Secretary Doug Collins said he would be the biggest cheerleader for VA workers, many whom are veterans. Instead, he’s led one of the biggest union-busting campaigns in history. America’s unions and VA workers made it clear: we won’t stand for this administration’s anti-veteran attacks.

#Illinois Protest at the #Broadview detention center Friday, and yes, this is the same gestapo who've been tear gassing the Rev David Black from #chicagofirstchurch so bring safety equipment. #Chicago @50501chicago.bsky.social #communityresistance #abolishice

Get ready for the biggest protest this country has ever seen! October 18th 12pm at Grant Park we will gather in peaceful solidarity to demand: No Thrones! No Crowns! No Kings! This event is organized by 50501 Chicago, @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social and other @chicago-cata.bsky.social members!

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Veterans deserve care not cuts. act.seiu.org/a/supportvaw...

Unless Congress acts, 22 million people who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could see their costs increase by 75%. Nobody should have to choose between health care and groceries. Tell Congress: extend the ACA tax credits permanently! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

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On October 18, we rise! Not to defend broken systems, but to defend each other! Because our communities deserve more than fear, silence, and billion-dollar bailouts for the powerful. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. FIND or HOST a 10/18 action at www.FiftyFifty.one #NoKings #Oct18 #50501Movement

10 protesters were released after facing "shocking violence" and arrest by federal agents in Broadview. blockclubchi.co/4nGWKI1

Regimes think twice before escalating repression if they know it only ends up growing the opposition. We need your help to make No Kings Day as big, powerful and effective as possible. Please pitch in if you can to support safety and security training, event promotion, and marches in anchor cities.

Get ready. Everyone is needed in the streets. @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @chicago-cata.bsky.social

A protester who was detained for about five hours last night tells me they were slapped and called “f****t” (among other names) and were repeatedly slapped inside after being thrown to the ground/maced while being detained. They say an agent inside mentioned Broadview had deported a citizen.

UPDATE: Huffpo is reporting the Trump administration "plans to evacuate" the Broadview facility in the wake of recent protests. If you have info about where ICE's processing operations will be happening in the Chicagoland area after this move, I am KMHChi.01 on Signal.

SHOCKING NEWS: The Trump regime is lying about Friday’s protest in Broadview. Protesters were thrown to the ground. Several people were shot in the head with pepper balls, unprovoked—as if for sport. Our First Amendment rights are under attack. We will not be silent. @50501movement.bsky.social

These are the real ones out in the tear gas making sure protesters aren't disappeared. Please support today:

My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."

Reminder that Broadview is a "processing facility" and not a designated "detention center." They've got 150 human prisoners to a room in there with the windows boarded up and armed militia on the roof.

#Antifa runs in our blood.

Many of you are just hearing about the Broadview ICE facility. It is designed to detain for up to 12 hours. People are being locked up there for up to a week. No beds No showers No hot meals Shut it down. For more information and to get involved, check out our friends @caarprnow.bsky.social

ICE pepper sprayed civilians & reporters outside of a facility near Chicago being used for detention. This is another dangerous escalation of violence against our rights. Our community will not be silenced and will not back down.

This one’s for all our Antifa ancestors 🇺🇸 #AntiFascist #Antifa #Resist

The empire has stricken back now we must rise! Support the actions happening across the country, September 21st by going to boycottdisneyabc.com - see toolkit with details on how to continue the pressure on Disney and its affiliates, like Hulu, ESPN, Sinclair, and Nexstar Media. #boycottdisneyabc

Today at the Broadview detention facility, federal agents unleashed severe violence on people protesting, and engaged in actions endangering people on the scene. Read NLG Chicago's full statement:

Actually, something went right. Your company is absolutely fuuuuuuuuuucked. Let this be a warning to all executives who decide to bend the knee.

America: the French people really know how to protest! 🔥🔥🔥 Do not stop using your voice! 🩷 🇫🇷 🩷 #makegoodtrouble #october18 #nokings #fiftyfiftyone #protest #rally #climatejustice #firstamendment #france

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

As ICE storms Chicagoland, Chicago’s organizers speak. Stacy Davis Gates, Benji Hart, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Ric Wilson, and others discuss ongoing ICE raids, Trump’s threats to send in the National Guard, and the solidarity we need to survive these times. Audio + transcript:

The Trump administration is villainizing and punishing those who dare to express anything but unequivocal support for its political views. Such censorship is profoundly harmful to a free society — but it can be stopped if we resist it together.

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Tell the Senate to protect union rights of VA nurses and federal employees! Trump's executive orders are a direct attack on workers' rights. Call now 👉 Senate 202-509-0661

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

They want to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and kill free speech? Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets: - Cancel Disney+ - Cancel Hulu - Boycott ESPN - Boycott ABC Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting. - ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art... - Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/

Trump thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down to chaos, cruelty, and corruption. We’re taking to the streets again on October 18 to say NO KINGS. Make a plan to do your part to turn this into the largest show of defiance against Trump’s regime yet. 👇

"Family members said that the man was released from the hospital after he said he was tased in the face while being taken into federal custody."

Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.

We demand that our leaders act - at long last - to stop the US from supporting Israel with our weapons. No more complicity in genocide! #BlockTheBombs @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov

We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

US must stop funding genocide NOW! Call your legislators! 5calls.org/issue/gaza-p...

Release ALL the files.

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

Thinking a lot this morning about how the dispersed nature of these kidnappings over such a broad area makes it so easy for them to avoid making bigger waves. The surface can appear totally calm while they're grabbing neighbors, and most people have no idea until/unless something flashy happens

This is no time minimize or look away from what's happening in Chicago.

Hi ICE killed a single dad at a traffic stop here on Friday Today they are disappearing people again in broad daylight, they are everywhere If you have any national platform at all Chicago is fucking begging you, please help us

People in #Bloomington, #Illinois, rallied in solidarity with #Chicago and against ICE. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

"Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about a bill in the US House of Representatives that they fear could allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio to strip US citizens of their passports based purely on political speech."

NO TRUMP, NO ICE! CATA is joining forces with Milwaukee Fights Back to mobilize for a protest this Saturday at the Great Lakes Naval Base, where federal forces have been gathering.

CTU Responds to ICE Shooting in Franklin Park

It's time to analyze the pillars that are propping up the authoritarian regime, and to plan nonviolent actions to undermine their support. commonslibrary.org/pillars-of-p...

The bills being discussed in the U.S. House Oversight Committee today would result in real material harm to DC communities. Republicans don’t have enough support to pass them without help. We call on every single Democrat in both chambers to reject these bills and all attacks on DC's power.