For context: This encampment closure was done under the excuse that the residents would have housing provided for through the city. The process of relocation was sloppy, and devoid of any type of consideration for the needs of the residents, such as location etc.

March 17, 8:15 am, Legion Park - Community members gather to support the residents of Legion Park, which is scheduled to be sweeped by the Chicago Parks District at 9 am. Residents of the park are gathering their things in 15 degree weather. Many don’t know where they will sleep tonight.

for the @chicagoreader.com's 2025 best of chicago issue, i wrote about cops! for the best conglomeration of local police to protect a murderous army of federal agents, look no further than the unified command of broadview, illinois.

I hate this man so much

“To be free, one needs to be feared” He said the quiet bit out loud. Countries need to either have the power to blow up earth or be bullied into submission. I guess we’re just going to have to get used to this type of escalation, and maybe start stockpiling potassium iodide pills.

All typos are intentional so you know it’s a human typiing, and not AI.

The first Fight for $15 action I covered was in 2012. Critics at the time bemoaned how it was "too much" and "unrealistic." It wasn't enough then in many places, and 14 years later most of the country still doesn't even have that and it's nowhere near enough to live on almost anywhere.

Before I moved to the U.S., as I was learning about the American democratic system, I was told over & over that the system was built upon this idea of checks & balances. 12 years here and I see the system fail to “check and balance” itself every single time. Accountability seems so out of reach.

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

Rip bozo

I have been reliably informed by members of this government that losing access to twitter is one of the worst things that can befall a human being so this may be the single harshest consequence they have imposed on one of their own

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Beloved Minnesota, we don't want to leave you. But we have to return to Chicago for at least a few days to wrap up some reporting. We need to purchase new safety gear and replenish funds. If you'd like to support our frontline and investigative work (we love monthly pledges!)—here's how to do that:

Minneapolis, MN - Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.

Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

Mourners gather at the site where federal agents shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti this morning in Minneapolis. 📸: @andral404.bsky.social

From Whittier a few hrs ago—after shooting & killing an ICE responder in Minneapolis, 37 yr old Alex Pretti, DHS agents brutalized a crowd that gathered & flooded the area w/ tear gas. @andral404.bsky.social captured this moment against a building where a fed then pointed his rifle at someone.

Has it really been only 12 days?

Chicago tonight. 📸: Andres Alejandro Chavez

☔️

☠️