A white bus (doesn't appear to have detainees inside, think it's returning from transporting captives earlier today) pulls into the driveway. SRT emerges. An agent on the roof fires some pepper balls at protesters.

I went to France and they said you live here.

NEW — What we know so far today: • Federals seen on a residential block in Chicago Lawn • "F–cking asshole," a woman yells after feds arrest a man in Pilsen and leaving his car abandoned on the street. • Trump says Kirk’s last words to him were “save Chicago” thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

I’m procrastinating on a pitch deck for an internal project and lowkey hoping Jesus steps in and does me a solid

“It gives the illusion I was standing as some lone warrior in a cloud of gas -- it just happened to be the way the photo was framed. But people got hurt, people were hurt purposefully.”

So this is 40. Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

Here's a reminder that now is a great time to support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights www.icirr.org

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

it's easy to get bogged down in the arguments transphobes pretend to be making but in the end they are just people who spend more time thinking about kid genitals than pediatric urologists

the @nlgchicago.bsky.social condemns the “violent actions” of ice/border patrol on friday outside the broadview detention center. in a statement, nlg says feds targeted protesters w/o provocation & sent 2 people to the hospital. 10 people arrested. some were let go miles away behind a gas station.

I think my property value just dropped $40K

Ran into my across the hall neighbors at the neighborhood bar and learned that their cat is 4 months old which is why I hear him always greeted with “NO!” and “WHAT” in addition to the usual “hello my precious baby”

the Left Behind series did irreparable damage to this country and we say this as someone who literally worked in a Christian bookstore during the time of their release. (there was other media in the vein already, but nothing with that kind of reach)

I keep thinking “gosh I’ve wasted this whole day” when in fact I have done the most important thing in the world, which is rest. It is so hard to remember that lying down is more important than laundry, more important than meal planning, etc

Oh no it would be such a shame if more pop culture fans embarrassed me by knowing way more critical theory than I ever will

more like department of homies' insecurities

Garfield did it

This is why my most recent post is always about either the local bar scene or local politics

I actually think it’s good when deeply offputting users have horrible AI avatars. its the 2025 version of this

Went out with a friend on a whim and ran into other friends who invited yet another friend out. I fucking love Chicago.

We were able to get six U.S. citizens—who were among the many unlawfully detained—released last night, with the help of electeds, organizers, and lawyers, present and speaking up, including 35th Ward Alderman Anthony Quezada and 8th District Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez.

Midwest interaction of the day: I stepped out a door and nodded at a stranger on the sidewalk, he said “thank you” for opening the door, I said “ope sorry” for not holding it for him because I didn’t know he was going into the business I was leaving, then he said “no you’re good thank you”

Dicked around on the internet too long and now that I’m almost ready to leave the house it’s starting to rain

Look everyone. It’s the three amigos

Some observations from this thread: - Most headlines use active verbs & identify federal agents as aggressors! Only Sun-Times uses "clashes" - Most emphasize presence of electeds/candidates & disproportionately quote electeds/candidates - Only Sun-Times quotes family members of detained immigrants

this is soooo not the point but on a day that our Lt Governor/US Senate candidate, 2 other Congressional candidates from IL-09, at least 2 Chicago alders and at least 1 state senator were present it is so funny to me that the Broadview mayor would decide to blame it all on Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss

Pretty fucked that they had to split the right wing into flavors to get it all to fit in the chart

The federal government has made it a more difficult climate for orgs like ours to fundraise, so I really can’t express enough how grateful I am for your contributions.

My favorite sign of the night.

Oh my god, this poor woman. She looks like she came straight from work.

I don’t know how to talk to people in my mentions saying weird shit like this. I spent the evening dodging pepper balls fired by ICE and coughing on gas, bro. The police are well aware of the situation and probably jealous of the thugs who were attacking us.

ICE agents’ crackdown on protesters outside of Chicago escalated tonight with flash bangs and pepper bullets. I was on the ground this evening for @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...

That’s my State Senator @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social looking entirely badass – grateful to know I’d have this kind of backup of I were snatched off the street

These folks are a mainstay of the media documentation and serious news stories you're seeing about ICE abductions in Chicago and environs. They are doing vital and dangerous work, 7 days a week. Please pitch in to give them a little something. 🙏🏼

Support the journalists taking pepper balls in the face

This guy with a "LICK MY BUTTHOLE FEDS" sign has been standing on top of his car this whole time. Confirmed at least one protester snatched by ICE in the chaos.

Somebody thinks a leaf blower will solve state violence

IL-9 debate is going to be replaced by protesting ICE

And credit it to @staceywescott.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

As with all of his appearances, he's being weird/just had a weird stare down with people? Love that this is our timeline now

These photos are great. Bleak, but great.

Sept. 19 dispatch from outside the Broadview ICE holding building. With Rebecca Johnson. Photos by Stacey Wescott and Dominic DiPalermo www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

Suburban Chicago Federal Agents Tear Gas, Detain Protesters Outside Broadview ICE Facility #chicago https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/ice-tear-gasses-detains-protesters-outside-broadview-facility/

That was the most aggro I've ever seen the agents. While pushing to get vehicles out, agents grabbed at least 2 people. Multiple tear gas cannisters deployed and pepper balls fired into the crowd.

This dystopian ICE recruitment ad targeting Chicago cops is running right now.