trans journalists you should follow who cover trans lives well and deserve your support: @katelynburns.com @sydney-bauer.com @kissphoria.bsky.social @oriion.bsky.social @parkermolloy.com cis person who covers it this in congress MUCH better than erin: @ericmgarcia.bsky.social

So is the Bean not on city property? What's the deal? Seems like there should be a full investigation. Looking forward to action on this.

fucking vile blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

Any Chicago or Illinois politician that doesn’t resist this with everything they’ve got doesn’t understand this moment or anything about their constituents.

American: and that's how it works Anyone else: oh my God that is horrifying, what the fuck American: no no I'm not talking about what it was like before when it was evil, I'm talking about what it's like nowadays Anyone else: oh my God

The thing about ACA is that if an American describes how it works to someone from literally anywhere else, the other person will be utterly horrified at its deliberate cruelty. The way the horror of pre-ACA healthcare sounds to an American, is basically how ACA sounds to everyone else on earth.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons. "ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This is most directly about the fake electors (none of whom face any federal charges anyway) but the actual wording of it is much broader: it's effectively a full and complete blanket pardon for anybody who had anything to do with trying to steal the 2020 election, not just the Jan 6-ers.

I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵

watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.

The base can handle some kayfabe but not when Republicans are torching the constitution and abducting people off the street.

They invaded my city (and others) with goon squads that have been kidnapping my neighbors and terrorizing us on a daily basis.

Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao

Democratic Shutdown Strategy:

fuck you, Greg Bovino. It's OUR CITY. And we can do more than 15 pushups.

"I can’t imagine...to have the entire city of Chicago chasing you (at great personal risk) around in ugly cars. It’s embarrassing to have your overpaid undertrained paramilitary force be pushed around by retirees with whistles who are motivated by disgust...about every single thing about you." - H

solidarity to everyone protesting in the snow at target today

The way the "free speech zones" at Broadview were put up, have been policed, and continually keep shrinking is a microcosm of what's happening to free speech in America as a country.

Is this what will happen? Govt will reopen, the vote in December will happen and fail, health subsidies will expire in January, and the govt will shut down again in January, at which point the middle class will be feeling the pinch?

happening now: community members are gathering at the chicago fbi field office to demand ice and border patrol agents leave the city and stop terrorizing residents. yesterday, the fbi and other feds helped greg bovino and a caravan of border patrol agents ravage little village and cicero.

Gatekeeping the Maria Pappas calendar from national reporters

bangers in @hkappklote.bsky.social 's newsletter: "Another week of contradictions: the feds raided a daycare in North Center, claiming “law and order” while terrorizing toddlers." hs-newsletter-e91163.beehiiv.com/p/chicago-31...

"Are you for, or against, a taxpayer-funded secret police terrorizing American cities?" - @hkappklote.bsky.social ASK EVERYONE YOU KNOW THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE

Sorry this causes me physical pain

Not the hill I’d die on, that’s for sure. I do think this problem then shows up as a misuse of resources, funding, and capacity in politics generally (including “the Left”) — impossibly misaligned structure and budgeting does not lead to effectiveness…

what a headline www.404media.co/nancy-pelosi...

🚨 ICE raided a daycare. Springfield bailed out the trains. Chicago isn't Greg Bovino's city. hs-newsletter-e91163.beehiiv.com/p/chicago-31...

ICE raided a daycare. A federal agent lied under oath. Springfield bailed out the CTA. Just another week that feels like a year, in Chicago 312:

Watch Ishan Daya talk about why Chicago needs to tax the rich: youtu.be/YKjo1zXKhos

I feel like we can forgo “sorry about the delayed response” at this point in emails because of.. everything? No?

This is how I picture all the Chotiner interviews

Moms for Liberty (aka racist Nazi moms who need to get a life) went 0 for 32 last night. Every single one of their candidates lost. All of them. Teeee heee! 🤣🤪

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.” Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.

I’ve never seen this many people out in North Center — let alone for a protest. The people here are passionate about protecting their neighbors and showing up against the violence from ICE.

alder matt martin calls today the hardest day of his time in office. even in these awful times, he says, the community should remain a source of hope. “are you gonna keep showing up?” he asks the crowd. “yes!” the crowd yells back.

there’s a good 500-1,000 people here. seriously impressive turnout. service is bad and videos are taking a while to upload.

Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people. Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally. around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.

Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.

Chicagoans chanting, "no ICE! No ICE!"

Every week I write a newsletter that local politicians pretend not to read and their staff screenshot anyway: if you’ve ever voluntarily Googled what a ‘TIF surplus’ is, you’ll love Chicago 312.

Feds just fired a tremendous amount of pepper balls at Reverend David Black, a regular protester here. A number of them hit him in the face and head.

As Trump loses popularity, there will be an attempt to minimize what‘s happening in Chicago right now . THIS is the number one national issue — are you FOR or AGAINST a taxpayer-funded secret police terrorizing major cities?

I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.