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US-China, climate, politics, imperialism and world economy Chicagoland | immigrant | he/him

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Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tiedโ€”attorney The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

20.11.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2703    ๐Ÿ” 1566    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 153
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.

A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.

We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.

19.11.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4231    ๐Ÿ” 1251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 97

"Capital as state property is not inherently better than capital as private property. State-owned capital can be just as socially and environmentally destructive as privately-owned capital, particularly when it is harnessed for militarised competition and imperialist scrambles"

19.11.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Imperial State Capitalism A new geopolitics is shaping the development of AI and the energy transition.

"Imperial state capitalism is hijacking the transition and the promise of a decarbonised economy." @iliasalami.bsky.social @transitionsec.bsky.social transitionsecurity.org/imperial-sta...

19.11.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

does he feel lonely or what is going on here

19.11.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel like I need a cigarette after watching this video

19.11.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Total lack of respect for traditional Chicago culture

19.11.2025 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i will kind of accept this from some random person who barely pays attention. ben shapiro though? he's just lying

18.11.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12012    ๐Ÿ” 1370    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 309    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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Bubble or Nothing Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscapeโ€”...

Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.

It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!

publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...

12.11.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
From substitute teachers to prison guards, staffing agencies and employers are reporting a pickup in applicants for roles often shunned for their low pay, inconsistent hours or unpleasant conditions. Even the messy work at materials recovery facilities, where people still sort recyclables partly by hand, is fetching more takers.

From substitute teachers to prison guards, staffing agencies and employers are reporting a pickup in applicants for roles often shunned for their low pay, inconsistent hours or unpleasant conditions. Even the messy work at materials recovery facilities, where people still sort recyclables partly by hand, is fetching more takers.

Winning

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

17.11.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chi Ossรฉ files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."

NEW: Chi Ossรฉ, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.

17.11.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2423    ๐Ÿ” 407    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 210

Agreed. I think our organizations in the US are not yet ready for this. Any chance you might write up this call to action in article form?

17.11.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching videos of the ICE/CBP surge in Charlotte and just like in Chicago they are quickly turning entire neighborhoods of normie liberals into the Furies

17.11.2025 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m sure plenty of Zionists hoped Trump would go the Mark Levin route, but they were fooling themselves. This is exactly how Trump has always played footsie with the radical Right since David Duke in 2016โ€“ claim not to know, avoid disavowing etc. Another win for the groypers

17.11.2025 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Racist misogynist pieces of shit

17.11.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software

The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying itโ€™s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khanโ€™s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.

13.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3378    ๐Ÿ” 1253    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 163

โ€˜MAGA big wigs at Heritage Foundations tour the old continentโ€™s capitals feeding new angles and insights about how to push back clean technologies as the weapon of choice fielded by the โ€œgreen-redโ€ China.โ€™

16.11.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MONACO IL SUPPLI
โ€ข MADElIยฎ
CHARLOTTE
FOOD AND DRINK
'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's
Bakery owner closes store to protect customers
Updated 5 hours ago
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Updated 5 hours ago

MONACO IL SUPPLI โ€ข MADElIยฎ CHARLOTTE FOOD AND DRINK 'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's Bakery owner closes store to protect customers Updated 5 hours ago POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Updated 5 hours ago

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Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee
Updated 5 hours ago
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'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart
Updated 6 hours ago
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Federal Border Patrol sweep across
Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

LOCAL Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee Updated 5 hours ago LOCAL 'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart Updated 6 hours ago LOCAL Federal Border Patrol sweep across Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observerโ€™s homepage:

โ€œManolo's Bakery closes to protect customersโ€

โ€œChurch members flee as federal agents arriveโ€

โ€œSuper G executive describes agents dragging out teen employeeโ€

โ€œBorder Patrol questions people at Walmartโ€

โ€œBorder Patrol sweep sparks fearโ€

16.11.2025 04:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2923    ๐Ÿ” 1495    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105
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ICE has targeted and tear-gassed Black and immigrant families on the South Sideโ€”and AT&T is profiting from them while they do so. Tell AT&T: #dropthecontracts on Nov 16.

Join Chicago's corporate speakout, 2โ€“3 & 4โ€“5 PM: https://ppls.ac/att

#ATTLovesICE #DropTheContractsATT

14.11.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak

15.11.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1886    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

"At a Fortune event at the end of October, Machado spoke virtually about what she described as a $1.7 trillion economic opportunity in the country."

15.11.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"UBS, Barclays, World Bank, IMF, and the Inter-American Development Bank did not comment for this story."

15.11.2025 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"And despite some analystsโ€™ warnings of a chaotic aftermath should Maduro be ousted, a flood of foreign and private money could spare the US from having to finance the rebuilding of the Venezuelan government and economy."

OMFG

15.11.2025 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"The opposition leaderโ€™s team has also held โ€œinformal conversationsโ€ with the World Bank, IMF, and Inter-American Development Bank about Venezuelaโ€™s future"

15.11.2025 07:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: As Trump pressures Venezuela, investors see โ€˜major opportunitiesโ€™ One bank organized a private meeting to talk with the opposition leader last month, amid the presidentโ€™s increasingly aggressive posture.

"During last monthโ€™s IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington, Barclays organized a private meeting to talk investment opportunities with Venezuelan opposition leader Marรญa Corina Machado... widely attended by investment firms, hedge funds, and others" www.semafor.com/article/11/0...

15.11.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

List of Congresspeople signed onto Tlaib's resolution to recognize Gaza genocide

AOC
Omar
Carson
Casar
Balint
Dexter
Frost
Garcia (IL)
Green (TX)
Jaypal
Johnson (GA)
Khanna
McGovern
Lee (PA)
Pocan
Pressley
Ramirez
Simon
Velazquez
Watson Coleman

14.11.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 955    ๐Ÿ” 301    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Indiana Republican senators put up a roadblock to Trumpโ€™s redistricting push | CNN Politics In the latest sign of resistance to President Donald Trumpโ€™s push to redraw congressional lines, the Republican leader of Indianaโ€™s state Senate on Friday said his chamber wonโ€™t meet for a special ses...

Looks like Indiana's Republicans are telling Trump to eat shit and die when it comes to redistricting. I guess not every Republican is prepared to take orders from a 79-year-old man suffering from dementia www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...

15.11.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska

A masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. 

Sept 19 2025 
Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

A masked ICE agent sprays David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. Sept 19 2025 Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility

Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church in chicago being hit in the head with a pepper ball Sept 19 at the Broadview ICE facility

An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon

An unidentified federal agent fires a chemical weapon into Rev. Jorge Bautista's face during a protest outside of Coast Guard Island in Oakland on Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: David Bacon

ICE vs the clergy

15.11.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3647    ๐Ÿ” 1849    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 102
We remain steadfast in our demands for freedom:

We demand the immediate release of those detained.
We demand an end to regional ICE activity.
We demand human dignity for all people, without exception.
We demand the right to offer spiritual care to those detained โ€” because even in confinement, every person deserves compassion, prayer, and presence.
God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom.

We remain steadfast in our demands for freedom: We demand the immediate release of those detained. We demand an end to regional ICE activity. We demand human dignity for all people, without exception. We demand the right to offer spiritual care to those detained โ€” because even in confinement, every person deserves compassion, prayer, and presence. God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom.

From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:

"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."

15.11.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2000    ๐Ÿ” 568    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

I will fight for this yes

15.11.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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