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DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before they arrived. Immigration officials on Tuesday said a drop in crime numbers was thanks to their work. Police data show the decrease was taking place before federal agents arrived in the city.

Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer.

He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Yes. Downpayment assistance is becoming similar to the must-save-for-college impetus of middle class parents. We were lucky enough to have gotten into the housing market decades ago, and this new goal will keep me from retiring earlier than I would otherwise (if it’s my choice)

A kitten and cat in a cardboard box

And cardboard boxes

Glass Century A big, long New York City novel by Ross Barkan tracing the lives of couple in an extramarital relationship

I read this book entirely based on a Substack note that led me to a Substack post, which was nominally about landing the ending in literary fiction but was mostly about assassins. While reading I had the uncanny sence I was actually reading Marjorie Morningstar, if anyone remembers that novel.

This is so freaking sexy to me. Illinois! So much good happening here in the face of so much bullshit.

Alderman Sigcho Lopez’s recent IG live is worth a watch. 22 min of him talking as he follows federal agents. He talks about what happened today in Little Village and this week. He calls out CPD for protecting ICE at one point & also speaks to an escalation in the attack on our communities.

That seems almost low based on my neighborhood in Evanston

After Daycare Teacher Taken By Feds, Local Officials Fight For Her Release: 'This Is Not Normal' The teacher had a valid work permit and pending asylum case, officials said. Meanwhile, agents — including Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino — once again had a heavy presence on the Southwest Side Thursd...

Chicago officials say the daycare teacher abducted this week has valid work permit and asylum case. Homeland Security says her work authorization was approved by the Biden administration. As if that negates it. They think what they say is illegal is illegal, and gives them the right to violence.

With appearances by @britticisms.bsky.social, @zoezolbrod.bsky.social, Gina Frangello, @meganstielstra.bsky.social, and the all-star band of @marydeereynolds.bsky.social, Amalea Tshilds, @beanatitagain.bsky.social, Angela James, L. Wyatt, Julie Pomerleau & Jeanine O'Toole.

Hard to believe we need this even more than we did in July, but we do.

As Trump loses popularity, there will be an attempt to minimize what‘s happening in Chicago right now .

THIS is the number one national issue — are you FOR or AGAINST a taxpayer-funded secret police terrorizing major cities?

I just ran out of my house because I heard a whistle blowing three times, and it was this kid blowing on his new recorder.

Happy pub day to @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @akpress.org and everyone who inspired this beautiful and heartfelt offering. May it provide solace, clarity, and guidance in these truly scary and unprecedented times.

I’m honored to have contributed a piece on grief, my great teacher and friend.

I know it's bad when I start arguing with randos on Facebook. Time for me to lock myself out of the socials and take some breaths.

Just heard sirens here in Evanston and went on high alert. I hang on every word Kelly Hayes says about community and activism, and I can't wait to get my hands on this book she edited.

Momma May be Mad A memoir by Kerry Neville that captures the hell of living with suicidal bipolar and her stuttering, wondrous climb towards better health.

I have a family member with bipolar and I pick up a lot of creative nonfiction on the topic. This one by Kerry Neville is swoopingly literary and ends with hard-won joy.

Please tell me she would have to be convicted for that to stick. They didn't even charge her with anything. The evidence is glaringly obvious.

The pattern of ICE /Immigration violence, lawlessness, disappearing people, lying about it all is making life more dangerous for everyone in the communities they ransack.

Incredible turnout today for a mutual aid food drive in Evanston, 2 days after people were beaten and abducted by ICE/feds and schools had to go on soft lockdown. We know how to come together.

Large protest in Evanston after landscapers were detained, 3 citizens arrested by federal agents Hundreds protested Saturday in Evanston where undocumented landscapers were detained and three citizens were arrested by federal agents on Halloween.

Large protest in Evanston where landscapers were detained by federal agents

"They were brutalizing people who were yelling at them, it’s legal to yell in America," Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/l...

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

🚨Urgent 10/31: ICE is extremely active in EVANSTON IL and surrounding areas today. PLEASE send landscapers and other outside workers home, cancel service and pay anyway if you can. Working together we can help protect each other!

Ellis tells Bovino the people of Chicago have a right to tell him and his agents that they don't like what they are doing and want them to leave.

"They can't get tear gassed" for doing that.

Bovino: "I understand what you are saying, your honor. We will abide by the temporary restraining order."

Ellis asks whether it would be appropriate for a man who gets out of his car in running clothes after training for a marathon and asks agents what they are doing to be placed in a chokehold.

That's what videos show happened Saturday in Old Irving Park.

Thank you to everyone in the Chicago area who is seeking out and videoing hostile federal forces breaking the law.

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:

Folks have the right to be on public property absent exigent circumstances, Ellis says.
People standing on sidewalks and fliming and shouting do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officers, Ellis says, explaining her order.

They've used Chicago as a testing/training ground for this roving army of BP dipshits after doing the same in LA. Feels pretty crucial that everyone not in Chicago continue paying attention to Chicago to know exactly what to expect when they move elsewhere.

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A good way to do that is through this org; sisterdistrict.com

I felt like I needed to make a video after what I experienced this morning to give a bit more info on the story. I have no idea how they knew who was in my vehicle or if they just randomly pulled me o... TikTok video by Kim

Please listen to this driver's testimony about the entire incident (too long to embed). She says she has no idea how they knew who her passenger was, they never produced a warrant, and she isn't sure they even knew his name:

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMHSkAKr/