RIP George Knue, legendary Tribune editor who retired after 43 years at the paper as a well-respected leader who ably mentored newsroom journalists and shaped their copy. www.hjfunerals.com/obituaries/2...

A vocal proponent of police brutality called me the “most detestable figure in American media.” @ericzorn.bsky.social wants the title back. Time passes us all my friend, my time is now

Bovino on Fox News: "I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."

It’s amazing that they’ve programmed bots to say a daycare teacher didn’t work at the daycare she worked at. What a bizarre taking point.

NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...

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

Alinea by chef Grant Achatz demoted from three Michelin stars in Chicago. The chef plays a lot of away games now, and you gotta imagine that hurting the product. Huge news in the city’s culinary scene though. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/a...

Cummings describes a sampling of Midway Blitz arrests: 54 were arrested while at work. 20 landscapers, 4 Uber or taxi drivers 2 street vendors 20 were commuting to or from work 9 arrested at Home Depot or Menards 11 in public places, including a Dunkin Donuts drive thru

CPS staffers exceeded spending limits, bypassed required preapprovals and expensed activities “of dubious necessity or value to students” as costs surged from $3.6 million to $7.7 million. Good reporting from Kate Armanini www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/c...

Here’s a great example of Homeland Security and Tricia McLaughlin propaganda not being true. They’re going around claiming credit for Chicago experiencing the fewest summer murders since 1965. That was true and reported locally before Midway Blitz even began.

“Bring In The Light (Unless It Shows Corruption…Then Don’t)”

Lori Lightfoot endorsing Melissa Conyears-Ervin is a good time to remind folks that Lightfoot fought hard to hide allegations of misconduct against Conyears-Ervin from the taxpayers. A real stain on her good government self-promotion www.chicagotribune.com/2023/10/11/c...

NEWS: The Cook County Board has approved $10 million in settlements for two wrongly convicted men who spent 23 years in prison for a 1994 slaying. Lawsuit against the city is ongoing. This is the Nevest Coleman/Derrell Fulton case I’ve covered for years. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/c...

The bean's sculptor, Anish Kapoor, once sued the NRA for using its image in a video dissing liberals and defending Trump.

Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

Bluesky, a reintroduction! I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out [email protected] or Signal grp.27

A truly awful double murder in Little Village www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/t...

Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

Having already failed to deliver key tenets of his ambitious tax-the-rich wish list, the head tax is a watershed moment for Mayor Brandon Johnson. A good Sunday story from @aliceyin.bsky.social and @jake-sheridan.bsky.social about budget season at City Hall www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/h...

A Tribune legend. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/v...

Photos of the Feds with weapons out taken by @chicagotribune.com photographers yesterday @briancassella.bsky.social @mandophotos.bsky.social

Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

An anecdote about the people and their govt: “I just want you to be safe,” she told him. “ICE is in the area.” But he already knew. His response lingers in Porter’s mind. She can still hear him saying it: “They came and took my dad 10 minutes ago.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

In other news, here’s a clip from Telemundo of Little Village Ald. Mike Rodriguez getting hit with a flash bang. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ0DnIv...

Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)

Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village. “They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

A crazy day in Little Village: A report of someone shooting at federal agents, fortunately no one was hit. The Feds pepper allegedly sprayed an infant. A cop was hit by a car. And Bovino threatened to tear gas angry residents. Story from @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

I missed this from @nbcnews.com @natashakorecki.bsky.social: Immigration agents tear gassed a 2-year old girl in Chicago. See the story below

Border Patrol was on 26th earlier today. Chicago Police were doing crowd control, including as federal agents detained someone on the ground, per Instagram live video from a resident.

Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.

Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez

From a YouTube livestream following Bovino and his men in north suburbs, an agent perched in the open doorway of the SUV while it’s driving away, like something out of a movie

My latest story about how the community at Chappell Elementary in Lincoln Square are trying to help a family after ICE took their dad. It’s a look at the disruption and resistance roiling Chicago www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/l...

Questions remain why ICE targeted day care teacher who was detained in North Center facility. A very interesting nuanced story here www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/i...

A juxtaposition: Gregory Bovino at a gas station, complaining that “Just to go use the bathroom and get something to eat” is a “safety concern.” Just after asking a dude buying a soda where he’s from. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/b...

I asked the Department of Homeland Security for comment on Judge Ellis saying Gregory Bovino lied under oath. Their second response was to diss her(?) as an “Obama crony,” praise me for riveting journalism, and finally defend Bovino

The immigration police has been out in Little Village and Pilsen today. A Facebook user following them noted they weren’t using plates at Western and Ogden

Federal judge Sara Ellis is entering an injunction governing rules of force against the media, protesters, and the everyday citizens who come out while immigration raids neighborhoods to tell them they aren’t welcome in Chicago. (Or as DHS calls them: “Rioters.”)

NEWS: A federal judge says Gregory Bovino lied under oath. The Department of Homeland Security has a massive credibility problem. Two federal judges in Chicago have ripped the government’s credibility.

This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.

Fact check: Not even a tiny bit true.

NEWS: A federal judge ordered govt to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, finding that conditions at the ICE holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.” By Madeline Buckley www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...

Here’s a deeply tragic story: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation after being held without her meds now missing in Mexico. By Meredith Colias and Kate Perez www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/t...

NEWS: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center. Car crash into a hedgerow. Trump’s Midway Blitz is claimed to be inspired by an undocumented drunk driving death. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...

State Sen. Willie Preston, who's running a longshot campaign to be a congressman, posted on social media that he voted for Trump in 2020 but claims now he was just "shit talking." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/w...

Impassioned U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez called this arrest “despicable.”

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school