Just as “I was just following orders” didn’t cut it at Nuremberg, “they offered a $50,000 signing bonus” will not cut it at the pearly gates.

Fascism plain and simple.

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A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. They’ve also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system.

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Just found northhelpline.org through this thread. Sent $25 and signed up for opportunities to get involved. Take a look, chances are there are similar orgs in your area that could use a hand

We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves. I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.

A federal agent told a combat veteran, "You're dead, liberal," and pointed a gun at his head during an ICE encounter, a lawsuit alleges. blockclubchi.co/3LxF3Nb

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As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is #BikeChi ✊🏽

Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2." Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

southsideweekly.com/a-tragic-hom... Important work from @southsideweekly.bsky.social as always.

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

I loved Arboreality, definitely have to pick this one up!

A comrade reached out to offer her herbalist skills to support people in Chicago who are fighting against ICE. I love that she did that because this is a way she can contribute. All of us can do something.

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One thing I want you to take from videos like this is the absolute cacophony of whistles and screams of "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" from people in the streets and in buildings. And more and more people are at that point every day.

Just watched ‘Over the Garden Wall’ for the first time and it is *frustratingly* just as good as everyone says it is.

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

This is a GoFundMe supporting the tamale lady taken by ICE on 21st Place and Damen in Pilsen yesterday. “Now she’s being forced to start over in Mexico with nothing — no home, no job, and no access to the medical care she desperately needs.”

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital. apnews.com/article/chic...

Pope Leo is spitting. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.” ⚓️

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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

NEW: In the weeks leading up to a massive ICE raid at a South Shore apartment building, neighbors saw drones surveilling the area, and teachers at a nearby school regularly saw agents in the neighborhood. ✍️ Jose Abonce for the Weekly and Maira Khwaja for @invisible.institute

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

I keep thinking about this. There are excellent journalist on the ground doing great work. But the level of coverage does not seem to match the level of what is happening here.

Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it.

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon. There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified. This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

This is so close to the playground as well. These people are dangerous losers.

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road. "Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!" source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

That red brick building is Funston Elementary. They are gassing kids in their classrooms

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening. A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release. thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...

This is staggering. Dismantling the right wing propaganda machine is imo one of the biggest and most vital obstacles to the future of this country.

A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.

It is now a requirement that everyone find a nice sun spot to sit and rest in for at least one half hour per sunny day. On rainy or overcast days you must spend the same amount of time under a blanket with a warm beverage and a book. No exceptions.

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social: ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday. Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events. Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

Sigh.

The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today

Cristian Roldan won’t get his vaunted five days off, but he will get a much-desired call into the USMNT. www.sounderatheart.com/2025/09/cris...

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Going to do a little watch along thread of Akliouche's most recent match. I've already watched few matches and my pre-conceived notions are that he's very good, but maybe not a 10. Great eye for a pass and a good on a dribble, but a little unbalanced and not really a "tempo setter."

www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/those-hitc... @littlebadger.bsky.social read from this beautiful short story at the Writers with Drinks Event tonight in Seattle. I've been reading and listening to a lot of good stuff lately, but I get the feeling this is going to stick with me a long time.

Watching some more Nico Paz and of all the 10s Spurs are linked with (Eze, Simons, Paqueta, El Khanous) he's my top pick.