Matt Krupnick
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Journalist, Chicago resident and occasional TV extra.
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Big news: The Trump administration has essentially proposed shutting down tribal colleges and universities, displacing more than 20,000 students. My latest for ProPublica:
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The Onion
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Drunk Bears Fan Grating Ram
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Erica Meltzer
5 days ago
Oglala Lakota president Frank Star Comes Out said when the tribe requested more information, leaders were told the tribe would need to enter into an immigration agreement with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
https://ictnews.org/news/north-central-bureau/four-oglala-detainees-located-three-still-in-ice-custody/
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Lora Kolodny
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intimidation
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins
6 days ago
"āThey specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.ā Lugert-Thom responded, āI donāt know anything about thatā & she said they then asked, āWell, what about the Asian families?ā" "āI was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.ā"
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The New York Times
8 days ago
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
https://nyti.ms/4aREYyI
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Sheeeeeeeeeeit
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20 days ago
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shauna
21 days ago
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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I can report that every single Albuquerque resident is coughing up a lung.
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23 days ago
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The year is 2167. We have cured cancer and stopped using fossil fuels. But we are no closer to figuring out how to print over Wi-Fi.
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I'm also hearing through the grapevine that she fired a bunch of people today.
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27 days ago
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No winter is complete without a visit to the Dodger House in my hometown.
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404 Media
28 days ago
Are big newsrooms getting better at crediting independent journalists?
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
compares notes with
@marisakabas.bsky.social
, founder of
thehandbasket.co
, on landing huge scoops as indie journalists and dealing with mainstream media. Listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e73s...
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Rural Indexing Project
about 1 month ago
Redacted Fayette, AL
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James Downie
about 1 month ago
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary."
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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tinybaby
3 months ago
people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath
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Eric Umansky
about 2 months ago
She was first in her family to go to college. Sheād been in the U.S. since she was seven. They grabbed at the airport on her way to surprise her family for thanksgiving. They put her in shackles. Her ankles, her arms, and her waist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U8.BrhZ.kslb8yjM23eh&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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WildDogz
about 2 months ago
@nhlwild.bsky.social
Ojibwe language broadcast of Wild game Nov 28
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Interesting take for a Prius driver.
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In a city full of cool people, Dilla might be at the top of the list.
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Juliet Turner
2 months ago
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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T. Christian Miller
2 months ago
Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the governmentās claims. š§µ
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Jim Daley
2 months ago
The Magnificent Mileās 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%.
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Just had to assure the TV I was still watching this wacky game.
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Aura Bogado
3 months ago
While not exactly empty, Chicagoās Chinatown feels like a shell of its usual self. On Sundays at 2p thereās usually a 45-minute wait for Qing Xiang Yuan; 30 minutes if youāre lucky. Today, there wasnāt even a line.
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David Lay Williams
3 months ago
Reports of ICE on DePaul campus right now, stopping students, asking for papers. Be alert out there!
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Eric Umansky
3 months ago
Oh look, it's another immigration agent in Chicago with his body-cam turned off--*contrary to a federal court order* Again, cameras that are recording have a flashing light. This one doesn't BTW, this agent is in BORTAC, border patrol's elite special ops unit
www.instagram.com/reel/DQKCmZp...
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Gregory Pratt
3 months ago
An immigration agent to a protester who was filming their vehicleās license plate: āYou can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.ā
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Just saw a guy lose his fingertip at the dog park, so that's new.
3 months ago
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Molly Knight
3 months ago
this is so disorienting because this dodger season was NOT like this. Michael conforto played every day.
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Sascha Stronachš³ļøāā§ļø, The Sunforge out now
3 months ago
not only does Gary Larson still have the juice, it seems to have only gotten stronger
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News Eye
3 months ago
NEW: Thereās a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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Gregory Pratt
3 months ago
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: āItās not fairā¦Iām a residentā
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/ice-fines-chicago-man-for-not-having-papers-on-him/
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WTTW - Chicago PBS
3 months ago
Federal agents targeted a parking lot filled with rideshare drivers in an immigration raid near Chicago OāHare International Airport on Friday that resulted in 12 arrests.
https://to.wttw.com/3WyYXcX
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12 Arrested in Immigration Raid at OāHare Airport Rideshare Parking Lot Friday
Federal immigration agents targeted Uber and Lyft drivers in a raid at a parking lot near Chicago OāHare International Airport on Friday, according to a coalition of rideshare drivers.
https://to.wttw.com/3WyYXcX
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These small moments of joy are so necessary.
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Lynn Becker
3 months ago
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam āSubuā Vedam now faces deportation.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article312442984.html?giftCode=44d98622506ff2b3ff180a1aa7e0aca3b2f09cf4ee6fa75f97d023c41d2a2b15
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Jayson Stark
3 months ago
That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error. What a crushing way for any team to end a season. Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.
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cam rodriguez š š²š½
3 months ago
if you're a national outlet zooming in to cover immigration raids in chicago and you're only in broadview or elwood you're doing it wrong, just saying
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The Onion
3 months ago
Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored
https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/
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Chicago Sun-Times
3 months ago
The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required license plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say theyāre meeting regulations.
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Federal immigration officers wear masks and no name tags. Now some are driving cars without license plates.
The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say theyāre meeting regulations.
https://trib.al/59Oltf7
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Craig Roblewsky
3 months ago
We have a whole new website dedicated to the "burning" question.
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Is Portland Burning?
No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.
https://isportlandburning.com/
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Dave Roberts: not a good manager
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Heather Cherone
4 months ago
This is in Broadview, not Chicago Broadview, again, is a *western* suburb of Chicago You are spreading misinformation and making my already incredibly hard job even harder if you don't get this right I'm going to die on this hill
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Molly Jong-Fast
4 months ago
CHICAGO (AP) ā Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nationās third-largest cit...
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-federal-arrests-helicopter-trump-ice-8dbf688f78f3b6d1b8fdb989557b28c4
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Kyle Cheney
4 months ago
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Wil Wheaton
4 months ago
DODGERS!
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ProPublica
4 months ago
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administrationās cuts to an aid program.
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Hereās What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administrationās cut...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1759493755&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Peter Sagal
4 months ago
Director of the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness ā¬ļø
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