Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.

With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

The journalist feds grabbed this morning is reportedly Debbie Brockman, per her LinkedIn info a producer for @wgntv.com.

WGN gave a statement for this Trib story, but WGN's website has yet to mention one of its producers being seized by masked federal agents.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

If you're concerned about attacks on your neighbors in the Chicago metro area & you happen to follow commercial real estate listings like a hawk, have access to regional real estate databases, or enjoy sifting through filings made by LLCs with Pynchon-esque names, this is an opportunity to plug in.

Every day it's just helicopters all day long now and people are somehow still unsure whether to call this an occupation

Wool Over Our Eyes: The Enduring Relevance of Michael Mann's The Insider | In Review Online A film criticism essay on The Insider (1999), directed by Michael Mann, for film review site In Review Online.

There's a new essay on Michael Mann's The Insider from @daniellamazzio.bsky.social and today's a good day to read it inreviewonline.com/2025/09/30/w...

A banner hung on a fence that says: HELP WITH LEGAL SERVICES REPORT ICE SIGHTINGS AND ARRESTS SE HABLA ESPANOL 855-435-7693 ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK

Chicago, stay strong and take care of one another.

For help for your family or to report ICE activities, call 1-855-435-7693 (HELP-MY-FAMILY)

Para ayuda para su familia ó para reportar actividades de ICE, llame al: 1-855-435-7693

National Lawyers Guild Chicago Legal Support Hotline: 872-465-4244

I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

Very important thread:

7-property portfolio heads to servicing amid insurance troubles Wisconsin-based Trinity Flood was the sponsor of the properties in Illinois, Georgia and Arizona.

It looks like the property owner of record / the LLC's agent listed on the IL SoS site went into default last month and the property is now under "special servicing." They also own the South Chappel & the South Clyde which are also in default.
www.multifamilydive.com/news/trinity...

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Neo Sora: ‘I feel like we might be living in a turning point right now’ - Chicago Reader Neo Sora, director of Happyend (2024), spoke to the Reader about Japanese history, fascism, and how near the film's “near future” really is.

Please check out @daniellamazzio.bsky.social's interview with director Neo Sora about "Happyend" in the @chicagoreader.com.

Sora's film is set in the near future, but it has a special resonance right now. It starts screening on Friday.

chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movi...

PUÑO Fundraiser Pilsen Defense & Access is launching a fundraiser through the end of Hispanic Heritage month, with 100% of funds raised going to PUÑO! PUÑO (Pilsen Unidos por Nuestro Orgullo) works to protect our...

ICE is terrorizing my neighborhood (Pilsen) and so many others in Chicagoland. There have been sightings and abductions everyday. Please support our rapid response efforts: bit.ly/punofundraiser

Israeli bombing kills over 90 Palestinians as Gaza City faces destruction At least 76 killed in Gaza City alone as 450,000 flee Israeli attacks on the coastal enclave’s main urban centre.

At least 76 killed in Gaza City alone as 450,000 flee Israeli attacks on the coastal enclave’s main urban centre.

FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.

The trans community deserves the freedom to live each & every day as their full selves. Please take some time to show up for them however you can right now in the face of this depraved hate campaign.
www.them.us/story/trump-...

Northwest side rapid response Community alert Location: 5700 north Harlem Avenue Date: September 18-19, 2025 Time: N/A, morning Two separate incidents ocurres where two people were detained after receiving suspicious phone calls from unidentified callers and reporting to a location. An Albany park resident received the call on Thursday, September 18th. The caller indicated that they had won something and had to report to 5700 n Harlem to pick up their prize money the next day. When the resident arrived, ICE agents were present and detained the individual. Another resident was told to report to the same address to pick up scrap metal, and was detained. If you receive suspicious phone calls, please take precaution and do not report to a location without verifying if the call is legitimate. If this happens to you, please report to ICIRR hotline 855-435-7693

The Northwest Side Rapid Response Team posted this community alert a short while ago. It describes how a resident in Albany Park was lured by a phone call that indicated they had won a prize. Another was lured to an address to pick up scrap metal. Both were detained by ICE upon arrival.

