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CF97 * UNION BERLIN * CELTIC * BIRDS * BIKES * BUILDINGS
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I GOT FIVE ON IT A productive season by Chicago Fire FC made for a healthy donation to the Greater Chicago Food Depository 😁 2025 Results: 73 goals = $365 Thank you
@section8chicago.bsky.social
for keeping this tradition going!
#cf97
#VamosFire
#FireForFood
#MLS
#SNAP
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Every Chicago Fire Goal of the 2025 Regular Season and Playoffs
YouTube video by Chicago Fire FC
https://youtu.be/o7lc1Fjmx2w?si=hCKcAQfpnM3fQmk3
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7 Times Conservatives Praised Gun-Toting Protesters
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7 Times Conservatives Praised Gun-Toting Protesters
They're attacking Alex Pretti for having a gun. But here are some famous moments when Trump and the right treated armed protesters like heroes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/conservatives-ice-guns-trump-minneapolis-list-second-ammendment?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Review: ‘Birds of North America’ stealthily lands a relationship message that’s complex and resonant
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Review: ‘Birds of North America’ stealthily lands a relationship message that’s complex and resonant
The Chicago premiere of the play at A Red Orchid Theatre has a gripping generational dialogue between a father and daughter who bond over birdwatching.
https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2026/01/27/birds-of-north-america-a-red-orchid-theatre-review
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Calls for World Cup boycott grow over Trump policies
#WC2026
#FIFA
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Why Some are Calling for a World Cup Boycott
Prominent soccer figures have called for fans to watch the tournament on TV instead of in the U.S., while some European lawmakers have even called for teams to pull out of playing.
https://time.com/7358117/fifa-world-cup-boycott-soccer-football-trump-infantino/
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Street Art Utopia
3 days ago
Don't worry, I've got you Rest in Peace, Alex. Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.
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Billy Bragg wrote a tribute to the bravery of the people of Minneapolis. 🛑🧊 "Their resistance is an inspiration to us all."
#ICEOUTforGood
#AbolishICE
#ICEOutOfMinnesota
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
https://youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?si=o5AO1D_9z9fgmaSt
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social
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The absolute accuracy of this.
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Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.
#FIFA
#WC2026
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/26/sepp-blatter-suggests-fans-should-not-travel-to-us-for-world-cup?CMP=share_btn_url
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Alex Campbell
3 days ago
I’m glad Jeff now has a place he can write things like this, and I think you should read it.
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Minnesotans - united in defense of their city, state and country, and of their neighbors — was inspiring. Shouldn’t we take this national?
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Shut It Down? Shut It Down.
The president of the United States has declared war on a major American city.
https://open.substack.com/pub/geneweingarten/p/shut-it-down-shut-it-down?r=3ksex&selection=22ca65d0-739b-412e-90fd-5b60bd2ffa87&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web&aspectRatio=instagram&textColor=%23ffffff&bgImage=true
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dumb genius/smart idiot
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German Soccer Federation Official Calls for World Cup Boycott
#FIFA
#WC2026
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-boycott-world-cup-trump-6c27c98a5ebb312f5c9cc62316bc7dd6?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>German
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Jon Cooper
4 days ago
Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.
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Jeff Rueter
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
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Luke O'Neil
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"We are out there in every place they are, showing them that every person in this city is one of our own, that there is no such thing as other people’s children, that collectively we are not afraid of staring them in the eye,"
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writes from Minneapolis.
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There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
https://www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-other-peoples-children/
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
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Murdered for trying to help a woman who was being assaulted.
#AbolishICE
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ICE wants to kill Americans. They must be stopped. 🛑🧊
#AbolishICE
#ICEout
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Thomas Leeper
6 days ago
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
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Oh no! I hope everyone got hurt! 😱
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6 days ago
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫
6 days ago
MINNESOTA VERSION OF COME OUT YE BLACK AND TANS
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FOOD FIGHT! I admit to having an insatiable appetite for gastronationalism 😋⚽https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/olympics-food-fights
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The Biggest Sports Rivalries This Year Are Between National Foods
Kielbasa vs. Fondue: Choose your fighter.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/olympics-food-fights
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The first General Strike in 80 years 🛑🧊
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The first General Strike in 80 years
We're at war, and now people are fighting back like never before
https://open.substack.com/pub/newmeans/p/the-first-general-strike-in-80-years?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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We should have a general strike until the constitution is respected and the construction of concentration camps ends. People need liberty and justice for all. That's just common sense.
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Fascists are at war with journalism. Why aren’t journalists at war with fascism?
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Fascists are at war with journalism. Why aren’t journalists at war with fascism?
Mainstream media seem willing to drop their duty in order to pick up profits
https://open.substack.com/pub/stopthepresses/p/fascists-are-at-war-with-journalism?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Labor federations and many other groups have called for a day of protest January 23. 🛑🧊
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Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?
Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency servic...
https://labornotes.org/2026/01/will-ice-ignite-mass-strike-minnesota
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In the end, it is usually radicals who lead moderates, despite all the denigration those radicals face from said moderates. That is largely true then and it is largely true today.
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That Time Lucy Parsons And The Radicals Got Their Heads Cracked, Arrested, And A Jobs Program (No, They Wanted The Jobs Program)
Oh no we forgot to post you January 17, 1915, in labor history!
https://open.substack.com/pub/wonkette/p/that-time-lucy-parsons-and-the-radicals?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Block Club Chicago
14 days ago
A Northwest Sider is breaking a birding record again — this time with a rare whooping crane sighting.
