Ape Arms
@ape-arms.bsky.social
I really don't understand what's going on anymore
Osees last night at Thalia. Unreal show. Brigid shows up to sing. I can't hear anything.
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Osees last night at Thalia. Unreal show. Brigid shows up to sing. I can't hear anything.
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Fulfill your promise @jbpritzker.bsky.social
You said if any of us got hurt, you would do everything in your power to get ICE out.
Ice just killed another person in Chicago injuring many more. Do what you said.
You said if any of us got hurt, you would do everything in your power to get ICE out.
Ice just killed another person in Chicago injuring many more. Do what you said.
October 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Fulfill your promise @jbpritzker.bsky.social
You said if any of us got hurt, you would do everything in your power to get ICE out.
Ice just killed another person in Chicago injuring many more. Do what you said.
You said if any of us got hurt, you would do everything in your power to get ICE out.
Ice just killed another person in Chicago injuring many more. Do what you said.
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Pritzker needs to take some sort of demonstrative action against this. But nothing he does will stop this.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.
A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Pritzker needs to take some sort of demonstrative action against this. But nothing he does will stop this.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
Still, liberal voters and elected leaders are confronted by the fact that the police are not democratically accountable. They have no interest in protecting you or your rights from the feds.
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So it looks like Gregory Mitchell is the alder for this South Shore ward (I thought it was Yancy); he barely has a social media presence and has said nothing about this. It's literally national news and he is nowhere to be found. Chicago's 50 aldermen truly are the most useless people in history
This is a quick shot of the building I took on September 1 of this year. The two picture windows are shattered with huge shards of glass visible if you zoom in. I took the photo because I had been noticing things like this for weeks. This is not meant to exculpate ICE in any way.
October 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
So it looks like Gregory Mitchell is the alder for this South Shore ward (I thought it was Yancy); he barely has a social media presence and has said nothing about this. It's literally national news and he is nowhere to be found. Chicago's 50 aldermen truly are the most useless people in history
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If you live in Illinois, we need your help.
This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.
This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.
That’s why I need to ask everyone in Illinois for a favor.
Contact your elected officials TODAY and tell them to stand with the people — not ICE — for a press conference demanding transparency + legality this Friday at 1930 Beach Street, 9AM.
Here’s a template: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Contact your elected officials TODAY and tell them to stand with the people — not ICE — for a press conference demanding transparency + legality this Friday at 1930 Beach Street, 9AM.
Here’s a template: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Broadview Email + VM templates
URGE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND AGAINST ICE ICE is terrorizing our community. From abducting immigrants and subjecting them to inhumane conditions to brutalizing protesters for exercising their ...
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October 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If you live in Illinois, we need your help.
This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.
This will take less than five minutes and will truly pressure your local elected officials to stand with the people rather than ICE.
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❗ ABJECT CRUELTY & DEPRAVITY. In Chicago's South Shore, federal agents went after Black Americans--US citizens--& Venezuelan families. They dragged a 67 y/o American man outside, leaving him ziptied for hours. They dragged out Venezuelan families, some unclothed, separating parents & kids. @wbez.org
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
www.wbez.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
❗ ABJECT CRUELTY & DEPRAVITY. In Chicago's South Shore, federal agents went after Black Americans--US citizens--& Venezuelan families. They dragged a 67 y/o American man outside, leaving him ziptied for hours. They dragged out Venezuelan families, some unclothed, separating parents & kids. @wbez.org
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Chicago is being terrorized by ICE terror squads.
HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/vide...
thetriibe.com/2025/10/vide...
Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE
“Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.
thetriibe.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Chicago is being terrorized by ICE terror squads.
How the fuck are we not issuing consequences for this shit? Something's got to give, cause this ain't right. C'mon mayor and Governor, time to defend our people. #fuckice
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
www.wbez.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How the fuck are we not issuing consequences for this shit? Something's got to give, cause this ain't right. C'mon mayor and Governor, time to defend our people. #fuckice
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Hey, if current events are causing you anxiety, just remember...It can only good happen!
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hey, if current events are causing you anxiety, just remember...It can only good happen!
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BREAKING: Body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows the scene after an ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas González. The ICE agent said his injuries were "nothing major," video shows, but DHS reported the agent was “seriously injured.” trib.al/Utk0Szp
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: Body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows the scene after an ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas González. The ICE agent said his injuries were "nothing major," video shows, but DHS reported the agent was “seriously injured.” trib.al/Utk0Szp
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Oh my god, this poor woman. She looks like she came straight from work.
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Oh my god, this poor woman. She looks like she came straight from work.
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Freedom is when you get tear gassed by the secret police for protesting on a public street
federal agents are getting increasingly violent as the morning goes on and the crowd of protesters outside the broadview ice facility grows.
i’ve seen multiple people pushed and thrown to the ground.
dhs is now playing a dispersal order warning of arrests and the use of chemical munitions.
i’ve seen multiple people pushed and thrown to the ground.
dhs is now playing a dispersal order warning of arrests and the use of chemical munitions.
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Freedom is when you get tear gassed by the secret police for protesting on a public street
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
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JUST NOW — Our reporters are at the Broadview ICE facility (outside of Chicago) where protestors have been demonstrating since 5:00 a.m.
As a cargo van left the facility, a federal agent on the roof started shooting what seems to be pepper balls at protestors just before 9:00 a.m.
🎥: The TRiiBE
As a cargo van left the facility, a federal agent on the roof started shooting what seems to be pepper balls at protestors just before 9:00 a.m.
🎥: The TRiiBE
September 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
JUST NOW — Our reporters are at the Broadview ICE facility (outside of Chicago) where protestors have been demonstrating since 5:00 a.m.
As a cargo van left the facility, a federal agent on the roof started shooting what seems to be pepper balls at protestors just before 9:00 a.m.
🎥: The TRiiBE
As a cargo van left the facility, a federal agent on the roof started shooting what seems to be pepper balls at protestors just before 9:00 a.m.
🎥: The TRiiBE
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Important to note that the person who posted this false accusation is the Illinois state director for The Conservative Caucus
Hey, we found the "ghouls celebrating Charlie Kirk's death!"
And once again...
Every Republican Accusation is a Confession.™
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...
And once again...
Every Republican Accusation is a Confession.™
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...
Chicago Starbucks Worker Did Not Write 'Loser' On Order Honoring Charlie Kirk, Company Says
A Starbucks spokesperson said time-stamped surveillance footage shows an employee did not write the note, which had prompted online outrage and the store's temporary closure this week.
blockclubchicago.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Important to note that the person who posted this false accusation is the Illinois state director for The Conservative Caucus
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A @chicago.suntimes.com visual journalist - who is an outstanding professional and colleague, btw - was among those tear gassed this morning by ICE during a protest in the Chicago suburbs chicago.suntimes.com/live/ice-age...
ICE fires chemical agents at Broadview protest: Live updates
At least two people were arrested after ICE and Border Patrol agents confronted demonstrators. Protesters said they haven’t seen the people who were arrested since they were taken inside the Broadview...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A @chicago.suntimes.com visual journalist - who is an outstanding professional and colleague, btw - was among those tear gassed this morning by ICE during a protest in the Chicago suburbs chicago.suntimes.com/live/ice-age...
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By @staceywescott.bsky.social, who has been doing stellar work for the Chicago Tribune.
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
By @staceywescott.bsky.social, who has been doing stellar work for the Chicago Tribune.
This guy pretty much nails how I feel about the whole thing.
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
Shahid Bolsen on the Charlie Kirk Assassination
YouTube video by Middle Nation
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September 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This guy pretty much nails how I feel about the whole thing.
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
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CHICAGO: LOUD FOR AMERICA
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CHICAGO: LOUD FOR AMERICA
I think all of us, on some level, feel this.
youtu.be/awKjusa-JFQ?...
youtu.be/awKjusa-JFQ?...
July 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I think all of us, on some level, feel this.
youtu.be/awKjusa-JFQ?...
youtu.be/awKjusa-JFQ?...
A perfect encapsulation of our country right now.
April 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A perfect encapsulation of our country right now.
Wife got me a bartender's guide, crystal mixing glass, and strainer for xmas. Now, she is slightly annoyed that I am shitfaced at 2 pm.
December 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Wife got me a bartender's guide, crystal mixing glass, and strainer for xmas. Now, she is slightly annoyed that I am shitfaced at 2 pm.
Has Trump renamed Mar-a-lago the Eagle's Nest yet?
November 20, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Has Trump renamed Mar-a-lago the Eagle's Nest yet?
Looking for feeds on live music in Chicago. Mostly underground stuff. Anyone have a suggestion?
November 18, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Looking for feeds on live music in Chicago. Mostly underground stuff. Anyone have a suggestion?
At some point in my life, this became as beautiful as a perfect sunset.
November 18, 2024 at 2:34 AM
At some point in my life, this became as beautiful as a perfect sunset.