Heidi Stevens

Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Seems kinda bad that all of a sudden the government is just Stephen Miller and the guy who wrote Project 2025

After military-style raid on South Shore apartment, Congress members rally around residents Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building at 7500 S. South Shore Dr. on Wednesday morning, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.

Federal agents landed a helicopter on a South Shore building last week, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.
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Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment The lawsuit comes hours after a federal judge in Oregon barred Trump from deploying federalized members of the any National Guard troops under Trump's command to Oregon.

Illinois sued President Donald Trump early Monday morning over the deployment of National Guard troops into the state against the wishes of Gov. JB Pritzker. The lawsuit names Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem among the defendants. trib.al/VdUdLr0

Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.

Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning' Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.

In a video taken by a witness and shared with the Sun-Times, cars could be seen blocking the white, unmarked SUV before a masked agent rolled down his window and dropped the canisters. Smoke spread around the vehicle and passersby began to scream.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Johnson said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

“It seems reasonable to expect that in an American city, you could go a block away from your own house and not worry about getting tear gassed when you’re just getting home from preschool.”

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They think this is their country. They think a majority shares their twisted views and wants the same kind of world they want. They are woefully wrong on both counts, and their overconfidence and overstepping will backfire. Keep your heads up.

Literally the worst

Veterans are speaking out against ICE's "mob tactics" in Broadview.

"Our democracy is being crushed." blockclubchi.co/475z6iV

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

@blockclubchi.bsky.social's Mack Liederman & I went in the already rundown apartment. We saw severe damage — doors kicked in, water damage, blood & clothes on the floor etc
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Heidi Stevens: ‘We’re going to throw our humanity out?’ Immigration crackdown taking us down a cruel path It’s hard to believe that this blitz has anything to do with public safety or ensuring that people come to the U.S. the so-called right way.

“How is any of this making America safer? Crueler? Certainly. Merciless? Absolutely. Heartless? We’re heading there.”
This whole column by @heidikstevens.bsky.social is excellent, but that last paragraph is a gut punch

ICE's Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food and toilets are out in the open.

ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food and toilets are out in the open with no soap or toothpaste.
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Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life' Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Son, I've spent countless hours interviewing gang members across Chicago and they would laugh at you so hard your vampiric skin would slide off your body in a desperate attempt to escape the indignity of it all.

Heidi Stevens: ‘We’re going to throw our humanity out?’ Immigration crackdown taking us down a cruel path It’s hard to believe that this blitz has anything to do with public safety or ensuring that people come to the U.S. the so-called right way.

How is any of this making America safer?

Crueler? Certainly. Merciless? Absolutely. Heartless? We’re heading there.

My column.

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Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE “Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.

HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway.

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Bringing back Department of War name is a messaging miss

What the Department of War name change signals, by founder of the Veterans Legal Clinic at the University of Illinois Yulanda Curtis

'War, by its nature, is inherently destructive. It does not seek to build community. Instead, it tears communities down.'

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Thoughts on fighting disagreeable speech in the disinformation age | The Opinion Pages We are currently at an inflection point, with a nation on the precipice. In moments of national crisis, presidential administrations often soothe a restless population with aspirational rhetoric. Lynd...

How fighting disagreeable speech is complicated by algorithms that feed us disinformation and competing facts. By professor of philosophy Luvell Anderson. theopinionpages.com/2025/09/thou...

REFLECTION: Can he do that? • The TRiiBE We need to see the terrorism label for what it is: a highly effective rhetorical weapon that serves to delegitimize criticism, persecute political opponents and consolidate power.

Why what matters is not simply whether Trump can designate antifa a terrorist organization, but also what his attempt to do so signals. By associate professor Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson. thetriibe.com/2025/09/refl...

Daylan Dufelmeier: SNAP-Ed improves Illinois lives through nutrition education. It needs stopgap funding now. As the director of the SNAP-Ed, I see firsthand how this nutrition program changes lives. It needs federal funding.

How SNAP-Ed, which just lost funding, changes lives and interrupts the pathways to preventable nutrition-related diseases. By Daylan Dufelmeier. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/o...

Tylenol guidance shows Trump administration doesn't understand the scientific process As a biomedical scientist, I am concerned that any small, preliminary study that is meant to only begin to explore a new link will be taken as demonstration that that link exists.

The danger to the public—and the scientific process—from the White House claiming the active ingredient of Tylenol is a major cause of autism, by biomedical scientist Giamila Fantuzzi. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

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In this year's University of Illinois fellowship, which I co-lead, our fellows are on fire.

This week alone they’ve weighed in on …

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response. This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

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8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

Here, in my opinion, is how all honest pieces on the Hegseth/Trump disgrace should read:

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OK, now let’s get Disney adults super mad about ICE.