Patricia Sullivan
patriciasullivan.bsky.social
Patricia Sullivan
@patriciasullivan.bsky.social
Veteran journalist, formerly WashPost, SJ Mercury News, many more. Now in Chicago
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This is in our area. 😔

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Stream Quigley's presser here: youtube.com/@repmikequig...

Attend the rally at 6:30 pm at 4100 N Damen.
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Whoa! I couldn’t go to #NoKings rally (recovering from an operation) but Chicago, you’re really showing up! Just saw overhead shot on MSNBC — go #indivisiblechicago!
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Militarized federal agents raided a Chicago apartment complex and pulled men, women, and children from their homes and into U-haul vans, separating the children from their parents.

Some people were pulled from their bed naked and terrified in the dead of night.
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’d like to thank these civil servants for their essential work. History is on their side. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
3/3 BUT now that I’ve moved into a building with a good view of the sky, the jet acrobatics are simply awe-inspiring and for those of who have never been to war, it gives a sense of the power of US military intimidation and might. I admit I watch it (and try to avoid traffic for 3 days).
August 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
2/? It’s a big recruitment event, and although military members are usually honorable and worthy of our respect, We the people would be better off without a need for such a huge defense establishment. The show totally screws up traffic in my ‘hood, imposes ear-splitting roars and scares the dogs.
August 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have very mixed feelings about the #ChicagoAirandWaterShow, going on this weekend. First, it’s mostly an unapologetic display of military air power, with either the #ArmyThunderbirds or #NavyBlueAngels performing. 🧵
August 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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You can join us here if you can’t get into Zoom. We’re starting the One Million Rising training now.
Session 3: What Now? - Aug 13
YouTube video by One Million Rising
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Let’s Stand Up and Fight Back in the face of all the terrible federal government actions. Just start resisting! #Indivisible, among others, has a plan. #OneMillionRising
August 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Yikes. I was in Missoula when the logging & timber industry collapsed. It was not easy. Note the cost of housing: “Home values there have soared from $350,000 before the pandemic to $570,000 now, according to Zillow…”
Trump Promised a Golden Age. Then a Montana Lumber Plant Closed Down.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Learning so much in #Indivisible mass call on how to resist and organize against the authoritarianism in the U.S. #onemillionrising Join us! Follow @indivisible.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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ICE doesn't even have a detention center in Hawaii. The men have been put in a federal prison there. Very far from home, and presumably their lawyers. Via @missionlocal.org
ICE arrested these immigrants in San Francisco and sent them 2,400 miles away—to Hawaii
One may be mentally impaired, said a judge who granted him a continuance prior to his arrest.
www.motherjones.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Proud to say I knew this man (a little). He upheld the bedrock legal principle of providing a vigorous defense for all.
Obituary: The Chicago criminal defense lawyer Tom Durkin. He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption, free speech and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...
Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Palate cleanser: The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Art Museum (yes I’m serious) has a huge and fantastic David Hockney retrospective. Go! It is worthy of LACMA, the National Gallery of Art or the Art Institute of Chicago. I was blown away.
June 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Shout out to #indivisibletwincities for their courage. #NoKings
June 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s crackdown on dissent. Join tomorrow’s nationwide peaceful protests for #NoKings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Could I just note this is from the guy who says Chi is ruled by gangs?
President Trump on Wednesday commuted the federal sentences of Larry Hoover, who was convicted of leading a notorious gang from inside an Illinois prison and who was also convicted of murder. Hoover still has over 100 years left to serve on state charges. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
May 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Energy and Commerce is still at it. Closing in on 24 hours straight --
At this point, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has been in markup on its "Big, Beautiful Bill" -- and arguing over Medicaid cuts -- for 17 hours straight. Still dozens of amendments to go. You can watch the exhausted lawmakers here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FHQ...
Full Committee Markup of Budget Reconciliation Text Part 2
YouTube video by House Committee on Energy and Commerce
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
How did we as a country ever allow law enforcement to operate without clearly visible agency identification— and wearing masks!!?!!
May 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM