Note the forced-work program dates back to “Obama’s ICE,” while some today only oppose “Trump’s ICE.”

Incredibly proud of our massive win on behalf of tens of thousands of people detained by the GEO Group in Aurora, Colorado--a case I've been working on for more than a decade. Just claiming you're following the orders of the federal government doesn't put you above the law.

"I need someone here now, or else I'm going to have to shoot this kid." -- ICE terrorist when a cyclist followed him

We, the staff at @thetriibe.com are unionizing. Please support us in our efforts and sign our petition. actionnetwork.org/letters/were...

Story about State Rep Andrade’s desperate and completely dishonest attacks on his primary opponent

Overnight this aircraft completed its deportation trip to India. The migrant passengers were likely shackled for at least 59 hours.

Breaking: Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and professor, just announced that he was resigning as a co-director of a flagship neuroscience institute at Columbia University because of his friendship with Jeffery Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/n...

This is the only summary of tonight you need

JD knows to cover his drink around Trump

I was about to joke that Trump wanted to give a Medal of Honor to himself and then… he just said it.

feels like drinking from the fake holy grail

Trump truly seems to get off on describing horrific murders in the most graphic detail in front of surviving family members.

This is why Dems shouldn’t even be in the room.

This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts.

A lot of people could be in the room where it happens

Notice her defense focuses on the cursing but the racist language is what should be getting attention. This isn’t the first story of such tendencies I’ve heard about Pappas.

As Kash Patel actively covers up the murders of Minnesotans, the Minnesota Wild GM invites him into the USA locker room. Awful look.

It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas

Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!

Four years ago I wrote about how Kessem pulled her kids out of Catholic school during the height of the pandemic to send them to CPS. She then joined with right-wing activists focused on weakening labor unions to sue the Chicago Teacher’s Union over COVID mitigations.

Sgt Kessem tried to harass teachers out of work. Now she'll have a much larger platform. She allegedly received a written "reprimand" (never produced via FOIA) as a consequence after CPD investigated her social media posts. In her interview, she claimed she has special training to spot groomers.

A Chicago police sergeant who has spent years attacking teachers w/ right wing bigoted hate campaigns is now retiring because she's been appointed to a DOL position in Trump's admin. People may remember Amelia Kessem for accusing NWS librarians of "indoctrinating" children during Pride month:

Breaking MS NOW: Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available. Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

Authorities identified George after what Meridian Police Chief Tracy Basterrechea described as five days of "good old-fashioned police work." lol at the cops acting like they are Benoit Blanc for finding this woman who took exactly zero steps to conceal her identity.

“The arrests of Galicia and his cellmates point to an apparent collaboration between Fort Hunter Liggett police and immigration agents that has ensnared at least 15 men since 30 December…”

I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...

5 members of a CPD tactical team have been stripped of their badges ands gun after the agency tasked with investigating misconduct identified a troubling pattern of undocumented and unprofessional traffic stops of Black Chicagoans. @wttw.bsky.social

just learning of Google’s AI-generated push alert re: the BAFTA awards clusterfuck and… holy shit. it says a lot about the company, testing, and safeguards that that was even possible.

Can’t even have fun in the snow without cops trying to turn it into a riot.

Tostrud finds all the government officials named jointly and severally liable, but notes that he did so because the court still doesn't know who is to blame for the contemptuous actions. Tostrud says he'll amend the order if DOJ "file[s] a motion identifying the responsible Respondent."

The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom. Eight veteran reporters and anchors were laid off Monday, according to newsroom sources.

SCOOP: IL-9 congressional candidate and current state senator Mike Simmons had police called on him in Buena Park while canvassing for votes. No arrest was made. Here’s the video of the interaction @senmikesimmons.bsky.social recorded and shared with me.

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

Hello, Chicago folks! I'm working on a story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social on unhoused people who shelter on or near CTA facilities. If you do any homeless outreach at CTA stations, bus stops, or elsewhere in the city, or know those who do, I'd love to chat!

Virginia Giuffre's family on the arrest of ex-U.K. Ambassador Peter Mandelson: "The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated." Full statement

“Though unrelated, Mecklenburg’s departure also marks the second time in two months that the lead prosecutor in a controversial criminal case stemming from Operation Midway Blitz has left the office shortly before trial.” oh I doubt it’s fundamentally unrelated. this case is an embarrassment.

you have to click the story to see that the lead prosecutor for the Broadview 6 case that largely targeted Democratic officials and candidates got a "temporary detail" with the Senate Judiciary Committee... for Democrat Dick Durbin.

It’ll be kind of funny to unleash this on the load bearing pillars of finance after we avoided serious consequences with Y2K. not really ha ha funny, but stupid funny

BREAKING Charles Kushner, the US Ambassador to France, has been banned from meeting with members of the French government after he failed to show up to a diplomatic summons with the French Foreign Minister.

Confirmed. My story here: gillianbrockell.ghost.io/breaking-sha...

“USPS announced that this practice was now official policy: It would no longer postmark mail automatically on the date it is received.”

We murdered three more people in boats today

this stuff is so funny, truly. tech has created a genie that will grant unlimited wishes but randomly fulfills them in disastrous ways.

Let the dominoes fall.

Just a reminder that every high-profile shooting by an ICE/CBP agent this past year was done by a long-time veteran who went through more extensive training, with many refresher courses over the years, and at least a couple were instructors themselves.

Well this story blew up. Went to the front page of reddit, hacker news, Gizmodo. People donated thousands of dollars to the legal fund of Jeff Sovern, who dismantled 13 Flock surveillance cameras. The response was near-universal enthusiasm for the project of smashing invasive, exploitative tech.

No real details yet, but it appears Border Patrol shot an individual in the middle of the night last night in New Hampshire.