“We could hear them laughing.”
Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.
#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago
Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.
#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago
October 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Big shout out to everyone who went to the Laguna Woods Workers Over Millionaires protest! It was hot out there.
I met some wonderful fiery and feisty women! They are my spirit animals. #LagunaWoods #ThisIsNotADemocracy #ImpeachConvictRemove #WorkersOverBillionaires
I met some wonderful fiery and feisty women! They are my spirit animals. #LagunaWoods #ThisIsNotADemocracy #ImpeachConvictRemove #WorkersOverBillionaires
September 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Big shout out to everyone who went to the Laguna Woods Workers Over Millionaires protest! It was hot out there.
I met some wonderful fiery and feisty women! They are my spirit animals. #LagunaWoods #ThisIsNotADemocracy #ImpeachConvictRemove #WorkersOverBillionaires
I met some wonderful fiery and feisty women! They are my spirit animals. #LagunaWoods #ThisIsNotADemocracy #ImpeachConvictRemove #WorkersOverBillionaires
ICE has arrested a mother of a three-year-old for playing her clarinet outside an ICE facility in Portland, as reported by her husband.
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If only the politicians so concerned for user data safety they want to implement the Tik Tok ban were equally as concerned about the lives of school children when it comes to creating and passing reasonable gun law reform (not even a ban!).
#TikTok #TikTokBan #ThisIsNotADemocracy
#TikTok #TikTokBan #ThisIsNotADemocracy
January 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If only the politicians so concerned for user data safety they want to implement the Tik Tok ban were equally as concerned about the lives of school children when it comes to creating and passing reasonable gun law reform (not even a ban!).
#TikTok #TikTokBan #ThisIsNotADemocracy
#TikTok #TikTokBan #ThisIsNotADemocracy
“..the Court gives [Trump] a power unknown even to the English Crown.. elevating him above his once-coequal branches by transforming a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed into a license to act in defiance of those very laws.”
~ SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
~ SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
Sotomayor Warns Supreme Court Gave Trump the Powers of a King
The Founding Fathers “never intended” to give the president powers exceeding the British monarchy’s.
newrepublic.com
June 30, 2026 at 1:19 AM
“..the Court gives [Trump] a power unknown even to the English Crown.. elevating him above his once-coequal branches by transforming a duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed into a license to act in defiance of those very laws.”
~ SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
~ SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
May 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Comedian and musician Robby Roadsteamer was detained by ICE in Portland earlier today, sparking outrage and alarm. Roadsteamer was grabbed as he sang a parody of Rod Steward's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" in front of an ICE Center in Portland before being grabbed by agents and carried into the facility.
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“They [FBI] know they are not supposed to do this..But if they don’t go forward, they could lose their jobs. You’re damned if you do & damned if you don’t.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Evening Read:
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Evening Read:
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
https://newrepublic.com/post/210013/fbi-investigation-atlantic-reporter-kash-patel-drinking
https://newrepublic.com/post/210013/fbi-investigation-atlantic-reporter-kash-patel-drinking
FBI Launches Probe Into Reporter Who Covered Kash Patel’s Drinking
The investigation is highly unusual, and some FBI officials expressed concern over the probe.
newrepublic.com
May 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
“They [FBI] know they are not supposed to do this..But if they don’t go forward, they could lose their jobs. You’re damned if you do & damned if you don’t.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Evening Read:
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Evening Read:
Long Live Judah dropping some REALLY important information on the #TikTok ban and the #truth about what it’s really about. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Not about right vs left. That is #distraction. #TiktokBan #ContentCreatorShift #ThisIsOligarchy #ThisIsNotADemocracy #FirstAmendment
youtu.be/-mwpIrQK4tw?...
youtu.be/-mwpIrQK4tw?...
