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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 14h

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Photos: No Kings Protest Draws Massive March Downtown to Decry Trump

LOOP — Chicago-area residents converged on the Loop on Saturday to protest Donald Trump’s administration, in Chicago's largest entry in the second

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 14h

With their city caught in the country’s largest immigration enforcement operation, as many as 250,000 Chicagoans flooded Downtown on Saturday to condemn Donald Trump’s administration as part of the second nationwide No Kings protest.

Photos for Block Club Chicago alongside @colinbphoto.bsky.social

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21h

LET US LIVE 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 18h

Images by myself and @taliaspraguephotography.com from today for @blockclubchi.bsky.social -

Photos: No Kings Protest Draws Massive March Downtown to Decry Trump blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/18/p...

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 1d

I’m back from vacation, and put together the past few days’ strong images from our @blockclubchi.bsky.social team.

GALLERY: Two Weeks In Photos: Chicagoans Stand Up To ICE, Johnson's New Budget And Much More blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/t...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 4d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 6d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 6d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 6d

We are going to Win

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 6d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 6d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 6d

Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.

“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 8d

Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.

With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 11d

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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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 10d

Same... It's the best

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10d

It's not special treatment for reporters—it's critically important to maintain the ability to document police activities after they've ordered assemblies to disperse.

Again and again, we've seen cops are most likely to get more violent with demonstrators when out of public view.

Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social · 10d

It's great that this TRO will issue. The lawyers and plaintiffs deserve tons of credit for making this happen.

But why is Judge Ellis walking back the position of the DOJ and at least one federal appellate court that journalists can't be dispersed at protests?

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13d

Fam, this is a challenging moment. We (as reporters) are trying to balance urgency of news & amplification of resistance narratives with not assisting in putting people in prison. It's tough for everyone right now with how fast videos go viral. There's a lot we are not sharing.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 14d

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 14d

Recent Protest Coverage for @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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Rev. Michael Woolf, of Lake Street Church in Evanston, is shoved back by Customs and Border Protection agents during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.

Rev. Michael Woolf, of Lake Street Church in Evanston, is shoved back by Customs and Border Protection agents during a protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility in Broadview on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Talia Sprague/Block Club Chicago)

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 14d

Ngl having one of my best friends talking about her work on CNN is pretty cool, y'all.

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you to @cnn.com for having me on this morning to talk the latest in immigration headlines out of Chicago — read more on these stories here: chicago.suntimes.com

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 15d

A sketch artist is drawing the stand off between protesters and ISP.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 17d

The Land of Cockaigne, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1567

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 17d

They canceled the TFR over Broadview as of 6p-ish this evening fwiw! Only the massive Chicago one remains!

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 17d

Oh yea I looked while prepping for a news assignment where I was gonna fly and that plan is delayed for a bit now.

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 17d

Maybe but honestly I'm sorta doubting that the FAA would approve a waiver realistically.

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 18d

Possibly. My only other thought was it's the TFR for the Chicago Marathon, but this is way larger than normal for Marathon protection, if so.

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Talia Sprague @taliaspraguephotography.com · 18d

The FAA just issued an absolutely enormous drone flight restriction over Chicago for the next week for security reasons. This is in addition to a 0.5NM TFR over the Broadview ICE processing facility. tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...

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