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Daniel Tobon

@dtobon.bsky.social
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Humanist, Inmigrante, aspiring Urbanist, Army Vet, ex-Esq., serial founder, CPS LSC member, VFW Service Officer, candidate for 35th Ward Alderman. Chicago until the wheels fall off.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18h
hey friends! our flight angels need to pay a $300 fee to get an unaccompanied minor on an international flight (the miles were donated) we don’t hold any money and everyone is a volunteer. if you have some extra bucks can you venmo me @ziibiing so we can make this happen?
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This Supreme Court allowed Alabama to keep killing people in 2022 after the state repeatedly botched its executions and left inmates on gurneys, cut up by needles. Of all the Roberts Court’s sins, its death penalty rulings have been especially nihilistic.
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026
When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.
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Atlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errors
A close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of my goals in writing this book was to get a copy in every college library so that survivors entering the Title IX system would know what they were getting into—and be able to use that knowledge however they wanted. But a lot of schools banned the book.
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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lord, I've seen what you've done for others . . .
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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No hell hot enough.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I struggled to finish reading this important and horrifying reporting www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Based on membership scans at the gym, [stalking victim] M.W. and [18-year Indianapolis Police Officer] Schultz arrived at the gym within one hour of the other on June 12, 2026; June 15, 2026; June 23, 2026; June 26, 2026; July 9, 2026; July 15, 2026; July 21, 2026; July 25, 2026; and August 1, 2026.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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SideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your every-few-days reminder that the NITA board, which Director Alvarez serves on, has the statutory authority to declare any roadway lane a bus lane.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026
"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:
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OpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million gift
The super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.
A check for $150,000 to 1820 PAC, a pro-Collins super PAC, from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ANOTHER Chicago bike crash Last week: 2 fatalities 2 critical injuries Gofund me for bicyclist hit in river north on Saturday near Clark and LaSalle www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
newsom is also the reason why you still can’t sue AI executives and companies for the harms caused by their models
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is now going to essentially be disappearing immigrants detained by ICE. This is going to cause so much pain for their loved ones on both sides of the border.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
9th Cir. holds that it violated due process to deny bond hearings for asylum seekers who entered without admission/parole, were screened for expedited removal, and who were found to have a credible fear of persecution or torture. Thuraissigiam does not apply. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
In sum, the government’s strictly circumscribed detention authority, a pillar of our common law tradition for almost a millennium, stands in contrast to the political branch’s “plenary authority to decide which aliens to admit.” Thuraissigiam, 591 U.S. at 139. Thuraissigiam was an admission, not a detention, case. For that reason, as well as because it was specifically limited to noncitizens at the “threshold of initial entry,” it has no application here, the government’s fervent pleas for its vast expansion notwithstanding. Id. at 107. Noncitizens who arrive illegally and are found away from the border well after arrival are protected from arbitrary detention in violation of the Due Process Clause.16  III. Conclusion The district court correctly concluded that (1) it has jurisdiction over this dispute and (2) Thuraissigiam does not bar the bond hearing class’s due process claim. The district court’s order denying the government’s motion to dismiss is AFFIRMED.
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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Funny, that. It's almost as if you've had the privilege of never having to think about the actual consequences of your political decisions. How interesting . . .
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, this seems less than ideal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media. This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries. See the problem?
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FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Facially disqualifying shit
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I don't even know what to say anymore. 20 disgusting seconds that perfectly summarize public health under RFK, Jr.: Minimizing the lives of kids who are dead because of his anti-vax messaging.
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Rajan Narang @rdnarang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Disbarment and sanctions for everyone involved.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In terms of raw numbers I suspect the Venezuela heist will prove to have been the biggest of all of them.
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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Obscure plural smackdown! Here I was so proud of using "libretti" in the lede of my blog post yesterday. Then Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social comes right back today with "arboreta" in his first graf. I know a challenge when I see one: game on! chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...
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Urbs in horto in toto? Design contest picks proposals that would significantly green up Chicago
The city would gain a network of arboreta and much leafier boulevards under the winners of World Business Chicago's Horizon Lines contest. The improvements would also help keep Chicago cooler and drye...
