Lauren Pespisa

Van Campen defeated six-term incumbent Mayor Carlo DiMaria, the guy who allowed ICE to kidnap a 13-year-old from his city last month. Elections have consequences.

A scanned legal document from the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, titled “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MICHAEL RABBITT, KATHERINE MARIE ABUGHAZALEH, ANDRE MARTIN, CATHERINE SHARP, BRIAN STRAW, and JOSELYN WALSH.” It shows case number 1:25-cr-00693, filed on October 23, 2025, before Judge April M. Perry and Magistrate Judge Heather K. McShain. The document is marked “UNDER SEAL” and notes violations under Title 18, U.S. Code, Sections 111(a)(1), 372, and 2. The first section is labeled COUNT ONE and begins: “The SPECIAL JUNE 2024 GRAND JURY charges:” followed by four subpoints (a–d) describing an ICE officer (“Agent A”), the Broadview Service Staging Area in Illinois, and the defendants’ residences in the Northern District of Illinois. A red “FILED 10/23/2025” stamp appears at the top right, along with the signature of THOMAS G. BRUTON, Clerk, U.S. District Court.

A page from a U.S. District Court indictment titled “COUNT THREE” in case number 1:25-cr-00693, filed October 23, 2025, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The document states that the Special June 2024 Grand Jury incorporates previous allegations and charges that on or about September 26, 2025, in Broadview, Illinois, defendant Katherine Marie Abughazaleh “forcibly impeded, intimidated, and interfered with an officer of the United States, namely Agent A,” while the officer was performing official duties. It concludes that this conduct violated Title 18, United States Code, Sections 111(a)(1) and 2.

Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) has just been indicted by the DOJ over participation in protests against ICE at its Broadview facility in Illinois. This is a brazen weaponization of the DOJ to target political opponents with bogus charges.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.

NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.

Please take care when watching.

Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—

3rd option: show up completely hammered. It’s worked.

Flyer advertising a protest on Friday 8/15 from 430-730 pm Dress Code: Formal Attire When: Friday 8/15, 4:30pm-7:30pm Where: 26 Cambridge Street, Burlington, MA ~ outside of ~ ESCADRILLE Why: The owner of Cafe Escadrille also owns the ICE Prison/Field Office at 1000 District Ave. He has refused to cooperate with the town and has fought against inspections and oversight of the facility. So were meeting him for a big dinner party!*

Protest in Burlington, MA from 430-7 pm Friday 8/15 put on by the folks at Heatwave.now.

"Nobody wants you here. Go home."

Why a Mass. police chief sent an officer to get a nude massage From unusual business hours to mysterious comings and goings, the signs of illegal activity at this massage parlor were hiding in plain sight.

The police chief says they're investigating whether "human trafficking" was taking place, but they charged one of the alleged sex workers with a crime even though she presumably would be a victim if this was a human trafficking case.

#Maynard #Massachusetts

DON'T GET TAKEN

DON'T GET TAKEN - Eliminate participation in Any & All Criminal activity Minimize interaction with Law Enforcement - Avoid verbal altercations with Law Enforcement - Engage DPR, DOES, ONSE and DYRS activities and programming - Spread Love in Your Community - Do not engage in drug and alcohol use on public property #DCorNOTHING

DON'T GET TAKEN • Eliminate participation in any & all criminal activity • Minimize interaction with law enforcement X Avoid verbal altercations with law enforcement • # Engage DPR, DOES, ONSE, and DYRS activities & programming • • Spread love in your community Do not engage in drug & alcohol use on public property #DCorNOTHING

DC is under attack & too many people don't even see it. Our law & order has been left up to a man who decided to release Jan 6 insurrectionists but won't release the Epstein files. Shit is weird. Public housing is federal property so that blunt on the porch could now set you up for a future you don't want. Simply put, they geeking like shit. We have to know the laws that govern us. We have to move with discipline so the smallest thing is not the reason they take our freedom. They are watching us so we need to be just as vigilant. Let's put our people on game track how feds move through our city so our most vulnerable are safe. They thought they cooked us but this presents an opportunity to come together as a city that's been divided behind short shit. Guarantee me safe passage & I'll walk through every trench in this city myself to build with the leaders & make sure that communities are safe by showing them how to build the infrastructure to fight back.

I’m not seeing it here but there is a lot going on in DC.

Our community leaders are doing all they can in their spaces.

If you care to see what is going on I’ll drop some links here.

These are the images being shared by community leaders that work in gun violence intervention.

🚨ALL EYES ON DC🚨

Trump Orders Surge of Federal Law Enforcement in Washington, D.C.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

Follow and donate to:
@remorahousedc.bsky.social @dcmigrantmutualaid.org

Absolutely wild story and want to clarify my own involvement in this saga:

1.) I’m not a “former” hacker, I had yet to actually become one
2.) it’s difficult to actually describe what I’ve done! But I performed no black hat hacking
(Continued)

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Americans Say No As Terrified ICE Agents Flee from Angry Citizens "It's gonna be like this every f*cking day you're coming. Every day, anytime you try to kidnap people, we are gonna be here!" a rapid responder yelled at fleeing ICE agents in Kansas.

