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I demanded access to the Broadview ICE facility to conduct oversight — as is my right as a Member of Congress.
I was denied.
No accountability. No transparency. THIS is the Trump Administration.

Donald Trump and Kristi Noem won’t let the American people see what is going on beyond this barricade at the Broadview ICE facility — even as ICE terrorizes our Illinois communities.

It’s absurd and it’s un-American. We demand transparency and accountability NOW.

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

A woman in a blouse with short curls posing in a 1945 photograph with a dachshund plaque.

I love the Archives of American Art’s trove of photographs of artists with their work. Many subjects are famous, like Alexander Calder. Others are less so, like Katharine Lane Weems, shown here with the plaque she made for the 50th anniversary of the Dachshund Club of America in 1945.

THE VAGABOND by Colette

“Behold me now just as I am, Colette once said in a beautiful piece about how she was in her early 30s (my age) & alone, living in a one-room apartment on the first floor, a Parisian room near the Bois de Boulogne. Beholding herself in the mirror, just as she was.” (p91) #NYRBWomen25

A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

What happened to Maria Greeley is the inevitable result of the admin’s enforcement policies.

ICE is stopping people based on their ethnicity + occupation, and then assuming their IDs must be fake.

They did the same thing to our client Leo Garcia Venegas in Alabama.

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Veil Audiobook on Libro.fm “The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I’ve read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times...

Everybody stop!!
Hear me well, I beg.

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The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

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Why Indigenous Crime Fiction Matters These are exciting times for crime fiction enthusiasts, especially those in search of narratives that feature previously marginalized voices. An article by John Fram in the New York Times recently …

There is a long and complex history of crime fiction by Native authors. Their books are as important as ever. crimereads.com/why-indigeno...

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Today I'm thinking about power - who's always had it, and who's just sitting down at the table.

It's long overdue for a Native woman to serve in the US Senate. If you agree with me, will you pitch in $10 here to help send me there? secure.actblue.com/donate/pf-so...

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#v #taehyung

Rev. Woolf, who below describes federal agents grabbing his neck and twisting his nipple as he protested (in a clerical collar) outside the Broadview ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, is ordained in both the American Baptist Churches USA denomination and the Alliance of Baptists.

a woman smoking a cigarette in a dark room next to a lamp ALT: a woman smoking a cigarette in a dark room next to a lamp

Alejandro Amenábar’s THE OTHERS…. Not only one of the greatest haunted house movies of the 2000s, but also one of the greatest supernatural horror movies of all time.

Bark of a willow tree

Willow bark ...

painting of a white cat on top of the roof looking at a cosmic creature with one eye, many teeth, tentacles reaching out with comically well-manicured nails to pet the cat

interdimensional creature of chaos and destruction gives up being evil after seeing a kitten pspspspsps

WOW

Orange Autumn leaves with holes that let the blue sky through

The bottom of a green and yellow leaf with dark spots

Pale brown leaf on the ground

Large yellow and purple leaf

More Autumn leaves!

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.

Ned Blackhawk - How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Winter Rabbit – Absurdist Productions Winter Rabbit is a semi-cooperative, hidden worker placement game set in the world of Cherokee animal stories. Winter Rabbit is available for pre-order now.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! We want to acknowledge all those who work to keep Indigenous cultures alive and growing.

In honor of this day, Winter Rabbit is on sale today only. This truly Indigenous board game incorporates authentic art, design, stories, and cultural concepts. #indigenousart

Head and shoulders of a heron. It's neck is retracted.

Heron from this evening's walk.

#birds

7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Christopher Columbus President Trump has vowed to bring Columbus Day ‘back from the ashes.’ But here are some shocking things you may not know about the much-celebrated historical figure behind it.

The fascist-in-chief wants Indigenous Peoples Day out and Columbus Day in. "Should we be surprised that the US president has a soft spot for an incompetent and racist leader who engaged in war crimes and sexual abuse?" Details:

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An Independent Man by Scot Danforth - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights by Scot Danforth

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The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

How Textiles Weave Together the Cycle of Life Four exhibitions currently up in Chicago each take a unique approach to the possibilities of working with textiles today, some with humor, others with gravitas.

What to wear this morning? Are the bedsheets clean? Paper or cloth for wiping up the mess in the kitchen? We mostly take textiles for granted these days, but it was not always so.

A photo of an open section in an autumn forest, there is a rocky dirt path on the right and a half-formed path through tall grasses and possibly reeds to the left.

Two paths diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one more traveled by;
Because the wood is still a full ecosystem and leaving the maintained path can damage it,
Also I don't want ticks or wet socks