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Johnny Lamont

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solidarity lawyer in Chicago by way of ATL.

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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 21h
Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.
transiticsnews.com
Colorado and Michigan Become the Latest Blue States to Quietly End Medicaid Support for Trans Youth as 12 Others Pledge Continued Coverage
In a complete betrayal, solidly Democratic Colorado will also be immediately shutting off care for trans kids currently receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period.
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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It’s not an “investigation” in any sort of meaningful use of the term. This is fascism!
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 08/10/2026
i never ask you to take the time to really read something i wrote but i'm asking you now
jewschool.com
When Jews Deny Genocide · Jewschool
“Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the
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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There's been a lot of talk about the DA's prosecutorial failure in the Cornell rape case but I haven't seen much about this. Cornell police edited out key info when they passed on Jane Doe's statement, omitting her use of the word "rape." The head of Cornell PD is now top brass at Ithica PD.
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Johnny Lamont @jlamonty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is the perfect distillation of the legal mind high on property rights. Property and marriage law are tied up in bound interests, property and pregnancy are not.
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 05/10/2026
What Americans need to understand about bolsonarismo is that it's not just an organic fascist movement, it's a *colonialist* movement, very obviously so, and in its schema the US would be the colonizers.
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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“‘Unfortunately what we’ve seen with CPD is that they’ve essentially rolled out the red carpet for ICE to able to continue their reign of terror here in Chicago,’ said Omar Flores, a local community activist with the group Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.”
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starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
southsideweekly.com/a-slow-and-s...
southsideweekly.com
A Slow and Steady Disaster
Schools, Jobs, and Safety: Why Black Folks Are Leaving Chicago
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
theguardian.com
ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Related, but not mentioned in the NYT article linked above: people aged 50 and older are now the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness in America.
npr.org
Seniors Are The Fastest-Growing Group Experiencing Homelessness. Why? : 1A
People aged 50 and older have grown from about 10 percent of the homeless population to half. That's according to the most recent federal data.The increase is being driven by a number of factors inclu...
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👁️ @abyssalaquarist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i am so so so serious if you are going to go to the art institute of chicago PLEASE SUBMIT A COMPLAINT TO MANAGEMENT about the treatment of their custodial staff! keep up with their union, too www.aicwu.org chicago is a union town, surely this hasnt lost meaning??
aicwu.org
Art Institute of Chicago Workers United
Art Institute of Chicago Workers United advocates for an equitable, sustainable, and transparent workplace for all employees. To achieve these values, staff at the museum have decided to form our unio...
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026
your regular reminder that all is not well for those of us living in red states that women are still bleeding out in parking lots and dying because they can’t access abortion care we deserve not to die
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 16/09/2026
i cannot possibly see how a jewish billionaire exercising his power to repress critics of his emotional support genocidal apartheid ethnostate will have a deleterious impact on jewish people, the mere suggestion is—
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/09/2026
New: Before Renée and Alex, ICE fatally shot Mexican immigrant Silverio Villegas González last fall outside Chicago in suburban Franklin Park. One year later, @domguan.bsky.social spent some time with the group of local women tending to his memorial. His family is still demanding answers:
unraveledpress.com
Growing Where He Died: Silverio Villegas González, One Year Later
One year on from the killing of Silverio Villegas González, a community of Franklin Park women continue the fight to keep his memory alive–through art, flowers, and “a culture of celebrating life.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12/09/2026
Little about the case has been revealed since Villegas González was shot by an immigration agent in Franklin Park on Sept. 12, 2025 — four days after the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz. His supporters are grappling with painful, unanswered questions.
wbez.org
A year of silence follows ICE killing of Silverio Villegas González, despite calls for justice
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Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So many Islamophobic and racist stories today, but the most recent one I've heard of is just mind bogging is LSAC blocking Iranians from taking the LSAT. www.law.com/2026/09/10/i...
law.com
Iranian Students Prohibited From Taking LSAT Following US-Imposed Sanctions | Law.com
The U.S. Treasury Department announced the suspension of several general licenses in its Iran Sanctions program, including goods and services offered by the Law School Admission Council.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BINGO: surveillance is a permission structure. Watch anyone or any place long enough police will find a reason to intervene, usually to harass people and neighborhoods they are already biased to find predisposed to crime.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
again: they mean it
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Thousands have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water. Yet every data center is operational & using enormous amounts of both power and water. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
data4democracy.substack.com
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 13/08/2026
Homeland Security investigators conducted a wide-ranging surveillance campaign against Minnesota labor unions, trying to find evidence that they were part of an Antifa conspiracy to finance domestic terrorism.
bit.ly
Federal agents, led by Jan. 6 participant, surveilled Minnesota unions in hunt for Antifa conspiracy case
Documents show the agents infiltrated protester meetings and investigated union financial records for evidence of domestic terrorist financing.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I  didn’t press them and try to convince them that I was going to make some profound difference. I wasn’t sure myself. I only hope that it was made clear that [an encampment cleaning] is not an insurmountable natural disaster. They are human beings working mundane jobs for the city who have become apathetic and dispassionate over time, and who need to be reminded that carelessness, neglect, and shortcuts in their line of work are a material act of violence on the residents of encampments. I know [the workers] were annoyed and inconvenienced by my presence. I only hope that later they asked themselves why someone who isn’t being paid would choose to spend their day at a homeless encampment filming the city doing a routine encampment sweep.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Knock-on effects of anti-poor policy: 7 grocery stores closed “…Save A Lot representatives said Yellow Banana faced “significant financial headwinds,” including a drop in sales tendered under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program following changes to the federal food assistance program.”
blockclubchicago.org
Older Chicagoans Can Get Free Rides To Grocery Stores Following Save A Lot Closures, Mayor Says
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the program, funded by Lyft and administered by the United Way of Metro Chicago, following the abrupt closure of seven Save A Lot stores.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 30/07/2026
The Islamophobia **FROM THE TOP** coming out of Michigan is one of the biggest stains on the modern Democratic Party.
