Chicágies
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‘Halal pizza and pierogi’ dispatch for people who love humans, culture, and spirit of justice that is our city, Chicago. 🧿🕊️🌻🍉
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This happened to one of our community members, Maureen, last month at Broadview.
We got her story, and those of nine others, at amplifyicnw.org/what-our-nei...
Spoiler alert: these are not "radical left lunatics." We're your friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
#broadviewprotests
We got her story, and those of nine others, at amplifyicnw.org/what-our-nei...
Spoiler alert: these are not "radical left lunatics." We're your friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
#broadviewprotests
"It costs a lot more money to evict someone than to call ICE on them."
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
A month after the military-style raid on a Chicago apartment building, residents are still searching for answers about why their homes were targeted—and the role their investor landlord played. inthesetimes.com/article/evic...
Eviction By ICE?
Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
inthesetimes.com
People are so brainwashed about Chicago being a crime infested hellhole that they assume white people and single family homes must be in the burbs. This is in the city.
its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
Brown and Black communities have been subjected to this terror and trauma on a daily basis.
If ICE/CBP’s strategy this week has been to radicalize more white people against them, they’ve done an amazing job.
If ICE/CBP’s strategy this week has been to radicalize more white people against them, they’ve done an amazing job.
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A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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“To be clear, Alderman Napolitano believes that Alderman Fuentes’ actions were inappropriate and outside the scope of her authority as an elected official,” said Chris Vittorio, Napolitano’s chief of staff.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/resi...
thetriibe.com/2025/10/resi...
Residents weigh in on the alderpeople who did not sign a letter of support for Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes • The TRiiBE
The TRiiBE interviewed five Chicagoans about their disappointment with alders who didn’t sign on to support a solidarity letter for Ald. Jessie Fuentes after her temporary detainment by ICE agents.
thetriibe.com
STORY HERE — Video footage obtained by The TRiiBE shows federal agents pulling Laugh Factory Night Manager Nate Griffin as he holds on to a scaffold.
Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...
Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...
Laugh Factory worker detained by federal agents on Chicago’s North Side • The TRiiBE
Two people were detained by federal agents Friday morning at Broadway and Belmont Avenue on Chicago’s North Side.
thetriibe.com
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They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville
Ald. Timmy Knudsen reports immigration activity throughout his ward, which is a lot of Lincoln Park, one of wealthiest neighborhoods in city and home to DePaul University
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NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
news.wttw.com
I was just talking to someone about the anti-ICE influencer who had their car rammed & was injured by ICE while trying to film ICE for a full thirty seconds before we realized that we were talking about different people who were recently rammed & injured by ICE while trying to film ICE
