thanks for doing what you do, kate. i've been following your work for a while. sincerely, your old pal Joey V :)
thanks for doing what you do, kate. i've been following your work for a while. sincerely, your old pal Joey V :)
"The officers at the Coast Guard station did not appear to wear any agency or personal identification. They did not speak when asked to identify themselves, while one officer moved behind a bush as a Block Club reporter took photos and videos."
Not at all concerning!
Police escalated the situation here in Broadview incredibly quickly. Saw multiple brutal arrests. ISP jabbing protesters with their batons like battering rams.
Here ISP lifts @katmabu.bsky.social by her feet to flip her over a concrete barrier.
βThey literally ushered us into the street to protest and immediately after started beating the shit out of us.β
This is 100% an accurate description of how this started.
Broadview PD mishandled the situation from the start, then unleashed ISP to beat the protesters theyβd led into the street.
State police just arrested three to four more protesters.
The protesters walked forward to talk to police and were immediately detained.
Chopper circles overhead (so many this morning, gah). Someone has chalked "secret police no more" on one of the free speech area barricades.
Protesters still singing and raising their "God's love knows no borders" banner; behind it is one of the many additional mobile security cams installed.
Everything that just happened was both brutal and expected given how we've seen ISP behave these last few weeks.
Saw troopers striking people with batons, dragging protesters. They're currently cuffing someone marked as a medic. Approximately nine people we see in state custody now.
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
very gnarly. you got me doing a youtube deep dive.
The mushrooms in question. One of my favorites.
those are cool as fuck
If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
the name Cuomo always reminds me of a local band in the south suburbs twenty years ago that had a song called 'Cuomosexual' about being a huge fan of Rivers Cuomo www.reverbnation.com/rissle/song/...
Colon Blow @kim_chee27 26 Sep Good! The Back of the Yards is basically all illegal aliens & their anchor baby gangbanger spawn. ICE could get 5k-10k in one fell swoop if they went to the Swap-O-Rama Flea market on Saturday.
Colon Blow @kim_chee27 5d ago I can confirm that the Swap-O-Rama & surrounding area is a relative ghost town. Usually 43rd St & Marshfield are packed with illegal vendors. Only a few pieces of shit selling puppies today. @SubxNews
A number of dipshit right wing X accounts are gloating over this Swap o Rama raid.
One guy who lives nearby posted a video from his window today of terrified neighbors.
Turns out he was targeting the flea market as far back as September 26. He was also surveilling immigrants there 5 days ago:
30 people from one neighborhood in one day
how cool would it be if he pulled a Wonka
do u ever feel like a plastic bag
these fuckin losers are obsessed with ramming into cars
John Brown
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16, 1859.
@nlgchicago.bsky.social is trying to raise $10k to fund ongoing legal support for protesters. They've had to cover long shifts at Broadview, and their volunteers have been repeatedly assaulted by police in the process. More info with ways to donate here: instagram.com/p/DP36ITJja-W/
Cheryl Hines clarifying her mutant husband only had a bit of his brain eaten by an actual worm
This is possibly the all-time funniest real answer to an interview question
Crazy how these guys just keep showing up everywhere
Reactivating temporarily to send a warning. Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience. It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc. Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.
If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere. And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself. I will be deactivating in 20 minutes. Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.
important note from libcrusher:
i'm stubbing my toes at rates we quite frankly have never seen. some say i'm the best toe stubber around π©
I had to skip the Michael Knowles episode out of disgust, but this more than makes up for it.
as far as stubbing your toes goes, nobody does it better or more often than me. I create new swear words every day.
Marquette Park this morning, ~45 min ago at 70th and Washtenaw per anon FB post. Through a screen, someone films Border Patrol agents taking a man into a red minivan and driving away. Another angle of this shared to social media shows it happened in front of a daycare.
CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) β A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garageβnever booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother.
For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His motherβs terror was amplified by her sonβs heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities. "This is how people disappear in autocraciesβgrabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."
The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.
Story tk in the morning.