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Hobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026
Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 24/07/2026
New, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...
techcrunch.com
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...
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Marcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’ve said it many times and will say it again. Stop using “DEI” pejoratively. Stop saying “DEI hire” even to mock someone/point out hypocrisy. Don’t give a platform or credibility to false ideas that DEI means lesser/not deserving. Like “woke”, it is damaging to allow others to redefine/reframe it.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/07/2026
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
thebulwark.com
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Between this and the national guard in Memphis it’s kind of disturbing me (yes I know I’m a member of the media) the degree to which these killings aren’t really breaking thru rn
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
ICE just announced the death of the 21st person in immigration prison, Adrian Andreas Florian, an 85-year-old man from Germany. He died June 24. There's very little information in the press release but it sounds like he may have had dementia. Absolutely horrific.
ice.gov
Alien in ICE custody passes away in Texas after long-term hospitalization
Adrian Andreas Florian, an 85-year-old illegal alien from Germany, passed away in ICE custody June 24.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The air conditioning at the Delaney Hall concentration camp failed today, so now people are roasting inside as temperatures rise above 100 degrees. It's so hot they can't breathe.
jerseyvindicator.org
Air conditioning fails at Delaney Hall as heat wave leaves detainees struggling to breathe • The Jersey Vindicator
Advocates say temperatures became unbearable inside one housing unit as the region's heat wave intensified.
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 01/07/2026
New tactics include putting up bogus day job listings on FB and swarming whoever responds to the listing.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
30 years for moving some zines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The sentences handed down today in Texas are a threat to the possibility of a democratic society. The prosecution is rife with constitutional violations, but 30 years in prison (more than anyone for January 6) for moving some magazines? 50 years for those not involved in even planning the protest?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The feds' bogus conspiracy case against 'The Minneapolis 15' is outrageous But their real target is YOU -- to shut you up and make regular folks think twice about protesting Trump's stunts to steal the election in November Free the Minneapolis 15! My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
inquirer.com
The ‘Minneapolis 15′ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will Bunch
An outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It is hard to overstate the lack of seriousness with which we treat the ability to own and operate machines with the ability to kill and maim
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Clive Gabay @clivesg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
88 people were murdered by the IOF in Gaza last weekend, and this is how the enablers of this violence evade accountability, by criminalising the word 'Palestine'. In my workplace, 'Stop the Genocide' posters were removed because the word 'Stop' implied an institutional opinion on said genocide.
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Tonight, hours before our election count begins, USC's admin formally ran to the Trump federal NLRB asking them to overturn democracy. This shit is wildly cynical and has huge implications for academic workers nationally and I am begging my journalist followers to get in touch
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 02/06/2026
a few extreme elements
timesofisrael.com
Poll: Nearly four in 10 US Jews say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza
WaPo survey also finds 68% blame Hamas more for civilian deaths; 76% say Israel's existence is vital for Jewish future; 31% feel unsafe in US; two-thirds have negative view of Netanyahu
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Rep. LaMonica McIver @replamonica.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I have sat face to face with detainees inside Delaney—high schoolers, elderly folks, a pregnant woman, people detained while waiting for court hearings. They told us the horrible conditions they face: lack of medical care, moldy food. Delaney Hall needs to be shut down.
migrantinsider.com
Pregnant, Indicted, and Not Backing Down: McIver Returns to Delaney Hall
The Trump administration charged her with a felony for showing up. She showed up again to fight for migrant rights and close an infamous for-profit detention center in New Jersey.
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Francia Garcia Hernandez @franciagarciah.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Around 6:40 p.m., Hernández-Navarrete reunited with his mother, brother, best friend and soccer coaches as he made his return to Chicago. More on the emotive reunion @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/26/c... Photos by Jim Vondruska.
blockclubchicago.org
CPS Student Detained By ICE For Months Has Returned Home
Ricardo Hernández-Navarrete, a Mather High School student and soccer player, was released from immigration custody Tuesday. His mother, Liliana Navarrete, was released last week.
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m glad the ACLU is suing but this is yet another example of how state and local leaders are opting to leave their own constituents to the wolves. I understand why it’s a very difficult decision to restrict federal actions, and why they just want to wait it out. But that is an abdication of duty
motherjones.com
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Rest in peace to Jason Collins, an unthinkably brave person and incredible leader for the LGBT community. Over a decade later and his coming out column is still an astonishing piece of writing. Wish the sport had caught up more and that he could have lived to see it.
si.com
Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now
This story appears in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated. I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first
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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 12/05/2026
here’s something i wrote today. thetriibe.com/2026/05/emma...
thetriibe.com
Emmanuel Andre is bringing a restorative justice mindset to Chicago’s community safety office • The TRiiBE
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new deputy mayor of community safety wants Chicago to listen to young people instead of criminalizing them.
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