Every meeting in the Oval office is just 15 old white men standing with the fascist.

The press lost its shit for weeks at the mere thought of referring to Trump and his political movement as "fascist." Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.

These are crimes against humanity.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

I don't think people realize how much a trillion dollars is. Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right? If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS. No one should have that much.

A distraught man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.

Come get your whistles! They’re protected speech!

others have said it and it's worth repeating, the Trump admin's occupation of Chicago isnt about immigration enforcement, it's about provoking confrontation and trying to create the conditions to declare martial law during an election yr. it's coming to your city next.

I asked the Department of Homeland Security for comment on Judge Ellis saying Gregory Bovino lied under oath. Their second response was to diss her(?) as an “Obama crony,” praise me for riveting journalism, and finally defend Bovino

It really fucking hurts to see them in these familiar and nostalgic places. It’s corners we have to move through every day facing the reminder of these masked men terrorizing our communities, acting as if the consequences will never come.

"What does federal attention mean for our safety? For our sources?" "That's the calculation foreign correspondents make in conflict zones. Now it's what local journalists are making in American cities." #California #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Great whistle distro tip

Free Her. Free. Them. All.

I lived right there for 7 years. That's my old corner store - my old apartment is right across the street. This shit is so infuriating and heartbreaking and cuts so deep and very personally.

Some screenshots from itp_chicago IG. You can see how federal agents stake their presence around some of these communities in intersections in the middle of traffic and sidewalks in front of businesses. This feels very particular to the SW Side with Little Village being a prime target for this.

The amount of lying they do regularly is honestly astonishing sometimes

It’s “extreme” that the judge essentially ordered DHS to follow their own use of force policy—and the Constitution.

I love that the ruling is “Chicago fucking rules, fuck the liars and the haters”

Federal agents in Chicago are aggressive everywhere but they elevate this in the SW Side. They don’t just snatch people and leave. They linger longer, march down streets with guns, interrupt traffic flows. The attacks feel concerted to instill as much fear & display power over immigrant mhoods.

Update: Chicago journalists and press groups won a preliminary injunction on Thursday, extending restrictions on federal agents’ violent tactics in response to protests outside an ICE facility in Illinois.

"I unequivocally reject identity politics" i scream, right before selecting my five gallon cowboy hat for my Fox Business interview.

The Trump administration treated anti-ICE protestors worse because of the content of their speech, in violation of the First Amendment, Ellis says. In fact, the president and Secretary Noem have said exactly that, Ellis says.

stay tuned

Can't stress enough that these goons are reveling in the pain they're causing. They see themselves transcending the boundaries of good and evil, acting as the righteous pervert-sword in the service of their primal father against the great unwashed homo sacer. Fuck these fascists.

Four union media workers were fired, in violation of their rights at work—that is a canary for all of us in this business. If we lose power at work, trust me it’s not any easier to hold anyone with political power to account.

Remember: never cross a picket line.

This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.

A group of more than ten people detained today somewhere in Chicagoland were brought to the Broadview ICE facility around 12:40 PM, lined up outside a white van, with some zip-tied and several wearing lime green jackets with a partially visible logo.

While there is uncertainty about the deployment of the National Guard in Chicago at the moment, there already is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity targeted at the unhoused community. Here’s what you should know about your rights when encountering ICE agents if you’re unhoused.

This is terrible news. Transgender Americans need the ability to travel without being outed by government document. The Supreme Court supports efforts by the Trump administration to make us second class citizens.

new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz." the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness. via @katieprout.bsky.social

This—agents driving around in circles and provoking the community—has gone on for hours at this point with no discernible goal other than to inflict terror. They also just fired pepper balls at someone.

I just spent an hour chasing these ICE jagoffs through Bridgeport. They detained and questioned two old Chinese ladies (clearly dangerous criminals) then let them go. They are terrorizing the entire neighborhood. There have been people abducted this morning. I'm beyond enraged.

The DC grand jury refusing to indict on a felony and the petit jury finding him not guilty is a great example of why people in power have tried so hard for so many decades to prevent cases from getting to juries. It's one of the most important, basic forms of democracy.

Sandwich for my family

Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”

Bovino can’t be trusted not lie on the stand? Sandwich court. The feds throw the book at a bystander caught up in the immigration raids? Sandwich court. The DOJ makes an ass of themselves in front of a federal judge? You guessed it—sammich court Lmao

Gonna start referring to the bonkers federal cases that keep getting thrown out by juries as “sandwich courts” lmao

You should read Heather Cheron'e thread that I reposted. Throughout, Judge Ellis takes the DOJ and Major Lockjaw to task for constant lying.

Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Ald Byron Sigcho-Lopez is currently livestreaming himself and others following the CBP caravan and honking to alert people: instagram.com/sigchofor25/live/18083859809067765

I want to see Bovino perp walked out of the courtroom to the Sufjan Stevens song

I certainly hope every outlet reporting on future DHS statements notes their documented history of lies, including a federal judge repeatedly saying they are liars.

Ellis: The use of force during the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz "shocks the conscience."

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.

I have lost count of the number of times that Ellis has said the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."

Ellis says the Trump administration impermissibly prevented members of the media (including @peoplesfabric.com & @blockclubchi.bsky.social) from reporting on Operation Midway Blitz.

Ellis: Chicagoans have been tear gassed, stared down the barrel of a gun and been "slammed to the ground with their head bashed into the street." "All of that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental constitutional rights."

"Tellingly, defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators differently"