The feds keep detaining and prosecuting elected officials who get in Trump's way
A timeline of authoritarianism.
This is a real and worrying trend (unlike some of the other things my mom tries to get to me to worry about)
Michael was indicted alongside a trustee from Oak Park and two candidates currently running for office.
04.11.2025 13:03 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
nothing but respect for the courageous individuals indicted here:
29.10.2025 17:27 β π 20 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Hello Chief and APD Leadership,
I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.
Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.
Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World
In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.
I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.
All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.
As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.
We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.
Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
25.10.2025 18:49 β π 2132 π 747 π¬ 3 π 156
Cook County Sheriffβs van departs with arrested protesters. At least nine people arrested, including a medic and one of the musicians.
17.10.2025 13:53 β π 807 π 226 π¬ 8 π 9
IL-FPS learned this week that Hazel Health, a for-profit telehealth startup with a CPS contract to provide counseling services to HS students, merged with another tech startup, Little Otter, founded by a member of the βPalantir mafiaβ, alums of Peter Thielβs notorious surveillance tech behemothβ¦π±+π§΅
12.10.2025 17:16 β π 6 π 6 π¬ 1 π 2
Kristi Noem inside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, IL. She is standing near a white man, smiling at a desk with a computer monitor and printer. Behind her is a cell door with a man looking out a narrow slit window. Next to him, three or four other men are seen through a larger window in the cell.
Behind the white man are two upside down "demo bags" taped up over the windows to another cell.
This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.
For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.
See the orange triangles?
07.10.2025 18:57 β π 332 π 167 π¬ 4 π 20
I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so gl
07.10.2025 02:51 β π 203 π 51 π¬ 2 π 4
This coming Friday, join us with our friends from Friendship Community Place for a NW Side Queer Potluck! Starting at 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Hwy.
Bring your family and friends, or just yourselfβand a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
05.10.2025 17:40 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I keep cool ok enough until I read things like "ISP masking up." Terrifying things happening quickly.
03.10.2025 15:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trumpβs agenda?
03.10.2025 12:49 β π 681 π 268 π¬ 18 π 14
In our holding cell last night, there were 7 white men, two Black men, and one trans woman. In the womenβs cell there was one woman.
7 protesters were released last night. You already know which ones those were and which ones were shackled and transferred to an unknown location.
28.09.2025 17:26 β π 366 π 167 π¬ 3 π 6
Read through this thread for Steve's experience being detained by ICE and witnessing the conditions inside firsthand. Terrifying and important information.
28.09.2025 16:30 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
man the small time journalists covering this broadview shit should be paid 1000000 dollars
28.09.2025 00:40 β π 34 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
According to @unraveledpress.com , their reporter Steve Held has been detained during a protest near Chicago, Illinois. Steve is a fantastic reporter, a very good man and doesnβt deserve to be harassed doing his job.
28.09.2025 01:47 β π 157 π 54 π¬ 1 π 1
Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.
They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.
28.09.2025 00:21 β π 1207 π 480 π¬ 24 π 57
Freddy from Scooby-Doo pulling off a mask that says "aldermanic prerogative" and underneath it says "racist feudalism"
26.09.2025 03:13 β π 43 π 8 π¬ 1 π 1
It was way too bright and far away to make this out as it was happening, but we apparently captured him adjusting the Meta glasses repeatedly. Can also see a light flashing on and off.
24.09.2025 01:16 β π 238 π 74 π¬ 15 π 13
Look who came with
18.09.2025 05:28 β π 7868 π 4267 π¬ 1381 π 1385
Residents of the North Park homeless encampment say they have nowhere to go after the city cleared the area. blockclubchi.co/4nrgcbH
10.09.2025 13:25 β π 17 π 9 π¬ 3 π 4
βThis is not humanityβ¦I ask you to clearly see what is happening. Sweeps do not solve homelessness. They only hide it from public view. They are meant to erase people from the landscape, as though if we cannot see suffering, it does not exist.β βAasim Khan, National Union of the Homeless.
08.09.2025 20:17 β π 72 π 24 π¬ 1 π 0
Violence across the city is down, but violence from police is up. They're emboldened by the rise of fascism and the lack of accountability.
06.09.2025 16:58 β π 25 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
βGood luck getting hired elsewhere without any genocide experience.β
Joe Woodward, Systems Analyst
Microsoft Employees Protest Companyβs Ties To Israel https://theonion.com/microsoft-employees-protest-companys-ties-to-israel/
01.09.2025 19:30 β π 869 π 110 π¬ 11 π 4
π¨NEW LOCATION: we will protest at MICHIGAN AVE & IDA B. WELLS DRIVE
**Please share widely to spread the word about this change**
01.09.2025 02:53 β π 41 π 25 π¬ 1 π 7
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