There’s certainly nothing more in Hegseth’s letter than that which Immergut found insufficient as to Portland in Saturday’s ruling.

Trump Plans to Send Texas National Guard, ‘Armed Military Personnel’ to Chicago: Pritzker President Donald Trump is preparing to send members of the Texas National Guard as well as “armed military personnel” to Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday.

Pritzker warned Sept. 2 that Trump was preparing to send members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago.
A spokesperson for Abbott told me that was “not accurate.” news.wttw.com/2025/09/02/t...

Jesus

There is no rebellion in Oregon.
Today's ruling is a healthy check on the President's power. As the President, you must have actual facts (based on reality), not social media, or just your gut feeling, if you want to mobilize the Military here in the United States. - Dan Rayfield, AG of Oregon

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CPD has 20+ injured on duty this afternoon, most/all from federal use of gas. Related: no arrests by CPD, no documented uses of force by CPD. (I wasn't everywhere / didn't see every skirmish. And possibly some late-entry TRR forms to come.) Saw two federal arrests, saw one on video didn't witness.

The best case interpretation of what we’re seeing is bad.

No, this is not the first time ICE has opened fire in Chicagoland. They killed a man at a traffic stop three weeks ago. Important context.

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities in Brighton Park 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 officers to open fire, DHS said.

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

I didn’t know about this and it looks like something I might do! Thank you for posting it!

Phidippus cardinalis boys appear to be velvet ant mimics. It works for them. ❤️
#Arachtober

They zip tied children.

“The functions performed by the position you encumber…”

Public defenders call on chief judge to bar ICE arrests at Cook County courthouses The Cook County Public Defender’s office, and a coalition of legal aid groups, have petitioned the chief judge to bar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at courthouses. The move comes after at least three people were detained over the last month, while trying to…

The Cook County Public Defender’s office is calling on Chief Judge Timothy Evans to put a stop to warrantless immigration arrests in and around courthouses.
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I was sad to miss that! (Tuesday is choir practice)

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Armed Agents Raid South Shore Apartment Building Overnight Tuesday The federal agents arrived in moving trucks and knocked down doors inside the apartment building, detaining as many as 40 people, witnesses said.

“It felt like a war zone,” O’Loughlin said. “It feels like people don’t know the extent of what is happening unless it’s on Michigan Avenue.”

“They tore the whole building apart,” Szymanski said."

This is like those turtles in the Super Mario World castle

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’ WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

The right wing media machine incentives the constant production of “evidence” to fit their frames. News influencers “work” by selectively amplifying content that aligns w/ their frames/goals. The left seems to be catching on, but they need to do more than just solicit content, they need to reward it

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Donate to Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund, organized by Maria Orozco Support Chicago’s Street Vendors We are the Street Vendors Association of Chicago… Maria Orozco needs your support for Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund

The Street Vendors Association of Chicago is raising emergency funds to support vendors who can't safely work right now. They have a significant goal of $300k for impacted workers + families.

GFM is here: www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st...

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Video shows aftermath of controversial ICE shooting, including agent originally described as critically injured An ICE agent who fatally shot an undocumented immigrant after allegedly being dragged by his fleeing vehicle earlier this month told Franklin Park police at the scene that his injuries were “nothin…

Video shows aftermath of controversial ICE shooting, including agent originally described as critically injured (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/v...

Does Tylenol Cause Autism? Podcast Episode · Science Vs · 09/18/2025 · 28m

The amazing team at @sciencevs.bsky.social dropped a #Tylenol podcast a few days ago, giving explanation of why the link has been made and how it's not quite as it seems
A great example of bias and confounding, and how meta-analysis isn't always the pinnacle of evidence
#EpiSky #MedSky

This is exactly what a baby trying to convince his doctor not to give him a shot would say.

This is a really good read, and I definitely see myself in some of the early misapprehensions described.

Kirk du Soleil

I’ve met a bunch and hands down it was Jerry Orbach.

Detained father calls daughters from Broadview ICE facility, says he's held in room with 150 men Rosalio Pelayo Salgado was detained on Sept. 10. His daughter said he described being called slurs and having his anxiety medication taken away.

“Pelayo said her dad described being held in a room with at least 150 other men as ICE officers constantly yell at them and call them slurs. He also told his daughters detainees are only given food and water based on good behavior.”

These are the conditions at the site of yesterday’s protest.

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