Kristin DeMarco Wagner

This is tomorrow the 8th at 9AM and last time they went fast.

Photo of funko pop figure in a wheelchair and in box holding a paddle board and a cellphone. A yellow dog is packaged next to the figure.

I may have made myself into a @funko.bsky.social pop 😂

Even if they had some legitimate need and legal basis for deploying the Guard in Chicago, the only reason to not use Illinois NG for it is to cast doubt on their place in the chain of command, treating them as though they are already in mutiny or rebellion, no longer normally functioning.

Pablo Picasso sitting at a screening of Willy Wonka

When we have a polar vortex we will still pin an “Ice Storm Accords” to the fridge, sigh

Still bummed the The Great North was canceled-I love those friggin weirdos

Chicago ran Trump out of town when he was just a candidate in 2016 because he had already said horrible things about immigrants. He’s been wanting to hit this city for a long time, and we’ve known that

you guys happen to notice how everything is finance and landlords now and many things are both

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

This morning, a friend who had been traveling and was out of the loop asked me for resources to catch up on what has been happening in Chicago. If you are in a similar situation and need to catch up on the details, this piece outlines the events of the past week or so.

*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

National Guard Arrives In Chicago Area Despite Judge Urging Feds To Hold Off President Donald Trump has sent National Guardsmen to Illinois despite local officials objecting. Gov. JB Pritzker previously said the deployment is part of "Trump's invasion."

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Was just talking to a friend about this exact thing. Yes they want protesters to do something violent to justify more violence and fewer rights. But in the absence of that, they will manufacture a narrative to do the same thing.

I mean, read a history book.

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

ChiArts Parents, Students Blindsided By Arts Board's Vote Not To Renew CPS Contract Students, parents and teachers at the arts-focused high school are pressuring the administration for more transparency around the board’s decision. "They're cutting us off at the knees," one teacher s...

Students, parents and teachers at ChiArts, the only public arts-focused high school, are pressuring the administration for more transparency around the board’s decision not to renew its CPS contract. “They’re cutting us off at the knees,” one teacher said.

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“It’s a scary moment, but it’s also a moment that bears no equivocation. At this point you are either on the side of protecting our neighbors and protecting our community, or you’re on the side of this administration. There is no neutral ground in this moment. There’s no center left. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit.” - Eman Abdelhadi

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social: "You’re either on the side that is singing and showing up and holding other people, or you’re on the side of the helicopters and the gas canisters and the guns." truthout.org/audio/holdin...

Beyond not believing that ten cars rammed them, no rational person believed that was even spatially possible on a Chicago street. It makes no sense!

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

My jaw just literally dropped! And I’m intrigued!

Sometimes I think a major reason non-Autistic people find Autistic people so unsettling is we often just fully reject social norms that we think are bullshit.

It makes us harder to control.

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Posting with proper alt text. Imgine being visually impaired clicking through the alt text to see what the letter says and all you get is "letter from JB pritzker" not really useful!

DHS is repelling from helicopters into apartment buildings to raid them and zip tie children in the middle of the night while saying "fuck them kids." They're shooting at people on the streets and lying about it.

This is a hostile occupying force that is a threat to everyone's safety.

Please tip Dave for his marathon expert court reporting today. This was an absolutely wild thread

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Look I get that it's not sexy that the Florida facility was closed via an environmental lawsuit but Al Capone got taken down by tax evasion. Not everything is sexy!

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

I've been working with @thetriibe.com, @chicagoreader.com & @unraveledpress.com for over a month now as a freelancer while also looking for a more stable gig. I like doing journalism marginally more than forklifting, and if you like my work too I'd appreciate your support

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Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.

I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.

It’s destructive to the environment.

It’s destructive to artists.

It’s destructive to humanity.

It steals from us and churns out slop.

Just stop.

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

“Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over & shooting the woman five times.”

DHS has lied, a lot, about every act of violence.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her