Even though there's a TRO against the Texas National Guard deploying in and around the city of Chicago, still they were sent by Texas in the first place ,and still they remain at a federal base outside of Joliet. Make Texas pay the price.

Trump in a 1990 Playboy interview: “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak.”

If anyone would like some signs for Saturday, I've made a few. Feel free to use and share. Should size to an 11x17 or 8-1/2x11 printer. One...

Flags and crosses are the ultimate memes. They're what people flash when they don't have an original thought in their head, and have no idea how to express one even if they did.

Didn't have to be this way. Didn't need roving gangs of heavily armed and masked goons violently abducting people off the streets and from their homes, didn't need federal agents shooting priests in the head with chemical munitions while laughing, or zip-tying half-dressed children together 1/

As we've learned repeatedly in our long history, most Americans are A-OK with mass murder

Feds keep gassing Chicago cops gonna be quite the show

Arrived today. Seems timely.

Let’s not kid ourselves. It’s not a peace agreement. It’s a real estate deal.

Worth replaying, oh, every day

They always telegraph their punches. And right now they're telegraphing they're going to start shooting protestors

The Texas national guard is installing a forward base in downtown Chicago with the inevitable outcome of shooting protesters. Long but illuminating thread reporting on court arguments this afternoon.

"We're another trigger pull away from another...tragedy. Don't let it happen." -- William Enyart, retired Major General, former commander of the Illinois National Guard

This is some serious Nazi shit. They pulled the boarding passes for him and his family.

Act in solidarity with Chicago against the Trump Invasion. Boycott everything Texas starting with American Airlines AT&T ExxonMobil Southwest Airlines Whole Foods until the last invader boot is off Illinois ground.

The people who Russ Vought is determined to traumatize. We have little idea of what we're losing.

Kind of surprised that sharing a copied 3-week-old video went viral like that. For people who would like to follow along with Chicago events on the ground more closely as they happen, use this list, a mix of professional news organizations, quality independents, and on-the-scene observers.

"Don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own... Pain by itself is just Pain. But Pain + Distance can = entertainment, voyeurism, human interest, ... 1/

“Now, I understand the coping mechanisms and cognitive styles that allow people to tolerate consciousness—overwhelming to so many of us on an ordinary day—are actually killing them, en masse. I thought I was the hopelessly broken one. But I was a fire alarm among people who couldn't smell smoke.”

The Bondi family is from the Campania region of Italy, home of Il Camorra, one of the largest mafia organizations in the world. Gotti-era Gambino family mobster Richard "The Lump" Bondi was convicted in Florida of several criminal charges including threatening Steven Seagal. The more you know.

Chicago O’Hare (ORD) is an incredibly important hub for Texas-based American Airlines. Whether flying in or out, choose another airline as long as the Texas National Guard is occupying Chicago against our will. Same for Southwest Air in and out of Midway (MDW). Stand in solidarity with Chicago.

ACT IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHICAGO We have been invaded by the Texas National Guard. Stop doing business with Texas-based companies, starting with American Airlines AT&T ExxonMobil Southwest Airlines Whole Foods Do the things you can do. Solidarity is never easy, but solidarity always wins.

The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area. While the president and his regime parade soldiers around like dogs, I am taking immediate action in my personal life to respond to Texas' invasion of my state, severing three longterm relationships with Texas-based companies. 1/

Chicago O’Hare is an incredibly important hub for Texas-based American Airlines, and there is plenty of service from other airlines. From the moment Texas National Guard arrives to the moment they leave, choose another airline when flying in or out. Same for Southwest Airlines in and out of Midway.

For every Texas National Guard soldier that hits the ground in Chicago, resist with 1,000 Chicagoans in the streets on October 18. 300,000. Stand up people.

Family has been Army, Navy, Marines; local police from patrol to chief, state police, federal law enforcement. The ones who are dead are rolling over in their graves (except one, will talk about him in a minute) and the ones who are alive are disgusted at what is happening here in Chicago. 1/

Who doesn't have a cold eye right now He stopped being the president in 2020. He's only been a figurehead this time around.

America's immediate future "You know goddamn well I can't give that order." ... "I'm not gonna ask again." ... "I cannot give that order!" "I will not repeat that order!" "I will not give that order!"

Reminder that Bluesky, their reputation and positioning notwithstanding, is centralized corporate media funded by the same people who gave us the other nightmare platforms. Once again, the only refuge left is in the truly decentralized, unowned Fediverse services: Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc.

First response to Texas mobilizing their National Guard for occupation of blue states is to boycott companies based in Texas. Long list but start with American Airlines AT&T Container Store Dave & Buster’s Dell Dr Pepper Snapper Exxon Mobil FedEx Office Frito Lay I Heart Media JC Penney 1/

Those of us old enough to remember American cities on fire with soldiers in the streets in the 1960s, followed by living in the hollowed out shells in the 1970s, know exactly what’s about to happen.

What people of color have known about law enforcement for centuries is what white people are starting to find out now. “Hard instruments of state power,” as Bovino says.

JD Vance is clearly Mr. C

Yes all day and night yes

All this is, is rich people beating up on poor people, using god and country as their justification. Nothing more. Nothing less. Same as it ever was.

We stand with our teachers in Chicago, and with teachers everywhere.

America's immediate future "You know goddamn well I can't give that order." ... "I'm not gonna ask again." ... "I cannot give that order!" "I will not repeat that order!" "I will not give that order!"

They sat stone-faced and silent as the president called for them to use US cities as training grounds and to fight “the enemy within,” and the secretary of defense told them to ignore “stupid rules of engagement “ and “woke garbage.” Then they were threatened with dismissal if they didn't obey. 1/

Every knew the moment the word “homeland” was used, it meant big trouble. Everyone. And here we are.

Those fuckers took over downtown yesterday in force, wearing head-to-toe-tactical gear and masks, carrying automatic weapons of war, strolling down the street without any incident against them. What a bunch of crybaby liars

Kavanaugh Stops terrorizing the people of my city

This is (was) one of the safest places in the entire city of Chicago.

Outside the ICE facility in Chicago, a federal agent calmly and intentionally shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball while he was praying.

Soundtrack for America

Not nearly enough is being made of DHS’s aggressive recruitment of Chicago police (and other cities too). They are determined to federalize local law enforcement one way or another.

CBP/ICE in Chicago today with their patrol boats on the Chicago River.

Confluence of these 3 things... 1. today's executive order on domestic terrorism 2. the recall of all senior-level US officers to DC to focus on domestic protection 3. the government shutdown which will close down federal courts on October 3 ...is the end of the road for any America you ever knew.

Written about the repeal of Roe, could be about anything these days

Has anyone done a study of how many more lies, or how more egregious the lies are, when Karolyn Leavitt and Pam Bondi wear a visible cross for their televised appearances

This is what they're doing in full view with cameras running, you can just imagine what they're doing out of view.