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Kris Powell
@tanktastrophe.bsky.social
· Jul 23
I will not be silent during this Pritzker erasure. The original thrower of 'bows!
Thank you, Minnesotans, from this Chicagoan ❤️
Minnesotans face off against ICE as they target Somalis.
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thank you, Minnesotans, from this Chicagoan ❤️
In these trying times, I get my comforting laughs wherever I can, and this game is a great source of them
Currently playing @aftermath.site's "Uh Oh, You Have Billions Invested In Generative AI"
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December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In these trying times, I get my comforting laughs wherever I can, and this game is a great source of them
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Worst of the worst, you might say.
O'Hare-based Border Protection officer sexually abused, robbed women at gunpoint, indictment claims
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
O'Hare-based Border Protection officer sexually abused, robbed women at gunpoint, indictment claims
The 11-count indictment handed up against Luis Uribe alleges violent sexual assaults against four victims between Feb. 5, 2022, and Oct. 9, 2022, in Schaumburg and Naperville.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Worst of the worst, you might say.
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After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
Bluesky told me in no uncertain terms that I am to dress luxuriously for air travel to signal respect for others. Can someone please advise on airport treadmill attire?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Bluesky told me in no uncertain terms that I am to dress luxuriously for air travel to signal respect for others. Can someone please advise on airport treadmill attire?
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
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One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.
In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.
With @invisible.institute
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The intensity of invasion has diminished substantially, but Chicago already has a bad case of PTSD. Low-intensity warfare will do that to you. We need some kindness.
Panic attacks, anxiety high among immigrants, with capacity to help limited
Amid the federal deportation campaign, Spanish-speaking mental health providers are creating therapy groups and community workshops, while others offer yoga, meditation and other support.
www.wbez.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The intensity of invasion has diminished substantially, but Chicago already has a bad case of PTSD. Low-intensity warfare will do that to you. We need some kindness.
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NEW: About 100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have descended on Minneapolis for Operation Metro Surge, a new phase of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigrants, this time targeting the city’s Somali population.
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ICE Targets Somali Community in Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT
ICE agents have descended on Minneapolis for Operation Metro Surge, a new phase of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigrants, this time targeting the city’s Somali population.
unicornriot.ninja
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
NEW: About 100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have descended on Minneapolis for Operation Metro Surge, a new phase of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigrants, this time targeting the city’s Somali population.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/ice-tar...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/ice-tar...
NPR's faildaughter public editor Kelly McBride still at it, helping dismantle democracy.
@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
NPR's faildaughter public editor Kelly McBride still at it, helping dismantle democracy.
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As a DOJ attorney said in court yesterday, the feds aren't done with their deportation campaign in the Chicago area.
At least 2 Chicagoland rapid response teams confirmed immigration agent activity today. Videos emerging online corroborate Border Patrol presence in Cicero, IL this morning.
At least 2 Chicagoland rapid response teams confirmed immigration agent activity today. Videos emerging online corroborate Border Patrol presence in Cicero, IL this morning.
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As a DOJ attorney said in court yesterday, the feds aren't done with their deportation campaign in the Chicago area.
At least 2 Chicagoland rapid response teams confirmed immigration agent activity today. Videos emerging online corroborate Border Patrol presence in Cicero, IL this morning.
At least 2 Chicagoland rapid response teams confirmed immigration agent activity today. Videos emerging online corroborate Border Patrol presence in Cicero, IL this morning.
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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NEW — In response to a court-ordered evacuation, members of the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union are demanding more time and money for residents to leave the apartment complex and relocate.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
Residents of South Shore building raided by ICE must move by Dec. 12 • The TRiiBE
Many tenants found out about the eviction notice just a day before Thanksgiving
thetriibe.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEW — In response to a court-ordered evacuation, members of the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union are demanding more time and money for residents to leave the apartment complex and relocate.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia on December 2, 1859.
Boycotting intensifies
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Boycotting intensifies
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
We are all Costco
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We are all Costco
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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He’s such an idiot! Airlines treat passengers like cattle to maximize profits and he thinks passengers should dress pretty to thank them
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
He’s such an idiot! Airlines treat passengers like cattle to maximize profits and he thinks passengers should dress pretty to thank them
Nothing says elegance like spread-eagling for X-rays in front of security.
Everyone commenting this way is getting the cause and effect backward. People are not slobs on planes because the planes are bad and cramped. They're slobs because they're slobs, and it's not worth it for the airlines to do anything to improve beyond the bare minimum they're paying for.
Exactly. But when you run a flying Motel 6, you can’t really complain when folks roll up looking like a Monday after a NASCAR event
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nothing says elegance like spread-eagling for X-rays in front of security.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I genuinely think @mrnikli.bsky.social may be one of the best business writers in history, and “Brainwash An Executive Today!” is one of the best written and insightful and funny business pieces of all time. A must read. Execs can be really stupid!
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November 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I genuinely think @mrnikli.bsky.social may be one of the best business writers in history, and “Brainwash An Executive Today!” is one of the best written and insightful and funny business pieces of all time. A must read. Execs can be really stupid!
ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwa...
ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/brainwa...
I haven't seen or heard the hokey pokey in a really long time. Maybe this is how everything has gone wrong.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I haven't seen or heard the hokey pokey in a really long time. Maybe this is how everything has gone wrong.
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NEW — Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies.
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates are urging Illinois residents to ‘say no’ to mail scanning in Illinois prisons • The TRiiBE
Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies. Criminal justice a...
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM