H.D. Gregg
@hdgregg.bsky.social
Queer Catholic anarcho-syndicalist. Undocumented settler on Hoocąk / Kaskaskia / Bodwéwadmi land. Registered nurse. Immigration and labor activist. Antifa Algae Operations. Violent left-wing terrorist and enemy of civilization. Also like puppies.
From comments by President Trump I am forced to conclude that this was probably the MRGC (Minnesota Revolutionary Guard Corps)
Dustin Volz@dustinvolz.bsky.social · 3h agoNEW: Cyberattacks on U.S. water supply now being reported in 12+ states and 100+ municipalities, though some may be unrelated to wave of suspected Iranian attempts. The nationwide threat follows years of ignored warnings and neglect to water systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Storms have been crazy this summer, and Streets & Sanitation's Bureau of Forestry has been overwhelmed with tree trimming + debris removal requests. With climate change, we can expect this to continue. Let's start with another team there, say 4 employees?
I can't help but wonder what other issues we can solve if Giannoulias came out with a plan to hire 1,000 new employees across the rest of city government. 3 more delivery drivers for CPL addresses circulation backlog. Where else might we benefit from hiring 997 city employees?
"As of late June, six motor truck drivers were carrying out deliveries (...). That’s three fewer than the department had before the shortage." Alexi Giannoulias' vision for Chicago: 1,000 more cops. Meanwhile, the city's 80+ library branches can solve their circulation backlog with 3 more drivers.
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 5h agoThousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj
How many data centers are there in Palm Beach? The county just voted one down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 15h agoTrump: "I think any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake ... data centers, if you look at the state, everything is good around them"
My interview with John Fetterman: Me: “so, Senator, is fire good?” John Fetterman: “fire BAD!!!”
The $30 million AIPAC wasted in Michigan, wasted trying to help Haley Stevens, could have been used to fully fund and deliver 6 million malaria nets to sub-Saharan Africa. Or, it could have fully paid for universal free school breakfasts in Mississippi, America's poorest state.
Stephen Miller daydreaming about torturing Muslim children as incumbent idiot speaks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
A civilian medevac plane crashed into a New Mexico mountain after losing GPS during a U.S. military jamming exercise, killing all four onboard. WIRED reveals that during May's NAVFEST exercise at White Sands, the Air Force tested GPS disruption. The FAA warned signals could fail up to 400 miles away
They’re just showing how much suffering they can squeeze out of people who already don’t have much left. And the worst part is they’re proud of it. The cruelty isn’t a side effect - it’s the whole damn point. Read here: prospect.org/2026/07/31/t...
A teenager absolutely destroys Israeli far-right politican Moshe Feiglin Teenager: "You support it for years, you can call it, Ethnic cleansing, Transfer, Immigration of Gaza and the West Bank. What will happened then to the people who don't want to leave?" Feiglin: "The (1/6)
Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks
Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks
Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.
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Mass funeral for 112 people in Gaza. Many of these caskets are children
"Abolish the Senate". ~ John Cornyn
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.
"Dr. Kibret is a highly valued member of the University of Maryland, Baltimore community. He is an effective and beloved teacher, and a highly regarded colleague.”
H.D. Gregg@hdgregg.bsky.social · yesterdayICE detains University of Maryland "teacher of the year" at Dallas airport www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
It is an obscenity that stocks in detention facilities even exist. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
ICE chief divests detention giant stocks, recuses himself from contracts: Warren
David Venturella, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sent a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) saying he has divested of his Geo Group stocks and “fully …
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The family of a Haitian immigrant who froze to death in early March at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh after she was dropped off in the city by ICE is poised to file a lawsuit this month against the US and “multiple other governmental and non-governmental entities” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
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Chicago Public Schools custodian from Venezuela detained by Gestapo at family's asylum appointment www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Chicago Public Schools custodian from Venezuela detained by ICE at family's asylum appointment
A Chicago Public Schools custodian from Venezuela was detained by ICE when his family went to their asylum appointment a few weeks ago, one of a growing number of immigration arrests across the countr...
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ICE detains University of Maryland "teacher of the year" at Dallas airport www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
ICE detains University of Maryland "teacher of the year" at Dallas airport
An instructor for the University of Maryland's School of Pharmacy was detained by ICE last month at Dallas Fort Worth airport.
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