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@barcachicago.bsky.social

Proud Democrat. Wisconsinite in Illinois, I do my canvassing in Wisconsin :-) Now that we put Susan Crawford on the state Supreme Court, let’s get fair congressional maps for Wisconsin! πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Balloon Juice lurker since 2007 :-)

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05.10.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5619    πŸ” 2488    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 153

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

05.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 13906    πŸ” 4162    πŸ’¬ 654    πŸ“Œ 399

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

05.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 27470    πŸ” 10610    πŸ’¬ 822    πŸ“Œ 517

Are you in a state with a major election this year (CA, ME, NJ, PA, VA etc) and you’re sick of getting calls and texts from volunteers asking you to vote?

Well, I have a solution.

Just vote.

As in, you are still on a list of people who haven’t voted.
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05.10.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

05.10.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13390    πŸ” 4219    πŸ’¬ 320    πŸ“Œ 113
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05.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15808    πŸ” 6140    πŸ’¬ 453    πŸ“Œ 274
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

05.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 43623    πŸ” 15517    πŸ’¬ 3434    πŸ“Œ 3006
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My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

05.10.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 28159    πŸ” 7610    πŸ’¬ 1140    πŸ“Œ 378
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i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans

04.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7636    πŸ” 2440    πŸ’¬ 417    πŸ“Œ 220
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Thugs.

04.10.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10566    πŸ” 5483    πŸ’¬ 958    πŸ“Œ 496
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This seems like incitement to violence against judges.

04.10.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6238    πŸ” 1970    πŸ’¬ 730    πŸ“Œ 192
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Mark Kelly: β€œlf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

04.10.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17778    πŸ” 6186    πŸ’¬ 332    πŸ“Œ 228

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

04.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 17468    πŸ” 7373    πŸ’¬ 470    πŸ“Œ 306

No warrants, no probable cause, detaining citizens. Zip tying children, using flash bangs, repelling through people’s windows and destroying their homes at night.

This Administration is lawless and abhorrent to our Constitution.

We are the frogs in the boiling pot.

04.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1617    πŸ” 540    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 19
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My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26528    πŸ” 13728    πŸ’¬ 769    πŸ“Œ 534
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ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves

04.10.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7081    πŸ” 1868    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 160
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03.10.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14808    πŸ” 5054    πŸ’¬ 372    πŸ“Œ 183

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

03.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 25904    πŸ” 6303    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 559

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

03.10.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 21059    πŸ” 6397    πŸ’¬ 572    πŸ“Œ 320
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03.10.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 13423    πŸ” 4152    πŸ’¬ 416    πŸ“Œ 210
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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

03.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6477    πŸ” 4905    πŸ’¬ 795    πŸ“Œ 1021
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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

bangs. "They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building. "They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

β€œFuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

03.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7888    πŸ” 4403    πŸ’¬ 370    πŸ“Œ 418

District judge throws out prosecution against protester in DC with prejudice, slams US attorney for a pattern of abuse

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02.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3228    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 35

Smart?? Are you asking if the illegal actions of the Trump administration are β€œsmart”? No due process, abductions by masked federal β€œagents”, law-abiding residents attending court dates assaulted and abducted in the courthouse itself, the illegal use of National Guard to occupy Democratic cities.

03.10.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

02.10.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 28567    πŸ” 10131    πŸ’¬ 1366    πŸ“Œ 500

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

02.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 32271    πŸ” 15542    πŸ’¬ 652    πŸ“Œ 736

Today, I'm signing legislationΒ to safeguard our elections and the voice of every voter.

It's now illegal to use contests or payments to get people to register to vote.

And in the 2026 election, voters have the chance to repeal our state's ban on the public financing of elections.

02.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 12858    πŸ” 3293    πŸ’¬ 282    πŸ“Œ 98

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