New Curfew Proposal Heads To Chicago City Council After Fatal Downtown Shooting blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/10/n...

Black Chicagoans embrace the quarter-zip trend while discussing its meaning chicago.suntimes.com/entertainmen...

"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'” Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

But wait — there's more! I took a deep dive into "The Chicago Stomping Grounds of Tom Waits" with this new blog post: www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...

Chamber of Commerce Leader in Chicago's Majority Latino Little Village Neighborhood Thanked Border Patrol As Agents Arrested Neighbors, Video Shows blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/03/l...

Alcala's Western Wear represents Chicago on this NYT 50 Best Clothing Stores list. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hiroshima #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

Did you hear about the Trump administration campaign calling for "civility" and telling people to "dress with respect" when they travel? Well, I fixed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's ad...

While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group. Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).

Good God! 'Brutal and vicious' attack on Chicago's Blue Line leads to terrorism charge after woman set on fire; the accused had been arrested at least 40 times before. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...

The writer doesn't explicitly name Chicago as a city that could use this option, but... Opinion: Illinois doesn't allow municipal bankruptcy — but it should www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illi... via @crainschicago

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." – FDR "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country" – JFK “When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.” – Barack Obama "Quiet, piggy!" – Trump

Northwestern University names new Kellogg center after largest-ever donation to its business school www.chicagobusiness.com/education/no... via @crainschicago

*stares at my Canadian passport*

Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...

Looking for someone trying to buy their first home in metro Chicago to be quoted in a commentary on the Chicago housing market. Message me

That's his spin? Easier to rationalize his capitulation rather than acknowledging he caved and got nothing in return

Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

The last ride of the season, perhaps. Except for an ominous large black helicopter that flew past for a few minutes, the Chicago lakefront was as serene and reinvigorating as ever. Ahhh

Federal Judge in Chicago Blasts Border Patrol Boss Bovino For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/06/h...

Among the Chicago elected officials getting harassed is Ald. Timmy Knudsen of Lincoln Park.

Detainees Describe Filthy, Inhumane Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility in Suburban Chicago: 'It Was Too Much' blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/04/d...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability (gift link)

Hiroshima, Japan. #manholecovermonday @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social

The school that produced Milton Friedman and 34 other Nobel Prize-winning economists is struggling to manage its pocketbook. University of Chicago spent billions chasing the Ivies. Now it’s facing a financial reckoning. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... via @WSJ

A judge ordered agents involved in the Chicago deportation blitz to have "visible identification … prominently displayed." But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs. From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Hello, Big Brother

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Following the law or court orders is for suckers

The head of the Border Patrol’s enforcement efforts posted a picture of his agents detaining a rapist who posed as a rideshare driver. Problem: The picture shows the wrong guy. And the accused rapist has been in the Cook County jail since being charged. cwbchicago.com/2025/10/ice-...

NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back. The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours. “I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said. thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

"Had an older president like Joe Biden babbled like this there would have been immediate calls to airlift him to a sanatorium," writes columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social. bit.ly/4n7pB7X

President Trump called for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, saying the Democratic leaders have failed to protect ICE www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

President Trump called for the jailing of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, saying the Democratic leaders have failed to protect ICE www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

Trump clearly wants to use military power to exert more control over the American people, and soon, top U.S.-military commanders may have to decide whether they will refuse such orders from the commander in chief. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Illinois Gov. Pritzker: “We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will ... now involve sending in another state’s military troops.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/07/n...

Republicans excused posting a fake riot image: "We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”

White supremacist administration.

ICEBlock, a widely used tracking app, was dropped from the company’s App Store after concerns were raised by the Justice Department that it could put law-enforcement officers at risk. www.wsj.com/tech/apple-i...

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

While Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are puffing themselves up in front of the U.S. military leaders at Quantico, I would like to remind everyone of an important historical detail: “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.

From a campaign stop in Iowa: Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman, White House chief of staff, and Chicago mayor has plenty of government experience to tout as he appears increasingly serious about running for president www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

Top Chicago chefs are breaking away from the grind. Here's what they're doing instead www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/... via @crainschicago

When's the last time you were actually in Chicago, RP?

Few cities loom as large as Chicago when it comes to brick history. A trifecta of factors made this the building material of choice after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871: geography, timing and industry. “The city burned down at exactly the right time.”

Dozens of armed federal immigration agents meandered through downtown Chicago today, followed by hecklers www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/i...