Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship. 56149585267
Reposted by KentMusic Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 06/03/2026🎞️35mm Film Frames from BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN🎞️ Chicago Film Society presents Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreaking cinema classic this Sunday March 8th at 7pm! With Live Musical Accompaniment by Whine Cave (Kent Lambert & Sam Wagster). Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev... 1166
Reposted by KentAlma Campos @almacampos.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The national response to Minneapolis has me revisiting the killing of Silverio González Villegas by ICE in Franklin Park, IL. I reported on it last fall. Worth remembering. southsideweekly.com/a-tragic-hom...southsideweekly.comA Tragic HomecomingAfter nearly two decades in Chicago, Silverio Villegas González returned to Michoacán in a coffin. His death at the hands of federal agents left two families divided by borders, shattered with grief, ... 5200115
Reposted by KentAndrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 19/12/2025For folks curious re the news re gender affirming care for trans youth I wrote a quick summary in the BDNH newsletter It’s NOT a national ban. it creates no new civil or criminal penalties, it is a proposal to wield the power of the purse to discriminatorily deny care mailchi.mp/interrupting...mailchi.mpProposed Regulations on Gender Affirming Care, Reflecting on 2025, Resistance Lab Jan 12th & more! 319784
Reposted by Kentthe lakeshore undead @thecorlew.bsky.social · 18/11/2025nightly reminder that Bovino has left Chicago, but ICE has not, and many people still need your help blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/b...blockclubchicago.orgA Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their FamiliesThe Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a... 04418
Reposted by Kentdan sinker @dansinker.com · 17/10/2025I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street. 212949562
Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/10/2025I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.organizingmythoughts.orgMust-Reads and the War on Chicago"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people." 5532310
Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack. 3939871129
Reposted by KentMarc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 08/09/2025After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder... 12636278
Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.organizingmythoughts.orgMapping Community Defense and Care in Our NeighborhoodsThis worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level. 12798358
Kent @kentlambert.bsky.social · 03/08/2025That’s me and my gear! I’m incredibly stoked to perform/premiere (w/ Sam Wagster) a new original live score for this amazing film, in Chicago’s finest movie house 050
Reposted by KentJames @thelaterjames.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Mahmoud is such a wonderful person and has suffered some heartbreaking losses since we started talking last year. Please support his fundraiser if you can. 21514
Reposted by KentPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Surprised that this remarkable investigation into how Netanyahu prolonged the war in Gaza — killing tens of 1000s of civilians — for his own benefit has not gotten more attention. So: gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...nytimes.comHow Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power 641893858
Reposted by KentShane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The @jvp.bsky.social hunger strikers and other Jewish activists are at Senator Tammy Duckworth’s Chicago office demanding a meeting they were promised to talk about the genocide in Gaza. Staff refuses to speak to them. They aren’t leaving. #letgazalive #freepalestine 224267
Reposted by KentJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 25/06/2025No one made Cuomo subpoena an alleged sexual harassment victim's gynecological records or lie about COVID deaths in nursing homes. He did that all by himself. 141596231
Reposted by Kentevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. 3335121
Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025All of the talk about "peaceful protest" makes me think of all the times I have been part of a protest where the police cracked someone over the head and then charged that person with assault. They will call you violent. You can't control that or other people. 253297980
Reposted by KentJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025On this day 80 years ago, Adolf Hitler did the one good thing he did in his entire life and killed himself. Happy Hitler Death Day to all who celebrate. 433768
Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line. 4850161264
Reposted by KentSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 17/04/2025"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."euronews.comPhotographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debutThe Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month. 4848523006
Reposted by KentMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/04/2025“Being an American Jew is a mindfuck. And now we’re in more peril than ever because the destruction of this country’s university life and the lives of university students is being done in our name.”thehandbasket.coIt was never about antisemitismFrom abducting college students to an attack on a Jewish governor, Trump’s real motivations remain clear. 12674144
Reposted by KentNina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025*this is not sarcasm but a sincere plea* One way to emphasize it is to link to the actual story a) So people can read it beyond the headline and become better informed b) Pageviews are important as a measurable indication <to newsroom bosses> of reader interest in this kind of reporting!nbcnews.comICE came for their neighbor, so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect himNeighbors delivered food, water and gasoline to the man, who was with a child in a van, as ICE agents stayed at the home for hours. 121063658
Reposted by KentErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican. Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries. We are not going anywhere. Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law. 7485682102
Reposted by KentErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc. Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us. 643479663
Reposted by KentLaura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Really cannot urge you enough to call your members of Congress right now. I just talked to my very red state, Trump-supporting senator's office. Much to my surprise, they were very receptive to my feedback and seemed extremely concerned. This feels like a rare opportunity to be heard. 341268514
Reposted by KentPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025If you’d like to do me a solid today, I’m a bit stressed about how underfunded my political ed work with Doing Justice Collaborative is at present. You know all those workshops I organize and facilitate? Donations make those events possible, and people aren’t donating to stuff like they used to.chicagofreedomschool.app.neoncrm.comDoing Justice CollaborativeThe Doing Justice Collaborative is a Chicago-based political education organization. Doing Justice creates curriculums, organizes workshops, and provides mentorship to people involved in grassroots mo... 1199
Reposted by KentKeri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer: Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighter battling the blazes in Southern California this week: www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comHow you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfiresThe Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons. 271266918
Reposted by KentBostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I want you to know that I still care what happens to our information ecosystems. Maybe it wasn’t the fact-checkers that biased Facebook, but instead it was all the political operatives waiting for a moment like this. Meta wants friction-free oligarchy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMeta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchyThe company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state 113836
Reposted by KentCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch... 855246316346