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Thanks and good luck to Kellyn Acosta 😎👍#cf97
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Chicago Fire FC Mutually Agrees to Part Ways with Kellyn Acosta | Chicago Fire FC
CHICAGO (Jan. 14, 2025) – Chicago Fire FC today announced the Club and Kellyn Acosta have mutually agreed to part ways. “We thank Kellyn for his contributions to Chicago both on and off the field,” sa...
https://www.chicagofirefc.com/news/chicago-fire-fc-mutually-agrees-to-part-ways-with-kellyn-acosta
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Three cheers for the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector. 👏👏👏
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A Ford worker called out Trump. The president flipped him off. Now, he's been suspended. • Michigan Advance
Updated on 1/14/26 at 7:25 a.m. A union-backed auto worker at Ford Motor Co. was caught on video heckling President Donald Trump as a “pedophile protector” when he visited a Dearborn factory on Tuesda...
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/13/a-ford-worker-called-out-trump-the-president-flipped-him-off-now-hes-been-suspended/
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🐸SayItToMyFace🚫👑
16 days ago
This is a very important video to watch. Thank you Ashley the Barroness. One comment from IG was America isn’t becoming Germany. America is becoming America. That really hit home for me. Watch this! Be uncomfortable.
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A taste of the forthcoming book <i>Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive</i>
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A taste of the forthcoming book Elvis is Dead, I'm Still Alive - Chicago Reader
The definitive guide to beloved ska musician Mike Park and his indie label Asian Man Records features Chicago’s 90s punk and indie rock scene.
https://chicagoreader.com/books/book-excerpt-asian-man-records/
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Section 8 Chicago
18 days ago
🔥 The countdown to the 2026
#cf97
season has begun! 🔥 We are only Frank Klopas days away from the season opener in Houston VAMOS FIRE!
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Street Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸
18 days ago
dumb nazi bitch lmao 😂
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Jeff Tischauser
21 days ago
I-94 and Wilson, Chicago, IL
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William C.
21 days ago
Once you understand that you're dealing with murderous liars, you stop entertaining what they say as possibly credible and legitimate. The fight against them is about stopping them from terrorizing and killing by any means, not winning debates about your reality versus theirs.
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There is video. We all saw a murder. There is no need to wait. We demand the murderer arrested NOW. We demand ICE is abolished NOW.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton
22 days ago
There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
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Chicago Public Square
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ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/ice-agents-can-be-charged-with-murder/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ICE%20agents%20can%20be%20charged%20with%20murder&utm_campaign=Pop%20up%201-7-2025%202
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EVERY PROTEST MATTERS Justice for Renee Nicole Gold ⚖️
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The Protest Survival Guide They Don’t Want You to Have
New 2026 Edition
https://open.substack.com/pub/psychopete1/p/the-protest-survival-guide-they-dont?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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We can do this. It will take less energy to put an end to MAGA fascism than it will to put up with them.
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Brainiac On Banjo: May Auld Annoyances Be Distraught - Pop Culture Squad
Brainiac On Banjo: May Auld Annoyances Be Distraught
https://popculturesquad.com/2026/01/05/brainiac-on-banjo-may-auld-annoyances-be-distraught/
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Stephen Moran.
27 days ago
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
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Mark Jacob
about 1 month ago
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
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Chicago Fire 2026 Home Kit Leaked
#cf97
www.footyheadlines.com/2025/12/chic...
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Exclusive: Chicago Fire 2026 Home Kit Leaked
We can exclusively leak the new Chicago Fire FC 2026 home uniform.
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2025/12/chicago-fire-2026-home-kit.html
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Fred Hampton's Assassination Site Now Part Of Black Panther Heritage Trail
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https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/04/new-near-west-side-memorial-coincides-with-anniversary-of-black-panther-leaders-killing/
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Bill Barnwell
about 2 months ago
I'm at the combination
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RIP Steve Cropper
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Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/steve-cropper-dead-guitarist-booker-t-otis-redding-blues-brothers-1236599198/
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about 2 months ago
Evanston.
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Church Nativity Scene Features Zip-Tied Baby Jesus, Roman Soldiers as ICE Agents - Protestia
Lake Street Church of Evanston is a “progressive Christian theology that embraces people from all different religious denominations and religious traditions.” Led by Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf, they are a...
https://protestia.com/2025/12/01/church-nativity-scene-features-zip-tied-baby-jesus-roman-soliders-as-ice-agents/
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The Chicago Fire have signed defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi from Orlando Pirates of South Africa’s Betway Premiership. Mbokazi (em-bo-AH-zee) will occupy a U-22 slot and an international roster position, and his contract will run through 2029.
#cf97
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Chicago Fire FC Acquires Defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi from South African Side Orlando Pirates | Chicago Fire FC
CHICAGO (Dec. 2, 2025) – Chicago Fire FC today announced that the Club has acquired defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi from Orlando Pirates of South Africa’s Betway Premiership. Mbokazi will occupy a U-22 ini...
https://www.chicagofirefc.com/news/chicago-fire-fc-acquires-defender-mbekezeli-mbokazi-from-south-african-side-orlando-pirates
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The Birdman of Chicago
A tribute to Tony Fitzpatrick.
https://www.twibchicago.com/p/the-birdman-of-chicago?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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