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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8m

As of the end of 2024 CPD had 200 more officers than it did at the end of 2022

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 12m

I've written pretty critical stuff about Brandon Johnson in Chicago but cops said this exact same thing before his election and afaik it has not transpired at all

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 21h

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6m

He speaks like a poet.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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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.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

Chicago

sevedge @sevedge.bsky.social · 21h

photo of a Do Not Enter traffic sign on a Chicago street, but someone has altered it to say Do Not -Let ICE- Enter

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago journalist Debbie Brockman, who was thrown to the ground & handcuffed by ICE, has been released without charges

DHS said she assaulted an officer, but eye witnesses claim she didn’t

The lack of charges makes it clear that ICE is lying to try and cover up the fact that they attack the press

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ChicagoBars @chicagobars.bsky.social · 4h

2025 Chicago marathon sign of the route….so far.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 40m

And 27 years after he passes, Chicago renames Evanston Avenue for him!

1913 Newspaper story about renaming Evanston Avenue Broadway. Cartoon featuring flappers with ridiculous hats, and sharpers making their moves.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 3h

Afternoon half-Moon in cloudless blue sly over green trees at Rosehill Cemetery.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 5h

Violent gang members are notorious for doing laundry. Gotta keep clothes clean to represent. Or so ICE will say.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 5h

ICE went after folks coming out of a Rogers Park laundromat on Thursday

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Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 5h

"If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter." -- Justice Kavanaugh

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 7h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 16h

Will we see a Brewers-Mariners World Series? The reason the Mariners exist is because of the Brewers — who began life in Seattle as the Pilots and were sold to a Milwaukee ownership group just weeks before the 1970 season began: sabr.org/journal/arti...

Seattle Pilots spring training program from 1970. The franchise began spring training as the Pilots but officially became the Milwaukee Brewers on April 1. (Courtesy of David S. Eskenazi)

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 16h

Prediction: Brewers in 4.

Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 16h

The Brewers and Dodgers played 6 games this season.

Games won:
Brewers 6
Dodgers 0

Great NLCS on the way!

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 16h

Two big losses in my life today. Cubs Baseball game was the lesser. RIP Tony Fitzpatrick, Sox fan and unparalleled Chicago artist, poet, actor, and person. Condolences to his family and everyone who loved him.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 16h

The Brewers and Dodgers played 6 games this season.

Games won:
Brewers 6
Dodgers 0

Great NLCS on the way!

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Michael Clair @michaelclair.bsky.social · 16h

One step closer to the World Series to determine the true fate of the 1969 Seattle Pilots

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 16h

OK, time to go to Arizona for AFL league game or two.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 16h

Godamnit.

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Megan Stielstra @meganstielstra.bsky.social · 17h

"What holds this city together is not a frigid fear. What holds this city together is a million different kindnesses every day. That’s what makes Chicago.”

J.R. Nelson @jrnelson.bsky.social · 20h

So honored I got to know the legendary artist, actor and raconteur Tony Fitzpatrick a little bit over the years. May his memory be a blessing to his family and many, many friends blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/11/t...

Tony Fitzpatrick, Lauded, Eclectic Chicago Artist, Dies at 66

The artist, writer and actor recently published “The Sun at the End of the Road: Dispatches From an American Life," and had planned to star in a Steppenwolf show based on his new book.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 18h

Plus behind-bar signage from Anton Cermak and long-defunct fraternal organizations.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 6

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 19h

Seiya Suzuki, Chicago Cubs, 2025 Topps “Stars of Japan” series

Colored-pencil card drawing of Seiya Suzuki

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 20h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 19h

How might one obtain one of these kits?

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