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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
Supporting Medicare for All is not radical. Opposing it is. #MedicareForAllNOW www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
We asked Mayor Johnson's office about these incidents. A spokesperson said they are "actively monitoring and responding to reported violations of municipal and state law by federal immigration agents, while working to document and compile evidence of violations of Mayor Johnson’s executive order.”
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
Chicago's city council empowered COPA last March to investigate alleged collaboration between CPD and ICE. Since then, people have filed at least 7 reports with COPA over ICE using local police facilities, including the 25th District station that connects to a Cook County courthouse.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
The pattern dates back to the onset of the ICE surge. Last October, before new signage was installed reminding both feds and cops of the ban on using city property for immigration enforcement, federal vehicles were seen exiting another police parking lot in the 24th District:
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ICE agents in CPD's 24th district lot on October 9, 2025
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
After elected officials joined community members in protest over the 17th District incidents, ICE still returned. A witness sent us a photo they captured of masked agents yet again using police property for their operations on Sept 10 in Logan Square:
a black chevy tahoe with its door open behind a fence. a man in a baseball cap and a hoodie walks beside it to another black SUV
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
Witnesses then again recorded ICE agents in 17th District parking lots on Sept 2 and 3. According to a report to Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) we obtained, the family of one detained man was able to track his phone to the 17th District lot on Sept 3:
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Northwest Side residents blast use of Chicago police lot for ICE operations
At an Albany Park Police District council meeting Saturday, residents called on the Chicago Police Department to “end the collaboration” with federal immigration agents.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
Videos provided by witnesses show ICE agents transferring immigrant detainees between cars in Chicago police parking lots at least twice this summer: on July 5 in the 11th District, and on Aug 28 in the 25th District. The Aug 28 transfer was also captured by CPD's own surveillance camera:
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ICE agents transfer detainee between vehicles in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 28, 2026
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
We spoke with that observer, who said ICE agents held her for hours. By the time they released her, her car had been towed. She also said she saw Chicago cops glad-handing with ICE. Hard to confirm, as the surveillance video file we obtained via FOIA request is missing nearly two hours of footage.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
In one violent incident on August 1, immigration agents in CPD's 25th District station lot boxed in an ICE observer, ripped her from her car and moved her to one of their SUVs to detain her. We asked for security footage from that morning. It shows ICE agents in full view of local police:
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ICE agents box in and detain observer in CPD's 25th District parking lot on August 1, 2026
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:
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In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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Baby Jane @babyjanehudson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent reporting. Thorough, specific important details, I have missed reading news\good journalism. Chicago peeps ⭐
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 1h
ICE removal flight to African continent outbound
An FR24 map showing N120LW going from AEX to SJU to Dakar
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Aspiring to critical thinking @criticalthinkngfan.bsky.social · 1h
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We Can't Afford to Brush Off Trump's Warnings
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Aspiring to critical thinking @criticalthinkngfan.bsky.social · 1h
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IMPEACH. CONVICT. REMOVE.
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Winnable Democratic Races 💙 @winnabledemraces.bsky.social · 1h
💙 RATING CHANGES: KS, NH, NC @cookpolitical.com has moved THREE Senate races in the Democrats' FAVOR. 🔵 Kansas Senate: Lean R -> Toss Up 🔵 NH Senate: Toss Up -> Lean D 🔵 NC Senate: Lean D -> Likely D
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Looking forward to being in Detroit on 10/24 to campaign for @jocelynbenson.bsky.social, @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, and Democrats up and down the ballot in Michigan. Join us: mobilize.us/teammichigan/event/1053725/
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026
Anyway, here's 12 *OTHER* statewide Democrats who need a financial boost! Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/state...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry.
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 12h
Former #Connecticut official Kosta #Diamantis fled to Greece before sentencing for 21 #corruption counts, including #bribery, #extortion, #conspiracy and lying to investigators. Prosecutors sought up to 12 years; his $75K+ pension was halted which he challenges. www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
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Kosta Diamantis is now a fugitive. Can Connecticut get him back?
Federal prosecutors signaled their intention in court on Thursday they intend to go forward with the sentencing with or without Diamantis.
