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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Oh just shut up, Chuck. Useless fucking Democrats. Get your head out of your ass and stop sucking your donors' dicks. IT IS NOT ABOUT TRAINING. The brutality is the point. Stand up and fight back for real, or get out of the way for someone who will.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The worst is that I get no reception in the store, so I have to clip everything ahead of time

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I really appreciate their non-science remarks in particular. It's really special to be able to hear their reactions as humans, and get a little glimpse into how it feels to experience that. 🥹

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Stable air that got disrupted by some kind of upward motion

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/03/2026

ICE detention deaths are now occurring at a rate of roughly one every four days. Three weeks ago that rate was one every six days. The pace is accelerating, and Congress has not launched a single investigation.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The conflict resolution piece, especially, is much-needed right now 😬🙏

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

And seeing how little everyone cared about the shit with Kane...not surprised. Fuck those guys. Pathetic.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I do this, too. I wish all messaging apps had the send later feature. I regularly schedule personal imessage texts to send at 8am, lol.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Juliana Stratton is the obvious pick. I hate even having to weigh in here. It's plain as day, and the frontrunner is so bad. Folks, this needs to get turned around. Like desperately. Phone bank for Stratton, talk to your friends, anything, just please, Illinois, NO.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My friend and one of the co-authors of Read This When Things Fall Apart, Stevie Wilson, will be released from prison in less than a week. Stevie has done tremendous work as an incarcerated organizer and has plans to continue doing important work on the outside. Let's help him make a new start.

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Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante

Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Forgive my ignorance, but does that translate into a stronger CME if one does manage to escape?

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I was there, too, and recorded this as people left the scene. Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I really hope folks are listening. It's hard out here as an earnest person. Let me like things and express feelings, y'all! 😩

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization

It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A local rapid response group I work with is desperately trying to raise $5K tonight to get immediate legal representation for a group member who is facing deportation. It is crucial that these funds be raised by tomorrow. These are organizers I trust. Venmo for donations: @geebees5818

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.

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The Cost of Staying Human

Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.

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Organizing My Thoughts

Kelly Hayes writes about things you should know if you want to change the world.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Usually I'd agree. But after two winters of getting almost no snow, I've been delighted by this sudden onslaught of winter weather. The childlike wonder and joy brought on by a snowstorm is unmatched. I'm ready for more snow and more playing! (For like, a month. And then I'll be so over it.)

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

organizingmythoughts.org

In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together

"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

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They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/10/2025

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

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Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Updated x5 with this CBS2 story www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Downtown Chicago, today. The little girl …

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

@govpritzker.illinois.gov see, this is why we tried to tell you those other federal agencies are all trash, too. Hopefully you've seen things as they are by now, but just in case...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Feds just arrested a reporter at the ICE facility outside Chicago

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.

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Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open

"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 26/09/2025

Jimmy Kimmel's worst case scenario was moving from prime time to a podcast. Mario Guevara's is being shipped to El Salvador and facing more of the persecution he fled 20 years ago. If that happens, the chilling effect will be impossible to measure.

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Americans rallied for Kimmel. It’s time to do the same for Mario Guevara

Atlanta journalist faces imminent deportation for reporting the news

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 26/09/2025

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 23/09/2025

This moment demands more revolutionary voices in journalism. We don’t have the biggest team or budget, but we continue to do the necessary work to reframe sensational and anti-Black narratives. Will you support our work? Send a monetary contribution today: buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhk...

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

To keep my newsletter sustainable, I am looking for eight paid subscribers this month. If you appreciate this work, please subscribe—or share this ask and join for free.

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Organizing My Thoughts

Kelly Hayes writes about things you should know if you want to change the world.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, says her experience in federal detainment could only be identified as “human trafficking.” And she’s not staying quiet about the women she was forced to leave behind. thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/22/w...

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She Survived 141 Days in ICE Custody Thanks to a ‘Beautiful Sisterhood.’ Now She’s Fighting for Those Still Inside.

22-year-old Ward Sakeik, a Palestinian woman who has lived in Texas since she was 9, talks about her experience in federal detainment.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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."

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Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Care and Courage Amid Clouds of Tear Gas

We can embody our refusal and fiercely declare that our love and empathy will not be destroyed.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I tend to get tunnel-visioned about the current crisis and fight, so I just feel lucky to have you helping us to think big-picture and focus on the skills we need to get through this and beyond.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I so badly needed today. Thank you! I especially appreciate your vision and foresight in focusing on this topic. It keeps me going, knowing that you and other organizers and thought leaders (esp. in Chicago!) are here to help us all build a better future.

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Nina Brady @ninabrady.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Some really cool aurora tonight in the northern suburbs of Chicago, along Lake Michigan @tamithaskov.bsky.social @vincentledvina.bsky.social @wickydubswx.bsky.social

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.

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