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Waymo privatized another public street:

Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco

Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.

The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.

OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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There are two methods for cranberry harvest- wet method and dry method. Pictured is the ‘wet harvest’ method where the cranberry bog is flooded and the plants are shaken to dislodge the submerged berries, which float. (Fun fact: in a flooded bog the workers become high ground for the spiders.)
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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“On November 17, Bethany MaGee was riding a CTA train in Chicago when she was attacked. She is currently hospitalized with the severe burns she sustained, and she is receiving treatment under the excellent care of her medical team.”
Donate to Support Bethany MaGee's Recovery, organized by John MaGee
On November 17, Bethany MaGee was riding a CTA train in Chicago when she was attacked. She… John MaGee needs your support for Support Bethany MaGee's Recovery
www.gofundme.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Today, St. Paul police and federal goons collaborated to pepper spray a woman using a cane.
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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In California, a mother of eight who has lived in the country for 40 years was deported just one day after she reported sexual harassment by an ICE contractor on her case. This action was taken despite a judge’s order prohibiting it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s not over
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Feds encountering loudmouthed Chicago women
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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new: cook county state's attorney eileen o'neill burke is expanding a program that allows chicago cops to file felony weapons charges without prosecutor review.

under the new "expedited felony review standard," chicago police citywide can now directly file unlawful weapons possession charges.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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"Motherless migrant children. They work in the cotton," California (1935)

Photo: Dorothea Lange / NYPL
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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We've tracked mobile phone adoption in the United States for over 20 years. Check out those patterns and trends:
Mobile Fact Sheet
Americans today are increasingly connected to the world of digital information while “on the go” via smartphones. Explore the latest patterns, trends and statistics that have shaped the mobile revolution.
www.pewresearch.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has introduced H.Res.876, a resolution that recognizes Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide and calls on the U.S. to stop sending the country weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Another powerful woman standing up ✊

On November 20, 2025, in Hillsborough, Oregon, a lone woman confronted a squad of heavily armed ICE agents who had set up a roadblock and refused to retreat.
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dear #academicbluesky, Please send over advice about where to potentially send child to an overseas university. The current climate in US tells me this might be the best move.

Thanks,
Rando on 🛜
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The Cook County Board of Review typically gives taxpayers in townships a 30-day filing window for appeals. But "unprecedented circumstances" following a four-month delay in mailing second installment bills has led the Board to reopen the window in every closed township.
Cook County townships to reopen property tax bill appeals process
chicago.suntimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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A couple in Franklin Park was taken by federal agents today when they knocked down the door of this family’s home.

DHS strategy in Chicago is changing & is definitely not over post-Bovino and CBP.
Federal agents detain couple in Franklin Park family says; Border Patrol chief no longer in area
It's been about a week since Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and his team left the Chicago area, but immigration operations still continue as two people were detained by federal agents in the w...
abc7chicago.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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All night, Israeli forces were storming Kafr Aqab, setting up snipers on the rooftops and killing Palestinians.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.

We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.

They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
southsideweekly.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
ICE deports 'patriot' Purple Heart recipient to Mexico after two tours of duty
Jose Barco-Chirino, who served two tours of duty, was deported to Mexico on Friday, according to ICE, after he allegedly misplaces citizenship paperwork
www.themirror.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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In Northfield, Minnesota, masked ICE GOONS violently abducted a father. The Goons smashed a car window, beat and dragged the man at gunpoint, while his teenage son filmed the incident and begged them to stop. The father has not been seen since. (November 11, 2025)
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM