He should know the criminal record of those landscapers. And if he doesn’t, then he’s clearly racial profiling. Fuck Bovino.

This infuriates me on numerous levels. First, that man shouldn’t be held by ICE. But how can his wife think, based on what they are doing to her husband, that there is any fairness to the process whatsoever?

We don’t regulate cars in the US but this should be a law here too

Lots of agents about to find out that they are not above the state laws

The UK has tap-in, tap-out on long distance trains before Metra does on commuter trains. Hopefully our new regional transit administration will right the ship.

Forcing people to see what Republicans are actually doing is a great way to get people to not vote Republican. And makes it hard for people to ignore that might otherwise not see it.

This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice. #KavanaughStop

This technology can’t be censored by an App Store

Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power. wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...

In the city, the people on that route don’t just not care about transit, they are actively against it. They literally believe murderers will take the bus to rob their single family houses.

This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

The type of good news I like to see

Let’s take the win in the short term, but this court fight needs to be completed or they’ll turn around and do it again. abc7chicago.com/post/texas-n...

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

"What's happening here is evil."

This is what @govpritzker.illinois.gov has been telling anyone who will listen. People still believe it is about “safety”

This post would be wild coming from a blue checkmark bot. Crazy from the feds. There’s essentially no truth here. Violent rioters aren’t demanding the release of some of the worst humans on the planet. Govt records show most of these folks detained are low public safety risks.

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Every single one of these stories deserves to be aired nationally, and talked about until the people responsible learn shame

This is why bikes need isolated lanes, in case you didn’t know!

Teen brothers have been on the front lines of Midway Blitz, following the Feds and helping their neighbors. This is their story. “If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that.” By @tesskenny.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...

It sure seems like the court filing from this visit is going to be horrific. And this is after they had time to clean it up because the judge was coming. www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadvi...

Truth

Everyone should read this story about Chicago. Especially those who don’t live here

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.

Lots of conflation about what is a crime here. “Taking a job” ≠ criminal Hopefully @govpritzker.illinois.gov is keeping track of how to prosecute him for snatching people off the street with no just cause, previously and on the future.

“an estimated 60% of those who have been arrested under Operation Midway Blitz have been removed from the U.S. Plaintiffs assert that many class members are choosing to voluntarily depart to escape the unsafe and unsanitary conditions that they have been subjected to while in ICE detention.”

Worth noting that when you watch the news it’s still sunshine and rainbows after the 3 minute segment on the Federal crime spree. They can only talk like this because they are retired

Works for so many right now

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.

Federal govt keep denying bond hearings to immigrants even though the feds keep losing habeas petitions. Their goal is to make people desperate enough that they’ll sign up for voluntary deportation, inflict pain so people leave, even if they have deep ties and good records in USA

Still cannot believe that the Friends of the Parking Lots wouldn’t allow this to be built near Solider Field. Unlike the Bears, it would have been there forever www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Look what a transit agency can accomplish if they don’t have poor leadership! Already the interim @chicagocta.bsky.social president is a vast improvement over the last guy

No fare hike, but we need to work on using Ventra cards on Metra and fare capping.

They’re so bad at their jobs that they can’t legally keep people in custody. No wonder Bovino left town. Embarrassing chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Imagine if we regulated cars in cities the same way we regulate shared scooters and ebikes - speed limiters that don’t let you go past a certain speed - geofenced areas that either throttle your speed or don’t allow you to go at all - photo verification for parking www.cbsnews.com/news/us-citi...

According to the Suntimes it took 250 agents to arrest 3,000 people. Only 1,500 were even from the Chicago area. And only 75 of those were the “worst of the worst.” So a success rate of 2.5%. Everyone else was just performative cruelty. chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

The First Amendment protects our right to make jokes at the federal government's expense. We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.

Every time I see story like this, gonna be honest, very jealous.

We don’t need those misreading the moment in the Senate. @durbin.senate.gov should resign now so that @govpritzker.illinois.gov can appoint someone to fight for democracy. contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-...

The eight Neville Chamberlains betrayed the thousands of government workers who have held out, the SNAP beneficiaries who have faced starvation, and the millions of Democrats who supported this fight. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Magnificent Mile’s vacancy rate has gone down in recent years; among them, Uniqlo is opening a store at 600 N Michigan soon. The vacancy rate of the retail space in Trump Tower, a few blocks away, has always been about 95%.

If you think the president is a tyrant and you're running for office to oppose him the only platform you can have is "Give us enough votes to impeach and remove this menace." Otherwise what's the point of electing you?

Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.

Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting. Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

Anyone who works there should be shunned from society

“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.” @bloomberg.com $HD www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Yes @durbin.senate.gov does not understand the urgency of the moment. He should move up his retirement