Here’s a story for every national news outlet: In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property. “Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage: “Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers” “Church members flee as federal agents arrive” “Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee” “Border Patrol questions people at Walmart” “Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”

“With immigration agents under intense pressure to deport thousands of people each day, Ms. Lopez was pushed through the system swiftly and was deported within four days of the factory raid. As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In union station about to get a train to NY and there’s a lone pigeon in the pizzeria a fair bit away from any exterior door

Ald Greg Mitchell declined to answer Qs about the immigration raid and living conditions at 7500 S Shore Dr at council today. He said the raid was "over with," and suggested I already knew about his prior work to address the building's problems. When I said I do not, hence me asking, he walked away

NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign. We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.

RIP to someone who improved my life, who I’d never heard of. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/h...

CBP is one of the most lawless agencies in the country and has a track record of violating people's rights, even those of U.S. citizens. Putting them in charge of immigration enforcement is an alarming escalation, but our communities are prepared to defend our neighbors.

Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc. To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy. tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55

Is it always the same emotional support tear gas cannister that he keeps and throws others at protesters/press/cpetty? or does he rotate? bsky.app/profile/cnn....

First evening performance at the Kennedy Center in this new era. WHY ON EARTH DID THEY CHOP DOWN THE WILLOW TREES?

New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday. The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.

In Bovino's upside down world, there is no difference between an armed gang member preying on others in his community and a guy working 12 hours a day washing cars, flipping burgers, or installing sheetrock to feed his family — and he wants you to hate and fear both men equally.

BREAKING: Here we go with the first allegations of violations of the preliminary injunction Judge Ellis issued on November 6 in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem: "As this Court was issuing the Preliminary Injunction on November 6, federal agents shot pepper balls at a moving car"

Some excerpts that stood out to me from District Judge Jeff Cummings' order today, compelling the release of at least some people found to have been detained in violation of a prior consent decree limiting how and when federal immigration agents can carry out warrantless arrests.

📍 𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐄, 𝐈𝐎𝐖𝐀: A Native American woman was nearly deported after a jail mistakenly placed an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer on her file — despite her clear tribal identity and legal status. #AbuseofPowerWatch

This is both A) incredibly suspicious, and B) within what I would accept as normal levels of government incompetence. So, you know, we'll see how the judge takes it.

A Chicago daycare teacher taken by federal agents has been released. blockclubchi.co/4hYKy3F

This is why it’s crucial that DHS text messages be preserved and why we need a real archivist www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

More here on Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who's led the operation in Chicago: bsky.app/profile/schw...

This is why it’s crucial that DHS text messages be preserved and why we need a real archivist www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

There were lots of stories late last week on the text messages by Border Patrol agent Charlie Exum who shot a woman five times in Chicago last month I haven't seen anyone post the text messages themselves Here they are: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

feels relevant today

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.

NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.

NEW: The classified opinion by Trump's Office of Legal Counsel says the US personnel taking part in lethal strikes on boats would not be exposed to future prosecution, per sources. “It sounds like an admission that there is no legal basis for these strikes” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The CECOT renditions were crimes under both domestic and international law. and some people remain disappeared. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here. bsky.app/profile/mand...

This is about a consent decree that goes back to 2022. If it truly was in effect for these arrests, how the heck has DHS gotten away making hundreds of these types of arrests?

It's impossible to describe the evil of what occurred at CECOT to men sent on flimsy evidence of gang membership by Trump www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Good morning, now listening in to a telephonic hearing in front of District Judge Robert Gettleman on the class action suit alleging inhumane conditions at the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

Not sure exactly what technology this is but notable report bsky.app/profile/clim...

"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."

tfw when I'm not allowed to see the aurora borealis

How about those Northern Lights??!! They put on a show Tuesday evening, especially away from light pollution. The aurora capped off a wind-chilled day in the DC region, but we're warmer by this afternoon into the weekend. Full forecast at cwg.live (Photo of Northern Lights by Scott Jacobson)

"Thank you for admitting that MPD is still working with ICE because the mayor has said several times that MPD is not working with ICE and you just confirmed that [you are]," Commissioner Jamila White, chair, ANC 8A, said.

It’s the all caps that convince me.

“You can’t bring that on the plane, sir.” “But it’s my emotional support tear gas canister.”

Cecilia directed immigrant rights giving among philanthropy for over a decade. She ran Obama's immigration policy/political strategy for a full eight years, and she was the lead on Biden's domestic policy transition team. But, sure, anti-deportation activists are to blame for how we got here. Right.

This retelling of recent history by Cecilia Muñoz is at best wrong and at worst dishonest, but what stood out is not what she says but rather what she doesn't say: no critical self-reflection, no mistakes, no self accountability. Just deflective, blame-shifting.... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...

So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora

The #aurora reached at least as far south as here in El Centro, California, a few miles north of the Mexican border! So cool!

Auroras at great falls @capitalweather.bsky.social