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Chicago. Investigative journalist. Co-founder
@UnraveledPress.com
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We focused on the rapid proliferation of license plate readers and adoption of real-time crime center systems, but police spent loads on other tech. For instance, police in Oak Brook, Countryside, North Riverside, and Willowbrook bought handheld & vehicle-mounted StarChase GPS launchers.
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Note the forced-work program dates back to āObamaās ICE,ā while some today only oppose āTrumpās ICE.ā
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David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General
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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.
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MisterJayEm
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"I need someone here now, or else I'm going to have to shoot this kid." -- ICE terrorist when a cyclist followed him
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Corli Jay
about 2 hours ago
We, the staff at
@thetriibe.com
are unionizing. Please support us in our efforts and sign our petition.
actionnetwork.org/letters/were...
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Story about State Rep Andradeās desperate and completely dishonest attacks on his primary opponent
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Gillian Brockell
about 4 hours ago
Overnight this aircraft completed its deportation trip to India. The migrant passengers were likely shackled for at least 59 hours.
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Kyle Griffin
about 12 hours ago
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...
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Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/nyregion/columbia-nobel-winner-epstein-resigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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This is the only summary of tonight you need
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JD knows to cover his drink around Trump
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I was about to joke that Trump wanted to give a Medal of Honor to himself and then⦠he just said it.
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feels like drinking from the fake holy grail
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Trump truly seems to get off on describing horrific murders in the most graphic detail in front of surviving family members.
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This is why Dems shouldnāt even be in the room.
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Oliver Willis
about 15 hours ago
This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts. This is why you do stunts.
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A lot of people could be in the room where it happens
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Notice her defense focuses on the cursing but the racist language is what should be getting attention. This isnāt the first story of such tendencies Iāve heard about Pappas.
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Aaron Rupar
about 18 hours ago
As Kash Patel actively covers up the murders of Minnesotans, the Minnesota Wild GM invites him into the USA locker room. Awful look.
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laura olin
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Itās both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. menās hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Womenās team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas
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Marisa Kabas
about 18 hours ago
Breaking ā Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!
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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 Teacherās Union over COVID mitigations.
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unraveled
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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.
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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:
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Kyle Griffin
about 22 hours ago
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.
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Kash Patelās use of jet delayed FBI teamās mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator
Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI directorās āmisplaced prioritiesā led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.
https://www.ms.now/news/senator-slams-kash-patel-for-use-of-fbi-jet-asks-for-investigation
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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.
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Idaho woman accused of attempting to set fire to DHS building with stolen ambulance
Idaho woman accused of stealing ambulance, crashing into federal building in an alleged arson attempt could face up to 40 years in prison after dramatic incident.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-woman-accused-of-attempting-to-set-fire-to-dhs-building-with-stolen-ambulance
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āThe 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 Decemberā¦ā
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āWe got hookedā: arrests on US army base spark fear of military coordination with ICE
The traffic stops on a rural California base appeared routine ā until immigration agents showed up. Experts and lawmakers say the incidents could violate US law
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/us-army-base-arrests-ice-military
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Zack Beauchamp
1 day ago
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 āĀ in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD
www.vox.com/politics/479...
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How to stop a dictator
I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.
https://www.vox.com/politics/479924/democracy-us-brazil-south-korea-poland-backsliding-resilience
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Heather Cherone
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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
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CPD Officer Accused of Violating Rights of Black Drivers During Downtown Traffic Stops Stripped of Police Powers
Officer Richard Rodriquez is the fifth member of a tactical team to be stripped of his badge and gun after COPA identified a troubling pattern of undocumented and unprofessional traffic stops of Black...
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/23/cpd-officer-accused-violating-rights-black-drivers-during-downtown-traffic-stops
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just learning of Googleās 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.
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Canāt even have fun in the snow without cops trying to turn it into a riot.
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Chris Geidner
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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."
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Chicago Tribune
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The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of āChicagoās Very Ownā TV newsroom. Eight veteran reporters and anchors were laid off Monday, according to newsroom sources.
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WGN-TV lays off eight on-air reporters and anchors Monday in massive downsizing
Sean Lewis, a nearly two-decade veteran who has anchored the weekend morning broadcast since 2010, was among those laid off.
https://trib.al/L0RgDsY
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Brandon Pope TV
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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. Hereās the video of the interaction
@senmikesimmons.bsky.social
recorded and shared with me.
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Moira Donegan
2 days ago
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.
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Maia McDonald š«āš½
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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!
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Adam Klasfeld
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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
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āThough unrelated, Mecklenburgās 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.ā oh I doubt itās fundamentally unrelated. this case is an embarrassment.
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Meredith Shiner
2 days ago
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.
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Itāll 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
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IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat
COBOL is a computer language used for business data processing and IBM is a leader in that area.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/ibm-is-the-latest-ai-casualty-shares-are-tanking-on-anthropic-cobol-threat.html
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Yashar Ali š
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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.
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Gillian Brockell
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Confirmed. My story here:
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/breaking-sha...
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BREAKING: Shackled migrants trapped on deportation plane stuck in blizzard
Migrants, agents and guards stuck on the Omni jet are being provided with heat and food, according to NH state representative.
https://gillianbrockell.ghost.io/breaking-shackled-migrants-trapped-on-deportation-plane-stuck-in-blizzard/
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āUSPS announced that this practice was now official policy: It would no longer postmark mail automatically on the date it is received.ā
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Matt Novak
2 days ago
We murdered three more people in boats today
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this stuff is so funny, truly. tech has created a genie that will grant unlimited wishes but randomly fulfills them in disastrous ways.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
2 days ago
Let the dominoes fall.
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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.
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Brian Merchant
2 days ago
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.
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No real details yet, but it appears Border Patrol shot an individual in the middle of the night last night in New Hampshire.
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FBI investigating Border Patrol shooting near Canada-NH border
An unidentified person was shot by a Border Patrol agent early Sunday morning, and transported to a nearby hospital. The FBI alleges the person fired first, and says the agent wasnāt injured.
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-02-23/fbi-investigating-border-patrol-shooting-near-canada-nh-border
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