the outside to do the right thing.”
“Many stewards of cultural institutions are aware that they have a problem,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes. “But they are still dealing with internal ideological pressures — so to be able to reform, they need pressure from the outside to do the right thing.”
Opinion | The Conservative Principle Behind the Kimmel Suspension
A civic-minded purpose is key.
nyti.ms
September 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Unbelievable dreck. At some point, you have to accept that Douthat’s anti-anti antics (“there will be coup!”) simply amount to support for authoritarianism.
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We've reached the point where CDC medical experts are declining to speak publicly about vaccine safety because they’re afraid of being violently targeted by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-ex...
Fearing Violent Threats, CDC Medical Experts Are Scared To Talk About Vaccine Safety
"I have many that won't speak about vaccines now and have removed their names off of papers," said former CDC chief medical officer Debra Houry.
www.huffpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We've reached the point where CDC medical experts are declining to speak publicly about vaccine safety because they’re afraid of being violently targeted by anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists. www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-ex...
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Kirk's murder is being weaponized to corral us into a smaller and smaller arena of speech, and it is our job to refuse to be confined, to keep speaking out, to keep making irreverent jokes, supporting progressive voices, chastising the high-profile cowards, and talking among ourselves.
The War on Truth Heats Up (just in time for Constitution Day)
Hannah Arendt famously wrote, “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the real...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Kirk's murder is being weaponized to corral us into a smaller and smaller arena of speech, and it is our job to refuse to be confined, to keep speaking out, to keep making irreverent jokes, supporting progressive voices, chastising the high-profile cowards, and talking among ourselves.
Reposted by Heather Renwick
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
September 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
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National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
Reposted by Heather Renwick
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Reposted by Heather Renwick
Gov. Pritzker:
“To any federal official who would come to Chicago and try to incite my people into violence as a pretext for something darker and more dangerous, we are watching, and we are taking names.”
“To any federal official who would come to Chicago and try to incite my people into violence as a pretext for something darker and more dangerous, we are watching, and we are taking names.”
August 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Gov. Pritzker:
“To any federal official who would come to Chicago and try to incite my people into violence as a pretext for something darker and more dangerous, we are watching, and we are taking names.”
“To any federal official who would come to Chicago and try to incite my people into violence as a pretext for something darker and more dangerous, we are watching, and we are taking names.”
