This goes so far beyond creepy. “‘Rest easy, king,’ read the final message sent to his phone. ‘You did good.’”

Great story by @chicago.suntimes.com colleague Nader Issa analyzing DHS/ICE propaganda and explaining why it resonates. Your tax dollars at work, filming flash bangs and zip ties (while avoiding footage of children crying or a daycare teacher being manhandled). chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Their city … ?

This is my neighborhood and the day care center is on one of my walking routes. This morning I spoke with a grandmother of a 4-year-old girl who goes to that day care center. She’s appalled that federal agents in tactical gear grabbed a teacher and apparently went into rooms, traumatizing children.

Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people. Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”

Munchak says she left the scene but was followed and blocked in by agents in SUVs. She says they "rushed my car … and then an agent was in front of my car aiming a gun at my head."

This happened right across from Lane Tech High School. Trying to imagine the scene inside the daycare with the little kids’ teacher being manhandled out the door….

NEW: Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer who served three terms in the U.S. House, will become Virginia's next governor, The Associated Press reports. Spanberger will be the state's first female governor. https://to.pbs.org/4hCyiWm

“Rockwell’s son and other descendants wrote that … the artist would be “devastated” to see his work “marshalled for the cause of persecution toward immigrant communities and people of color.” Norman Rockwell’s Family Condemns Homeland Security’s Use of His Work www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...

U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. … "It has really become a prison."

Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):

Sign of the times in Chicago: A poster on the front door of my church this morning in Ravenswood.

How would you feel if federal immigration agents, with no warrant, jumped a fence onto your property and started chasing the men working on your windows? A Lakeview man describes what happened at his home. (No paywall at Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Public Media) chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Many talented #Ukrainian actors, artists, comedians, sportspeople, and others left their professional careers to take up arms and defend their country from Russian occupiers. Russia's war against Ukraine has taken the lives of at least 240 Ukrainian culture makers. This is a great loss.

Is it gonna get done the same way he promised a high-speed electric transit tunnel to blast passengers to O’Hare so they wouldn’t have to ride the CTA Blue Line?

Alvin Holsey, who ran bombings as SouthCom head, resigned with no explanation. Rep Adam Smith says Pentagon denied request for testimony and Rs aren't pushing for it. "We need to hear: Did he quit because he believed he was being given illegal orders?” New details: newrepublic.com/article/2025...

This is really appalling: Rep Adam Smith tells me that in a briefing, Pentagon officials said they reserve the right to kill people who are "affiliated" with their list of "narco-terror groups." But under questioning, they wouldn't define what "affiliated" means! newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Several have survived bombings and have been repatriated, rather than held as enemy combatants. Does this mean the admin lacks sufficient evidence to hold the people it is summarily executing? This also came up in private briefing. The unnerving details are here: newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Chicago Sun-Times demands DHS immediately remove its images from their posts. “These usages are blatant infringements of [Chicago Sun-Times Media’s] intellectual property rights.” #journalism

Plus it’s scary-looking

“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

57 people. “A broad range of outside experts … have said the campaign is illegal because the military is not permitted to deliberately target civilians — even criminal suspects — who are not directly participating in armed hostilities.” #Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

Anchor and correspondent John Dickerson announces he's leaving CBS News. www.tvinsider.com/1224090/joh...

When asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and xAI’s Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

Sign of the times in Chicago: At the laundromat to wash our comforters before winter. Brought my press pass in case ICE arrives.

If you read one thing this weekend, make it this analysis. It starts with why the U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean are akin to murder and leaves you wondering what the next "determination" will be. Who will be the target? Is there nothing to stop it? Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

For those who aren’t from Chicago, Lake View is a very safe North Side neighborhood with leafy streets and homes that cost in the millions of $. Normally very peaceful. These residents are not happy about federal agents grabbing and tear-gassing people. www.instagram.com/reel/DQNLX9h...

#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis orders Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino into court Tuesday.

Former ATF official: “I’ve never known law enforcement, unless people are working undercover on search warrants, to wear masks … If you’re doing the right thing and abiding by the law, then why do you need to cover your face?” No paywall: Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Included is this screenshot of CBP commander Greg Bovino allegedly “throwing tear gas into a crowd without justification.”

I was surprised talking with a friend outside Chicago yesterday that this kind of news isn’t getting out. Today federal agents detained a 16-year-old boy — he’s a high school junior and a U.S. citizen. (1/2) chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

23 October 1943 | A transport of 1,035 Jews deported from Rome arrived at Auschwitz. After the selection 149 men & 47 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 839 people were murdered in gas chambers. Mario, Mara Cesira & Sandro Sonnino among them.

ICYMI yesterday in Chicago: “When a District Council member, and two elected staffers can be taken by ICE, and families are living in fear in their own neighborhoods, we’ve crossed a line.” No paywall at Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Public Media chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

My colleague @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social holding their feet to the fire. ILSOS says this won’t be tolerated in Chicago or Illinois: “Flipping license plates or altering them in any way to avoid detection is strictly prohibited in Illinois. Penalties include fines and potential jail time.”

Russia unleashed a massive wave of missiles and drones on Ukraine overnight, killing two civilians in Kyiv and injuring dozens more. In Zaporizhzhia, several people were wounded, and more than 2,000 temporarily lost power. The Odesa region also came under fire. The attack is still ongoing.

Key quote: “if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.” #Chicago #ICE No paywall at suntimes.com

State rep. Hoan Huynh shared video of agents surrounding his vehicle/stopping him + staffers shortly after he said one agent pointed a gun inside his vehicle at him while another threatened to break a window. They were following feds in Albany Park after four people were reportedly taken. Story tk.

This is so insane. I think I learned about on/off the record freshman year in j-school. They don’t teach that in law school?

Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where Judge Sara Ellis is expected to question officials from CBP and ICE about the treatment of protesters. CBP Deputy Incident Cmdr. Kyle Harvick and ICE Deputy Field Director Shawn Byers are expected to appear.

Columbia says US murdered an innocent fisherman. One of dozens killed. “Legal specialists have called such killings illegal, because militaries cannot lawfully target civilians who do not pose a threat in the moment and are not directly participating in hostilities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica & National Shrine, 3121 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. 1902, Henry Engelbert, John F. Pope & William J. Brinkmann, architects. #openhousechicago

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Possibly 100,000 or more protesters today for Chicago’s big #NoKings protest. No paywall at your hometown paper @chicago.suntimes.com , now part of Chicago Public Media ❤️ chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

“…sending the men home seemed to contradict the administration’s stance that suspected drug smugglers pose such a severe danger that Mr. Trump can have the military summarily kill them.” Please keep digging, journalists 🙏 #Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

So dangerous that they must be blown into small pieces rather than arrested … unless they are actually captured in which case they may go home with a warning. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Warm fall day in Chicago, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

If you want to know what’s going on in Chicago with ICE/DHS — read this excellent piece by @tinasfon.bsky.social @jonseidel.bsky.social And thank the journalists who are documenting events on the ground! (No paywall at Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Public Media) chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Thank you, journalists. Please keep digging. #Venezuela #Caribbean Trinidadian Family Says U.S. Military Killed Relative in Boat Attack www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.