Chicago already spends a less per capita on our book budget compared to other large cities. If the mayor’s budget passes, we’ll be spending only $1.83 per capita. Yipes. That does NOT sound like something the greatest freakin city in the world would do. Email electeds: bit.ly/LetterFundCPL

Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds ! In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started. With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

NOTE: Brendan Reilly is running for Cook County Board President, meaning that he wants a lot of authority over the budget for the sheriff and the jail and the state's attorney and the public defender But he won't even sign a statement in support of due process when his own colleague was attacked.

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.

I lived a short walk from here for seven of the ten years I lived in Logan

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I hope that there’s at least one reporter that acknowledges we’re in the midst of “Operation Midway Blitz” while Riot Fest barges ahead. Multiple people kidnapped yesterday in the area around the park, including one man outside the fences of Riot Fest.

washing your hands of people you put in power, built a platform for is ceding your own responsibility & also (collective) power. why would you want to stand on your own helplessness ? palestine solidarity did this too with a dozen shitty men like max blumenthal but apples & oranges i guess

Happening now: the City of Chicago and the Park District are moving in heavy equipment to remove unhoused people and their encampments at Legion Park.

And that character was the symbol of why.

We got big project out today about Chicago’s lead pipes. The news is we mapped them all. The big idea is that Chicago residents are living through a public health crisis, and we wanted to help them visualize their place in it. @grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com

HUGE. The first major court victory involving conditions of confinement at ICE field offices. The judge bars detention in any cell which isn't: - Restricted by capacity - Has mats for people to sleep on overnight - Is cleaned 3 times a day - Provides hygiene supplies - Offers free legal calls

“The “teen takeover” phenomenon has prompted plenty of folks to debate when and how teenagers should be able to access public spaces downtown, but these concerns seem to evaporate when it comes to a ticketed megafest”

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

Literally fake news in a story about a sitting president making an AI video of the first Black president in jail during a fascist takeover.

We need people to show up in support of Marjay and Jeremy, the two teen boys who were the victims of Charles Leto, a chicago park district employee. Come out to the Chicago Park District Board meeting at 8am and the first court appearance of Charles Leto at 11:30am on Wednesday, July 16.

Let’s stop giving the worst people on earth control of our infrastructure. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/c...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

According to the latest Tribune reporting, the man who went unnamed in this story from 2 years ago is Charles Leto, who just shot & killed one teen & wounded another in Douglass Park. This is why we name people in our reporting.

Soo- not a chance in hell he’s a frontrunner.

Does it feel extra hot out because we’re living in hell right now? Or is it global warming?

The city will shutter a ~750-bed shelter in Kenwood within 6 months, after announcing earlier this year that the shelter would stay open indefinitely. Another large shelter on the Southwest Side closes June 30. Homelessness in Chicago was +207% from '23-'24. blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/23/c...

Almost 75% of Americans oppose the sale or closure of any kind of public land. And, across the board, they demonstrate consistent support for their local parks.

This is so much worse than I thought it would be.

The constituency for fascism in the United States is unfortunately bipartisan and multi-racial.

TYRANNY IS HERE: US citizen, minding his own business on his way to work, gets ambushed by ICE, dragged out of his car, thrown in cuffs, and treated like a criminal — in his own country. This is the price you pay for simply existing in America today.

what's crazier is they know people are looking and they don't care

Let’s be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas...

The stitching on the collar says *get to work*. Ceramic and thrifted lamp stand

I have work in this show tomorrow. Come out !

Here’s my full report: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-aea...

This book is a must read for those that are studying the ultra wealthy. Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and their team are read for filth.

I need you to notice that this is just how the government talks to us now. These are just from the past few days

Channel 7 News in Australia posted this clip as if it was perfectly normal

What everyone seems to be letting the Trump propaganda machine get away with is that it DOES. NOT. MATTER if he was a nice guy or not. The point is he was legally allowed to be here, was grabbed by mistake and deported sans due process as part of a vast illegal rendition scheme. That’s what matters.

Black Mirror is so much sadder during a fascist takeover.

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

I don’t have anything smart to say here, feels like public parks will continue to be rented out for gated and ticketed for-profit events

Chicago does not believe in public spaces that belong to everyone. It believes in spaces that people with money are permitted to use. Or as my local park supervisor said, "we're not here for the community, we're here for the patrons"

Statement from No Mega Fest coalition. You can see the history of organizing against the fest here: www.canva.com/design/DAGGw...

ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities. Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries #ForOurLibraries

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I just got a public death threat from a few folks who noticed I am doing a library event to talk about my career and my books. They called me all the familiar names, then “I won’t be sad if someone shoots her in the face.” And a woman’s reply, “Right between the eyes.” I am a children’s author.

No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.

2 audiobooks from two of my favorite authors that I recently listened to on my walks. Both lay out a very cut and dry case for changes that need to happen NOW. I recommend them to get energized, and back up your dream world with facts and a plan. Both are available through CPL on the libby app.