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People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.

Keep Resisting Chicago! At Wilson and Sawyer -an hour ago. 10/12/25

Reddit Thread Details Horrific ICE Encounters These stories are happening all over the country. We CAN'T look away and we must share them.

Some of these stories are difficult to read, but it’s important that as many people as possible know what is happening. We are 100% living in a police state. SHARE widely.
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Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women and children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” - Diary of Anne Frank January 13,1943

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Reflections on History ~ The Diary of Anne Frank

The similarities are SCARY

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Federal district judge April Perry blocks the Trump admin’s deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois. Says it applies to any troops, not just the Texas NG troops who are already here.

'Sanctuary' mission of Logan Square grade school tested by fed's use of tear gas, teacher says Funston Elementary School's sense of safety was violated last Friday when a federal agent threw a tear gas canister from their vehicle across the street and the gas wafted over the school property, she told reporters.

Funston Elementary School’s sense of safety was violated last Friday when a federal agent threw a tear gas canister from their vehicle across the street and the gas wafted over the school property, a teacher told reporters Thursday.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

*Many more neighbors were affected, but you won't get tallies on those numbers from the media because they don't get free ambulance rides and a PR team to issue statements on their behalf

You can follow along as one of the USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III's transports members of the Texas National Guard into the Chicago area, after Texas Gov. Gregg Abbot authorized their deployment to the Chicagoland area.

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This exactly.

Does anyone remember this term from the beginning of the pandemic to describe feeling horrible all day & then you end up staying up too late because you’re trying to get to a place where you’re feeling kind of okay, and then the staying up too late feeds the whole pattern? Anyway, that’s where I am.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Last week, residents of a South Shore apartment building were jolted awake late at night last week when nearly 300 federal agents, backed by helicopters and flashbang grenades, stormed their homes in a massive immigration raid.

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

WATCH: The Military Assault On Chicago Whether it's ICE or troops the tactics are what matters.

Keep sharing stories and videos of ICE atrocities in Chicago, Portland, and everywhere else.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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The fight against books bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

PBS News Hour report on The Librarians

Library acquires new electronic resources to replace EBSCO The Lafayette Public Library announced Friday a new collection of online resources for patrons: Gale Databases.

Didn't realize that budget cuts in Louisiana were bad enough that it meant EBSCO databases were removed from public libraries.

This is about Lafayette Parish getting GALE databases as a replacement, but...wow.

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No Kings❌👑: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training

ACLU will give you the tools to take action safely, confidently, and with key de-escalation strategies in hand.
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Amid national glare, Broadview mayor keeps focus on her 8,000 residents: ‘I can’t be afraid’ Immigration agents have aggressively responded to protests outside what was once a sleepy ICE facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson says she’s not backing down.

Immigration agents have aggressively responded to protests outside what was once a sleepy ICE facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson says she’s not backing down. Nice profile from Mariah Woelfel @wbez.org
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HAVE YOU SEEN ICE? ¿HAS VISTO A ICE? We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago who are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and traffic stops conducted by federal agents. Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com We won’t share video publicly without your permission. Share video / Enviar video Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza, detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes federales en Chicago. Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.

Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

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If you see local law enforcement assisting ICE by arresting protesters, establishing perimeters, or otherwise responding to ICE activity, FILE A COMPLAINT and send us video/photos

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Welcome to the Era of "Kavanaugh Raids" ICE crosses another big, important line.

This is a great piece by @vermontgmg.bsky.social but reminder to everyone out there to know your feds--the horrifying Chicago apartment building raid was primarily CBP/Border Patrol (accompanied by various other agencies likely including ICE) www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...