There is video. Witnesses say the ICE version is a lie.

White House's newly-posted "timeline" of Jan 6 blames Capitol Police for Jan 6, which included an attack on ..... Capitol Police

Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft

Trump plans to speak at 10a Chicago time — @wbez.org will air this on 91.5fm and wbez.org — @mikepuentenews.bsky.social is on the board and gathering reaction for you …

“Trump’s staff have also counseled him to try to keep his eyes open during public events,”

President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort.

I worked for a small firm; when we had financial difficulties, top people took a higher % pay cut than people at more junior levels. That’s one way you know you’re in the right place— leaders who lead and give a damn. I’m sorry you all had to work with this.

Me, neither. An incompetent, insensitive, and already quite wealthy dude playing pickup sticks with our lives and journalism while he cashed his checks.

I’m terribly glad @pksmid.bsky.social did. He’s a terrific partner for Say More …

Yay! I’m resting up this week so we can have extra fun w/ @wbez.org members in the new year 🥳

Hate the cold, love the car/porch fridge.

A WBEZ and Sun-Times analysis shows detainees initially booked at Broadview were nearly twice as likely as detainees nationwide to self-deport. Legal experts said inhumane conditions, coercion and a lack of legal counsel were contributing factors.

"In what data the government has so far released, covering the first half of the blitz, a Tribune analysis found only about 1.5% of those detained for immigration-related reasons had been convicted of a violent felony or sex crime."

She was deported to Mexico. Her husband, who is from El Salvador, is in detention. They were arrested and separated during Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago just eight days after they got married. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Beautiful Christmas lights at 7 this morning. Peace on Earth, good will to wo/men

Gov Pritzker reacts to today’s SCOTUS ruling against deployment of the National Guard in Chicago …

Henceforth this shall be known as the Shut the Fuck Up About Chicago decision. @harebrained.bsky.social

UPDATE | The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown. The high court order is not a final ruling but could affect other lawsuits.

NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

In the audio story "Becoming Bovino," our reporters travel to Bovino's hometown in North Carolina and to California, where he began his career with the U.S. Border Patrol.

Supreme Court sides against Trump in his effort to federalize and deploy the National Guard in Illinois www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Ted in Bridgeport was at Saturday’s game and agrees it’s hard to believe in the Bears when they’ve been so frustratingly bad in years past … and yet still has season tix and is excited for the playoffs. I’m glad Cheryl Raye-Stout was there @wbez.org to help us get through it.

Sad news: someone stole baby Jesus from our anti-ICE nativity. But vandalism cannot stop us. We just adapt and keep on critiquing this administration’s cruelty on immigration. Where’s baby Jesus? We don’t know. He is being detained in a labyrinthian hellscape where his loved ones cannot find him.

Chicago >>>

Deeeeelighted to be wrong. (Still not loving the 20th attempt to hold fans up)

Idk, the Gary Bears has a nice ring to it.

“Imagine being a survivor who was raped by Epstein and having to click, one photo at a time, through 100s of photographs, hoping for some shred of hope that the FBI actually investigated your complaint” Via @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, who broke this story jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

Some of the heavily redacted files —

House Republicans are now canceling Friday votes. Congress will recess for the rest of the year on Thursday afternoon. Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino had a tense standoff with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss after federal agents arrested a man at a gas station Wednesday. Later, agents broke out the window of a pickup truck to detain two men outside of a Home Depot.

Gregory Bovino returned to Little Village Tuesday after playing a key role in the early phases of Operation Midway Blitz, the controversial immigration enforcement campaign that has stoked fear among the city’s immigrant communities and led to thousands of arrests.

So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again. It's going on a week now. Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.

Yeah, I should probably do that

Please help an ignorant homeowner out (me, it’s me) — how have you made your home more sustainable? A heat pump? Other strategies? Let me & @pksmid.bsky.social know today on Say More at 10a @wbez.org

Rob Reiner talked about making Spinal Tap at the Music Box last September. His wife, Michelle, was in the audience. May their memories be a blessing.

When we light the menorah tonight, I will be thinking of the (now 11 dead, dozens wounded — at a Hanukkah celebration) victims in Australia … and at Brown and everywhere hatred and fear explode into gun violence.

Things we learn: 1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban 2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal 3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants And much more. Read it.

Happy Caturday … I hope everyone, including our four legged friends, can stay warm this weekend.

👏🏻 @adrianacardmag.bsky.social & @samiraahmed.bsky.social ! And props to @eveewing.bsky.social - whose Original Sins is the next book club selection by @gretamjohnsen.bsky.social

The remaining residents of the South Shore apartment complex raided by federal immigration agents earlier this fall left the building Friday, scattering to different parts of the city.

Page One in Indy: #redistrict 🇺🇸

Mark Fleming of the National Immigrant Justice Center tells me that, despite the ruling's bottom line, the 7th Circuit is now the first federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration's new reading of immigration law — used to hold people in mandatory detention.

Getcha some hot local blues talk right here —

Wow.

Good news — the power is back on! We will Say More at 10a @wbez.org !

Had to Say Less today and re-book out book nerdette @gretamjohnsen.bsky.social because of a power outage. Live radio is exciting!

WBEZ programming could be interrupted due to power outage at Navy Pier