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Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.

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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

"The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud.
They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate."

Yes indeed. MAGA doesn't care, even when they learn the truth.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

09.10.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 313    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

Everyone is lying except the people we know lie to us multiple times per day

09.10.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1966    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 9

Pretty sure the State of Minnesota jails you for a couple months for this

10.10.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow. Thanks for your posting. It’s been helpful in knowing what’s going on

10.10.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This seems to be the original post which gives context from the point of view of the person taking the video

bsky.app/profile/arch...

10.10.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many people may know this incident as one gone viral throughout the internet as one at West Loop Elementary. There is an elementary school down the block and seems many parents were in a pick up line behind the UIC building.

10.10.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
On October 8th, 2025 at around 2:50PM, two women were violently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside of UIC's Student Services Building. (SSB) Students inside of SSB were quick to record the kidnapping and report it to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) and the University of Illinois Chicago Police Department(UICPD). First and foremost, MeSA would like to extend our deepest condolences to the two women detained, the friends and family of the women detained, as well as any bystanders who had to witness the traumatizing act of brutal police force upon another person. The two women have since been released, but the disgusting display of violence can never be erased. It would be a complete understatement to say that we are appalled by the abhorrent events in this city. ICE's deportations and militarized actions have had irreparable effects on us as a community. We are livid, we are exhausted, we are traumatized, we are scared, we are heartbroken. As a community, we have been watching ICE vigilantly and doing everything in our power to keep each other informed. After yesterday's events, it was not UICPD or UIC Administration keeping the community informed. It was not the UICPD or UIC Administration sending out statements, warning people to stay safe. It was Latine students. It was Latine professors. It was the very same people who were most vulnerable and afraid during these times, taking initiative to protect their own community. UIC, this is NOT allyship. This is NOT solidarity. This is not "serving Hispanics", which is a label (Hispanic Serving Institute) that UIC very proudly claims every year, louder than ever during Latine Heritage Month. We are more, so much more than the salsa bailes that the university organizes; we are more than a tianguis or an extracurricular social event. We are more than a tokenized identity used so equally to feign representation….

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On October 8th, 2025 at around 2:50PM, two women were violently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside of UIC's Student Services Building. (SSB) Students inside of SSB were quick to record the kidnapping and report it to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) and the University of Illinois Chicago Police Department(UICPD). First and foremost, MeSA would like to extend our deepest condolences to the two women detained, the friends and family of the women detained, as well as any bystanders who had to witness the traumatizing act of brutal police force upon another person. The two women have since been released, but the disgusting display of violence can never be erased. It would be a complete understatement to say that we are appalled by the abhorrent events in this city. ICE's deportations and militarized actions have had irreparable effects on us as a community. We are livid, we are exhausted, we are traumatized, we are scared, we are heartbroken. As a community, we have been watching ICE vigilantly and doing everything in our power to keep each other informed. After yesterday's events, it was not UICPD or UIC Administration keeping the community informed. It was not the UICPD or UIC Administration sending out statements, warning people to stay safe. It was Latine students. It was Latine professors. It was the very same people who were most vulnerable and afraid during these times, taking initiative to protect their own community. UIC, this is NOT allyship. This is NOT solidarity. This is not "serving Hispanics", which is a label (Hispanic Serving Institute) that UIC very proudly claims every year, louder than ever during Latine Heritage Month. We are more, so much more than the salsa bailes that the university organizes; we are more than a tianguis or an extracurricular social event. We are more than a tokenized identity used so equally to feign representation…. Rest of text doesn’t fit in alt text

Mexican Students de AztlΓ‘n at UIC released a statement about the incident behind the Student Services Building at UIC at Racine and Congress where two women were detained by ICE yesterday. They have been released but students are demanding UIC & UICPD address this & how they will protect students.

10.10.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Been years. I need to go back and listen to their songs together

10.10.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple - Bridge Over Troubled Water
YouTube video by Priscila PBN Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple - Bridge Over Troubled Water

He fucking rocked it with Apple youtu.be/wcaOLPi6CWk?...

10.10.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. Any other President would be 25th amendmented for this alone

10.10.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do not forget that CBP lead officer Bovino is on two weeks of bedrest for pulling his groin. If that doesn’t make you smile I don’t know what will.

10.10.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Help MIBFC β€” Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

09.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Just my reflexive response to the prize. Sorry it was sort of a drive by

10.10.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair

10.10.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kissinger

10.10.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Punk bands played his stuff in the 80s, dipshit

10.10.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Folks could do this in Chicago, but it would make more sense to show up dressed as food there.

10.10.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last night it said 100+ bought in the past month. Tonight, 200+. The legion grows.

10.10.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12
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Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no β€œhellscape” I’d rather be in.

10.10.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7823    πŸ” 2278    πŸ’¬ 239    πŸ“Œ 168
Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

10.10.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1847    πŸ” 371    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 36

UPDATE: DOJ filed a notice that it is appealing the 14-day TRO, an order that is not generally appealable. This will go to the Seventh Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

10.10.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

FLY THE FLAG; SING THE SONG!

GAME FIVE HERE WE COME

#FlyTheW
#GoCubsGo

10.10.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 697    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 2

Jack Posobiec spread antisenitic hate on Twitter for years, including tagging Jews with triple parentheses.

JD Vance wrote the forward to Posobiec’s book, Unhuman.

09.10.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1763    πŸ” 520    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 13

A life well lived and loved.

10.10.2025 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
STATE OF ILLINOIS and the CITY OF
 CHICAGO,
                                                        Case No. 1:25-cv-12174
                               Plaintiffs,

                v.

DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., in their
official capacities,
                           Defendants.



                                      NOTICE OF APPEAL

        PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Defendants in the above-captioned case hereby appeal to

the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from this Court’s October 9, 2025, Order

Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction. ECF No.

67.

STATE OF ILLINOIS and the CITY OF CHICAGO, Case No. 1:25-cv-12174 Plaintiffs, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., in their official capacities, Defendants. NOTICE OF APPEAL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Defendants in the above-captioned case hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from this Court’s October 9, 2025, Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction. ECF No. 67.

As expected, the DOJ/DHS/Trump have filed their Notice of Appeal on the TRO issued in Chicago today prohibiting Trump from deploying the National Guard to Illinois.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

10.10.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s almost as if weakening the United States is the goal.

10.10.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

What a good boy

10.10.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He knows the actual crime rates in Oklahoma even though he denies it

www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

10.10.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

0n our podcast, JB Pritzker just told me that the California National Guard has now been seen on the ground in Illinois.

Our interview with Pritzker is running first thing tomorrow morning. Tune in!

09.10.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 342    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7
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How to arrest a T-Rex (satire) An ICE handbook + Friday "Fun," 10 October 2025

EXCLUSIVE SATIRE My sources in ICE leaked an internal handbook on how agents are instructed to confront the costumed protestors in Portland. @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org

open.substack.com/pub/hollyber...

10.10.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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