I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

Homan claims "the Catholic Church is wrong" on immigration, but the position of the bishops is right there in the Catechism, which also establishes the right to emigrate and the duty of civil disobedience in the face of immoral acts by authorities.

Rep. Jackson just said that Senator “Schumer orchestrated” the Democrats caving on the shutdown.

A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said. “We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.” #borderpatrol #charlotte #nc

Here’s a story for every national news outlet: In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property. “Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social: Docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show efforts DHS is making to gather drivers' license data from all 50 states in order to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body." Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

Operation Change The Topic From Epstein

“I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against outsiders coming in…. I am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town.” —Dr King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

ICE vs the clergy

Díaz, a US citizen, told agents they could check his ID and Social Security card that he’s carried in his wallet since hearing about immigration raids in LA earlier this year. After about five minutes, he said an agent put the cards back in his wallet and threw it on the ground and walked away.

Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.

Cook County deputies, Illinois State Police, and Broadview police just arrested at least 8 to 10 people, including several faith leaders. State police in riot gear now arriving.

Well well well

NEW: Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris... w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

Charlotte is not even within the 100-mile “border zone” that CBP claims to have jurisdiction over.

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

New: Diana Santillana Galeano, whom federal immigration agents dragged out of a Rayito del Sol daycare on Chicago's north side last week, has been released from federal custody, the law firm HSPRD announced Thursday. The release states she will meet with Rayito del Sol parents on Friday.

I’m going to think about watching this moment unfold in real time for a long time. for all the horrors coming out of Chicago and its metro area, the principled courage of everyday people, in the face of such intimidation, never ceases to astonish. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/12/k...

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

“Internal memos reviewed by WIRED reveal that the dataset was first requested by a field officer in the DHS’s Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) in the summer of 2021. By then, Chicago’s gang data was already notorious for being riddled with contradictions and error.”

“I just want people to understand that they’re giving the people the run around, and these are older people, and they should have gotten the help already that they needed." Great work @corli.thetriibe.com thetriibe.com/2025/11/west...

Now in the courtroom in Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse, waiting for the Broadview Six's arraignment hearing to begin. The courtroom is packed with press and observers.

On the day when reports continue to say that Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and agents are to leave Chicago, Bovino shares this highly edited photo from the Bean photo op on Monday. Note the blurred faces. My original story in @blockclubchi.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state. José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time: “I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.

“This is my ward! This is my ward!” Rodriguez (22nd) chirps back as Sigcho-Lopez (25th) grills Gov., saying, “the State Police are arresting protesters.” “They’re protecting our protesters,” Gov. JB Pritzker responds.

Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th) confronts Gov. JB Pritzker after a Veterans Day rally in Little Village, and Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd) intervenes. #OnAssignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social

In Little Village, a small group has closed down 26th Street in front of the arch. About 12 hours after news that Bovino et al may be on their way out.

Rafael Veraza was trying to leave a Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside a line of cars, spraying chemical irritants occupants of the vehicles through open windows — including his 1-year-old daughter, Ariana. “My daughter didn’t have to go through this."

The Magnificent Mile’s vacancy rate has gone down in recent years; among them, Uniqlo is opening a store at 600 N Michigan soon. The vacancy rate of the retail space in Trump Tower, a few blocks away, has always been about 95%.

///BREAKING/// Controversial Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and a surge of agents appear to be leaving Chicago within days as "Operation Midway Blitz" winds down after two months, sources tell the Tribune. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...

News: Feds are said to be on their way out of Chicago in the near future. Via @jmetr22b.bsky.social and me www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...

Bovino just posted this on X

Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...

Same energy.

the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years

Federal agents pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Cicero chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Here’s how we should all be reporting on the spurious claims from these agencies that have repeatedly been caught in lies and exaggerations:

Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed an infant today. Story by @ckubzansky.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social

Other attorneys who spoke at the presser wished to remind the public that they can visit tinyurl.com/chicagotro to report when federal immigration agents in Chicagoland potentially violate District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against abuse of press, protestors and religious practitioners.

An Illinois Department of Transportation employee was stopped by ICE agents while working on a Park Ridge construction project Friday morning — and questioned about incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani before being released. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

New: Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, two men formerly held at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and now the named plaintiffs in a federal class action alleging inhumane treatment at the facility, are being released from federal custody per a successful habeas petition.

DHS spokespersons consistently give petulant, amateurish, deeply unserious responses to inquiries about extremely serious matters.

Can't believe this thrice-divorced weirdo is back in the news

Broadview ICE this morning. A circle of women went into the middle of the street to exercise their free speech rights and were all arrested & zip tied by cops. @resist_and_repeat on instagram many folks here today.

federal agents are back in the skokie/evanston area this morning. this video, posted to facebook about 10 minutes ago, shows federal agents driving through the williamsburg village subdivision amid construction vehicles parked along the road. lots of residents out with whistles.

CHICAGO! We are getting the band back together for ONE NIGHT ONLY to celebrate Sinéad with words, music, and cake. Dec 17 at the Hideout. Proceeds go to @icirr.bsky.social

“The special prosecutor tapped to oppose an upcoming certificate of innocence petition for Kevin Jackson, a wrongfully convicted Englewood man, is the same 1990s-era assistant state’s attorney named in one of Chicago’s best known and most expensive wrongful conviction settlements.”