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 12h
As #Pennsylvania’s #measles cases top 1,000 with 5 deaths, President #Trump & #RFK Jr. are pushing major vaccine-policy changes, including fewer childhood vaccines & splitting #MMR shot into 3. RFK Jr. has also overhauled #CDC’s #vaccine advisory process amid the #outbreak. tinyurl.com/3tzdsccc
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PA Measles Cases Exceed 1000, NY Declares Emergency While Trump & RFK Jr Assail the Solution: The MMR Vaccine — Protect Our Care
Washington D.C. – There is no end in sight for the worst measles crisis in 35 years. Pennsylvania health officials confirm that cases have now surpassed 1,000, with five deaths,...
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 11h
President #Trump’s comments that #Iran could "take out" #LosAngeles and #SanDiego sparked backlash from #California leaders, who denounced them. The White House defended Trump, claiming he meant US cities would have faced nuclear threats if Iran is not stopped. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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White House defends Trump comment to let Iran 'take out' LA and San Diego
Gavin Newsom called the remarks "deranged", but the White House said Trump was warning of the risk of a nuclear Iran.
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 11h
#Senator Chuck #Schumer is demanding more #transparency from #Flock Safety over its nationwide network of AI-powered license plate cameras. He cited #privacy, #security & unauthorized searches. Flock says it has tightened data retention and monitoring controls. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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Sen. Chuck Schumer sounds alarm on Flock cameras, demands greater transparency on use of data
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding transparency from Flock Safety, the company responsible for a network of license plate cameras across the country​.
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 10h
Robert #DeNiro and Rosie #O’Donnell joined Jeffrey #Epstein survivors at Washington Square Park demanding #Trump release more unredacted Epstein files. Survivors urged voters to support candidates who back transparency ahead of Nov #midterms. #Manhattan #NYC #NewYork www.amny.com/news/robert-...
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Robert De Niro, Rosie O’Donnell join Jeffrey Epstein survivors in demanding that Trump release all files related to convicted sex criminal | amNewYork
Robert De Niro and Rosie O'Donnell joined survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes in Washington Square Park on Monday evening to call for the release of
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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Owners of #CrunchFitness, #PrivateEquity firm Leonard Green & Partners loaded #Pennsylvania safety net hospitals that care for impoverished neighborhoods - with debt & siphoned $658 million, leading to closures & loss of vital medical services for the community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1RS...
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Why Private Equity Is Buying Hospitals & Shutting Them Down
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BD Max 🌵 🏜️ 🌄🌎🌏🌍💙🇺🇦🦋🧢 @bdmax54.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
History only works when the books aren’t all burned. trump wants so badly for the world to only think about him that he’s missing the part where kids from now on will learn all about trump and the RedHat rebellion. So maybe your grandkids can read about when Grampa went crazy. And Joe stuttered.
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Buff Bobby G @buffbobbyg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Help me understand Trump’s statements like I am MAGA. Trump took a robust economy, crashed it, and now is telling everyone if the Democrats win we will have a crashed economy. If the Republicans control congress we will have prosperity again. Make it make sense.
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LAWriter @lawriter1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Most Americans have no idea what the "Gilded Age" was. Americans Are Woefully Uneducated About Basic History fee.org/articles/ame... significant numbers of college students graduate without even a rudimentary grasp of America’s history www.goacta.org/resource/los...
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Americans Are Woefully Uneducated About Basic History
Americans are woefully uneducated about the most basic facts of our history to the point that most couldn’t even pass a basic citizenship test.
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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The lesson the oligarchs learned from the pandemic is that mass death concentrates record capital so the robber barons now are entirely fascist. bsky.app/profile/rbre...
super rich's wealth concentration surpasses Gilded Age levels - 2021
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ed-never-forget.bsky.social @ed-never-forget.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yeah - their grip remained until their self serving corrupt GOP policies led to Great Depression … leaving wake of poverty, famine, disease, unemployment homelessness What saved us from communism was FDR New Deal (social capitalism) call what you want - it saved working class and our Republic
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Alan Gallery @alangallery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy.
