So much of policing in the US is just variations of this interaction with different levels of resultant state violence

The owner "said the threat was an outlier and not representative of how the Bridgeport neighborhood has welcomed them since opening in 2024." Bridgeport Records gets death threat for selling 'Black music, rap music, Spanish music' - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/u2D8WwX3Tkjh...

One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself

"We should also settle on a policy to tax vacant lots that owners could put to productive use but are intentionally keeping vacant—either due to complacency or tax avoidance."

Jesus Christ would have ridden the bus.

Non-dominant handwriting got me looking 100 years old. Can't cut or roll out pie crust with a broken collarbone so we're cutting corners a little. Heading to the bus to go grocery shopping soon.

An American beast. Tamed. #WorldBollardAssociation

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Good reporting from @chipmitchell1.bsky.social presenting view from body cams worn by state sanctioned terrorists aka border patrol. Border Patrol agent’s camera captures detainee’s lament: ‘We don’t have the opportunity that you have’ - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/QBHosYATfJjY...

I’m voting for “jagoff.” chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...

My 2nd grader writes better than these jagoffs.

It got colder and he doesn't want to have to wear a coat because it would cover up his gear while he preens for the camera.

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK: He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial. C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

Imagining future school kids reading about these times: so the federal government labeled anti-fascists as terrorists? And people still argued the government wasn’t fascist? Uh huh.

ICE whistles work.

72-year old Baroness Neville-Rolfe said: “Scooters and cycles regularly ride on pavements and, because of electrification, they can go at high speeds, up to 70 miles per hour, according to the Sunday Telegraph” Two solutions: 1. Close the Telegraph. 2. Mandatory dementia tests for peers.

The dude who made an electric car guy YouTube channel I used to watch moved from San Diego to Madrid this year. In his first video I’ve seen about the move, he opens by saying “let me tell you, the Urbanists are 100% right” and goes on to extoll how much walkability has improved his family’s lives

Silver lining.

Every driver should pay $100 upon entering the Jane Byrn interchange until it has been paid off

People do realize that drivers don't pay their fair share to fund street infrastructure, right? City stickers, registration, and gas tax don't begin to cover the damage they cause. Meanwhile, infrastructure is mostly paid for out of general funds that everyone pays into whether they drive or not.

This happened Friday, immediately after: a dead cop's family filed suit because they believe dept failed to protect her from abusive partner who later shot & killed her — *and* a detective filed over, among others, allegations the dept knew an abusive ex wanted to have her killed & didn't warn her.

The vanity fair piece allows Wiles to normalize the Trump regime as reformers who just had to break a few things on the way and who made a few mistakes but it's doing what it believes is right. I don't care for it.

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

Write your Alder and tell them you have an idea for revenue generation.

Many are saying: tax the Escalades

Why isn't increasing the cost of Chicago vehicle city stickers on the budget table? Increasing fees, esp for heavy vehicles would encourage people to use smaller cars & to own fewer cars/house. The current fees are ridiculously cheap. It's $165 for a 4,000# car. www.chicityclerk.com/chicago-city...

I…did not see the closing sentence of this photo caption coming: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...

Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case. Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.

Feds took one person from the Cicero Walmart ~30 minutes ago:

A large CBP presence is back in Chicago this morning, with sightings and arrests reported across the southwest side and Cicero. Bovino is also here.

a dhs helicopter with its transponder on repeatedly circled the brighton park/back of the yards neighborhoods yesterday afternoon—clearly a harbinger of today's violence. globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a19f67&...

Reports of Border Patrol and ICE in Brighton Park, Back of the Yards, and McKinley Park this morning. Be on the lookout! Keep your neighbors safe!

My brother brought me plywood and helped me set it up last night. It's a hit! We'll see if i can get it under the christmas tree. Might have to stay in the basement at this point.

#bikechi show up if you can. The bike lane opposition frequently cites Dowell in the 3rd ward, removing bike lanes as their goal. Protest tonight!!

I am trying to assemble my father's 60 year old Lionel train, and let me tell you, it is not easy. It should be mounted to plywood, but frankly, I'm maxed out trying to do this with a broken collarbone.

We should do a CTA Krampus Holiday bus and made it the 8 Bus

WTF is going on with the Halsted bus lately?

honestly, if i were trying to design a place for the political opposition to take a stand against trump, i couldn't have done better than abrego garcia. by trying to destroy basic constitutional protections, it was *trump* who made this a dispute over due process and the Constitution.

Metra BNSF to MDW wormhole unlocked! This works pretty well when it lines up. BNSF from Halsted to CUS with 5 minutes to walk across the concourse to catch the MDW. Enough time to snag a cold one on the way.

"It frosts me that the streets are plowed well, and I’m going to have to walk in the street because you obviously think more of vehicles than you do human beings.”

Exclusive: Omar demands Trump explain "racist" crackdown on Somalis

My first memory on public transit was in the 1980's in Springfield, IL where I was born. It was raining and dusky. A little chilly out. And my mom was insistent that I wear a hat when leaving swim lessons at the YMCA. We sang Wheels on the Bus. The wipers playing their part in the song.

Ridiculous bus bunching on Halsted this morning.

paul vallas, juan rangel, and george cardenas is an unholy trinity of bad faith political actors

Biking on Archer Avenue be like:

Still covered in ice a dozen days after the snow. @illinoisdot.bsky.social come clean ya sidewalk. We're trying to walk here.

Federal appeals court blocks release of hundreds, but Trump still loses in mixed immigration ruling From @chicago.suntimes.com on tonight's complicated ruling from the 7th Circuit: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The bus stops along Halsted are all full of people waiting for buses since it was 30 minutes between buses on this busy Street

I got ghosted by the number 44 Wallace bus, so I walked over to Halstead to catch the number 8 bus. One was scheduled to come in 5 minutes and then just disappeared. The next bus isn't for more than 15 minutes. WTF #cta