Alicia González

Today is too much, I just can’t… 💔

Border Patrol agents use taser and arrest man following crash in O’Hare parking lot Border Patrol agents conducting yet another raid on an O’Hare parking lot for rideshare drivers Thursday evening tasered and arrested a man whom they accused of ramming their vehicle as he tr…

NEWS: Feds made another arrest in an O’Hare parking lot that led to them tasering the guy they were trying to apprehend and a three-car crash. Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an EO barring fed enforcement from city property like ORD earlier this month. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/b...

“You a criminal!” Evanston residents angrily confront immigration agents

A woman in Evanston confronts Border Patrol agents as they temporarily detain a U.S. citizen landscaper. Video obtained @aliceyin.bsky.social

Here’s a different angle of the video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground shared with the Tribune from a different source

A federal judge was pretty clear with Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino that she was concerned about kids and Halloween. How did that turn out?

“What immigration enforcement looks like now is not just arrests. It’s public intimidation.”

Must read by Chicago journalists @royalpratt.bsky.social & @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social on how Bovino & the border patrol are taking over from ICE with 'cameras rolling' & reckless racial profiling.

This is one video I’ve seen circulating about what’s happening in Evanston.

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

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Lunar eclipse, March 14th, 2025

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DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.

NEW: DOGE quietly deletes the five largest spending cuts it had been celebrating last week.

All of them contained errors that wildly over-inflated how much had been saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

Found this here, posted by someone else -

Tyler Hamilton on Substack “Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”

Albert Camus

Venus, tonight ✨

I need this in my life 😩

Popular meme format, grandma labeled with "bluesky's public launch was one year ago today." Younger person helping her labeled with "sure grandma let's get you to bed."

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!

with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

Marko Elez, an Elon Musk staffer with access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payments system, has quit after racist and pro-eugenics posts surfaced, including one stating, ‘Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.’

Following lawsuit, McDonald's no longer requiring Hispanic heritage for its Hispanic college scholarships The Chicago-based fast food giant changed its scholarship criteria to settle a discrimination lawsuit.

McDonald’s said it will no longer require Hispanic heritage for students who apply to its decades-old Hispanic college scholarship program.

BREAKING via NPR: Oracle, run by Trump associate Larry Ellison is likely to take over Tiktok, leaving Facebook, Instagram, X, and Tiktok and Fox (along with Rogan etc) all largely controlled by one party.

The country remains split politically but the right has vastly more influence over the media.