Joan
@joan48.bsky.social
Chicago area resister since 1968
It’s the damn guns
Local libraries are essential
It’s the damn guns
Local libraries are essential
Finally some sun this week
Happy Caturday
Happy Caturday
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Finally some sun this week
Happy Caturday
Happy Caturday
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In the MAGA version of the Bible, Jesus miraculously multiplies the loaves and the fishes, then refuses to share the food with a famished crowd and instead ships it all to Argentina.
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In the MAGA version of the Bible, Jesus miraculously multiplies the loaves and the fishes, then refuses to share the food with a famished crowd and instead ships it all to Argentina.
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If you can make it to Rush Hospital in Aurora, IL, an ICE patroller got pulled out of her car, assaulted and pepper sprayed by agents. She's in the hospital and nobody except ICE is allowed to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you can make it to Rush Hospital in Aurora, IL, an ICE patroller got pulled out of her car, assaulted and pepper sprayed by agents. She's in the hospital and nobody except ICE is allowed to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.
This ⬇️
Having the ICIRR hotline already in your phone is also a must. If you're in Illinois and see ICE, call (855) 435-7693.
And join the ICIRR Eyes on ICE text network, which sends out alerts on verified reports of sightings: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...
And join the ICIRR Eyes on ICE text network, which sends out alerts on verified reports of sightings: icirr.quorum.us/campaign/ile...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
icirr.quorum.us
October 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This ⬇️
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Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.
October 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.
This really captures the cowardice of our elected representatives.
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This really captures the cowardice of our elected representatives.
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It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
October 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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There is no acceptable excuse for zip-tying children! None.
This shouldn’t even have to be said.
This shouldn’t even have to be said.
October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There is no acceptable excuse for zip-tying children! None.
This shouldn’t even have to be said.
This shouldn’t even have to be said.
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Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?
October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?
This is crazy. Thugs with tanks on neighborhood streets.
Insane Nazi scenes from Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood right now
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is crazy. Thugs with tanks on neighborhood streets.
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🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
September 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
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It’s really all we should be talking about today.
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s really all we should be talking about today.
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
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Yes, it would be a shame to talk about Jeffrey Epstein
Trump wants us to tone down the references to Jeffrey Epstein because Jeffrey Epstein references at this point seem like intentional jabs at the president’s hope to change the subject away from Jeffrey Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein.
Definitely don't share this column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Jeffrey Epstein.
Definitely don't share this column:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Please stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein. You're making Donald Trump mad. | Opinion
President Donald Trump has had it with people mentioning Jeffrey Epstein. So let's stop mentioning Jeffrey Epstein. No more Jeffrey Epstein, people.
www.usatoday.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yes, it would be a shame to talk about Jeffrey Epstein
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The more Trump, Republicans, and MAGA propagandists try to cover up the Epstein files and insist we shouldn't talk about them, the guiltier they look.
July 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The more Trump, Republicans, and MAGA propagandists try to cover up the Epstein files and insist we shouldn't talk about them, the guiltier they look.
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🚨Keep the HEAT on ICE!🚨
We’ve been showing our dissent outside of immigration courts for weeks. For one hour on Monday 7/7 from 9-10am, we invite EVERYONE to join us outside of 536 S Clark to stand up for our neighbors. We MUST keep up the pressure.
Spread the word and bring a friend!
We’ve been showing our dissent outside of immigration courts for weeks. For one hour on Monday 7/7 from 9-10am, we invite EVERYONE to join us outside of 536 S Clark to stand up for our neighbors. We MUST keep up the pressure.
Spread the word and bring a friend!
July 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨Keep the HEAT on ICE!🚨
We’ve been showing our dissent outside of immigration courts for weeks. For one hour on Monday 7/7 from 9-10am, we invite EVERYONE to join us outside of 536 S Clark to stand up for our neighbors. We MUST keep up the pressure.
Spread the word and bring a friend!
We’ve been showing our dissent outside of immigration courts for weeks. For one hour on Monday 7/7 from 9-10am, we invite EVERYONE to join us outside of 536 S Clark to stand up for our neighbors. We MUST keep up the pressure.
Spread the word and bring a friend!
Leo recovering. Had a little hiccup, but now gaining some ground
June 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Leo recovering. Had a little hiccup, but now gaining some ground
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I am not afraid of Donald Trump. I am not afraid of Tom Homan.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.
June 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am not afraid of Donald Trump. I am not afraid of Tom Homan.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.
I will stand up for the people of Illinois.