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Bennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 15/09/2026
Everyone who thinks high school sports is their best chance to college admissions or funding should need to take a remedial statistics class instead of immediately engaging in bigotry
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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No hell hot enough.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The people responsible for this need to be held accountable. It is imperative that we do this if we're ever going to be a functioning democracy again.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 12/09/2026
With interest rates and the cost of construction continuing to explode, we really cannot afford to say No or downsize practically any housing development that can pencil out. Yes, the rents/price of that new housing will be a lot! But it’s so much better than the scenario where it doesn’t get built
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 12/09/2026
🚶‍♀️🚴 New research from Ireland's National Transport Authority confirms how active travel infrastructure is an investment that pays for itself many times over, benefiting people, the environment and the economy. read more about it here: buff.ly/tRlpIc0
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Earlier this week we reported on a frightening incident in Equatorial Guinea, where immigrants deported by ICE and trapped in a hotel were held at gunpoint. Now one of those immigrants has been arrested, @gillianbrockell.com reports. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
pretty short (20 pages less endnotes) but the tl;dr is if something like AGI happens it'd be a IR defining event on par with nuclear weapons, but with some significant differences so natsec types and others should put some braincells on thinking through implications now
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Trump administration is using an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act to deploy military JAG lawyers in local courtrooms to prosecute Americans for gun or drug crimes or even impeding federal law enforcement. It's in line with the militarization of US cities like Memphis, writes Zachary Groz.
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Military Lawyers Prosecuting Civilian Crimes Across the Country - The American Prospect
In a move with little precedent, Judge Advocates (JAGs) are showing up in local courtrooms to prosecute street crime.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Greg is right. AES is right. JD Vance goes out every day and sells out his own wife—his own children!—by preaching that religious and racial diversity make America weaker. The only disgrace here is Vance.
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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Avant / Après Rue Claude Decaen dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris. L'arbre et la placette piétonne qui empêchent le virage à droite des véhicules venant de la rue du fond ne datent que de 2016 ! Et depuis 2026, ils ne peuvent plus aller tout droit, juste tourner à gauche, hors de la photo.
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Cook County Bike Share Feasibility Study just dropped! Includes pilot zones to be prioritized for bike share expansion. Also includes some interesting statistics and peer comparisons. From Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways + Forest Preserves www.cookcountyil.gov/sites/g/file...
A map of Cook County with five highlighted zones: one called North 2 in Skokie/Lincolnwood area, one called Northwest 3 in Des Plaines/Rosemont/Park Ridge, one called West 1 in Forest Park/Melrose Park/Maywood/Oak Park/River Forest, one called West 2 in a bunch of municipalities from Cicero west to Westchester, and one called South 1 in   a region from about Dolton to Alsip. All the zones border the existing Divvy service area in Chicago and Evanston.
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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The alliance in Boston between the NAACP and the Trump Administration to oppose bus rapid transit and protected bike lanes on a big urban corridor—improvements that would increase safety, people flow, and travel affordability—is a wake-up call. That kind of head wind is not limited to Boston.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 27/08/2026
A sailor who jumped off the USS Lincoln is 19, married with two kids, and is being charged by the Navy under UCMJ for “malingering” and absence without leave. Because we have completely lost the fucking plot.
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Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges
The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.
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Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“I can’t tell you how heartbroken I am leaving my younger girls,” Barry told me. “I’m the one who takes them to the bus stop.”
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 28/08/2026
new book about U.S. housing quality "Most people find affordable housing not through public subsidies but by purchasing or renting older housing in the private market. For older housing to be aff., it is almost always in disrepair and/or is in a disinvested neighborhood with low market values."
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk. A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID to see his identity.
NEW: Evidence filed in a Colorado case reveals how ICE officers are arresting people without a warrant, which is illegal unless ICE determines the person is a flight risk.

A man was dragged from his car after ICE showed him a warrant for someone else and refused to check his ID.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/08/2026
NEW: Meltdowns, threats & FOP influence have marred the fight for civilian police accountability in Chicago. Some police district councilors question the future of the body they serve on as they battle CPD interests to get things done. The fault lines run deep. From @zoetakaki.bsky.social:
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Civilian oversight blues: inside Chicago’s ongoing police accountability meltdown
Chicago has a new community police oversight body that emerged in response to the historic 2020 protests. According to those elected to serve, however, it’s already full of cops.
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