@LongLiveJudah on final hours of #tiktokban
YouTube video by TikTok Ban Videos
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Long Live Judah dropping some REALLY important information on the #TikTok ban and the #truth about what it’s really about. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Not about right vs left. That is #distraction. #TiktokBan #ContentCreatorShift #ThisIsOligarchy #ThisIsNotADemocracy #FirstAmendment
youtu.be/-mwpIrQK4tw?...
youtu.be/-mwpIrQK4tw?...
WOW😶:
“The U.S. gvrnmnt has asked nine US universities to agree to a number of demands in order to receive ‘preferential access’ to federal funds..“
So, they are saying that colleges & universities have to pledge allegiance to him & his policies to receive federal funding.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
“The U.S. gvrnmnt has asked nine US universities to agree to a number of demands in order to receive ‘preferential access’ to federal funds..“
So, they are saying that colleges & universities have to pledge allegiance to him & his policies to receive federal funding.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
“..the American Fed of Teachers (AFT), released a statement..’The Trump admin’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges & universities that court gvrnmnt favour stinks of favouritism, patronage, & bribery in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda..” #ThisIsNotADemocracy
What are Trump’s new rules for universities to qualify for federal funding?
The White House sent the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education' to nine US universities.
www.aljazeera.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
WOW😶:
“The U.S. gvrnmnt has asked nine US universities to agree to a number of demands in order to receive ‘preferential access’ to federal funds..“
So, they are saying that colleges & universities have to pledge allegiance to him & his policies to receive federal funding.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
“The U.S. gvrnmnt has asked nine US universities to agree to a number of demands in order to receive ‘preferential access’ to federal funds..“
So, they are saying that colleges & universities have to pledge allegiance to him & his policies to receive federal funding.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
www.commondreams.org/news/ice-thr...
I’ve agents are Nazis. border patrol agents are Nazis. ACAB includes them.
I’ve agents are Nazis. border patrol agents are Nazis. ACAB includes them.
ICE Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver Picking Up Injured Portland Protester, Medics Say | Common Dreams
The incident comes as immigrants' rights advocates warn ICE's tactics in US cities are growing increasingly violent.
www.commondreams.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“A prosecutor handpicked by..
Trump secured an indictment of NY’s att gen, Letitia James, on bank fraud & false statement charges..after [Trump] publicly demanded Ms. James be charged.”
He’s not done; you know that, right?😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump secured an indictment of NY’s att gen, Letitia James, on bank fraud & false statement charges..after [Trump] publicly demanded Ms. James be charged.”
He’s not done; you know that, right?😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“A prosecutor handpicked by..
Trump secured an indictment of NY’s att gen, Letitia James, on bank fraud & false statement charges..after [Trump] publicly demanded Ms. James be charged.”
He’s not done; you know that, right?😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump secured an indictment of NY’s att gen, Letitia James, on bank fraud & false statement charges..after [Trump] publicly demanded Ms. James be charged.”
He’s not done; you know that, right?😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
“The terrorist wing..”?
“..a hate rally”?
You see what is happening here, right?
More & more they are equating the Dem Party as “terrorists” & peaceful protests as “hate rallies,” “riots,” “insurrections,” “antifa.”
Painting anyone with whom they disagree as “the enemy.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
“..a hate rally”?
You see what is happening here, right?
More & more they are equating the Dem Party as “terrorists” & peaceful protests as “hate rallies,” “riots,” “insurrections,” “antifa.”
Painting anyone with whom they disagree as “the enemy.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."
October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“The terrorist wing..”?
“..a hate rally”?
You see what is happening here, right?
More & more they are equating the Dem Party as “terrorists” & peaceful protests as “hate rallies,” “riots,” “insurrections,” “antifa.”
Painting anyone with whom they disagree as “the enemy.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
“..a hate rally”?
You see what is happening here, right?
More & more they are equating the Dem Party as “terrorists” & peaceful protests as “hate rallies,” “riots,” “insurrections,” “antifa.”
Painting anyone with whom they disagree as “the enemy.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
He—like all the GOP—is laying the groundwork & building a legal case👇🏽for declaring every political party, group, foundation, institution, individual that is not Republican & does not pledge fealty to white supremacist ideology & Trump & his acolytes as “terrorists.”
