Oblong, Illinois, is actually square.

I am interested in as much lore about Tyler Technologies as I can get right now.

This is FORBES saying it: "The voucher tax credit fits neatly into that broader project: route around public institutions rather than rebuild them." Learn more from @ilfps.bsky.social here

hey, i've got a great idea. how about we gut that department in the state's attorney's office that reviews felony gun charges before they're filed and just let cops file them directly with the court instead

Read the thread all the way down

I can't get this across enough. Everyone in Cook County, you have to vote for Kaegi in March. Tell your friends, neighbors, coworkers.

My opponent, Pat Hynes, took $25,000 from a MAGA Trump donor whose family cheered when ICE killed Alex Pretti. The Loquercios has given $372,000+ to Trump, McConnell, Graham, and others. Democrats shouldn't take money from MAGA donors or people who celebrate murder. Return it.

Michael Sacks very much fills the "Villain-shaped hole" one imagines Ken Griffin left behind in Chicago

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

"In February, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its chief prosecutor, British lawyer Karim Khan... "...he found that not only were his UK bank accounts frozen, but he also lost access to his Microsoft email address."

This is another thing making me lose my mind. Not only was this guy a trainer, but so is the CBP agent who shot a woman 5 times in Chicago. These ARE THE TRAINERS. More time with them is not going to help.

Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability last night, recounting story after story of Chicago police assisting federal immigration agents while blasting the commission for a lack of action. w/ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social

Funnily enough, I checked in with CTA and they're actually urging Chicagoans not to be alone with Ald. Jim Gardiner after dark.

Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP. Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.

I do not know what to say that there had to be a massive coordinated effort to get a hearing on how much our tax $ should be used to brutalize people with whistles in their pajamas in order to protect armed federal agents operating on extralegal orders. This is generalization but not exaggeration.

October Café adds a 2nd location and 2 coffee shops open on the Far Northwest Side. blockclubchi.co/4qGrP0a

I mean, Daley, Madigan, Blago, Rahm. IL is great place to learn that Dems are not only not always your friends, they're very often your enemies.

If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?

Here’s my alderman telling people not to take public transit on the drunkest night of the year.

UPDATE: Cupich again held a service for 50 people. Rainbow PUSH had 100. There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve 5,465 (97%) did not attend either What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there? Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals. bsky.app/profile/chic...

It was heartbreaking honor to support neighbors at this week’s Accountability Commission hearing about Border Patrol Chief Bovino’s human rights abuses in our city this summer.

"More than a month ago over 30 police district council members formally requested this hearing today we have returned with this request back by our communities because what Chicagoans are enduring is urgent, unacceptable and cannot be delayed any longer."

After Victor Rodriguez, Any Huamani with the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council spoke. She said federal immigration agents took over 15 people from Chicago's southwest side today. She also noted they drove while missing license plates, went the wrong way down one-way streets, and red red lights.

I finally got an answer back from CPD on Carlos Baker’s status. He’s the cop who fatally shot his partner, allegedly shortly after she ended their relationship. “Officer Baker is on Active Status, assigned to the 6th District and Detailed to Unit 376.” 376 is the Alternate Response Section.

Rich Miller, in just 38 words, exposes a common fallacy embraced by SAFE-T Act Critics

Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.

I had to go uncharacteristically short writing abt the potentially deadly eviction wave coming to Chicago--& the rest of the US--this winter, but there is more to come. Of the stories I've written since coming back from leave, this is the one I hope most people read.

i am looking at chicago public schools student enrollment data, something that strikes me with a dataset that is 24 years worth of data is you can really see the rise of charter schools and selective enrollment high schools the neighborhood high schools really became churn factories for example

Folks and shops doing a good job shoveling this AM on my walk to dropoff compost, but DSS sidewalks at Lawrence/Kenton look untouched. :( #PlowTheSidewalks

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."

///BREAKING/// Judge Jeffrey Cummings orders that by noon of Nov. 17, he will order the release of all of the 615 "Operation Midway Blitz" detainees identified as class participants (at least those still here in the country) once they pay a $1,500 bond.

@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted. Hours later, you said it was a mistake. Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.) Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?

Wanna see what happened after Border Patrol shot a woman in Chicago? So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos. But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation. tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh

Over the last few months, I've been taking a closer look at one of three special prosecutors tapped by the state's attorney's office to oppose Kevin Jackson's certificate of innocence. Jackson was wrongfully convicted and spent 23 years incarcerated. thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...

This is a real and worrying trend (unlike some of the other things my mom tries to get to me to worry about) Michael was indicted alongside a trustee from Oak Park and two candidates currently running for office.

nothing but respect for the courageous individuals indicted here:

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino) to the Aurora Police following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests So here it is!

Cook County Sheriff’s van departs with arrested protesters. At least nine people arrested, including a medic and one of the musicians.

IL-FPS learned this week that Hazel Health, a for-profit telehealth startup with a CPS contract to provide counseling services to HS students, merged with another tech startup, Little Otter, founded by a member of the “Palantir mafia”, alums of Peter Thiel’s notorious surveillance tech behemoth…😱+🧵

This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri. For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests. See the orange triangles?

I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so gl

This coming Friday, join us with our friends from Friendship Community Place for a NW Side Queer Potluck! Starting at 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Hwy. Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck

I keep cool ok enough until I read things like "ISP masking up." Terrifying things happening quickly.

Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trump’s agenda?

In our holding cell last night, there were 7 white men, two Black men, and one trans woman. In the women’s cell there was one woman. 7 protesters were released last night. You already know which ones those were and which ones were shackled and transferred to an unknown location.

Read through this thread for Steve's experience being detained by ICE and witnessing the conditions inside firsthand. Terrifying and important information.

UPDATE: At 1:27 a.m. on Sept. 28, Unraveled Press reports that co-founder Steve Held has been released. thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...