Some context that I think gets lost by calling people here "protesters." Strictly true that they were protesting. But this was neighborhood. Almost all of it was people who came out of their houses and pleaded to stop using gas because there were kids in houses/yards in the blocks off Kedzie.

Perfectly reasonable folks are not using reason. Dems who spent the last 20 years (ESPECIALLY the last 5) cutting every social program they could, to make sure cops were so extensively militarized they dont NEED to answer to anyone, are not going to save us. We need to help each other survive now.

ICE ramming a civilian car, then shooting them. They claimed 10 cars surround the agents. Where are they? Happened in east garfield today Disclaimer: I am merely sharing what I have read about this incident.

Pushing people back to the free speech area now. Note: it is very dark out here and this road is not even. On the lawn part here off Lexington, there are also a bunch of uhhh awkwardly placed decorative boulders. Have almost tripped several times walking backward.

ISP declares unlawful assembly again via loudspeaker now. Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be. They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

ISP just shoved an elderly woman to the ground. Trooper here declares an unlawful assembly and is screaming at people to stay out of the road (they were...already out of the road).

📍 Portland, Oregon 🐸✊🏼✊🏾

Images show arrests earlier The person in blue and orange on the ground laid motionless under a sign after being pushed down by the feds

we are gonna get a live fire situation between metro police and ICE before this is over in at least one city

Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls. Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

pretty much. they lack community and are jealous of cultures that thrive on community. That's my take anyway

One of the things that sucks about this era is having to think about the racists all the time, because they’re so boring. They have like, three tools in their toolkit, so we get to say things like “oh look, they’re using the hammer again”

People like to claim that autistics are bad at communicating and like, my dude, the problem does not lie with us, it lies with the web of manipulation and lies and passive aggression and ulterior agendas that you weave around yourselves instead of just doing what we do, which is saying what we mean.

We are in a *global* rise of right wing revanchism, with local reactionaries importing American culture war to every country on Earth. The Entire World is America (Derogatory), escape from us is an illusion. There's no away to run to, only tactical retreats. And by all means, do that if you need to.

Answer: When I was a kid, I literally felt pain when someone was wronged. I'm sure it was a form of my neuro-spice. I couldn't separate the "me" from the "them," and I'd feel their pain. My mom was vexed about how I'd cry about everything. Literally everything.

Please amplify this demand. We need y'all. I was there. We were not in the road. ICE simply let loose on us to film themselves brutalizing and arresting protesters—and state police assisted them. They brought charges against scattered people to create a pretext for this inexcusable violence.

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

I hate that my distrust for Pritzker was proven correct, but there is no such thing as a good billionaire and there never will be a good billionaire.

I could easily see myself voting for someone who runs on abolishing ice and prosecuting every single one of them and the entire administration free campaign idea to good home

“Why do you talk about slavery? It’s not like it happened in your lifetime” I live in the south. Explain to me why I should have to see confederate flags everywhere but you shouldn’t have to hear about what they stand for. You are okay with people owning people. You don’t get to skip that part.

What a hed. Chicago today:

You can see how their cameramen document their violence. This is about content creation. For the last one, I had to search my files for a photo of this moment that didn't include the face of a pained or screaming protester, but for clarity: those are tackled human beings on the ground.

Bluesky ceo sadistically mocking her userbase and trans people at large for days on end. Really incredible stuff here.

ICE incident at Rico Fresh Logan Square, Chicago

i think people often make the mistake of thinking that rightwingers meltdown at different things like netflix not because they want the approval of mass culture, but they actually just want total top down control of the flow of information

Holy shit what the fuck

make no mistake this is revenge. the rich have lost their minds when the worker class had actual leverage with their labor for the first time in decades during covid and now they want to show you who "the boss" is only way out of this is a global strike & revolting until billionaires are gone

unless we do something drastic, like a global general strike and abolish all billionaires there's no permanent way out of this. personal solutions, like switching careers for the 10th time or accepting pay rates from 2015 is just delaying the inevitable, they want you to become desperate

I have news for you it is not just games, it's tech, it's the arts, it's academia we are all going through a billionaire class induced, intentional global economic recession right now (other than "AI" grifters who WILL inevitably be out of a job in a year) and it's going to get much, much worse

actress tilly norwood has been deleted after being found unconscious next to a script containing a mistyped wildcard. she was 0

#WakeUpAmerica !

If you don't see it, you have chosen not to. Newsom is not distinct. He is looking for his piece of the pie of fascist power. Trump was "ironic" at first too, or don't you remember ten years ago? Shame on you if you fall for the exact same authoritarian gimmicks but blue tinted.

Newsom is not an opposition leader. He is an opportunist. The same man who dated a 19 year old when he was 40 is content to smear Trump for assault.

Democratic leaders have convinced themselves that stoically weathering criticism for their negligent weakness is its own form of strength.

WTF 🤬 A pastor abuses a child and only gets six months in county jail?

it’s really good when “technology of the future” treats you leaving as if you were leaving a cult

A quick note about money and comedy and power. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

There will be more rough days ahead. Maybe tomorrow will be one of them. But there are lots of us, and these fascists are bound to lose if we keep showing up. Take heart.

The empire is not insurmountable. They rely on posturing but they’re highly disorganized and fragmented. We are going to win.

This is fucking amazing!! The shot of the huge group took my breath away. American heroes!

How concerned should I be that TikTok won’t let me tag any videos in Portland anymore and all Portland locations have been erased? 🤔 Is that happening to anyone else?

lol

This is what happens when the crux of your political involvement is sleepwalking. When you see elections as games to be won, humanity is out the window. We negotiate the most vulnerable out of the picture so the rest can go to brunch. That’s Darwinism, not community. And it will fail every time.

Being a diet conservative didn’t win you an election, but it did burn bridges with people you need to build community. Power dynamics matter. Once you’ve flexed the muscle of letting one group hang, anyone is expendable. And just like that, you’re into fascism you can’t blame on Donald Trump.