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INBOX: Amid rising tendons between Trump and Pope Leo, the administration has abruptly canceled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities to shelter and care for migrant children who enter the U.S. alone, ending a relationship dating back to the first arrivals of Cuban exiles in South Florida.

Happening now in downtown Oak Park: anti-war protesters demonstrate at a busy intersection to demand an end to war in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and across the Middle East.

JFC they made the Pizzagate lawyer an immigration judge. minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/09/r...

READ: While the world watches Iran, Israel is quietly redrawing the map. Netanyahu has ordered the army to push 10 kilometers into southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone." Israel's defense minister says they're not leaving when the war ends. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/isra...

When Midway Blitz ramped down late last year, federal officials asserted that they weren't done with the Trump admin's mass deportation campaign in Chicagoland. Activity has yet to reach the heights of last fall, but true to their word, ICE never left. My latest, for @southsideweekly.bsky.social:

The Government’s theory here “makes a crime out of what under the Constitution cannot be a crime.” Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611, 616 (1971).

The “Broadview Justice Corridor,” as she called the project, would turn the ICE facility into a “national center dedicated to immigration history, civil rights education, civic leadership, and cultural tourism.”

Mask off moment here from likely candidate for Chicago Mayor

Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again

New: District Judge Edmond Chang in Chicago has issued a preliminary injunction against time restrictions on protests outside the Broadview, IL ICE facility which Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson announced via executive order last December. The preliminary injuction takes effect on March 25.

Senate Democrats may agree to a DHS deal that gives the Trump regime new powers to criminalize protesters and journalists who oppose ICE: "Hoeven said there was room for agreement over creating “serious” criminal penalties for “doxxing” and harassing law enforcement."

Do it, what the fuck else is the Swiss guard up to

🚨SCOOP: Trump officials are advancing a stealth clause that would empower them to force AI companies to scrap safety protocols, eliminate privacy protections & follow other Trump orders related to autonomous weapons & surveillance, according to text reviewed by @levernews.com.

"Is this the beginning of a surge?" is not really the central question right now. Small teams with their current tactics can keep going indefinitely. They already were, and are. "At what threshold rate of people disappeared do masses of folks feel activated and outraged?" might be more like it

For the first time in 60 years, Palestinians are being barred from praying at Al Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam. This morning, Palestinians tried to pray Eid right outside and were brutally attacked by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

the joliet city council last night approved a plan to build the largest data center in illinois. it’s projected to use up to 150k gallons of water a day and a whopping 1.8 gigawatts of power.

An array of Chicago labor leaders gathered at the Workers United office this morning for a presser on joint efforts for May Day 2026. They are planning a complete economic blackout in response to the administration’s attacks on workers rights, immigrants, and education.

"There is no sign that the pace of restaurants closed at a higher rate after the City Council’s vote [phasing out the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers] in 2023, city officials said"

My newsletter today is about @katmabu.bsky.social's campaign. Democrats keep asking how to reach voters who've given up on the party. Kat Abughazaleh spent a year trying to answer that question. She lost, but the answer is still right. www.readtpa.com/p/what-if-we...

For my newsletter, I wrote about all the ways @katmabu.bsky.social's campaign challenged the conventional thinking about modern campaigning: www.burnsnotice.com/kat-abughaza...

JUST IN: The remaining four members of the "Broadview Six" — a group charged in a conspiracy indictment tied to protests outside Broadview's ICE facility — have asked a judge to toss the conspiracy charge based on their First Amendment right to assemble:

I wrote about Kat.

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools. www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

On Thursday a few of my movement friends and I participated in a direct action outside AIPAC's office. They've spent over $20 million in Illinois' Democratic primary this cycle, mostly distributing their money through shell PACs. Our democracy is not for sale!

One of the downsides of making my work available under CC is having it used by bad actors for nefarious ends. I’m don’t live in district, but if I were I’d be a sure vote for Miguel Alvelo-Rivera, someone I have personally witnessed leading the fight locally against ICE.

Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

You ever date a guy for like 13 years, and then you start to pull away, and he won’t stop texting you? That’s been longtime incumbent State Rep. Jaime Andrade lately. It’s time for a change. Vote Miguel Alvelo-Rivera for State Rep District 40, on/before March 17. Learn more: Miguelfor40.org

UPDATE: A tense, day-long standoff outside a South Burlington house ended Wednesday night with federal immigration agents removing three people inside and a series of violent clashes between police and hundreds of activists who tried to impede the apprehension. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

This is bonkers. “According to the school district, her daughter’s new student enrollment form was denied due to ‘license plate recognition software showing only Chicago addresses overnight’ in July and August.”

very disappointed to see @thetriibe.com fired one of its staffers after they went public with their union campaign and has still not voluntarily recognized the union. solidarity with @onetriibeunited.bsky.social ✊

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

I did and so can you. Also I added my own personal note bc I think @thetriibe.com is developing some incredible talent and it would be all of our loss if these folks couldn't make a living doing what they do so well.

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, because that is not standard practice when a victim has been shot. Checking for a pulse and administering CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”

ICE agents killed a man and are disappearing the witnesses.

Man acquitted of Bovino murder plot taken into ICE custody From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The White House is just outright admitting that it's posting fake and misleading information about a defendant who has been criminally charged by the feds.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

I really don't think people in the progressive/left organizing world of Chicago realize that it's quite possible Kat Abugazaleh wins out over Biss in spite of everything, and that this would be an existential crisis for Chicago progressives.

Look for the helpers

americans, please: do not take the bait by resisting ICE yourselves. just give the democrats $20. they will give it to ICE so they can train more guys

Another vehicle opened. Back was full of license plates, gear, various fed patches.

Not sure if it is Unraveled, but the 'holy shit, that's a lot' from people who saw much of Chicago is not reassuring.