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Some context to the viral videos:

Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.

They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.

Outside Chicago—

State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.

A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.

Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.

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THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.

ICE’s undercover officers in plainclothes abducted Sindi Moreno while she was leaving to drop her daughter off at elementary school in Houston. The agent in civilian clothing assaulted and attempted to kidnap Sindi as she and her child desperately fought him off.

Considering its extreme scarcity, its provenance, and its immaculate condition, the Lincoln Bathroom's now-destroyed #Vitrolite walls—original to the 1949-51 Truman reconstruction—were considerably more valuable than Trump's common marble-by-the-yard.

#HistoricPreservation #20thCenturyPreservation

We are in a serious govt shutdown, but instead of negotiating, Trump posted several pics of his WH bathroom remodel today and now this. He is currently headed to Palm Beach for another golf weekend.

ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight The administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expansion of...

"According to the lawsuit, Charles Johnson, a Holocaust denier and purported Clearview co-founder, had allegedly made a Facebook post about 'building algorithms to ID all the illegal immigrants for the deportation squad.'

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

At least 2 people — both citizens — were detained by immigration agents in Albany Park Friday. blockclubchi.co/4hDz8Cu

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Ticket sales at the Trumpified Kennedy Center have absolutely fallen off a cliff, and it seems virtually certain donations have too. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

Woman deported after reporting sexual harassment by ICE contractor A spokesperson for the contractor told Newsweek that it "takes all allegations of sexual abuse and harassment with the utmost seriousness."

📍𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎, 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀:

A mom of 8 U.S. Citizen children, Silvia Reyna Mendoza, was deported last week, after she accused an ICE contractor of sexual harassment—despite receiving an emergency temporary stay from the court. She lived in the U.S. for 40 years. #AbuseofPowerWatch

U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald ..

@miamiherald.com
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An X thread from January 15, 2025 by Bob Peters: "I have a new piece out today. This is a short thread on why we must make ready to conduct an explosive nuclear test. 1/ https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/america-must-prepare-test-nuclear-weapons The piece argues that the US must be ready to test nuclear weapons at the Nevada National Security Site within 3-6 months of being ordered to conduct a nuclear explosive test. 2/ Many argue that there is no technical reason to test. This is likely true—but it is also irrelevant. 3/ Such a test would occur if there were unforeseen “political” reasons why a President would want to test one as part of a signaling campaign during an acute crisis or even conflict. 4/ The purpose of such a signaling campaign that included a nuclear test would be 1) to demonstrate stake and that an adversary could not escalate their way out of a crisis or conflict through nuclear coercion—and ultimately, 2) to avoid a limited nuclear battlefield exchange. 5/ This may be a low-likelihood scenario—but it would be one in which the consequences are high. That is why it is so important to prepare for a possible test. 6/ If the Department of Energy is unable to have the Nevada Site ready for testing within 3-6 months, the US should consider withdrawing from the 1962 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 7/ This would allow the US to conduct open air nuclear testing within the US or in the Pacific over open water or uninhabited atoll. 8/ Withdrawing from the Test Ban Treaty is not the preferred option, but it may be the required option should we be unable to conduct underground testing in a reasonable time. 9/ Final thought: no one is blase about walking away from arms control agreements--but if they no longer serve US national interests, then we must be willing, unfortunately, to consider walking away from them. At any rate, give it a read, and welcome your thoughts. Fin

The Heritage Foundation’s Bob Peters now recommends that if the US cannot develop the ability to conduct an underground nuclear test in Nevada within 3-6 months of an order to do so, it consider withdrawing from the 1962 Limited Test Ban Treaty and resuming open-air testing in Nevada or the Pacific.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...

W.T.A.F. I cannot.

This is relevant again today. The directive just went out. Keep in mind, it’s illegal for the president to use the military as police without invoking the insurrection act.

Another video from a FB ICE watch group. The user who uploaded this wrote that it depicts ICE agents shooting pepper balls at a vehicle with children inside. Also in Aurora, IL. From what I can tell, it was two days ago.

(I’ve cropped out the ID of the person who uploaded this just to be safe.)

Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.

A screenshot of the termination notice of one worker for O'Brien and Associates was posted to X, headered with the company's contact information. 1-800-225-9947 FAX: 608-526-2098 E-mail: info@obrien-and-associates.com Website: obrien-and-associates.com Titled "Termination Notice," dated October 28, 2025, with a redacted employee name, the letter reads: I am writing to inform you your employment with O'Brien and Associates is being terminated as of Tuesday, October 28, 2025, due to the following: On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, you were scheduled to work from 8am to 3:30pm as a door guard. WHile on shift there was an incident that took place in the parking lot. You took it upon yourself to leave your designated post without approval and go into the parking lot. When asked by your Site Manager Michael what you were doing, you stated you were "watching for ICE." You were instructed to go back to your position at the door. A moment later, as ICE is doing their job, you proceed to argue with an ICE employee and are recording the situation as well. The argument turned to the point where you were almost pepper sprayed by them. You once again, after being told to stay at your position, leave your position and walk once again into the parking lot. Again, you were told not to leave your position by the Site Manager Michael. You become extremely uncooperative and state, "Says who." Site Manager Michael then informs you to go home due to your insubordination and failure to follow directives and violate policies. Once instructed to go home, you threatened Site Manager by saying "make me" to him in response to you being sent home.

If this termination notice circulating is legit, then yes, for "leaving his post" and "insubordination." What kind of security company tells its employees to stay out of matters that actually concern security?

Update: The guard who recorded this incident has been terminated from his job.

The company name is O’Brian & Associates.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Please read this article:

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

#AwarenessMatters
#DemocracyMatters

We should have punished the Confederates.

Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length

One of few news sources of information that can be trusted. Investigative journalist still be allowed to do their fricking job. For now. This article exposes the evil regime we are living under. Dirty, filthy, obscene. #pinks #stopfascistregimes #humanrightsviolations