Eric Crump

Of course, kidnappings by federal agents are up 100%.

This is probably what we should expect with a felon in the Oval Office. Fight crime with crime.

DHS spokesoman Tricia McLaughlin on X:

@TriciaOhio
We aren’t leaving Chicago.

Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago
-homicides are down 16%
-shootings down 35%
-robberies down 41%
-carjackings down 48%
-transit crime down 20%

DHS under Noem is an empathy free zone. Block Club quoted one detainee as saying, “They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that.”

RFK Jr. = George Constanza (episode 20, season 5 "The Fire")

Judge issues temporary restraining order against DHS for Broadview ICE facility conditions A judge on Wednesday issued an emergency restraining order over conditions at a Broadview ICE processing facility.

Attorney for ICE complains about being forced to treat detainees like human beings. abc7.ws/4hPMiwf

Quote of the Day:
"Mamdani didn’t just win an election. No y’all, he breached a centuries-old fortress of white political power and provoked an entire system’s immune response." -- Dr. Stacey Patton

“I Can’t Wait Until He Goes to Hell.” After the verdict, Sonya Massey's family showed up at the press conference to rebuke the system, just like their daughter did before a cop shot her in the face.

Powerful words from Dr. Stacey Patton on the Massey family's response to the 2nd degree murder conviction of Sean Grayson, who could get 20 years -- or probation -- for killing Sonya Massey. bit.ly/47z2L2Z

I've seen calls lately for antifa to start talking more about what we support and propose and less on what we hate and oppose. Sure. For me, a multi-racial, welcoming, pluralistic, free, dramatically less hierarchical, equitable, sustainable society would be cool. DEI, in other words.

Many of MAGA commenters confidently assert we don't have a king. What we do have is an elected leader who thinks there are no earthly limits on his power. King is just shorthand for immunity + impunity.

Law & order quote of the day:

“Well, I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war, I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know? They’re going to be, like dead. OK?”

Donald Trump, confessing to murder

ICE War quote of the day:

"If alcohol, tobacco and drugs aren’t allowed within 1,000 feet of schools—tear gas shouldn’t be either."

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral.

Protesters cross Western Avenue at 103rd during a No Kings event Saturday, Oct. 18.

A sign at the No Kings protest reads "Red states | Blue states | Swing states | No | We are the United States."

A protester waves an American flag during No Kings in Beverly on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Several hundred people joined the No Kings protest at 103rd and Western in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Scenes from No Kings in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

Today's hero: Sun-Times photographer Anthony Vazquez who captured so well the East Side ICE attack yesterday. The article lays out the facts. The photos tell the story. bit.ly/46SEiqp

Quote of the day:

"They’re not peacemakers. They’re landlords of EMPIRE, evicting the oppressed and rezoning blood and rubble for profit." -- Dr. Stacy Patton

They = Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. The whole Gaza "war" is genocide as a tool of gentrification.

Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past In 1850, the federal government deputized local officials to enforce slavery. In 2025, it demands cooperation in deportation. Chicago resisted nearly two centuries ago, and it still is today.

Chicago is a hero.

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Donald Trump gives update on Gaza Riviera plan President Donald Trump said that his controversial plan to turn Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East” is on hold.

Ceasefire in Gaza is a good thing, but whether it's really and end to genocide is an open question. Trump is distancing himself from his plan to dislocate the population and build a resort there, but he distanced himself from Project 2025, too. Until he didn't. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Today we honor the many Indigenous nations whose people survived the worst European savages could throw at them for more than half a millennium.

The guy should have pedaled faster. ICE agents have already shown they have trouble catching bikes.

Quote of the day:

Dr. Stacey Patton sums up Christopher Columbus.

"A man who turned holy water into blood and prayer into profit. A man who mistook god’s green earth for a get-rich-quick scheme and every living soul for inventory."

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.

Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
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Kristi Noem says Homeland Security ‘purchasing more buildings in Chicago’ Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump has authorized the building purchases for ICE and said the agency was hardening its existing facilities because of threats of violence.

So now that the Trump regime has invaded Chicago, it plans to occupy. Not that we're in a civil war or anything ...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/k...

“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” --DJT

What law have Pritzker and Johnson violated? Is there a law saying armed and armored federal agents must be protected from people armed with signs and chants and the 1st Amendment?

Trump is pitting states against each other, not as a matter of political jockeying (which is routine) but as a means of conquest. Squabbling governors? Gimme a break, Axios.

Axios Chicago

"Why it matters: It's another battle in the ongoing political feud between Gov. JB Pritzker and Abbott that started as rhetoric but has more recently turned into actionable resentment and contempt." bit.ly/4nHkfBp

Another great moment in journalism (kidding). Axios Chicago characterizes the invasion of one state by another as a personal squabble between governors rather than the act of war that it is. Regarding the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois, Axios says ...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

Democracy isn't quite dead. Yet.

"Prosecutors’ inability to secure this indictment continues a pattern mirrored in Los Angeles and Washington DC where local citizens on grand juries are providing a check on a White House-directed law enforcement takeover." bit.ly/46V3v2e

Trump: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?' | Press Watch Why is this quote not all over the national media? Because it raises questions about his mental competence.

A very real danger when using old photos like this is that DJT has, just recently, mistaken them for current events. He really thought Portland was being burned to the ground by terrorist protesters when he ordered the guard deployment. presswatchers.org/2025/09/trum...