NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?
Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
The thought police are people who tell you what to think and demand you think it, not people who tell you what you think is shallow or stupid or thoughtless
I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...
2/2 I hate the framing and the second sentence alone (“…he’d been vilified for turning the holiday parade back into a Christmas parade and harassed by his fiercest critics while filling potholes….”) raises one of several red flags that go unanswered.
I don’t need the Times to clearly call someone a monster. I also don’t need a yet another feature that is sympathetic to a someone with right wing brain rot. It’s not a “both sides” piece because her critics are mentioned, while his aren’t. I agree with @espiers.bsky.social 1/2
In other words, "the free pass we gave to Trump to ignore the Constitution can't be used by the next Democrat President because we are partisan hacks."
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.
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.
