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The @pwhlfrost.bsky.social seal their 2025 Championship win in the rafters of Grand Casino Arena tonight!

FINALLYYYYYYY CHICAGOOOOOOOO!!!!

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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Please give your support for the dedicated fans who man the foodbank before every home game. If you are able to, please bring a bag of tinned or dried food items, or sanitary items, along with you 💙

From Chicago to LA, neighborly solidarity fuels resistance to ICE.

Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities. blockclubchi.co/4hHcuJg

Appreciate all the insight!! 💙

Awesome, thanks!! I had a lovely walk in Sefton Park and an extremely windy but otherwise nice visit to Crosby my last time in town... My prior two visits both had amazing weather, thinking I may run out of luck in late November 😂 but holding out hope

Thanks, Paddy!!

How to find food — or help neighbors in need — while SNAP is paused: blockclubchi.co/4nI7m93

Cheers!! 💙🍻

4. Favorite new prematch routine spots? (I’ll still be able to find Homebaked and Fans Supporting Foodbanks, yes?)

3. Any good day trips or excursions in the area from town (easy hikes/nature, museums, etc) that are accessible by public transport (or worth hiring a car to do)?

2. Favorite place out for Sunday dinner? We’ve never had a proper roast dinner and would love to!

1. Any good holiday menus around town? Obviously not expecting American thanksgiving 😅 but looking for any type of somewhat festive dinner vibe for the day of (already have booked Maray another day!)

Really excited to be coming back over for the Newcastle game in a few weeks - hopefully can say hi to as many folks as possible! 💙

Also would love recommendations for any of the following 🙏:

Genuinely almost reached out to ask you about this because it definitely felt like this!! Ban Monday games!!!!!

A judge has ordered the release of a cancer patient’s father who was arrested by ICE, citing no criminal record. blockclubchi.co/4nP2Fe1

One month until the likely return of my Everton x Wicked posts.....🧙‍♀️💚💗💙⚽

Perhaps the only thing I will ever have in common with Kristaps Porzingis

A Chicago high schooler had just returned from chemotherapy. Then ICE arrested her father. blockclubchi.co/4njEhR7

Open by Andre Agassi! Think there’s a lot in there even for folks who don’t follow tennis

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This whole thread!

Sincerely,
A person whose life flipped upside down from long covid and whose partner is immunocompromised

Today’s entry

Being subjected to the Mets against his will cc @katiebakes.bsky.social

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Everton Women at Goodison Park: Patience and ambition are not mutually exclusive A key theme to take from Everton Women's first game at Goodison Park is that the women's game is still a work in progress

6,473 at Goodison Park for Everton Women yesterday. Nearly 6x average of WPH. Some expect Everton (& the wider game) to have all the answers now or it's a hoax. Goodison is a reminder that ambition & patience are not mutually exclusive. This is a work in progress.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...

Martina Fernandez left for Barcelona for Everton for one reason: ‘A need to win’ The 20-year-old is tipped for big things in the WSL - in joining Everton she says she's signed for a club on the up

Pre-season vs Juve, Everton’s Hayashi advised Rion Ishikawa in Japanese. Martina Fernandez assumed it was words of encouragement. “I ask, ‘Hono, what did you say?’ She says, ‘We need to f***ing win’.”

Fernandez on leaving Barca + Everton’s new mentality. www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

Everton’s WSL evolution: Debutant makes history, squad depth crucial Everton's strength in depth was crucial to an opening-day victory at Anfield

'We already made Anfield our training pitch,' Brian Sorensen told 40k at Goodison Park in May. There's cheek + there's having faith in circumstances. Everton W are 6/6 at Anfield, Sunday's win the result of planned, meaningful investment. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/660...

Everton Women's record at Anfield:

Games - 6
Wins - 6

#EFC