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Chat is it a bad sign when the federal government wants the right to treat all journalists covering a protest as participants in said protest for the purposes of dispersal and arrest

“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.

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

I wrote about Bari Weiss as the grim future of mainstream media under billionaire control: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

Been thinking a lot about how things keep escalating, and rather quickly.

From the beginning, Trump has followed a pattern of doing something outlandish to test the response. If the response is sufficiently negative, he pulls back. If he sees he’s given an inch, he’ll take a mile. Repeat.

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

“[This] looked like hundreds of masked agents knocking down doors and dragging families out in the middle of the night…holding babies that were unclothed,” Castro added."

From @thetriibe.com about the raid in South Shore last night where at least 40 people were taken into federal custody.

i think the point i often want to make is not that people shouldn’t be alarmed or scared, fear is a very reasonable response to what’s happening.

more, i want folks to see fascist pronouncements as they are: battle plans, not accomplished facts, and as such reveal opportunities for resistance.

you know, in more authoritarian countries, seeing that secdef is drunk by 10am and the president is a doddering old man who can't hold a train of thought for 30 seconds is the exact kind of things that gives colonels Big Ideas

no one said having a twink boyfriend would be easy

Seattle Sounders fanatics the Emerald City Supporters (weareecs.bsky.social) showed their iconic 2-poles that read "Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist, Always Seattle" this past weekend, just days after Trump's anti-antifa executive order and national security directives.

DOJ’s attempts to charge these cases in DC and LA have been resoundingly unsuccessful. Grand juries have rejected a huge proportion of the attempts to indict. One case in LA that went to trial as a misdemeanor recently ended in acquittal

I agree! I was mainly wondering if it was in writing since his post, I’m glad it isn’t.

This is absolutely heartbreaking. This man should not have been murdered. His children should still have a father. His wife should not have to tell people her trauma.

This government is committing war crimes.

I completely agree with your point, but is it possible this threat is still tied to current negotiations?

Mohsen Mahdawi and Mahmoud Khalil outside Columbia’s (locked) gates on the eve of their possible deportation

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log.

This tells me two things:

1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day.

(212) 486-4430

What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump's Executive Order on Antifa Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea. That opens up the activists, researchers, and organizers to a real risk of persecution.

"If we are going to foster a thriving, powerful movement equal to this dangerous moment, we must not surrender “antifa” to Trump’s whims and the worst fantasies of our opponents. The health and safety of our friends, family, and society may depend on it." theintercept.com/2025/09/27/t...

We’ve all joked that the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 opened a vortex to Trump, but have we considered that the Astros missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016 might close it? Much to consider.

FUCK THE HOUSTON ASTROS FOREVER AND EVER AMEN HALLELUJAH

now that i am she/they i have a number of opinions.

Feds are rioting tonight in Chicago.

Absolutely brutal footage coming out of Chicago now where federal soldiers are beating and aggressively arresting civilian protesters out of nowhere. bsky.app/profile/djby...

The projection there is pretty bad, I was worried about this

once a bunch of miscellaneous crap has been put into a neat little pile on a side table it’s not going anywhere. it lives there now.

This is how terrorism enhancements work. The prosecutors were asking for less time, but the judge decided on a longer sentence because of “domestic terrorism”.

For burning a cop car and hurting no one.

Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men Earlier this month, three trans women were beaten by a group of young men in Seattle's gay neighborhood. According to the county prosecutor's office, there's been at least four more group beatings sin...

anyway here’s @vivmccall.bsky.social with some extremely good and extremely fucking sobering reporting on the recent surge in random hate crimes directed at trans women in Seattle. Please be careful, everyone. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women "This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity.

"To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

Sec. 2. Designation as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. Because of the aforementioned pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization." All relevant executive departments and agencies shall utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations -- especially those involving terrorist actions -- conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, including necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions against those who fund such operations.

OK, we got the Antifa "order," and it's weak. It cites no specific laws. I imagine, this was the drafting process:

Boss: Quick, Trump said something, what can we do?

Lawyer: Basically nothing, other than enforce laws?

Boss: Hmm. Well, make it sound like something, OK?

Lawyer: I'll ... try?

Haha I'm being Raptured! This is wonderful, ha ha goodbye losers [It is revealed that the events of the film Nope are happening to me] fuck shit