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A gentle smile and a tender heart @br-ighty.bsky.social · 13h
Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent edition.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
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Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent | CNN Politics
In a local radio interview earlier this month, Michele Tafoya, the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota and former sports broadcaster was asked about her past criticism of the state and whether she ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH: “Did you go to public schools? Did you drive here on roads?” 🔥 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social expertly handles Fox propagandist martha maccallum’s fearmongering about socialism (From @acyn.bsky.social )
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 13h
He simply must be removed from office as any other President would have been if they had uttered these words. "A small price to pay" means he is willing to let 15 million Americans be murdered and he thinks it is acceptable. The fact that those people clapped when he said that makes me sick.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul @ilattygeneral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At a time of skyrocketing costs for Americans, generic drug companies colluded with each other to raise prices on needed medications simply to line their own pockets: tinyurl.com/3yred2u2
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 14h
ICE Air flight coming to MSP, Tue Oct 6, estimated arrival: 1:15 PM. Shackled detainees will board the plane at Signature Aviation. Since January 1, MN50501 has tracked 141 ICE Air flights through MSP, taking away 4,725 people. 📑 ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp 📡 adsb.lol?icao=a83951
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6
ICE Air Flight
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
Touchdown Time: 1:15 PM
SIGNATURE AVIATION'S
PRIVATE JET FACILITY
BETWEEN TERMINAL 1 & 2
AT MSP. OBSERVE FROM TERMINAL 1 GOLD 7 OR RED 8 PARKING RAMPS.
141 ICE AIR FLIGHTS
4,725 DETAINEES LEAVING MN
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Paul @irishpaul68.bsky.social · 14h
This is a true patriot and defender of democracy.
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Tricia "The Welsh Daffodil " @thewelshtaffy24.bsky.social · 14h
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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 16h
Read the full piece: www.bangordailynews.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Opinion: Matt Dunlap is the type of person Maine’s 2nd District needs
"I’ve seen Matt Dunlap treat people with respect when nobody was watching. I’ve seen him help people who needed someone to answer the phone."
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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 16h
"I've seen Matt Dunlap treat people with respect when nobody was watching." Jeff McCabe, former Maine House Majority Leader, wrote about his years knowing Matt, from lending him a rifle during orientation to watching him sit down and actually listen to state workers at the State House.
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Matt Dunlap @dunlap4congress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My story? I've always been a Mainer. I was a cook, bartender, dishwasher, union member — you name it. I stood with Bernie Sanders in Maine to take on the billionaire class. I'm not running for Congress to be the establishment's pick. I'm running to be the people's pick. Watch our first ad 📺👇
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 16h
2026 SCOTUS Term officially began yesterday. Here from LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Sam Spital about what to expect. legaldefensefund.substack.com/p/5-question...
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5 Questions With a Supreme Court Expert as the New Term Begins
LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Sam Spital on what to expect as the United States Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments.
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ned4477.bsky.social @ned4477.bsky.social · 16h
HHS cutback on vaccinations, FDA/USDA failures in monitoring,
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ned4477.bsky.social @ned4477.bsky.social · 16h
This is one section of the GOP/MAGA/PEDO genocide. Cutting SNAP and Medicaid are two more. Anyone spot more genocide activity by the GOP?
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FuckTrump🚫👑🐸 @hillz2mountains.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Stanford Prison Experiment | History, Summary, & Facts | Britannica
The Stanford Prison Experiment was a social psychology study (1971) in which college students became prisoners or guards in a simulated prison environment. Intended to measure the effect of role-playi...
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FuckTrump🚫👑🐸 @hillz2mountains.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
ICE & CBP remind me of the Stanford Prison Guard experiment on a macro scale being overseen by sadist antisocial Miller. He's pushing racism & depravity to cultivate, nurture, & reward it to increase cruelty & normalize it He's also personally making money w companies running concentration camps
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18h
Tracking Americans caught in immig dragnet took an enormous effort, precisely b/c the admin denies it and won't track it Here are the journalists who made it happen @nicolefoy.bsky.social, Ruth Talbot, @cengizyar.com, Liliana Michelena @biancafortis.bsky.social, Mariam Elba, Kahlie Wray, and more
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