"Did you not realize what this would be, being f*cking Gestapo? Quit your job. It's gonna be like this every f*cking day you're coming...anytime you try to kidnap people, we are gonna be here!” A rapid responder yelled at fleeing ICE agents in #Kansas. www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/americans-...

Panoramic photo of hundreds of peaceful protesters at Burlington MA ICE facility

A heatwave didn’t stop hundreds from protesting ice today in Burlington, MA @universalhub.com

Why are press being barred from the Anduril (makes AI weapons/Palantir partnership) event in Columbus, Ohio?

KASH IN THE VAULT The Fate of the Trump Files and What it Means for Freedom of Information

KASH IN THE VAULT: THE FATE OF THE TRUMP FILES Experts warned me in January what could become of government information, including what Kash Patel could do with Trump files. www.theb7d.com/p/kash-in-th...

The rules
orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...

Trial date set for Hadley woman who allegedly attacked sheriff’s deputies with bees Rebecca "Rorie" Woods gained infamy after she allegedly unleased hundreds of agitated bees onto sheriff's deputies carrying out an eviction in 2022.

"Woods was arrested and prosecuted after she allegedly released hundreds of honeybees against a group of Hampden County sheriff’s deputies executing an eviction at a friend’s house in Longmeadow in 2022."

#Massachusetts

I remember the feelings I had when I first saw this photo. I can’t explain them though. ❤️🎉⚽️

"A good day:" Detained U.S. citizen said agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot A U.S. citizen who was tackled and arrested by border agents after filming and yelling at them, said his "blood boiled" when agents high-five'd each other after grabbing dozens at Home Depot on Thursd...

Garcia said he was shaken by what he heard while he was detained.

“They call them ‘bodies,’ they reduce them to bodies,” he said. “My blood was boiling.”

Upon arrival, officers observed the female holding a bladed object, which turned out to be a broken half-pair of kitchen scissors, while sitting on the ground. Police said they ordered the female to drop the weapon and lie on her stomach. The female dropped the scissors and took off running, police said. Officers detained the individual following a brief physical confrontation. Once detained, officers discovered the juvenile had an intellectual disability and was younger than the age originally provided by the caller who reported the incident. Once they determined the juvenile posed no threat to herself or others, they removed her handcuffs, arranged for a paramedic evaluation and took steps to reunite her with her mother, who was working at a nearby business, according to police.

McNamara praised the officers involved for demonstrating significant care and compassion in their interaction with the disabled juvenile. "As police officers, we never know what kind of situation we are facing when we are called. Reports concerning armed individuals must be approached with the utmost care and caution," Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said in the written statement. "The added variables in this case — a child with autism spectrum disorder — add a great deal of difficulty and emotion for everyone involved, but I am grateful that our officers relied on their training and responded with care, compassion and professionalism,” she wrote. Police later determined the juvenile was not swiping at cars or threatening individuals with the item, contrary to the initial report, the written statement said.

Do we really need to put in the newspaper how compassionate cops are every time they don't kill an autistic child sitting on the ground while hiding a broken pair of scissors? Shouldn't this be the norm?

#Stoughton #mapoli

www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/l...

Protests against the Iraq war in 2003 mobilized millions + the war still happened. What's needed is for people to move from creating passive, viral moments, to getting involved in grassroots organizing + mass direct action.

We have to be the sand in the gears grinding down the machine.

"We heard someone was kicking poor people off healthcare and rounding up construction workers, and we wanted to stand in solidarity with the billionaires."

WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.”

ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.

Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.

Peredo Carroll said her client spent a couple days in a small holding cell by herself — an 8-foot-by-10-foot space with nothing but a toilet. Eventually, two other women were moved into the room. The space was so small that all three of them couldn't lie down at the same time, Peredo Carroll said. "So two of them could lie down while one was leaning up against the toilet," she said. Eventually, all three women were moved to a larger holding cell with about a dozen other women. Once again, there were no beds, or a sink with soap for handwashing, and the women slept on the floor. There was one toilet in the center of the room and "the women used the aluminum blanket to cover each other as they used the toilet so they could have a little bit of privacy," Peredo Carroll wrote in her affidavit.

Throughout her stay in Burlington, Peredo Carroll said her client received three small meals per day: a small cup of oatmeal in the morning, a couple spoonfuls of pasta for lunch and some sort of rice dish for dinner that she likened to "dog food." A small bottle of water came with each meal. Sherman-Stokes also said her client in the Burlington facility was "not being fed appropriately." After 18 hours in ICE custody, she’d had a small cup of oatmeal and an apple, she said.

ICE is detaining people in torturous conditions in a two-story office building in #Burlington, Mass.

The detainees are barely being fed, can't wash their hands, and are in such confined spaces that they can't all lie down at once.

#Massachusetts #mapoli

www.wbur.org/news/2025/06...

It is happening here Three days of escalation by the feds in Los Angeles

Thanks to @lukeoneil47.bsky.social for letting me throw some words into Welcome To Hell World about the first few days of large scale detainments and protests in Los Angeles.

www.welcometohellworld.com/it-is-happen...