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🚨Breaking (last couple of hours) News out of East Chicago: *ICE, for whatever reason, spread like ants and began detaining people without cause, warrants, or crimes having been committed. 1/2

Troops are starting to get paid, but aren't out of the woods as the shutdown continues Troops reported receiving paychecks Tuesday after the Pentagon diverted funds to cover payroll during the government shutdown.

Task & Purpose reports that some service members are being paid this week—even though the government is still shut down.

DoD says it moved $8 billion from R&D funds to issue paychecks.

This shouldn't be possible, and is certainly unlawful. 🧵
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Also Milcon which is 5 years

Army RDT&E is a multi-year appropriation, and the key issue here is the purported use of a reprogramming authority that does not exist

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

In the United States. Not another country. Happening right now.

I have issues with Spark Tank, but having the most senior USAF leader celebrate airmen solving their big AF problems (and all the things required to enable that) I see as an unalloyed good

Did ICE commit that pogrom where it assaulted an entire apartment building in Chicago in order to help Wells Fargo foreclose on the building?

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This is both irrelevant and incorrect

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

This is the question for ‘what does congress do for THIS round’ when the real question is ‘how apeship will the PSMs go on the next FY?’

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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

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My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the 18th we need to be vigilant for increased violence and provocation by both law enforcement and counter-protestors, both of which will be used to try to justify more violence and authoritarianism.

Russ Vought v @russvought The RIFs have begun. 12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

“No warrant could authorize entering every single apartment, smashing down every door, and dragging every person out in handcuffs, which is what they did.”

Let me emphasize once again that if you’re inclined toward “no deal is possible with these guys” then trying to make a reasonable deal and getting this reaction demonstrates that far better than just asserting it and refusing to try would have.

#WarRavagedPortland

Here’s video of the incident

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

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What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

"U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters..."

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To be absolutely clear: if ICE or DHS says something happened, it almost certainly didn't happen.

And even if it did, at this point, the burden is on them to produce evidence. Anybody who gives them even the least benefit of the doubt hasn't been paying attention.

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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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.