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so basically what happened was:

ICE / CBP abducted ~1800 people from across the chicago area during june to oct, & did most of it without warrants. of those ~1800 people, only ~750 are still in the us & ~135 aren't eligible for release.

the injustice of everything these people will never get back.

....up to 400mg
I also got my first crown today. the one I needed, but not the one I deserve 👑 🦷

Bovino and many of his agents are headed to another city. Reports indicate that Charlotte and NOLA are upcoming targets. But there will still be ICE attacks in Chicago, as there were before, and we need to remain responsive. We also have a lot of deep prep work to do, bc they will be back in force.

ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.

SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

What an unconstitutional clusterf*ck

I was awake before dawn before heading to an emergency dentist appt, then a mammogram, then the dmv.
Luckily I have had 200mg of edibles already.

This photo was taken by @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social this past Saturday in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Chicago's local news journalists are doing a helluva job capturing the aggressive tactics CPB & ICE are using here.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

“I had thought that the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication was to make it more profitable… That is not the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication (or any business). The point is to make the private equity firm more profitable.”

This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay

2 CPD Officers Suspended for 1 Year Each After 2019 Drunken Wrigleyville Brawl, Records Show City officials agreed to allow the two officers to serve suspensions of 365 days each, even though the agency charged with investigating police misconduct and the city's former top cop agreed they sho...

Two Chicago police officers who attacked members of the public and the staff of a Wrigleyville pizzeria after a Chicago Cubs game during a 2019 drunken brawl they started, will be suspended for one year each, according to documents obtained by WTTW News. https://to.wttw.com/47yw2Mz

4chan ass government kidnapper

Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.

The status quo delivered us to this moment of fascist acceleration. As Democratic elites in Washington keep proving, they have nothing to offer but behavior that abets and fosters more of the same. Their trajectory is as fixed as the right's.

It’s not left v. center or progressive v. liberal or anything like that. It’s fight v. don’t fight.

First page of pardons

Second page of pardons

Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

And to think just five days ago I was feeling so hopeful.

Color photo taken on one side of a large pond. On the other side, underneath a moody sky, are several large trees in various states of change for fall, along with an enormous mausoleum in the style of a Greek temple. The placid waters of the pond reflect both the temple and the riotous colors of the trees.

Color photo of a pyramid shaped mausoleum standing between two trees quickly losing their yellow leaves. Various smaller monuments are arrayed in the background.

Color photo of a weathered Art Deco mausoleum. Fallen leaves are spread across the grass surrounding it, and in the far background, a pond glows orange, reflecting the changing trees around it. To the right is a wooden bridge leading off to a small island, orange and red bushes and trees surrounding it.

Color photo of a brilliant orange tree in a cemetery, the ground underneath it littered with spent leaves. The background is a kaleidoscope of color from other trees also changing clothes for fall, a small pink tree drawing the eye despite its small size.

Timeline cleanse courtesy Graceland Cemetery yesterday, looking more gorgeous than any cemetery has a right to look

Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.

I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”

The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”

So I don’t know man.

The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.

Ugh. Woke up in this raggedy ass country again.

Far, far from the cruelest or dumbest thing they’ve done but it is maybe the one that most clearly has no motivation except for “we want what’s worst for everyone”

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

Oh MY GOD Durbin sucks.

Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester

It is embarassing that only a news outlet from the UK has an accurate headline while our local papers keep saying "reports" without specifying a liar made that report.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

The move here for democrats is to make this the campaign ad for every single election but then also actually make it come true

KEY PART