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Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment The lawsuit comes hours after a federal judge in Oregon barred Trump from deploying federalized members of the any National Guard troops under Trump's command to Oregon.

Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Trump seeks to call up 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Pritzker says The request to the Illinois National Guard comes after Pritzker said earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security requested deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois “for the protection of ICE personnel and facilities.”

“In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in the statement Saturday.

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...

A woman was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday morning on Chicago’s South Side, marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning' Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.

“This is tyranny, this is absolute tyranny,” David Beale, 39, said. He said he and other onlookers were tear gassed. “My eyes are burning, my skin is burning, but more than that I’m just mad.”
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

Broadview officials announce 3 criminal investigations against federal agents, urge ICE to stop its antics The suburb's mayor and police chief called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop using chemical agents on protesters at a Tuesday news conference and appealed for the agency to respond to several requests

Broadview’s mayor and police chief announced three criminal investigations the Chicago suburb has initiated involving ICE agents, and called on the agency to stop using chemical agents on protesters, saying: “We are experiencing an immediate health safety crisis.”

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Trump administration plans to send 100 National Guard troops to Illinois, Gov. Pritzker says Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that DHS sent to the Defense Department which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois.

Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that DHS sent to the Defense Department which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Broadview officials say ICE agents warned that mayor's comments would bring consequences Village officials said Saturday that federal agents warned Broadview police there would be “a s--- show” in response to Mayor Katrina Thompson's comments that ICE is “making war on my community.”

Agents fired pepper balls into a crowd of about 75 protesters Saturday evening and made several arrests. Steve Held, a Chicago journalist, was one of those arrested. A Chicago Sun-Times reporter was struck by rubber projectiles and tear-gassed. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money

apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social

The Judgment Of Magneto | Defector Somewhere beyond death, in a realm of judgment and pain, a concrete labyrinth filled by countless names, a man walks. He is Jewish, and has been made hard and cruel by his experiences in the Nazi deat...

Apropos of nothing — this remains one of the finest pieces of writing about one of the single greatest comic book creations in existence defector.com/the-judgment...

Rooftop agents fire rubber pellets, tear gas, pepper balls at crowd outside Broadview ICE facility At least one person was hit by rubber pellets fired by ICE agents at the facility, 1930 Beach St., who were also shooting tear gas into the crowd of protesters.

Immigration agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls at protesters, reporters and photographers at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist This is a real thing Peter Thiel told a group of tech professionals recently.

Uhhh www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Hilarious

I thought the pilot captured the decline almost too well. I've had trouble picking the show back up since.

What to know about Trump's immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago The president has said his “blitz” here is meant to make the city safer for its residents. But the rush of federal immigration agents into the area has stoked fears and upended routines — and the resu...

The president has said his “blitz” here is meant to make the city safer for its residents. But the rush of federal immigration agents into the area has stoked fears and upended routines. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.

Illinois Democrats want answers from DHS Secretary Noem about ICE operations The letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem questions the "military-style tactics" of ICE agents and asks for a definitive answer into how many Illinois arrests have been made since federal authorities announced the launch of "Operation Midway Blitz" on Sept. 8.

The Illinois Democratic congressional delegation sent questions to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday about deportation operations in Illinois, which they say included arbitrary arrests and detentions without due process.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN chief warns world leaders that humanity has entered 'an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering.'

“Since President Trump took office, 15 people have died in immigration detention, 10 of those deaths occurred between January and June … The senators say that is the highest rate in the first six months of any year publicly available.”

If you live in the Chicago area and know someone who was *checks notes* raptured, let me know

ICE officer said his injuries were 'nothing major' after deadly shooting near Chicago, video shows The immigration agent’s partner said he suffered a “knee injury" and "some lacerations to his hands,” according to police body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. But the feds reported h...

Speaking over a radio, the federal agent who told police that Villegas González tried to use his car as a weapon said his partner had suffered “a left knee injury and some lacerations to his hands.”

“Nothing major,” the injured agent said.
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KIMMEL IS BACK

Back at Broadview this morning where Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25) is calling on Pritzker et all to apply pressure to shut down Broadview.

The Ald. confirms construction workers were detained yesterday in Pilsen.

“We must protect our constituents as we protected those legislators from TX”

I never liked Babu Frik.

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Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley?

In our new politics issue, we're getting into it.

Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

The controversy started with a post Tuesday from Jacqueline Garretson, who, according to her X bio, is the Illinois state director for The Conservative Caucus and previously worked as a staffer for failed Republican attorney_general candidate Thomas DeVore. Garretson wrote that a relative, whom she later identified as her mother-in-law, ordered the Mint Majesty tea with two honeys — an order known to be Kirk's favorite drink - from the Starbucks. When the order was completed, the cup had "Loser" written on it, Garretson said.

Starbucks says surveillance clears an employee who’d been accused of writing “Loser” on a cup when someone ordered Charlie Kirk’s “favorite drink.”

The accusation was originally posted by a Republican party official. It forced the store to shut down for safety.

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Congressional candidates, protesters sprayed with tear gas in clash at Broadview ICE facility Two protests, which began about 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, drew dozens of demonstrators to the facility to protest the detention of people rounded up in the Trump administration's deportation campaign.

Two protests, which began about 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, drew dozens of demonstrators to the facility to protest the detention of people rounded up in the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

After ICE arrests, worried families trek to Broadview facility seeking answers Amid President Donald Trump's immigration deportation campaign, the loved ones of those detained struggle with their absence.

“I walked to the door and told the agent ‘I need to talk to him,’” she told the Sun-Times through tears. “I need to let him know that he’s not alone.” chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...