moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

The extremely casual enforcement of bake lane rules leads to interesting behaviors, and today's example is the woman in head-to-toe denim avoiding car traffic on Belmont by riding a crotch rocket motorcycle at speed in the protected bike lane.

Via @thetrace.org: From 2015 - 2021, ICE agents were responsible for at least 59 shootings-- 23 fatal. I am embarrassed to admit this, but I had no idea that ICE agents used lethal force so often. www.thetrace.org/2024/08/ice-...

In a change from the usual tone of these discussions, Chicago City Council members sound relieved to be headed toward settling some 200 lawsuits involving former Sgt. Ronald Watts, who went to prison for corruption, for $90 million.

Sunday column on some of the wild areas around the Southeast Side, the forgotten side of Chicago. More changes are coming there. chicago.suntimes.com/outdoors/202...

President Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime, but "would have preferred" Chicago. On Fox News Channel, he said Chicago politicians have fiercely resisted his plans, and that it was a “hostile” place with “professional agitators.”

Had a nice laugh at this 81-year-old birder/gift shop worker at Walden Pond talking to a reporter like, yeah, well, Richard's leaving but they're just going to get another Thoreau impersonator. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/s...

Context for the potential upcoming debate on whether the city should settle these lawsuits: Chicago's top lawyer is quite sure the taxpayers would be out a ton of money in a protracted case-by-case fight, because the evidence is thick and the cops pled guilty.

I know there's a lot of news today, but in my neck of the woods, this is BIG news. Cook County hasn't had a new chief judge since Sept. 11, 2001 (yes, really). The chief judge might be the most consequential local public official you've probably never heard of. @mdoukmas.bsky.social with the story.

There’s some more news.

An intriguing new one from @kellygarcia.bsky.social

This week's @injusticewatch.org newsletter had my recommendation for the tremendous new @pile.bsky.social album, and lots of other worthwhile stuff. www.injusticewatch.org/subscribe/

The union that represents the very wide majority of Chicago police officers here with the puzzling assertion that crime is down but "the murderous mindset" is not.

Black Chicago police officer says colleagues called him the n-word and emailed him a racist cartoon.

Ham sandwich : Not indicted www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

One substantive result of Trump's federal takeover in D.C. is people ending up with federal cases after alleged open container violations.

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

I enjoyed this from @williamfleitch.bsky.social, as a person who, in his first fantasy football draft, picked Donald Driver 1st overall because it was what was in my heart and I didn't understand how any of it worked.

Today's @injusticewatch.org newsletter has an interview by @msivit.bsky.social with @veromartinezart.bsky.social about the inspirations and ideas behind her mural, the visual centerpiece of our office. Check it out! www.injusticewatch.org/subscribe/

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

You mean the brilliant plan to "harness the power of our local journalism, feed it into a funnel and optimize it ... from pixels to Pulitzers"?

I remember sitting in the Tribune newsroom and a murmur built to a low roar of animated conversation and sarcastic laughter as it was announced that our parent company was changing its name to Tronc. Unnecessary work ceased for the day. I hope MS NOW journalists experience that strange camaraderie.

And this dog was named Bergere

At the Art Institute, I learned that Gustave Caillebotte had a brother named Martial, who had a little dog named Paul. Respect to Paul.

Illustrations for @injusticewatch.org latest investigation by Maya Dukmasova. Fake science, faulty methods, misleading testimony. How a rogue laboratory got people convicted for driving high. injusticewatch.org #illustrations #localjournalism #digitalillustration #chicagoart

Disappoints me that more people don't discuss Geoff Tate from Queensryche because he's a fun person to think about. Has a wine brand called "Insania." Led a band that made a rock opera concept album called "Operation: Mindcrime." Sang "Silent Lucidity," which is a truly excellent song. What gives?

NEW: A forensic toxicology lab at the University of Illinois Chicago tested people’s bodily fluids for DUI-cannabis investigations using scientifically discredited methods and faulty machinery, leading to wrongful convictions.

chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... Our latest about the cop who shot and killed his partner earlier this year allegedly attacking a female cop at a bar, leaving her with a split lip and stitches @peternickeas.bsky.social @schuba.bsky.social @illinoisanswers.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

A major style challenge for a big man such as myself is finding short-sleeve button-up shirts that don't make me look like Tony Soprano.

It's rare that I am at a loss for words.

NEW: An ICE contractor held a mother and her 7-month-old son at an O'Hare Airport hotel for 5 days in June, with no phone or contact with the outside world, @aurabogado.bsky.social reports for @injusticewatch.org, in partnership with @theintercept.com www.injusticewatch.org/civil-courts...

"You all have to do the right thing: The healthy are supposed to take care of the sick." RIP to Lori Cannon.

In case you missed my story from a few months back...

AI is expanding the boundaries of our imaginations, allowing us to live out such thrilling fantasies as, “What if Hulk Hogan were friends with Larry McCarren?”

Aside from a few issues -- July 29 was a Tuesday and is not upcoming, July 28 also already happened, they didn't play the Mets that day, and the final two sentences don't make sense after the first two -- the Google AI overview I wasn't trying to use did a good job fielding this basic query.

Perhaps I've seen the Halloween movies too many times but I'll believe Michael Myers isn't getting up again when the credits roll.

WORLD SERIES BASEBALL II SEGA 1996 SEGA SATURN

I'm sorry, but this may be the funniest Facebook AI slop I have ever seen. Bury me sideways in my coffin, brother. Let my dog see

Tom Lehrer would surely see the humor in the fact that one of the authors of his obituary is also dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Every prison in the U.S. is supposed to have a law library with legal books and resources. For this week's @injusticewatch.org newsletter, I interviewed Eliza Gonring from PNAP about the law library at Logan Correctional Center and why this book drive is so important.

Went back to the wrong huddle after getting briefly knocked unconscious a play earlier.

Here is your read of the day: A.J. Daulerio on Hulk Hogan: open.substack.com/pub/thesmall...

Space Mutiny or Touch of Satan.

Today, @chicagotribune.com laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.

That famous photo of Ozzy hoisting Randy Rhoads into the air has surely crossed your feed this week—and for good reason! It's awesome. Chicago photographer Paul Natkin took it in 1982. You can learn more about Paul (in his own words) from this 2022 interview. chicagoreader.com/music/paul-n...

wrote about Ozzy and metal and free for everyone

Today in No Thanks: Thank you, but absolutely not. I must firmly decline this offer.

Was no one available to tackle him?