always 👏 read 👏 a 👏 @chicagorumormill.bsky.social 👏 and 👏 @fotomather.bsky.social 👏 vintage 👏 tribune 👏 collab 👏 a look back at some of the shipwrecks — from small excursion boats to a massive German submarine — that rest near Chicago’s lakefront 🚢 🚢 🚢

Amid ICE attacks, L.A. community orgs call on the Dodgers not to accept a White House visit.

🚨 A federal judge in Chicago said she will issue a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.” “I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible."

I hope you have someone in your life who is as supportive of you as Benny the Bull is of Red Panda. 📷 Chris Sweda / Tribune

Immigration agents crashed into a U.S. citizen on her way to work—then dragged her out of her car and arrested her. Her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released without charges. Read the story: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Dayanne Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away. Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

What to know about immigration enforcement raids in Chicago after nearly 2 months. With reports from across the @chicagotribune.com newsroom. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

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the bears just wanted in on the world series g7 shenanigans

Announcers are like “this in unbelievable” and every Bears fan is like “no it is not.”

holy crap what

The incredible @briancassella.bsky.social got an outstanding pic of the “I’m a tough guy!” guy from yesterday.

In Albany Park, they fired pepper-spray balls and arrested U.S. citizens. In Evanston, a weapon was repeatedly pointed at protesters. They grabbed workers in Hoffman Estates, landscapers. And house painters and laborers in Edison Park, Skokie and Niles. “Feels like state-sponsored terror."

Edison Park man’s got some things to say to immigration agents, and he’s got some moves…

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

An immigration judge releases a Chicago dad whose 16-year-old daughter is fighting cancer. He was detained at a Home Depot while his daughter was on a temporary break from cancer treatment at Lurie Children’s Hospital. 📝 @royalpratt.bsky.social 📷 Chris Sweda www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/i...

A look at how Chicagoland neighbors are pulling together on Halloween with ICE fears and SNAP cuts. “Hope is a very powerful thing. I think community is one of the ways that we can be really rebellious right now.” 📝 @tesskenny.bsky.social

There’s a @briancassella.bsky.social shot for this from just today!!

“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not elicit an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer."

Mar Awa III (David Royel) was born, raised, was graduated from college, and ordained in Chicago. He knew exactly what he was doing.

i ventured up north to a needlepoint shop in old town in search of a new de-destress hobby since i beat all the candy crush levels. it’s so eerie to be in neighborhoods that seem mostly untouched *for now by the chaos but know there’s tear gas and terrorizing a few miles away.

The ex-prosecutor also said this: “I have a lot of close contacts in law enforcement, and almost to a person, none of them support these actions. As a lawyer, someone who adamantly believes in the rule of law, watching it in open sight in front of my house just be completely eroded…it’s upsetting.”

it’s a chocolate chip pancakes + red wine + whatever fast & furious movie is on tv kind of night. (an hour left in fast 6 which means the longest. runway. ever. is coming up shortly)

Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons. The agents deployed tear gas in the Irving Park neighborhood on the northwest side. “Hey, you are all (expletive) cowards.”

Federal agents tear gassed the Irving Park neighborhood at Kildare and Waveland, sources including the local alder tell the @chicagotribune.com This is at least the sixth neighborhood tear-gassed by agents as Judge Ellis schedules Border Patrol Chief Bovino to come testify next week

Border Patrol targeted construction/landscaping workers on the North Side — including Lincoln Park, an affluent, majority-white neighborhood. Community members gathered after agents detained a man working on a house. Agents responded by deploying gas. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/24/f...

For most of the fall, Trump’s immigration agents have set out every day to scour Chicago neighborhoods where immigrants live. On Friday, "Operation Midway Blitz" fanned out across the wealthier communities on the North Side where they work.

As the Trump administration's mass deportation raids begin their second month, their impact has stretched across the Chicago region and the nation. Political tensions have deepened, hundreds have been detained or arrested, and thousands have protested. Here's what we know.

It’s like birdwatching, but bad

Attys alleging Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino violated a court’s restraining order when he personally threw tear gas canisters during an immigration enforcement action in Chicago’s Little Village this morning They included this still image: Story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/f...

Oh www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Immigration agents took at least 5 people in Little Village as agents apparently running operations in Cicero and on the city’s SW Side appeared to detain a woman during a confrontation that involved Gregory Bovino. “We chased them out of the neighborhood. They caused a scene here in Cicero.”

It's also hard to convey just how much ICE is *everywhere*. The city, the suburbs, in and out in the blink of an eye. A crew doing smash and grab jobs across a massive expanse of distance. Part of the reason whistle distro is so important is because you will never know where/when you will need it.

“It shows that people are fired up about this and want to get involved and show their opposition.” How to use a whistle to alert ICE activity in neighborhoods: - Short blast for a confirmed agent sighting - Long hold is for when an agent is detaining someone b/c noise = more visibility

Scenes from "No Kings" in downtown Chicago. 📸 @jkimpictures.bsky.social and @mandophotos.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/p...

Upset neighbors interruptted a federal immigration manhunt in Mount Prospect. Kim Fisher was arriving home when she saw them: at least 3 people in fatigues and masks coming out from her backyard, stepping around a chain link fence. “And I said, ‘What the heck is that?’ I did not say heck.”

No Kings march Michigan Avenue, Chicago coverage: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/n...

The most Minnesotan protest sign. #NoKings

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this anecodte from @colleenkane.bsky.social's Sister Jean story really just made my whole day. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/l...

I wrote two sad stories recently on deaths under different circumstances - one person 20, one 106. But it was beautiful how the loved ones of both spoke of their joy and kindness toward others and wanting to carry that on. The first, on Chase Stegall:

30 people from one ward in a day

BREAKING: A federal appeals court in Chicago on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a district judge’s order barring the president from deploying National Guard troops in the city and state.

and now for some much-needed whimsy ... on left: Jed in 2024 at his season-ending Cubs presser on right: Jed in 2025 at his season-ending Cubs presser no, this is not an optical illusion. but it did make me giggle, which was much appreciated.

i really don't see how our brains will go back to normal (whatever that means) after all of this.

A video showing unidentified officers roughly detaining a Hoffman Estates teenager has led a congressman to call for federal answers. While a male officer kneels on her upper back and restrains her arms, the teen screams, “I’m not (expletive) resisting.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/h...