Papa Rides A Bike
@paparidesabike.bsky.social
An avid pedestrian in Chicago.
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The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
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CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
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"...Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Calls on UN to Probe U.S. Gov’t Over Immigration Crackdown
In related news, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed memb...
www.democracynow.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"...Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is calling on the United Nations to investigate the U.S. federal government over its “abusive immigration crackdowns” in the city. Johnson addressed members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday."
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
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Think about it…
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Think about it…
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while most eyes were on greg bovino’s early morning photo op in downtown chicago this was happening 15 miles west in suburban melrose park:
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
while most eyes were on greg bovino’s early morning photo op in downtown chicago this was happening 15 miles west in suburban melrose park:
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
video captured around 6:30 am shows a team in four vehicles detaining a person on lake street. one agent is seen rifling through the person’s car.
Gassing children. They love abusing people. They get off on it.
Rafael Veraza was trying to leave a Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside a line of cars, spraying chemical irritants occupants of the vehicles through open windows — including his 1-year-old daughter, Ariana.
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Gassing children. They love abusing people. They get off on it.
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you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
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This is so sadistic. These people are proud of the terror they're inflicting. They're enjoying it.
"While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”"
ICE/CBP have targeted Little Village for 10+ yrs. In just the last 3 wks, they've repeatedly (3x) used chemical weapons, aimed guns, & threatened residents, most recently this past weekend.
ICE/CBP have targeted Little Village for 10+ yrs. In just the last 3 wks, they've repeatedly (3x) used chemical weapons, aimed guns, & threatened residents, most recently this past weekend.
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is so sadistic. These people are proud of the terror they're inflicting. They're enjoying it.
Don't worry, they work for ICE now
(I'm just guessing)
(I'm just guessing)
"After staff members pushed Diaz out of the restaurant and into a vestibule, Perez displayed his CPD badge and demanded his pizza"
Two Chicago police officers who attacked members of the public and the staff of a Wrigleyville pizzeria after a Chicago Cubs game during a 2019 drunken brawl they started, will be suspended for one year each, according to documents obtained by WTTW News. https://to.wttw.com/47yw2Mz
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Don't worry, they work for ICE now
(I'm just guessing)
(I'm just guessing)
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This is a great account to follow (yeah, I’m biased) if you want to see where new development is happening in Chicago
In Kenwood, two vacant lots two blocks apart are getting new three-flats, by the same developer and designer pair. Learn more about one of them 🔥 buff.ly/fVSIgJj
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is a great account to follow (yeah, I’m biased) if you want to see where new development is happening in Chicago
GTFO. Anyone who believes these rope-smoking jagoffs is living in neverland.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
GTFO. Anyone who believes these rope-smoking jagoffs is living in neverland.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
Gut wrenching story.
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gut wrenching story.
First snow accumulation of the season!
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
First snow accumulation of the season!
My jagoff Senator has a full mailbox.
I'm so fucking pissed
I'm so fucking pissed
Fuck you Dick Durbin.
Fuck you all the way into your fucking retirement that should have come a decade ago.
Fuck you all the way into your fucking retirement that should have come a decade ago.
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My jagoff Senator has a full mailbox.
I'm so fucking pissed
I'm so fucking pissed
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Fuck you Dick Durbin.
Fuck you all the way into your fucking retirement that should have come a decade ago.
Fuck you all the way into your fucking retirement that should have come a decade ago.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fuck you Dick Durbin.
Fuck you all the way into your fucking retirement that should have come a decade ago.
Fuck you all the way into your fucking retirement that should have come a decade ago.
You too can eat your feelings in these heinous times. Get yourself a squash. Name it. Eat it.
We ate that smiling bastard.
I climbed into bed to find him under the blankets some nights.
My son carried it around like a child.
He was great with salt and pepper alongside some fish and beets... God rest his pulp.
I climbed into bed to find him under the blankets some nights.
My son carried it around like a child.
He was great with salt and pepper alongside some fish and beets... God rest his pulp.
Current emotional state.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
You too can eat your feelings in these heinous times. Get yourself a squash. Name it. Eat it.
We ate that smiling bastard.
I climbed into bed to find him under the blankets some nights.
My son carried it around like a child.
He was great with salt and pepper alongside some fish and beets... God rest his pulp.
I climbed into bed to find him under the blankets some nights.
My son carried it around like a child.
He was great with salt and pepper alongside some fish and beets... God rest his pulp.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
We ate that smiling bastard.
I climbed into bed to find him under the blankets some nights.
My son carried it around like a child.
He was great with salt and pepper alongside some fish and beets... God rest his pulp.
I climbed into bed to find him under the blankets some nights.
My son carried it around like a child.
He was great with salt and pepper alongside some fish and beets... God rest his pulp.
Current emotional state.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Current emotional state.
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50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago