Megan Schuster

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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gayfatfriend 5h + I was hoping the Louvre thieves would be hot, but this is ridiculous. He looks like Al. He's so beautiful, he looks like he's FROM the Louvre. Guess he also stole my breath because I can't breathe. Come on.

The Louvre thief has been identified as Mr. Steal Your Girl

the bar is playing I Will Always Love You and when I tell you it took *everything in me* to not go for the high note in front of a room of people

How Legal Gambling Set the Stage For Federal Indictments of NBA Stars. The ease and access of online betting opened the door for some of the charges facing the NBA.

The latest HANG UP AND LISTEN is out 🎧

NBA gambling indictments

@megschuster.bsky.social on F1 and Verstappen's wild comeback attempt

NFL midseason checkup

@benlindbergh.bsky.social @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/han...

JADEN!!!!!
Jaden McDaniels slams all over Yang Hansen

disagree!!

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

ok I’m officially on the M’s bandwagon

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

The Arch Manning Experience vs. the Arch Manning–Industrial Complex What do Manning’s struggles this season tell us about him as a player—and the system that hailed him as the next big thing?

What do Arch Manning’s struggles this season tell us about him as a player—and the system that hailed him as the Next Big Thing? I talked to some folks and wrote about it. www.theringer.com/2025/10/09/c...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

the best character on television

possibly the greatest thing ever written

yo, what?

fair

can I mass-sue everyone who has made me aware of the Travis Kelce Penis Song

don’t forget that Leslie Odom Jr appeared in Gilmore Girls

The Jaxson Dart Era Begins in New York—to Great Acclaim, and Great Worry Dart is so far an unproven entity. The Giants are not. One fan excitedly looks ahead to what could be as the rookie QB gets the starting nod over Russell Wilson, while also acknowledging what the fran...

blogged some important breaking news yesterday www.theringer.com/2025/09/23/n...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

With Sandy Brondello out, Cheryl Reeve has officially been on the job longer than every other WNBA coach combined.

Cheryl Reeve's tenure: 5768 days
Every other WNBA coach combined: 4529 days

Spanners told me before coming on that he didn’t feel the show today would be safe for him. He was correct

we really need to establish a better bar for what’s “taunting” and what’s just … human emotion

did I just see Pat McAfee adjust his junk on live television

Ferrari fans are experiencing despair, yes. but much more dangerously to us, Williams fans are experiencing hope

thank you for your service

50/40/90 season for Napheesa Collier

amazing anthem

I’d still rather listen to Buck and Aikman over any other football announcers

damn given the cast I was really hoping we were getting Benoit Blanc Takes the UK

the Packers have a legit pass rush again. never thought I’d see the day