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Heather Dalmage

@heatherdal.bsky.social

Sociologist. #WaterIsLife. Laughter, beauty, critical dialogue and connection. Hope is a discipline. We must not comply. Do something.

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Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"

Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.

Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

10.11.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5961    ๐Ÿ” 2252    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 549    ๐Ÿ“Œ 156

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

Itโ€™s corporate greed. Itโ€™s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

27.10.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36022    ๐Ÿ” 13718    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1039    ๐Ÿ“Œ 630
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Ick. Ick. Ick.

28.10.2025 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tish James lit up the room last night โ€” and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

15.10.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12179    ๐Ÿ” 3022    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 247    ๐Ÿ“Œ 156
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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

Fascists' disdain for humans and humanity leads to so much suffering.

02.10.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Following the Charlie Kirk killing, Stephen Miller said, he and the Administration "would do what it takes" to punish the radical left for Kirk's killing. (they were not responsible) He said they could use RICO or conspiracy charges. Itโ€™s clear that Miller just wanted a pretext to go after them.

13.09.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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WE ARE NOT THE SAME!
Stephen Miller said that Kirk's last message to him was a call to dismantle radical left organizations fomenting violence across the US and he will make this happen in Kirk's name. Right extremists were responsible for 75% of all extremist murders in the US from 2013 till now. ๐Ÿคจ

13.09.2025 05:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12172    ๐Ÿ” 4123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 289    ๐Ÿ“Œ 156

I donโ€™t appreciate the conflation of liberal and left - it lacks acknowledgment of foundational differences. Do liberals care when they are called left? How do conservatives feel about the media use of โ€œconservativeโ€ when referring to right wing nationalists? Is there a foundational difference?

13.09.2025 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Justice Department is compiling the largest set of national voter roll data it has ever collected. They claim their goal is to prove that โ€œtroves of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally.โ€ Thatโ€™s not the real objective.

09.09.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11653    ๐Ÿ” 3978    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 463    ๐Ÿ“Œ 263
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The Saddest Little Dictator Trump is so weak that Xi Jinping doesnโ€™t even feel the need to manipulate him anymore. Meanwhile the rest of the world is moving on from America too.

"Evidently China is farther along in its project than I realized, because Xi has reached the point where he no longer humors Trump. Which means that the Chinese believe Americaโ€™s decline is terminal."

07.09.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2852    ๐Ÿ” 857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 95    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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#ProudBlue
Chicago!! Heads up!

05.09.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1033    ๐Ÿ” 387    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia walking, wearing a white shirt. A headline reads: "Abrego Garcia, Free From Tennessee Jail, Is Returning To Maryland, Lawyer Says." Photo credit: Brett Carlsen/ Associated Press.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia walking, wearing a white shirt. A headline reads: "Abrego Garcia, Free From Tennessee Jail, Is Returning To Maryland, Lawyer Says." Photo credit: Brett Carlsen/ Associated Press.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March, has been released from criminal custody and is on his way to join his family in Maryland, his lawyers said in a statement on Friday. nyti.ms/4fRCh0r

22.08.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 307    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

โ€œIf you even careโ€ - says so much about how you understand other people. Why โ€œevenโ€ post?

27.07.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The lack of empathy leads to the so much global misery.
I wish they could go to an uninhabited planet, we can call it: EgoInterestial. They can prey on each other. Leave the rest of us alone to heal humanity and the planet.

23.07.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The story here is that HE spoke up about the erasure of a woman -- a woman that did more and before. Thanks for that, Dr. Poisner.

22.07.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, Iโ€™m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

12.07.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45156    ๐Ÿ” 16742    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1852    ๐Ÿ“Œ 978

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

He canโ€™t address an envelop, much less the nation. Trump and his band of hateful incompetents โ€” lord.

22.06.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As it to the list.

22.06.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pretty sure America just went to war because nobody liked Donald Trump's military parade.

22.06.2025 01:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2575    ๐Ÿ” 441    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

My first thought

22.06.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These 4 men are inhumane, despicable and their base cheering them on is repulsive. #NoWar

22.06.2025 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

#NoWar

22.06.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.

22.06.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6913    ๐Ÿ” 2193    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some beauty โ€” I need a pause on the ongoing horrors. I need to fill my eyes with gorgeous clouds. #CloudSky #BreakFromUpsideWorld

19.06.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally, I continue to harp on this because it's important, we are going to win at the local level. That's where the main fight must be waged. Get to ground and fight like hell.

Take care everyone. Back offline.

18.06.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1575    ๐Ÿ” 329    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
19.06.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesรบs โ€œChuyโ€ Garcรญa, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.

18.06.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14737    ๐Ÿ” 4863    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 513    ๐Ÿ“Œ 210

And the point is?
A. Wisdom doesnโ€™t always come with age.
B. Chronological age and emotional development may not be correlated for all?
C. Wealthy white men an are given so much privilege and power that even the clearly unfit are given power?
D. All of the above

14.06.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Valdosta, GA today.

14.06.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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