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@basspaulplayer.bsky.social

Musician. Teacher. Bicycles. Books. Chicago. Solidarity. He/him.

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Snippet of a video shared online on 11/8/2025 a little after 11 am, showing gas being deployed on 26th Street, between Komensky and Pulaski, in Chicago.

Snippet of a video shared online on 11/8/2025 a little after 11 am, showing gas being deployed on 26th Street, between Komensky and Pulaski, in Chicago.

Federal immigration agents have deployed gas in Little Village, on 26th between Komensky and Pulaski, per videos shared online after 11 am this morning.

08.11.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 301    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 18

That fourth photo…

08.11.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Belmont Cragin on Chicago's northwest side this morning, a rally is opening in support of day laborers outside the Armitage/Cicero Home Depot.

Activists are calling out the corporation for continuing to allow ICE and Border Patrol to stalk and attack immigrants in their parking lots.

01.11.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1933    πŸ” 718    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 32
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Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."

31.10.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2364    πŸ” 783    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 78
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Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago

31.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4267    πŸ” 1005    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 318

Federal agents have tear gassed Chicago neighborhoods three days in a row. Confirmed gassings during recent immigration raids in: Logan Square, Brighton Park, Albany Park, Little Village, East Side, Lakeview, Irving Park and Avondale.

26.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 531    πŸ” 251    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 10

My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.

23.10.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4688    πŸ” 807    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 0
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Portland ICE Facility 7:30PM: Tons of gas and flashbangs shot/thrown out, including right by me. Feds fired through a thick cloud of teargas. Hard to believe they could see through it when they were shooting stuff out.

19.10.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

Los Angeles tonight

19.10.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

This is real. Chicago today.

15.10.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5369    πŸ” 2084    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 34

Ice invaded and tear-gassed my family’s neighborhood this afternoon.

14.10.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
@theliamnissan The reason you never see ICE arresting the Proud Boys is the same reason you never never see Miley Cyrus hanging out with Hannah Montana

@theliamnissan The reason you never see ICE arresting the Proud Boys is the same reason you never never see Miley Cyrus hanging out with Hannah Montana

11.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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

10.10.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 19270    πŸ” 7695    πŸ’¬ 302    πŸ“Œ 243
Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

Meanwhile in #Portland

10.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9186    πŸ” 2204    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 41
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I heard that Trump was going to get his image on some US Currency and I’d like to propose an alternative.

06.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The new Taylor Swift album sounds like AI.

06.10.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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Greta Thunberg is being tortured in Israeli captivity, as revealed by fellow activists:

β€œThey dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others”

05.10.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1080    πŸ” 382    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 87

Boomers told us to work ourselves to death.

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Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

04.10.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3612    πŸ” 1735    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 164
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Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

29.09.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11614    πŸ” 3226    πŸ’¬ 911    πŸ“Œ 1204

If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.

28.09.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 828    πŸ” 244    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Yes, arresting a journalist for doing their job is a big flashing red light. But I don't want people to forget the whole reason everyone is out there.

This is what I saw inside:

Four holding rooms. Two smaller rooms were being used for holding protesters. Two larger rooms held ICE/CBP captives.

28.09.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 771    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 25

Lol ok

29.09.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1226    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

29.09.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 27540    πŸ” 6997    πŸ’¬ 2376    πŸ“Œ 1909

The most dangerous part of Chicago is the occupation by the federal government, ICE, and border patrol.

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A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

27.09.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7971    πŸ” 3792    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 626

Moved a little closer to the blue line and I love that I could walk to the train, and get to the chop shop to see Deerhoof in under an hour. There and back. No car. And Deerhoof slapped.

27.09.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The four biggest cheerleaders for police on city council can’t even condemn slavery.

26.09.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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