Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Florida will always lead the country in censorship and whitewashing history- so incredibly outrageous! It’s incumbent for parents, community leaders, local bookstores and libraries to stand in that gap, and ensure that their children do not remain ignorant. blavity.com/florida-scho...

Illinois suing the Trump administration over Texas troop deployment in Chicago. A Trump-appointed judge has blocked a similar action in Oregon. Block them everywhere. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Great to see Chicago's business community pushing back on the threat of bringing troops to Chicago. Every sector needs to speak out. civiccommittee.org/wp-content/u...

Trump wants $10B to bail out farmers who are getting crushed by Trump's tariffs prompting China to stop buying U.S. soybeans. Waiting for farm-state Republicans to speak up. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Is Chicago's business community going to say anything about this or just stay quiet?

President Donald Trump’s planned termination of nearly $8 billion for energy projects primarily in states that didn’t vote for him includes $583 million in cuts for projects in Illinois.

To all my friends, respected leaders & scholars in Higher Ed: Just say “No!” to the outlandish offer coming your way from the White House. The Party of “local control” now wants to control you. If you take this bait, you will be complicit in the downfall of one of America’s greatest institutions!

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

ICE is a lawless rogue agency of the federal government. The list of illegal, immoral, anti-American activities is endless. Here, they arrested two U.S. Citizens. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news....

ICE is a lawless, rogue agency. 60% of the people arrested by ICE have no criminal convictions. #StateofEmergency

Governor JB Pritzker is calling for Trump to be removed from office. #StateofEmergency. www.facebook.com/reel/1125686...

Easily the best essay I have read on Democratic politics -- and I have read a million of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

America is in a state of emergency. The President has lost all sense of reality. On his way to the golf course, he impulsively announces troops going to Portland without even notifying his own administration let alone the state of Oregon or the City of Portland.

Three Easy Steps to Authoritarianism -- Per David Axelrod on X. @arneduncan.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social @ilattygeneral.bsky.social x.com/davidaxelrod...

The level of insanity coming from the Trump administration is endless. Here's Trump pulling back funds for magnet schools in Chicago because we are a sanctuary city. chicago.suntimes.com/education/20...

Trump finally figured out who the good guys are in the Ukraine war; Disney figured out the meaning of free speech; the Justice Department declines Trump's revenge prosecutions; people speaking out about Trump's destructive economic policies; the narrative around ICE abuse is escalating. #Resist

Our new podcast License to Operate has been streaming on several podcasting sites for the last three months. We're now posting video episodes on youtube. The first posted last week. A new one goes up today. Please subscribe, listen and share. www.youtube.com/@LicenseToOp...

[email protected] has a few questions for ICE. So far, they have no answers. @secnoem.govpeeps.us showed up for a few hours, arrested a U.S. Citizen and split w/o facing media. She can run but she can't hide. Keep up the pressure Governor. gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

Happy Mexican Independence Day, Illinois.

For those who want to celebrate life, consider celebrating the life of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a hard-working father who had just dropped off his kids at school in Franklin, Park, Illinois when he was pulled over by ICE agents and shot in a scuffle. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

If we fight, we CAN win! If we don’t fight, we will absolutely lose our democracy. Fear is a very real emotion- and I honestly feel fear every single day- but fear is not a strategy. What do you choose to do? www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Every accusation from this administration is really an admission of guilt and a distraction from their destructive economic policies. They are criminals looting our government and liars poisoning our politics and our culture. #ResistTogether www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Meet the people stopping gun violence in Chicago on License to Operate, a new podcast available now posting on YouTube. In the first episode, my cohost Kanoya Ali and I talk about our two different worlds and what has brought us to the work. www.youtube.com/@LicenseToOp...

This is what passes for "immigration policy" in the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Our new podcast, @licensetooperate.bsky.social -- which is about people working to reduce gun violence -- is now posting video versions on YouTube on both our own channel and on the ChiPodcast. Check it out. #LicensetoOperate #ChicagoCRED @chicagocred.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Flt...

Justice in Brazil. Alas, not in America. Brazil’s Supreme Court reached a majority to convict the right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 presidential election

Glad to hear Republicans (at least 1) talking about gun safety laws. Sorry it took the death of one of their allies to bring them around. We simply cannot be safe in a country with 400 million guns and easy access to war weapons for anyone--regardless of capacity. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

This is reassuring. Trump cabinet secretary threatens to punch another senior Trump appointee. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

Supreme Court OK's racial profiling by ICE. "...this isn’t just an attack on the people of Los Angeles, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country.” L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

Chicago churches urge calm resistance as Trump threatens intervention

Powerful faith voices stand up against Trump threats.

Chicago standing strong. Kudos to @chicagomayor.bsky.social for pushing back on Trump and his troops. We don't need them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Come to Little Village Parade Next Sunday from noon to 3 in solidarity with all of us fighting Trump's illegal deportations. My quick take on Facebook. www.facebook.com/share/p/1AwC...

This is how our federal govt engages with Chicago: "ICE officials have sought... handcuffs, belly chains, leg irons, as well as a number of gas masks, license plate readers and buses..." #TACO www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Phang: The judge notes that the MacArthur Park show of force was just sheer political theater. Major General Sherman, objected, expressing concern that there would be a large number of people because it was Father’s Day. To which Bovino criticized him, questioning his loyalty to the country.

Q: What is Trump doing about the "festering" crime problem in red states? A: Nothing. He is taking their national guard troops and sending them to blue city and states, where they're not wanted or needed. #Resist www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

While Trump postures and lies about Chicago, @arneduncan.bsky.social explains how community violence intervention is making our city safer. #NoTroops www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/o...

Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?

This spring, the DOJ terminated $811 million in grants, $158 million of which was meant for gun violence prevention. In Chicago alone, seven organizations lost almost $16 million. The cuts, violence prevention organizers said, jeopardize the infrastructure they have worked to build.

Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.

Now, Trump has the troops in D.C. picking up trash. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Pritzker gets it.

Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here

Truth to power. Meeting deceit and threats with passion and courage. @

Leadership! Courage! Resistance! Chicago and Illinois push back on Trump. @arneduncan.bsky.social @chicagocred.bsky.social @jbpritzker.bsky.social @mayorofchicago.bsky.social

"The credit for the success of our violence intervention strategy starts with the men and women putting down guns and choosing peace. They have so much to teach us and the world about forgiveness, healing and courage." @arneduncan.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

CVI is working in Chicago and elsewhere. It needs to be a permanent, publicly funded part of our public safety strategy. From @chicagocred.bsky.social founder @arneduncan.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...