Andrea Ritchie

Israel is bombing a centre for blind people

For BLIND people

And they want us to stop protesting?

Fuck NO 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Last week, one of Trump's senior DOJ appointees strongly attacked a South Carolina's judge's voting rights decision. Today her house was burned to the ground by suspected arsonists.

Hundreds of thousands protest in Amsterdam against Gaza war Protesters of all ages weathered the rain to join a 6-kilometre march through the Dutch capital.

Hundreds of thousands protest in Amsterdam against Gaza war reut.rs/4mMidyj

Exactly!! New Orleans hospitality workers (well really management and owners) take note for when it's our time! Don't give aid and comfort!

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org.

Do not post dearrest videos, fam.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago "Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

If this concerns you please join @interruptcrim.bsky.social
October 28-29 for Abolition Means ALL Carceral Spaces, including civil commitment, mandated & coerced medical interventions etc., to strategize to keep all of us from all kinds of control
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Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

This Month in Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization The September edition of Interrupting Criminalization’s This Month in Criminalization newsletter shares critical information, calls to action, and resources related to the further consolidation of aut...

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social: "If you are trying to get your head around recent policy developments, or searching for ideas about how to take action wherever you are, don’t miss ... This Month in Criminalization [@interruptcrim.bsky.social]."

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When I told him to fuck off of course he pled the 1st amendment…

Thankfully a couple and their dog joined me in telling him about himself and his ancestors.

And to be clear if this is happening to me i can only imagine what it’s like for people who are more likely to be profiled as migrants.

Well my day started with some random dude accosting me & yelling in my face that only “Americans” should be allowed to live in the U.S. as I was walking to the lake in my bathing suit to go for a swim, in case anyone is wondering how things are things are going in Chicago…

ISP just shoved an elderly woman to the ground. Trooper here declares an unlawful assembly and is screaming at people to stay out of the road (they were...already out of the road).

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

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Based on what we know about past flotilla punishment if they are doing this to her they are doing much worse to Arab, Muslim & Black and people of color flotilla members.

Contact your government representatives & those of any country you are connected to to demand IMMEDIATE release for all of them.

To understand the chaos in Chicago, here are some must-follows:

@unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
@bencollins.bsky.social
@dansinker.com
@wttw.bsky.social

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says “This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum," Pritzker said.

Pritzker should mobilize them first. The entire Illinois Army National Guard. Order them to protect Illinois residents from menacing outsiders, regardless of who they work for.

A banner hung on a fence that says: HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS SE HABLA ESPANOL 855-435-7693 ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Influencers Are Being Paid $7K Per Post to Boost Pro-Israel Social Media Content “We have to fight back. How do we fight back? Our influencers," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Influencers Are Being Paid $7K Per Post to Boost Pro-Israel Social Media Content

Any particular reason AP???? 🙄

Notice that he doesn't mention the unprovoked ICE attack on protesters at Broadview—who were already complying with the commands of police—probably bc his state cops assisted in that violent attack. He prob thought he could prevent the troop deployment by helping ICE police protesters. Didn't work.

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.

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

Under the most conservative estimates, according to NPR, Israel has killed a Palestinian every fifteen minutes this year.

EVERY. FIFTEEN. MINUTES.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.