John Keilman

I went for a walk in the Discount Mall yesterday after the tear gassing outside. It was empty. A bunch of vendors didn’t even bother showing up. No customers. Security watching a door, keeping others padlocked and only letting people in one by one. The immigration raids are a local recession.

AI Data Center Boom Threatens Trump’s Manufacturing Revival Spending on factory construction is down 2.5% so far this year, while that for data centers is up almost 18%.

Are AI data centers sucking up resources from US manufacturers? Spending on factory construction is down 2.5% so far this year, while that for data centers is up almost 18%.

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino appears to fire tear gas of at a crowd of protestors in Little Village, according to a federal court filing.

NBA Head Coach Charged in Illegal Poker Scheme Tied to Organized Crime The Portland head coach and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were named in an indictment of more than 30 people as part of a sweeping investigation into illegal betting and game-rigging in the NBA.

Allegedly cheating at poker using an X-ray table? What? www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

JB Pritzker Creates Watchdog for Federal Immigration Actions in Illinois The governor signed an executive order to establish the Illinois Accountability Commission.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he is creating an independent commission to build a public record of the conduct of federal agents engaged in aggressive immigration actions in his state with plans to use the information later to hold them accountable.

Prison board receives clemency petition for Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover The petition comes after President Donald Trump in May commuted the federal life sentence of Chicago-born Hoover.

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board has received and is set to review a clemency petition for the state murder case of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, a board spokesperson confirmed to the Tribune on Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez is also here to show support for her constituent.

We Finally Know How to Get the One Renewable Energy Source Loved by Both Parties Geothermal energy comes closer to competing with natural gas on cost and reliability, boosters say, thanks to new technologies, generous tax incentives and decades of fundamental research.

We finally know how to get the one renewable energy source loved by both parties and found right beneath our feet. But can geothermal power compete on cost and reliability?

Border Patrol Plans Crackdown in the San Francisco Bay Area

NEW: U.S. Border Patrol agents are expected to head soon to the San Francisco Bay Area for an immigration enforcement operation, according to three officials familiar with the plan.

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“Circularity” has become a buzzword in artificial-intelligence deals. Some investors have drawn comparisons between the megadeals of today and some excesses of the original dot-com bubble.

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Humboldt Park teen Carolina Carchi was honored with The Courage Project's award for teaching her high school chemistry class.

She'll donate her winnings to a local nonprofit helping young girls of color explore careers in STEM. blockclubchi.co/3JnrBeg

Owner of famed Gene & Georgetti fears she's being pushed out at Midway Airport to make way for slots Michelle Durpetti, owner of downtown's Gene & Georgetti restaurant, said she got word that Gene's Bistro at Midway Airport would be closing, thereby terminating her brand license agreement for the restaurant. No reason was given, but Durpetti thinks the bistro site is where slot machines envisioned…

The owner of an iconic Chicago steakhouse with a location at Midway Airport has been told her airport licensing agreement is being abruptly terminated, a move she believes was done to make way for slot machines at Midway.
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This Post Should Have Been Shorter My favorite political blog post of all time was published by Jim...

For @talkingpointsmemo.com I wrote about the one journalistic skill that bloggers did better than any other writers, which was to get to the fucking point.

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OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.

An OpenAI executive said GPT-5 found solutions to 10 "previously unsolved" math problems when in reality all it did was find online references to places where people had already solved them

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Here’s something revealing: A WGN report found the vast majority of people ICE detains don't have criminal convictions. Tom Homan’s answer:

“Most national security threats don’t have criminal histories. They’re lying low to do the dirty deed.”

At Yosemite, BASE Jumpers and Drones Are Emboldened by Shutdown Emboldened by the lapse in government funding and employee furloughs, some visitors are brazenly betting that they won’t get caught for breaking the law.

BASE jumping, in which participants parachute off fixed objects such as buildings or cliffs, is illegal in Yosemite and all 62 other national parks. As the government shutdown heads into its fourth week, some visitors are brazenly betting that they won’t get caught for breaking the law.

Meanwhile, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the Trump administration's motion for a stay in Oregon v. Trump, regarding National Guard deployment in Portland.

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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

Mount Prospect resident Lisa Porter screams at federal agents and tells them to leave as they sit in their SUV along East Busse Avenue. @staceywescott.bsky.social is an amazing photographer @chicagotribune.com

Days after masked federal agents tear gassed the East Side, I walked into Birrieria Ocotlan after church and there were two tables open. There’s usually a line out the door. Still busy but, dang. The economic hit of Trump’s immigration raids is massive.

Drone Threats Ignite Burst of Counterdrone Wizardry Startups from Silicon Valley to Europe and beyond are racing to develop cheap, reliable systems to counter hostile drones.

They explode, collide, fire pellets, jam radios, beam lasers and even shoot nets like Spider-Man. Cheap and reliable antidrone systems are being developed by Western startups.

Cities Fight to Get Off FEMA’s Flood Maps. One Montana Town Shows the Risk. Livingston successfully overturned a flood map, which freed the city from onerous restrictions. Years later, disaster hit.

Livingston, Mont., successfully overturned a FEMA flood map, which freed it from onerous restrictions. Years later, disaster hit.

Can't reply to this post, but the Purdue Exponent reported on Thursday that the Indiana Daily Student declined the offer to print and help distribute the issue on the Bloomington campus. Still nice to see the support, but not quite the described happy ending.

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The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
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Ange Postecoglou sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days as head coach * Defeat to Chelsea left him winless after eight games * His reign is the shortest in Premier League history Ange Postecoglou has been sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days in charge, following Saturday’s 3-0 defeat by Chelsea. Forest wrote on social media: “Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that after a series of disappointing results and performances, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties as head coach with immediate effect. The Club will make no further comment at this time.” Continue reading...

Ange Postecoglou sacked by Nottingham Forest after 40 days as head coach

Trump asks Supreme Court to step in so he can deploy National Guard to Illinois The federal appeals court in Chicago found this week that “the facts do not justify the president’s actions in Illinois” under the law and declared that "political opposition is not rebellion."

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Japanese Denim Is Going Global, Just as It Runs Out of Artisans Despite soaring sales and international hype, Kojima’s famed denim mills are struggling to replace a dwindling pool of master weavers.

Japanese denim is cropping up on runways from Tokyo to Paris. But its future is in jeopardy as the industry struggles to replace a dwindling pool of master weavers.

From the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on deployment of National Guard: "Political opposition is not rebellion."