Free Her. Free. Them. All.

Finds that use of less lethals does restrict fourth amendment freedoms

Ellis rules that the Trump administration impermissibly prevented the free exercise of religion, in violation of the First Amendment. Those engaged in prayer have been shot, without warning, with pepper balls and tear gas, Ellis says.

After reading Carl Sandburg's "Chicago' poem in full in open court this morning, Federal Judge Sarah Ellis says this about our city: It should go without saying that is she correct & Donald Trump is lying. #chicago

This is the highest median income neighborhood in the city.

PHOTOS: 'Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care READ MORE HERE: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

What’s more Chicago right now than handing off 200 whistles in a Portillos bag.

They counted on making Chicago mad and provoking violence but what they did instead was viscerally disgust any human with even the slightest sense of morality and it’s not gonna go the way they want

Kristina Rivera, with McPherson school council and daughter of refugees, says her school patrol went from 10 to 200 people in a matter of days. “Just walk up, talk to people with whistles, there’s so much need and so much work to do.”

This is my old neighborhood. My mom’s ex-husband wouldn’t let her visit because he bought into/ promoted the racist lie that we were a hellhole. My mom was shocked when she finally visited and saw how *nice* it was! Especially in the fall. But the truth is every neighborhood is great.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people. Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”

New print in honor of Studs and my neighbors standing up to protect our communities. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/o...

New list: reporters posting live coverage of court cases related to DHS activity in Chicago. Currently just @djbyrnes1.bsky.social and @jonseidel.bsky.social who have both been regularly sharing live updates. Open to adding others consistently on this beat. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: Big Mad

city be like, no you’re a bitch and will be gone soon

I need a Chicago historian to tell me if this city has ever been this angry between this and RAIDING A FUCKING DAYCARE.

That cracking sound you heard was 2.7 million people snapping their heads around saying "he said WHAT now?"

Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you." "This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.

@ramirez.house.gov says that ICE agents went room to room inside the daycare, looking for teachers to take in front of literal toddlers

For people outside Chicago, this reporter has *seen some shit* and I've seen a lot of reporters just flat out say they're not posting the video. Parents are already pissed at all the violence near the schools and now this? They're trying to incite a riot

this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."

One example that sticks out is from last Friday when they beat a man on the street in front of a school. DHS claimed he had their balls in a vice Aside from being INCREDIBLY untrue, if it was, you really think that Chicago would ever let them live that down? It be the sandwich guy story on steroids

I'm fine with this, IL did a Dem favorable redistricting as it is. Also, it's worth noting that candidate ballot petitions are being submitted. Wouldn't remaps invalidate lots of signatures? And, candidates might have to move. Bipartisan legal challenges would follow.

A spectacular sunrise outside our @wgnradio.bsky.social studios this morning. Enjoy your day!

Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen

Someone on CNN should have asked Rahm Emanuel about Laquan McDonald. He loves talking about that.

Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

Here's what that looked like. Tactical excellence.

ICE gave us these same Subway “sandwiches” when I was in detention. It was the smallest, flattest “sandwich” I’ve ever seen. Like 1/4 inch thick. I haven’t eaten at Subway in forever but I’ve never seen anything like these. It’s a snack item, not a meal.

ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier). People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.

And a thousand posters were launched

if you need another reason to boycott Target

NEW: Senator Durbin and I are demanding that Kristi Noem put a stop to DHS arresting people for filming agents attacking their neighbors. How dare DHS call foul play while it uses taxpayer dollars to record propaganda videos? It is legal to record. It's called accountability.

Does this mean they'll stop buzzing the elementary schools with Blackhawks?

I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous. Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: [email protected]

And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.

This is striking, and evidence of something I've been saying speculatively for a while - I think there's actually every reason to think that federal operations in Chicago could *strengthen* hispanic organised crime groups like the Latin Kings, not weaken them www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/9...

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Evanston/Skokie: A timeline Friday: Under attack with Border Patrol beating people in the streets in front of a school Saturday: A vigil Sunday: Food drive that empties the stores with so much overflow they’ll feed neighborhoods miles away chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...

The best time to organize was yesterday. The next best time is today. Get your block squared away before they come buzzing your schools with Blackhawks and putting teargas on your street.

Evanston showing up in droves at ETHS today for a food drive to help neighbors affected by immigration actions and SNAP disruption.

We're seeing a massive turnout at the mutual aid event at ETHS today. Please join us until 4pm at 1600 Dodge Ave in Evanston, and if you do swing by, we are in need of cardboard boxes!

I am genuinely proud that this is the way my entire city seems to be approaching this invasion by masked kidnappers. Document the crimes, document the harms, document the bad actors. Share information. Make it as hard as possible for them to commit these atrocities.

Some context to the viral videos: Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units. They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.

This thread is about Evanston, but this has also been going on without reprieve in Elgin, Aurora, and other Chicago suburbs—a metro area of nearly 10 million people.

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL: Undaunted

Ok, this one goes hard

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...