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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1h

"The difficulties of litigating against President Donald Trump and his efforts to expand his powers and control … were on full display Thursday."

The trials of litigating against Trump, from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social: www.lawdork.com/p/the-trials...

The trials of litigating against Trump

As Trump troop deployments are blocked in Chicago, Trump appellate appointees push back on the order blocking deployments in Portland. And, another Trump target indicted.

www.lawdork.com

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memartin4.bsky.social @memartin4.bsky.social · 14h

I feel quite proud of them

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 14h

and also to Lucas Giolito, Garret Crochet, Carlos Rodon, Dylan Cease, Romy Gonzalez at least from the most recent squad

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 14h

and also to Lucas Giolito, Garret Crochet, Carlos Rodon, Dylan Cease, Romy Gonzalez at least from the most recent squad

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libby watson @libbycwatson.com · 1d

this ms. rachel lady must be a complete fraud. for example, when she hid behind her hands, she had obviously disappeared forever; yet when she moved her hands, she was there again, as if she never left. what can explain this?

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 1d

most non-fatals are just failed homicide attempts, kinda crazy (and I know there's a resource question) more big cities don't already do this. Was one of the glaring day-one ish realizations I had as a baby reporter

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 1d

a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

ALT: a man with a mustache is smiling and looking at the camera .

media.tenor.com

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 1d

“i’ll kill you”: quaint americana
“people should have water”: violence basically

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Barton Lorimor @bartonlorimor.bsky.social · 1d

It boggles the mind how so much of "downstate," and especially the "New Illinoisans," bemoans their proximity to such a global city. The beauty of that being a short drive or train ride away is so lost that they can't fathom the discussions Bill is having in this photo with his constituents.

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 1d

who you got

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

"The district court impermissibly second-guessed the Commander in Chief's military judgments — something district courts lack the authority and competence to do."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 2d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 2d

organizational red flag, not communicating through the chain of command

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

Booming business at Chicago Housing Authority — a total of almost $22M — for the boyfriend, sister and daughter of longtime CHA board member Debra Parker.

My new investigation for @wbez.org and @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Chicago Housing Authority pays $22 million to companies tied to board member

The three vendors include longtime CHA Commissioner Debra Parker’s daughter, sister and boyfriend, shows a WBEZ investigation, but Parker says she hasn’t helped them.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3d

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 3d

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over 'warrantless arrests' www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/f...

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 4d

The lede in this article is utterly devastating

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 4d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Lauren FitzPatrick @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social · 4d

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility. A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/... -- By @jonseidel.bsky.social

Feds dropping charges against couple who lawfully carried guns outside ICE facility

A defense attorney says a grand jury refused to indict in the high-profile case.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 4d

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 4d

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Casey Toner @ctoner.bsky.social · 6d

Her team did "The Twitter Files" 👎. My team did "'Where is the Glock?' Gun Turned Over to Chicago Police Wound up in the Hands of a Teenager" 👍. Put me in charge of CBS News, I will do a good job

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 6d

things are moving pretty fast

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