Alternatively if you are an assignment editor for a local outlet + national outlet, I'm a freelancer and would be glad to ask him + his staff this question myself.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on TikTok framework deal: We can't compromise on national security House Select Committee on China Ranking Member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of a U.S.-China framework deal on TikTok, national security concerns, future of expo...

The guy went on CNBC this morning and said "at the end of the day, I'm agnostic on what the ownership structure is, who is operating it as long as it complies with the law...at the end of the day we just want to make sure our national security is protected."

www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

Freebie for an enterprising Illinois political reporter: Ask leading IL Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi (+ TikTok ban champion) if he feels any responsibility for the right wing consolidation of legacy and social media he's helped facilitate.

Based on activity at Broadview and all the extra cars now parked in the overflow lot (which...belongs to some kind of area business and definitely isn't federal property), this tracks with Gov Pritzker's statements about more agents having arrived.

lots of terror + violence on display today, but also powerful moments of communities coming together.

people followed ice vehicles on facebook live, offered in fb groups to pick up neighbors’ kids from school, and spontaneously gathered in protest.

it’s up to us to protect each other.

by my (unofficial and probably low) count, ice arrested at least 17 people today in/around chicago.

it sounds like the bulk of the arrests—more than a dozen—came from an hour away in the village of west chicago.

my megathread:

Hand Me the Mike #06: The 2009 Herzogs w/ Peter Raleigh Razzle them... dazzle them...

Also in this episode? @joeengleman.bsky.social and I check back in on Boardwalk Empire after watching Season 2. Don't miss out on my impression of both Mickey Doyle and Lucy Danziger. 😜

room-tone.ghost.io/hand-me-the-...

Boy last week was a doozy, huh? Well after taking a mini break, Hand Me the Mike is back with a doozy!
@petreraleigh.bsky.social and I talk about both of Werner Herzog's 2009 movies: MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? and BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS. 🔗⤵️

The pack journalism mindset that produces "let's race to see who can get a single source story based on ICE's press release out fastest" & "President Two Second Attention Span Not Invading Chicago After All; Crisis Averted" is doing so much harm right now.

Please read the independent reporting.

ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers “The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.

& @sarahlazare.bsky.social & @bloomekatz.bsky.social reported on ICE abducting Latino Union member Willian Gimenez who is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against off-duty CPD cops, who moonlight as Home Depot private security, & are accused of abusing day laborers
inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

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What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

The social media dispatches & reporting from @unraveledpress.com @mulchy.bsky.social @ravengeary.bsky.social @djbyrnes1.bsky.social are absolutely essential right now. Please read their reporting on the killing of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez.
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One of the Copland alders has a proposed "compromise" ADU ordinance that's unsurprisingly a poison pill for the program h/t @stevevance.net
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Chicagoans with Mobility Disabilities Challenge City’s Inaccessible Sidewalks in Class Action Lawsuit - Disability Rights Advocates September 10, 2025—Chicago, IL—Today, four Chicagoland residents with mobility disabilities filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Chicago (the City) challenging its widespread and ongoing f...

Plaintiffs filed a major disability lawsuit against the city for its "failure to use a coordinated, proactive system to maintain its pedestrian rights of way as well as the City’s over-reliance on complaint-based, reactive, and ineffective programs."
dralegal.org/press/chicag...
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Advocates hope action on sidewalk snowplow program heats up soon One advocate described the City Council saga as “a giant waste of everyone’s time over meaningless political games.”

Plow the Sidewalks advocates say the Mayor can launch the years in the making pilot at any time. While he hasn't & says he can't, the legislative effort to force the city to launch the pilot has been stuck in City Council Committee purgatory since February.
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