#EndGame
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
#EndGame
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
He—like all the GOP—is laying the groundwork & building a legal case👇🏽for declaring every political party, group, foundation, institution, individual that is not Republican & does not pledge fealty to white supremacist ideology & Trump & his acolytes as “terrorists.”
#EndGame
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
#EndGame
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
“A young protester..underwent 6 hrs of surgery..doctors found shards of plastic, glass & metal embedded in his eyes & around his face, incl a metal piece lodged 7 millimeters from a carotid artery..’The other officers were mocking him, saying..You’re going to lose your eye.’”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
“A young protester..underwent 6 hrs of surgery..doctors found shards of plastic, glass & metal embedded in his eyes & around his face, incl a metal piece lodged 7 millimeters from a carotid artery..’The other officers were mocking him, saying..You’re going to lose your eye.’”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
“Black, the senior pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago..was ‘offering prayers & urging ICE officers stationed on the roof of the Broadview ICE facility to repent from their unnecessarily brutal enforcement of the immigration laws’ b4 officers fired at him..”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶:
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶:
“..a person wearing a helmet moves in front of Black before ICE officers on the roof above them ‘suddenly & w/o warning’ shot pepper balls that struck the top of Black’s head & exploded into a puff of white powder..
Moments later, officers on the street sprayed him with tear gas..”
My Evening Read:
Moments later, officers on the street sprayed him with tear gas..”
My Evening Read:
Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats
David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents
www.independent.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“Black, the senior pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago..was ‘offering prayers & urging ICE officers stationed on the roof of the Broadview ICE facility to repent from their unnecessarily brutal enforcement of the immigration laws’ b4 officers fired at him..”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶:
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶:
“ICE posted a recruitment message to social media calling on [NYPD] police officers to ‘Defend the Homeland’ & ‘work for a Pres & a Sec who support & defend law enforcement—not defund or demonize it.’”
“Private army” recruitment.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
“Private army” recruitment.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
ICE is recruiting NYPD officers after Zohran Mamdani's victory - Democratic Underground Forums
www.democraticunderground.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“ICE posted a recruitment message to social media calling on [NYPD] police officers to ‘Defend the Homeland’ & ‘work for a Pres & a Sec who support & defend law enforcement—not defund or demonize it.’”
“Private army” recruitment.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
“Private army” recruitment.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
From “#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶”Files.
And truth is that those who are ignoring it—who have the power to stop this but are not—were voted in by majority of white voters similar/same to majority who voted FOR. HIM.
America has just taken its white hood off.
And Black ppl have BEEN saying this.😶
And truth is that those who are ignoring it—who have the power to stop this but are not—were voted in by majority of white voters similar/same to majority who voted FOR. HIM.
America has just taken its white hood off.
And Black ppl have BEEN saying this.😶
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
From “#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶”Files.
And truth is that those who are ignoring it—who have the power to stop this but are not—were voted in by majority of white voters similar/same to majority who voted FOR. HIM.
America has just taken its white hood off.
And Black ppl have BEEN saying this.😶
And truth is that those who are ignoring it—who have the power to stop this but are not—were voted in by majority of white voters similar/same to majority who voted FOR. HIM.
America has just taken its white hood off.
And Black ppl have BEEN saying this.😶
“I extended my arms..in a traditional Christian posture of prayer & blessing..Without any warning, & without any order or request that I & others disperse, I was suddenly fired upon by ICE officers..” ~ Rev. David Black. Presbyterian Church of Chicago
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
Feds use ‘violent force’ on protesters, press, clergy at Broadview ICE facility: ACLU suit
More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since a crackdown started last month in the Chicago area.
www.yahoo.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“I extended my arms..in a traditional Christian posture of prayer & blessing..Without any warning, & without any order or request that I & others disperse, I was suddenly fired upon by ICE officers..” ~ Rev. David Black. Presbyterian Church of Chicago
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
Framing is everything.
