Here’s a crowd chanting “pedophile lover” (in reference to Trump) at Gregory Bovino while he was trying to stoically pose for the cameras on the driveway of the Broadview ICE facility on 9/19/25.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

“Advocates are still working to confirm the true number of people now gone from the apartments. The timing of the raid and the tremendous number of federal police present made it difficult for volunteers to respond appropriately.”

This week’s JVP vigil for the children of Gaza is happening just across the street from Trump Tower. This week, the vigil began with the names of some of those killed by federal agents in immigration enforcement in the United States; the first name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson held a presser Tuesday to condemn DHS actions around the recent protests, in particular the use of chemical munitions against first responders, a verbal assault against the Broadview Police Chief, and a fence federal agents have erected on a Broadview street.

In the last two weeks these feds have choked & beaten protesters, broken bones, given people concussions from munitions, pointed their sidearms at people, tear gassed a neighborhood, shot reporters in the face, destroyed neighbors' property, threatened elected officials No National Guard necessary

"Inhumane conditions." The Resurrection Project says that's what immigrants are facing inside Broadview's ICE facility.

You are one of the most powerful governors in the entire country, with a trifecta, strong approval, and presidential prospects. What are you going to do about it?

Notably missing from today’s press conference was new Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neal Burke. This past weekend, organizers held a protest in downtown Chicago, calling for O'Neal Burke to stand up to ICE and other federal agents. thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

Trying to figure out what this ICE vehicle is doing on the top floor of the MCC garage. Not federal property, and it's up there on its own. Is it some kind of message?

regardless if it's about manufacturing a crisis or not, it's revealing that 200ish people outside Broadview effectively caused DHS/ICE/CBP to panic and call for reinforcements. What are they going to do when it's 500 people? 1,000? Imagine if 5% of the people going to No Kings in Oct showed up.

It's really worth pointing out that plenty of folks have already been doing this and have been getting harassed, tear gassed, shot with pepper balls, and arrested for it.

so this has not aged very well

To the 300 Northwestern students refusing to watch US-Israeli propaganda: I applaud your integrity & critical analysis. I may not be able to teach & you may not be able to learn on campus. But we WILL teach & learn throughout the world to make a better future 👊🏾 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Community members held a vigil in Cicero tonight for those abducted by ICE in recent weeks. After a prayer from a local pastor, the group marched through the parking lot chanting “¡ICE, escucha! ¡Estamos en la lucha!” and “ICE son los ilegales. ICE son los traficantes. ICE son los criminales.”

A thorough and quite powerful writeup of the past couple days protesting in Broadview from one of our local treasures, photographer @adriano-kalin.bsky.social

I feel like those agents pulled that whole scene downtown today so they could get photos like this one. They wanted propaganda images of their guys mobbing up and grabbing people in iconic downtown Chicago locations. Nazi tourist bitches.

Does 3A include being forced to quarter federal vehicles? DHS is using this parking lot in Broadview, which is not on their property. The property owner must have agreed to this, right?

In our holding cell last night, there were 7 white men, two Black men, and one trans woman. In the women’s cell there was one woman. 7 protesters were released last night. You already know which ones those were and which ones were shackled and transferred to an unknown location.

@yourstorymatters.bsky.social has been an absolute hero these past couple of weeks in Chicago, making incredible images and video in some of the most difficult and dangerous spaces. Please send some support his way, this kind of gear isn’t cheap but it’s essential in the hands of someone like him.

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

I personally didn’t take an Italian beef for fear of losing it later to the tear gas, but someone did hand me an absolutely gigantic donut

This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police. Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.

Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random. They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.

==ICE informed [Broadview Police] officials that ICE agents will be again deploying chemical arms, such as tear gas, pepper spray, etc. against American citizens, our residents, and our first responders," according to the village of Broadview.== Gov? AG? CCSAO? 🦗🦗🦗

Flock around, find out: Flock apparently decided to reinstall all of the ALPRs they recently took down in Evanston. One problem though: they didn't consult Evanston about it. The city sent a cease & desist letter, and Flock has "committed to promptly removing the cameras." Full story here ⬇️

apparently the federal government has straight up annexed part of Broadview

Demonstrators were shot with more pepper balls and rubber bullets Monday at ICE’s Broadview facility. “The fact that they’re shooting me is getting me more worked up. … Every day off I’ll make sure I’m out here.” “It’s like igniting a fire.” Story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

After fencing appeared overnight to keep protesters away from the Broadview ICE facility, federal agents are using the parking lot at 2000 S 25th to get in and out, with the apparent cooperation of Broadview police.

Trump did not leave Chicago. He just didn't send the National Guard. Instead, he sent his deportation thugs. And in some ways, that's quite a bit worse.

Happening now: About a dozen community members are protesting outside the USCIS Processing Center in Broadview as detainees are loaded onto a bus for transport.

The day before we found out from the President himself that actually political violence is unacceptable the Supreme Court said it’s legal for masked men to bust your car window and snatch you away from your family for having the wrong skin color.

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

Happening now: Community members have gathered outside the Marriott Residence Inn in Bloomingdale (a Chicago suburb) for a noise demonstration after reports that ICE agents are staying at the hotel.

If you aren’t actively fighting to stop the genocide in Gaza, what standing do you have to condemn political violence?

BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.

Here's a clip from one of today's arrests without the captive's face or info in it. After forcing people back, the ICE agent with the gold Trump pin says to them: "keep America safe, guys, back up, keep America safe!" ("Shut the fuck up!" in response.)

From the inbox: looks like at some point during today's arrests, far right "Internet personality" Ben Bergquam was either embedded with or following ICE agents around. Context: just before this, feds snatched a man who was standing at a nearby bus stop for the 47.

Here’s right wing internet media personality Ben Bergquam being effectively walled off from yesterday’s protest outside Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago by community members who have had enough of his questions about progressive caricatures.

Naval Station Great Lakes commander Capt. Steve Yargosz smirks at protesters outside the base as a veteran with About Face asks base personnel to defy illegal orders and join the struggle.

THESE COLORS DON'T RUN

If so, the world is about to learn the true meaning of “Chi-raq”

This is one of the most unamerican things I’ve heard of

I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.) I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.

Happening now: constituents of Rep. Mike Quigley (IL5) are protesting outside his luncheon at City Club, demanding that he sign onto the Block the Bombs bill to prevent the US from continuing to send weapons to Israel. @quigley.house.gov is the only Chicago representative who has not signed on.

A civil rights attorney with a history of suing the city over alleged police misconduct has been been chosen to serve as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s director of strategy, a move that one pro-police council member called a “serious conflict of interest.”

Police departments spent millions on the new automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that promise them large amounts of data on people's travel patterns. The feds are now ramping up dangerous traffic stops in D.C. and elsewhere. How do they have intel on vehicles in the first place? Here's one way:

"Chicago is next" If there isn't a full on uprising over this chasing the military out, we will have de facto martial law.