Joe DiCola
@joedicola.bsky.social
Civil Rights, philosophy, anticapitalism, abolition. NLG forever.
Personal opinions and no legal advice. I think taking fascism seriously requires us to actively change. What we’ve been doing led to this.
Personal opinions and no legal advice. I think taking fascism seriously requires us to actively change. What we’ve been doing led to this.
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It is agonizing to now watch another city go through this
CLT folks
CBP gearing up @ South Tryon & Westinghouse in Steele Creek as of the past half hour.
CBP gearing up @ South Tryon & Westinghouse in Steele Creek as of the past half hour.
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It is agonizing to now watch another city go through this
Injuring yourself as you arbitrarily attack people is not the same thing as simply “being injured.”
I recall a smiling team photo CPD took on August 15, 2020 outside the hospital where they had their knuckles treated for the injuries incurred beating up teenagers.
I recall a smiling team photo CPD took on August 15, 2020 outside the hospital where they had their knuckles treated for the injuries incurred beating up teenagers.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Injuring yourself as you arbitrarily attack people is not the same thing as simply “being injured.”
I recall a smiling team photo CPD took on August 15, 2020 outside the hospital where they had their knuckles treated for the injuries incurred beating up teenagers.
I recall a smiling team photo CPD took on August 15, 2020 outside the hospital where they had their knuckles treated for the injuries incurred beating up teenagers.
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also by “out-of-towners” thompson means clergy from multiple faiths who sang, prayed, and tried to deliver religious services to the people imprisoned inside the broadview ice jail.
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
also by “out-of-towners” thompson means clergy from multiple faiths who sang, prayed, and tried to deliver religious services to the people imprisoned inside the broadview ice jail.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
This is good. We need to abolish the wall between the people who take the streets on one side, and the people in law and policy on the other.
That wall exists because the Democrats enforce it - abandoning the people, perpetually standing behind the police and alongside the Republicans.
That wall exists because the Democrats enforce it - abandoning the people, perpetually standing behind the police and alongside the Republicans.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is good. We need to abolish the wall between the people who take the streets on one side, and the people in law and policy on the other.
That wall exists because the Democrats enforce it - abandoning the people, perpetually standing behind the police and alongside the Republicans.
That wall exists because the Democrats enforce it - abandoning the people, perpetually standing behind the police and alongside the Republicans.
We don’t need to exclusively rely on court findings that excessive force was unreasonable. In a given case, the judge or jury decides whether force used was reasonable. As a broader society, we have to advance a definition that fascist violence is unjustifiable.
Reasonableness is a battlefield
Reasonableness is a battlefield
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We don’t need to exclusively rely on court findings that excessive force was unreasonable. In a given case, the judge or jury decides whether force used was reasonable. As a broader society, we have to advance a definition that fascist violence is unjustifiable.
Reasonableness is a battlefield
Reasonableness is a battlefield
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
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Michael Wolff tried to buy New York Mag — with money from Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about
The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Michael Wolff tried to buy New York Mag — with money from Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
what’s up with Michael Wolff emailing Epstein in the mode of earnest consigliere?
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
what’s up with Michael Wolff emailing Epstein in the mode of earnest consigliere?
hey another of the West Wing’s many crimes is the Situation Room, with its Edward Hopper lighting and the idea that it’s full of serious people motivated by good things, as opposed to despicable people motivated by sadism, racism, power and money.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
hey another of the West Wing’s many crimes is the Situation Room, with its Edward Hopper lighting and the idea that it’s full of serious people motivated by good things, as opposed to despicable people motivated by sadism, racism, power and money.
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this
Now we just sit back and let our system of checks and balances take care of this! All we needed was some kind of scandal to take down the otherwise fastidiously law-abiding president
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Now we just sit back and let our system of checks and balances take care of this! All we needed was some kind of scandal to take down the otherwise fastidiously law-abiding president
I think it’s neat the whole country is united in doc review rn
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think it’s neat the whole country is united in doc review rn
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NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
Is the plan to hope a district judge is braver than the entire Democratic Party and will stick their neck out to hold feds in criminal contempt? Why would they do that without assurance they’ll have political support? Pritzker’s bluff is being repeatedly called and he’s still just campaigning
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Is the plan to hope a district judge is braver than the entire Democratic Party and will stick their neck out to hold feds in criminal contempt? Why would they do that without assurance they’ll have political support? Pritzker’s bluff is being repeatedly called and he’s still just campaigning
He could theoretically get arrested for DUI at some point but beyond that it’s critical that our state leaders observe the unwritten “feds can freely commit all crimes” doctrine. The rule of law depends on it. James Madison is watching.
ICE agent in Chicago draws and trains a firearm on protestors armed with iPhones. Trump's America in 2025.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
He could theoretically get arrested for DUI at some point but beyond that it’s critical that our state leaders observe the unwritten “feds can freely commit all crimes” doctrine. The rule of law depends on it. James Madison is watching.
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Any and every story about the Feds claiming something happened at a scene should contain the information that they've repeatedly lied, provided questionable or no evidence to back up their claims, and even a judge has called their credibility into question. That's the bare minimum at this point.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Any and every story about the Feds claiming something happened at a scene should contain the information that they've repeatedly lied, provided questionable or no evidence to back up their claims, and even a judge has called their credibility into question. That's the bare minimum at this point.
And when reporters email DHS some Nazi scumbag spokesman replies like “lol cool journalism you dumb commie”
They’re not credible, they are the Klan. This isn’t a legitimate government agency that you should cover like it’s the water reclamation district
They’re not credible, they are the Klan. This isn’t a legitimate government agency that you should cover like it’s the water reclamation district
Have now seen two stories from major local broadcast outlets in Chicago repeating a claim by DHS that shots were fired and paint cans/bricks were thrown today in Little Village, with the only "evidence" being a post from the agency on a nazi website. This is more than irresponsible.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
And when reporters email DHS some Nazi scumbag spokesman replies like “lol cool journalism you dumb commie”
They’re not credible, they are the Klan. This isn’t a legitimate government agency that you should cover like it’s the water reclamation district
They’re not credible, they are the Klan. This isn’t a legitimate government agency that you should cover like it’s the water reclamation district
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Have now seen two stories from major local broadcast outlets in Chicago repeating a claim by DHS that shots were fired and paint cans/bricks were thrown today in Little Village, with the only "evidence" being a post from the agency on a nazi website. This is more than irresponsible.
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Have now seen two stories from major local broadcast outlets in Chicago repeating a claim by DHS that shots were fired and paint cans/bricks were thrown today in Little Village, with the only "evidence" being a post from the agency on a nazi website. This is more than irresponsible.
“But we will stop half a dozen notches to the right of Mamdani in our efforts to simulate opposition to these guys who want you dead.”
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“But we will stop half a dozen notches to the right of Mamdani in our efforts to simulate opposition to these guys who want you dead.”
It’s a choice to see a Nazi government as legitimate and only certain acts of that government as unlawful excesses. The 600,000+ people killed by the illegal abolition of USAID, the people starving for lack of SNAP, and the terror in Chicago - all of it flows from a singular, illegitimate project.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It’s a choice to see a Nazi government as legitimate and only certain acts of that government as unlawful excesses. The 600,000+ people killed by the illegal abolition of USAID, the people starving for lack of SNAP, and the terror in Chicago - all of it flows from a singular, illegitimate project.