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Chicagoans Who Bike
3 days ago
We heard about 18th & Wabash, a brand new protected intersection planned to help keep people biking and walking safe, so we trekked out in the cold after some snow, just in time to film it before it was partially rolled back. So what's all the fuss about?
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Chicago's First Protected Intersection - Removed?!
YouTube video by Chicagoans Who Bike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpKJjpkG9eU
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Viktor Köves
about 1 month ago
The United Center is one of many big buildings that hasn't been reporting their energy use and emissions, and the city hasn't given them any of the fines written in the law! Let's make sure that's fixed, and get more buildings reporting their energy use 💪🏻
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Gillian Brockell
about 2 months ago
This was a key part of the “reverse Underground Railroad,” too. And they worked closely with federal agents, the US Marshals Service.
theintercept.com/2025/10/31/i...
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Bellingcat
about 2 months ago
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10/31/illinois-immigration-protests/?utm_source=bluesky
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Michael McLean
about 2 months ago
PSA - this chemical will induce miscarriages
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Gotta keep up our work for the long haul, my friends.
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about 2 months ago
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Ben Daniel (he/him)
2 months ago
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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Solo Ben ebike bus departs for queens landing at 9am.
#vendertour
@sharrows.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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Capt. Jack Sharrow
about 2 months ago
As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, kidnapping our neighbors, 9 cyclists came together this morning at 6am to buyout 5 vendors and donate the food to a local shelter. They went home safe, hungry ppl were fed, this is
#BikeChi
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Blair Paddock
2 months ago
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements.
news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
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Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/despite-illinois-sanctuary-laws-least-17-county-sheriffs-have-contracts-hold-people-ice
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Meredith Shiner
2 months ago
Today’s front page features
@royalpratt.bsky.social
’s heartbreaking story on this amazing family and Ofelia’s fight against cancer, for her dad to be with her and against a government set on terrorizing families and our communities. If you read one thing today or ever, make it this.
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unraveled
2 months ago
(from the inbox) Bikes were essential to ICE watching and rapid response on the north side today, helping people better locate feds in traffic. In this anonymized video, cyclists tail masked agents in a white Denali with Georgia plates through Rogers Park:
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Can anyone tell me what an ‘egg brick’ is?
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2 months ago
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The silent treatment works!
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The People's Fabric
2 months ago
“They literally ushered us into the street to protest and immediately after started beating the shit out of us.” This is 100% an accurate description of how this started. Broadview PD mishandled the situation from the start, then unleashed ISP to beat the protesters they’d led into the street.
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Protesters have said state and local police officers have attacked them and tried to stifle their attempts to speak and protest freely outside the Broadview ICE facility.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/state-police-led-broadview-protesters-into-street-then-attacked-them-demonstrators-say/
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Thank you
@peternickeas.bsky.social
for documenting the munitions used today. (As a side note in the future I would recommend wearing gloves, I’m just worried about any ill effects).
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Chicago is a wonderful place! I imagine this is pretty good exercise too!
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2 months ago
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The People's Fabric
2 months ago
Feds just making up laws on the spot to try to scare people from reporting on their activity.
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The People's Fabric
3 months ago
“Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over & shooting the woman five times.” DHS has lied, a lot, about every act of violence.
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are you not infotained
3 months ago
So “you come through me” was actually directed at protestors, message received
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
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Sense8 is one of my favorite shows. They should actually watch these shows, something will be other liking.
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3 months ago
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unraveled
3 months ago
For folks asking why we keep seeing FBI/ATF at these operations: they're needed at larger raids (see also, mass arrest situation like we saw Saturday). ICE/CBP doesn't have capacity or training to process large amounts of evidence, write affidavits.
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Till Eckert
3 months ago
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
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The feds are arresting the press.
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3 months ago
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Sweet! I’ve only seen one or two of these in person before!
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3 months ago
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Mezentine
3 months ago
I'm calling Governor Pritzker's office to leave a comment about this illegal activity by the Broadview Police. Someone picked up immediately to take my comment in Chicago. Springfield went to voicemail, I'll try again later.
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That certainly looks like on-site support to me! 🤨
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3 months ago
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For anyone assessing their risks at these protests, keep this in mind.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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3 months ago
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Not sure what to say about this besides benignly saying it needs to stop.
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3 months ago
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unraveled
3 months ago
Feds just fired a tremendous amount of pepper balls at Reverend David Black, a regular protester here. A number of them hit him in the face and head.
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3 months ago
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unraveled
3 months ago
An ICE agent unholstered his gun at a protest this morning. Please don't let yourself become numb to this.
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The People's Fabric
4 months ago
This update is even more shocking than the original story.
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Capt. Jack Sharrow
4 months ago
#BikeChi
due to our impending guests, CxS will be responding with mutual aid efforts via group rides. DM if you want to get involved and/or join our virtual meeting Thursday at 7p. ✊🏽
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Bike Lane Uprising
4 months ago
An anonymous supporter will match every dollar up to $1,000 donated between now and the end of day Friday 9/5. Love our work? Donate here
www.bikelaneuprising.com/product-page...
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unraveled
5 months ago
Been saying for a minute now that we are going to start seeing them in other vehicles. Trying to hold two thoughts at once here: this is definitely an escalation, but it also shows how desperate they are not to be tracked/surveilled. Anyway, no seatbelts in the back of those things.
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