And framing “protests” as “insurgent activity” is another step toward criminalizing the very act & right of protesting.
Democracies do not to that.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
And framing “protests” as “insurgent activity” is another step toward criminalizing the very act & right of protesting.
Democracies do not to that.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
The Convicted FElon & the Regime is now calling the protests against ICE & the Regime as a insurgency.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Politicians Are Calling the Protests in Minnesota an Insurgency
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Framing is everything.
And framing “protests” as “insurgent activity” is another step toward criminalizing the very act & right of protesting.
Democracies do not to that.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
And framing “protests” as “insurgent activity” is another step toward criminalizing the very act & right of protesting.
Democracies do not to that.
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Afternoon Read:
“..the Trump-aligned [DOJ] treats the judiciary less as an independent branch of gvrnmnt & more as an adversary 2b fought..The Trump admin..has labeled judges who stymie Trump's agenda as activists, ‘rogue’ & ‘deranged.’”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Early Morning Read:
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Early Morning Read:
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...
Deputy AG declares "war" on judges, vows to strip bar associations' power
The statements are the latest escalation in the DOJ's comments about judges.
www.axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“..the Trump-aligned [DOJ] treats the judiciary less as an independent branch of gvrnmnt & more as an adversary 2b fought..The Trump admin..has labeled judges who stymie Trump's agenda as activists, ‘rogue’ & ‘deranged.’”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Early Morning Read:
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Early Morning Read:
www.axios.com/2025/11/09/d...
Ya know what I AM NOT reading abt re social media (or elsewhere)? The propaganda disguised as “commercials” on TPUSA halftime show.
The person installed as sec of defense represented the admin in endorsing openly white supremacist/white “Christian” nationalist infomercials.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
The person installed as sec of defense represented the admin in endorsing openly white supremacist/white “Christian” nationalist infomercials.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Ya know what I AM NOT reading abt re social media (or elsewhere)? The propaganda disguised as “commercials” on TPUSA halftime show.
The person installed as sec of defense represented the admin in endorsing openly white supremacist/white “Christian” nationalist infomercials.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
The person installed as sec of defense represented the admin in endorsing openly white supremacist/white “Christian” nationalist infomercials.😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
“Trump opened his address by threatening senior military officials, saying they could leave if they disagreed..’If you don’t like wht I’m saying, you can leave the room,’ Trump said. ‘Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future’”
There is no doubt re his intentions😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
There is no doubt re his intentions😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
NEW: Trump told top U.S. military officials it's time to turn armed forces inward against an unspecified "enemy from within" — alarming comments that come as he increasingly attempts to use the military as a domestic police force and claims to have designated some Americans as domestic terrorists.
Trump Tells Top Military Brass to Prepare for War Against ‘Enemy from Within’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Trump opened his address by threatening senior military officials, saying they could leave if they disagreed..’If you don’t like wht I’m saying, you can leave the room,’ Trump said. ‘Of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future’”
There is no doubt re his intentions😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
There is no doubt re his intentions😶
#ThisIsNotADemocracy
“..the fed gvrnmnt has the authority & the tools it needs during a shutdown to get these SNAP funds to families..The admin itself admits these reserves are available for use..
Instead, it may choose not to use them in an effort to gain political advantage.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
Instead, it may choose not to use them in an effort to gain political advantage.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
Trump Administration Defies Court Orders to Resume Food Aid for 42 Million Americans truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Administration Defies Court Orders to Resume Food Aid for 42 Million Americans
Two judges ordered the USDA to use contingency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing during the shutdown.
truthout.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“..the fed gvrnmnt has the authority & the tools it needs during a shutdown to get these SNAP funds to families..The admin itself admits these reserves are available for use..
Instead, it may choose not to use them in an effort to gain political advantage.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read:
Instead, it may choose not to use them in an effort to gain political advantage.”
#ThisIsNotADemocracy😶
My Morning Read: