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at least twice now, this federal agent has come out of the broadview ice facility with his sidearm drawn.
last friday, an ice agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop nearby in franklin park, illinois.
last friday, an ice agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop nearby in franklin park, illinois.
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
at least twice now, this federal agent has come out of the broadview ice facility with his sidearm drawn.
last friday, an ice agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop nearby in franklin park, illinois.
last friday, an ice agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop nearby in franklin park, illinois.
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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
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Let's all to take a deep breath & understand that we have reached the phase in fascism where if they want to declare you a criminal, you are a criminal. You can not magically avoid it, or do exactly the right thing to stay off the list. Fascism must always have enemies, and one day you will be one.
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Let's all to take a deep breath & understand that we have reached the phase in fascism where if they want to declare you a criminal, you are a criminal. You can not magically avoid it, or do exactly the right thing to stay off the list. Fascism must always have enemies, and one day you will be one.
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Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.
Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents
September 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.
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“I’m just blessed that I’m still alive,” Botello said. “I’ve been hearing it and seeing it through social media. But it never crossed my mind that it was going to happen here at the house… where I live.”
US citizen says he was briefly detained in latest Chicago-area ICE blitz
An Elgin man who was born in Texas said he was handcuffed and placed in a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle, as part of the latest Chicago-area ICE blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“I’m just blessed that I’m still alive,” Botello said. “I’ve been hearing it and seeing it through social media. But it never crossed my mind that it was going to happen here at the house… where I live.”
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Flock license plate readers aren't traffic cams! They don't issue speeding tickets, and they're not what the city of Chicago is using to cite drivers. They're 100% a surveillance tool, designed and integrated to track movements and gather personal identifying information:
Eyes on the heartland
A vast network of new license plate cameras has exploded across Illinois in recent years—paid for by state grants to fight retail crime. With the federal government clamoring for more information on p...
unraveledpress.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Flock license plate readers aren't traffic cams! They don't issue speeding tickets, and they're not what the city of Chicago is using to cite drivers. They're 100% a surveillance tool, designed and integrated to track movements and gather personal identifying information:
open.spotify.com/track/2aIB1C...
feel like if i’d really listened to the words to this 20 years ago i might have got myself radicalized a lot sooner
feel like if i’d really listened to the words to this 20 years ago i might have got myself radicalized a lot sooner
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
open.spotify.com/track/2aIB1C...
feel like if i’d really listened to the words to this 20 years ago i might have got myself radicalized a lot sooner
feel like if i’d really listened to the words to this 20 years ago i might have got myself radicalized a lot sooner
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“Allowing the ADL to determine what constitutes antisemitism would be like allowing the fossil fuel industry to determine what constitutes climate change.”
The largest union in America, the three million member-strong National Educators Association, has voted to *cut all ties* with the Anti-Defamation League, citing the ADL’s opposition to Palestinian rights and antiracism.
@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
@labornotes.bsky.social has the story: www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties
The Anti-Defamation League has been a ubiquitous presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universi...
www.labornotes.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Allowing the ADL to determine what constitutes antisemitism would be like allowing the fossil fuel industry to determine what constitutes climate change.”
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I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell outside of ICE’s hotels
Greetings! I’m here at a noise demonstration situated at both Marriotts in Pasadena. It is *extremely* loud. In one spot, several people are blaring multiple Spanish language songs at once; the only one I can identify is La Chona. Also some screams.
July 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell outside of ICE’s hotels
wonder if that’s because “they” aren’t actually “federal agents” at all …
For what it’s worth, the hotel denies that federal agents are using the hotel. “they weren’t here before and they’re not here now.”
When asked, “they do not have a specific policy against hosting federal agents”
Activists have told me they are going on solid tips and that they do not believe them.
When asked, “they do not have a specific policy against hosting federal agents”
Activists have told me they are going on solid tips and that they do not believe them.
July 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
wonder if that’s because “they” aren’t actually “federal agents” at all …
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For what it’s worth, the hotel denies that federal agents are using the hotel. “they weren’t here before and they’re not here now.”
When asked, “they do not have a specific policy against hosting federal agents”
Activists have told me they are going on solid tips and that they do not believe them.
When asked, “they do not have a specific policy against hosting federal agents”
Activists have told me they are going on solid tips and that they do not believe them.
July 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For what it’s worth, the hotel denies that federal agents are using the hotel. “they weren’t here before and they’re not here now.”
When asked, “they do not have a specific policy against hosting federal agents”
Activists have told me they are going on solid tips and that they do not believe them.
When asked, “they do not have a specific policy against hosting federal agents”
Activists have told me they are going on solid tips and that they do not believe them.
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Hello mudda
Hello fadda
Globalize the
Intifada
Hello fadda
Globalize the
Intifada
July 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Hello mudda
Hello fadda
Globalize the
Intifada
Hello fadda
Globalize the
Intifada
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Illinois AG RAOUL: My colleagues and I are proud to be tirelessly fighting for the American people against this Administration’s unlawful actions.
June 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Illinois AG RAOUL: My colleagues and I are proud to be tirelessly fighting for the American people against this Administration’s unlawful actions.
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I encourage everyone to actually read the dissent. The description of what this government is doing should shock anyone with a conscience. It is unfathomably cruel, indeed sadistic. And yes, *this* is being enabled by the highest court in the nation.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I encourage everyone to actually read the dissent. The description of what this government is doing should shock anyone with a conscience. It is unfathomably cruel, indeed sadistic. And yes, *this* is being enabled by the highest court in the nation.
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If you get arrested at ICE.
1. Please count how many prisoners you see.
2. Please be quiet and listen to everything the cops say to each other. They arent from here. For example in 2020 I learned which buttons opened certain cell doors from the control room.
1. Please count how many prisoners you see.
2. Please be quiet and listen to everything the cops say to each other. They arent from here. For example in 2020 I learned which buttons opened certain cell doors from the control room.
June 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If you get arrested at ICE.
1. Please count how many prisoners you see.
2. Please be quiet and listen to everything the cops say to each other. They arent from here. For example in 2020 I learned which buttons opened certain cell doors from the control room.
1. Please count how many prisoners you see.
2. Please be quiet and listen to everything the cops say to each other. They arent from here. For example in 2020 I learned which buttons opened certain cell doors from the control room.
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The feds are strangers here so they often yell to each other "3rd down on the left etc.
3. Listen. See if you can hear people speaking Spanish.
Listen to what the feds say to each other. Think of it as recon time. Study everything.
Remind other protesters arrested to be quiet so you can hear.
3. Listen. See if you can hear people speaking Spanish.
Listen to what the feds say to each other. Think of it as recon time. Study everything.
Remind other protesters arrested to be quiet so you can hear.
June 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The feds are strangers here so they often yell to each other "3rd down on the left etc.
3. Listen. See if you can hear people speaking Spanish.
Listen to what the feds say to each other. Think of it as recon time. Study everything.
Remind other protesters arrested to be quiet so you can hear.
3. Listen. See if you can hear people speaking Spanish.
Listen to what the feds say to each other. Think of it as recon time. Study everything.
Remind other protesters arrested to be quiet so you can hear.
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Jay Taj returns the City Award 2 weeks after receiving it due to the city council supporting ICE
June 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Jay Taj returns the City Award 2 weeks after receiving it due to the city council supporting ICE
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The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.
June 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.
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I've recently heard that tow truck workers are organizing to tow illegally parked, ICE unmarked cars. ✊
June 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I've recently heard that tow truck workers are organizing to tow illegally parked, ICE unmarked cars. ✊
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Following the example of Paris anarchists folks smashes potatoes at the entrance, creating a slippery mess that’s hard to quickly move agents through on a rush.
June 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Following the example of Paris anarchists folks smashes potatoes at the entrance, creating a slippery mess that’s hard to quickly move agents through on a rush.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson just told reporters that he's going to veto this ordinance.
"I stand against this proposal because we need data-driven, effective strategies to guide our community," he said.
"I stand against this proposal because we need data-driven, effective strategies to guide our community," he said.
Just in: Chicago City Council members voted 27-22 to allow the CPD superintendent to call a curfew with a 30-minute notice.
However, there aren't enough "yes" votes to prevent Mayor Brandon Johnson from vetoing it. Johnson used his veto power last year against a ShotSpotter ordinance.
However, there aren't enough "yes" votes to prevent Mayor Brandon Johnson from vetoing it. Johnson used his veto power last year against a ShotSpotter ordinance.
June 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Mayor Brandon Johnson just told reporters that he's going to veto this ordinance.
"I stand against this proposal because we need data-driven, effective strategies to guide our community," he said.
"I stand against this proposal because we need data-driven, effective strategies to guide our community," he said.
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BREAKING: Mayor Johnson said immediately after the Council meeting he plans to veto the measure in the coming days, the first mayoral veto in 19 years.
"I will veto this ordinance because it is counterproductive to the progress that we have made in reducing crime and violence in our city." @wttw
"I will veto this ordinance because it is counterproductive to the progress that we have made in reducing crime and violence in our city." @wttw
NEW: Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates calls on Mayor Brandon Johnson to veto this measure “in order to tell our children that they belong, that they too are part of what makes this city great.” @wttw.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Chicago City Council voted 27-22 to allow Chicago Police Department officials to preemptively impose a curfew anywhere in the city and begin enforcing it with just 30 minutes despite fierce opposition from Mayor Brandon Johnson.
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BREAKING: Mayor Johnson said immediately after the Council meeting he plans to veto the measure in the coming days, the first mayoral veto in 19 years.
"I will veto this ordinance because it is counterproductive to the progress that we have made in reducing crime and violence in our city." @wttw
"I will veto this ordinance because it is counterproductive to the progress that we have made in reducing crime and violence in our city." @wttw
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Feel like I recall people getting really Mad On Here™ about @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social saying that 50501's cop-friendly goofiness was going to end up getting people hurt or killed.
Initial reports turned out to be wildly different than the emerging truth.
Organizers w/ @utah50501.bsky.social selected "safety volunteers" with "military, first responder, and other relevant de-escalation experience.” Unclear whether they knew they were armed, but either way it turned out deadly.
Organizers w/ @utah50501.bsky.social selected "safety volunteers" with "military, first responder, and other relevant de-escalation experience.” Unclear whether they knew they were armed, but either way it turned out deadly.
What actually happened at the Salt Lake City ‘No Kings’ shooting?
One man is dead. Another is in jail—but not the one who fired his gun.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Feel like I recall people getting really Mad On Here™ about @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social saying that 50501's cop-friendly goofiness was going to end up getting people hurt or killed.
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ICE denied U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) entry into it’s facility in Chicago.
June 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ICE denied U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) entry into it’s facility in Chicago.