agitator in chief

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Hmm, this looks like municipal law enforcement closing off a street and setting up a perimeter in aid of civil immigration enforcement

It would be really unfair to make Charlie Kirk a saint before Charlie Manson.

What's the difference between a Klan rally and the Charlie Kirk Memorial?

Everybody left their hoods at home.

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

In the last year, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and John Yoo have all expressed that Donald Trump is too evil for them.

Can you even comprehend how awful someone would have to be for these morally depraved creeps to say that someone else went too far?

Whom amongst us is surprised to find that it was never about free speech in comedy and only about being allowed to say bigoted things & not being told to shut the fuck up?

ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' off air 'indefinitely' over Charlie Kirk comments Jimmy Kimmel suggested that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk, was aligned with President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.

What happened to legalizing comedy?
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield quits, saying brand ‘silenced’ on social issues | CNN Business Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the ice cream brand he started in 1978 amid a dispute with its British owner Unilever, according to a post by the company’s other co-founder, Ben Coh...

Thank you Jerry Greenfield for trying to be an ethical person in an unethical economic system.
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"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

Based.

Then they came for the porn watchers, but I said nothing because....i didn't want anyone to know that I too....

Person fatally shot, ICE agent 'severely' injured as officers try to conduct enforcement operation The incident comes days after the Trump Administration announced an immigration enforcement campaign known as "Operation Midway Blitz."

political violence www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/person-shot-after-ice-agent-apparently-dragged-by-vehicle-in-franklin-park-sources-say/3823259/

The same people trying to tone police you are the same people spewing hate against trans folks & people of color, funding genocide, sending masked thugs into our communities and deporting our neighbors, gutting the social safety net & more.

Ignore them.

Political violence is the genocide in Gaza.

YouTube video by Brendan Reilly Brendan Reilly Cook County Board President 161

What kind of Democrat says in their campaign launch video that they agree with some of Donald Trump's policies?

That must be why Brendan Reily has the comments turned off on his campaign launch video. What a loser.
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The US military got their ass kicked in Vietnam and they'll get their ass kicked in Chicago.

Donald Trump is not going to override our democracy by telling Illinois how to run our pretrial system.

We made history by taking the price tag off the presumption of innocence & we're not going back.

Take action to defend the Pretrial Fairness Act: bit.ly/BeatBackTrump

Chicago is doing the work.

Trump's obsession with sending military in has nothing to do with the facts but with showing force in urban centers that are perceived as "black" and have black mayors.

Donald Trump is the public safety threat.

Chicago's violence prevention efforts are working and Trump's gutting of funding for these programs & social services stand to reverse the progress made.

Sending the National Guard into Chicago is a political stunt.

Chicago sees its fewest summer murders since 1965 The Chicago Police Department’s criminal homicide tally for June, July and August is the lowest in 60 years. And overall violent crime remains near its lowest point in more than four decades.

"The Chicago Police Department’s criminal homicide tally for June, July and August is the lowest in 60 years. And overall violent crime remains near its lowest point in more than four decades."
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BREAKING Belgium to recognise Palestine at UN General Assembly, says foreign minister

This evening, I learned that the guy who came up with Old Bay, Gustav Brunn, survived Kristnallnacht and Buchenwald before building his Baltimore based crab spice kingdom.

FYI that @nlgchicago.bsky.social has infrastructure in place to vet and coordinate attorneys to represent people arrested at protests pro bono.

You should reach out to them.

‘It’s like when you see the tsunami coming in’: Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling Consumers “don’t have a clue what’s going on,”  said Raymond Robertson, a labor economist.

Oh "The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year" fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...

Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming • The TRiiBE Crime is down. Tourism is up. And the city’s population is growing. Don’t let the media, or Trump, fool you.

A weekend read — Crime is down. Tourism is up. And Chicago’s population is growing.

Don’t let the media, or President Trump, fool you.

“Despite what the news says, we have a beautiful city. It has a lot to offer. And we have a lot of events.”

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Chicago activists decry Trump threats to send National Guard, call on O'Neill Burke to refuse to cooperate Local organizers said militarizing Chicago’s streets isn’t the way to increase safety and slash crime rates.

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neil Burke has made clear that she intends to collaborate with the Trump administration on their fascist take over of Chicago.
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The year was 2025, the USA was at war with the USA.

Democrats pushed the same republican narratives about crime being out of control.

They saw to be more beneficial to spread false narratives than to talk about what they'd done to reduce crime.

Those same narratives are now being used to justify military occupation, great job.