Mike Fragassi
@refrag.bsky.social
He/him
Chicagoan, stroke survivor, dev, moving further to the Left as I get older & more pissed off.
I probably repost too damn much.
And make too many grammatical errors & tpyos.
Also @refrag@mastodon.cloud, but that's dormant.
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Mike Fragassi
@refrag.bsky.social
· Jan 26
A good read, and I particularly would like to highlight this, which I hadn't seen before.
Interesting - I just noticed that "Save Draft" only seems to be an option on new posts, not replies.
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Interesting - I just noticed that "Save Draft" only seems to be an option on new posts, not replies.
According to Illinois Sunshine, the Corey Oliver mentioned here also co-chairs the Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance PAC. They’ve written checks to:
-James O’Brien, who is running for HD-13
-Paul Kendrick, who is running for HD-12
-Patrick Hynes, who is running for county assessor
-James O’Brien, who is running for HD-13
-Paul Kendrick, who is running for HD-12
-Patrick Hynes, who is running for county assessor
Federal agents carried out a military-style raid on a South Shore apartment complex last fall with the permission of the building’s owner and manager, according to new court filings that corroborate key allegations driving a state investigation.
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Attention Chicagoans: this thread details local politicians who have received funds from the landlords who approved that horrific early morning ICE raid on a South Shore apartment complex
IL Sunshine shows that they have transferred funds to James ($500), Paul Kendrick ($500, reportedly returned it), Sam Nugent, RayLo’s Democratic Party committee, and Nick Sposato since the DHS raid on 9/30 illinoissunshine.org/committees/3...
Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance PAC
Committee purpose: To support political candidates who promote the interests of building owners
illinoissunshine.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Attention Chicagoans: this thread details local politicians who have received funds from the landlords who approved that horrific early morning ICE raid on a South Shore apartment complex
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Chicago cannot afford the Chicago Police Department. 🧵
Taxpayers should pay $29.1M to 4 men who spent a combined 71 years in prison after they were framed by a disgraced ex-CPD detective for separate murders between 1991 & 1997, city lawyers recommended.
The city spent $5.2M to fight those lawsuits.
Here are their stories, for @wttw.bsky.social:
The city spent $5.2M to fight those lawsuits.
Here are their stories, for @wttw.bsky.social:
City Lawyers Recommend Paying $16.6M Man Who Spent 13 Years in Prison After Being Framed by Disgraced Ex-Detective
Chicago taxpayers paid an additional $2 million to defend the other Chicago police officers named in Johnson's lawsuit, which was filed in 2020, according to records obtained by WTTW News through a Fr...
news.wttw.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Chicago cannot afford the Chicago Police Department. 🧵
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This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
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Choo-choo-choose Miguel, this Saturday at our Valentine’s Day canvass! We’ll be sharing the love of our slate of progressive champions, fighting to protect our communities from ICE and unaffordability.
3248 W Montrose on Saturday, 02/14, at 11AM to knock doors as a love letter to IL 40th District.
3248 W Montrose on Saturday, 02/14, at 11AM to knock doors as a love letter to IL 40th District.
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Choo-choo-choose Miguel, this Saturday at our Valentine’s Day canvass! We’ll be sharing the love of our slate of progressive champions, fighting to protect our communities from ICE and unaffordability.
3248 W Montrose on Saturday, 02/14, at 11AM to knock doors as a love letter to IL 40th District.
3248 W Montrose on Saturday, 02/14, at 11AM to knock doors as a love letter to IL 40th District.
hardly an expert with photoshop, but here's the low ink version you provided elsewhere in the thread + QR codes for the bottom links/references. can share the .PSD if anyone wants, feel free to DM me!
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/
Alt-text copy + pasted from @katbamkapow.bsky.social](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7kynvcw7wjujef52zvikh6qh/bafkreifgmj2j56fcffugvxqoinfgviyltqnzl3y7klnd7e3uabnwwjm34a@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Pass this on to anyone who has Ring, and hates ICE
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Pass this on to anyone who has Ring, and hates ICE
But I suspect that congresscreep making a statement is just making a statement, to be played on Fox, and forgotten later
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
But I suspect that congresscreep making a statement is just making a statement, to be played on Fox, and forgotten later
Honestly, this is going to go badly for them, especially if they are thinking of having public hearings. Keep digging that hole guys
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
House GOP launches Bad Bunny probe: 'Worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction'
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Alford told the hosts that he and other House Repu...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Honestly, this is going to go badly for them, especially if they are thinking of having public hearings. Keep digging that hole guys
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I've seen multiple videos TODAY of secret police asking people that.
GOLDMAN: What guidance have you given your agents about asking people to show proof of citizenship?
LYONS: We don't do that
G: Really? So all of those individual citizens who have been randomly asked are lying?
LYONS: If ICE is conducting an investigation, they'll ask someone their nationality
LYONS: We don't do that
G: Really? So all of those individual citizens who have been randomly asked are lying?
LYONS: If ICE is conducting an investigation, they'll ask someone their nationality
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I've seen multiple videos TODAY of secret police asking people that.
FACT CHECK
✅ 20M criminals DID NOT invade the United States during the Biden years. This long time Trump talking point has exploded throughout MAGA but it is. not. true.
Here's an excellent fact check from the Cato Institute: www.cato.org/blog/biden-d...
✅ 20M criminals DID NOT invade the United States during the Biden years. This long time Trump talking point has exploded throughout MAGA but it is. not. true.
Here's an excellent fact check from the Cato Institute: www.cato.org/blog/biden-d...
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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This is just a character actor combing his hair in different ways
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This is just a character actor combing his hair in different ways
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VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
I think the particular reason she's disliked is for being an "open the schools" person
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_O...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_O...
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I think the particular reason she's disliked is for being an "open the schools" person
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_O...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_O...
In addition to everything everyone else has mentioned, it & other places of its ilk are the inspiration for Five Nights At Freddy's
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
In addition to everything everyone else has mentioned, it & other places of its ilk are the inspiration for Five Nights At Freddy's
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
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wild story on how google commissioned then fumbled judy chicago for the new thompson center floor, what the hell
news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
Want a Masterclass in How Not to Work With Artists? Ask Google | Artnet News
Renown artist Judy Chicago shares her misadventures with an ambitious public art commission for the tech giant.
news.artnet.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
wild story on how google commissioned then fumbled judy chicago for the new thompson center floor, what the hell
news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
news.artnet.com/art-world/ju...
<sighs heavily> yay
NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness.
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil
The American Medical Association and a partner group are taking on a new role in reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness as the CDC’s review process faces criticism.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
<sighs heavily> yay
Took a minute to find the video:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
MAGA cult slayer
The Director of the FBI blackmailed Thomas Massie over the files. I think the smoke has officially reached flame.
The Director of the FBI blackmailed Thomas Massie over the files. I think the smoke has officially reached flame.
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Took a minute to find the video:
bsky.app/profile/paul...
bsky.app/profile/paul...
1. Thomas Massey, Republican from Kentucky, just did an interview where he said, on camera, that the director of the FBI threatened to investigate one of his staffers for fraud if Massey did not stop pushing for the disclosure of the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I do not want to hand it to the weirdo glibertarian congressional but in this case he should keep cooking
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I do not want to hand it to the weirdo glibertarian congressional but in this case he should keep cooking
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...