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Chicago transport, bikes, walking, zoning, biz, but no guarantee we won’t talk about something else. Don’t take all posts literally.
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Chair of @chicagocta.bsky.social Board has concerns about the transit reform bill. Says that Chicago may have given up too much local control over the CTA. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/o...
Lester L. Barclay: Transit funding was secured, but the CTA paid a price
Illinois’ public transit bill marks the end of Chicago’s autonomy over its own system.
www.chicagotribune.com
Nah. I think we’re good trying something else. The current way doesn’t work, and that’s what the chair suggests continues.
Example: Red Line extension that should have just been a repurpose of the Metra Electric infrastructure
Example: Red Line extension that should have just been a repurpose of the Metra Electric infrastructure
What is with this administration?
Do they not like the tourist dollars flowing into the city that this brings?
They say there is a budget crisis but then they do this.
Do they not like the tourist dollars flowing into the city that this brings?
They say there is a budget crisis but then they do this.
The weirdest local story in Chicago right now is City Hall messing with the Christkindlmarket in Daley plaza. They’ve dramatically cut capacity to half of what it was during COVID (???)
A beloved local tradition getting hassled, why????
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/c...
A beloved local tradition getting hassled, why????
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/c...
Christkindlmarket vendors ‘hopeful’ for resolution over new Daley Center capacity limit
City officials have put a 1,553-visitor limit on the Christkindlmarket, affecting vendors and putting the nearly 30-year-long event at risk.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What is with this administration?
Do they not like the tourist dollars flowing into the city that this brings?
They say there is a budget crisis but then they do this.
Do they not like the tourist dollars flowing into the city that this brings?
They say there is a budget crisis but then they do this.
A thing to remember is that their entire justification for this is that the people they are taking are dangerous criminals. And this has been proven not true, time and time again. Even their own statements put their success rate at below 3%.
A Border Patrol agent under Gregory Bovino wrote a report using ChatGPT and was texting with “Allmightywhity,” bodycam footage reviewed by the @chicagotribune.com shows.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...
Bodycam footage from Operation Midway Blitz released: ‘It’s all about arresting people’
The group of videos made public through the Loevy & Loevy law firm includes footage from agents who responded to controversial arrest operations in the Little Village and Irving Park neighborho…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A thing to remember is that their entire justification for this is that the people they are taking are dangerous criminals. And this has been proven not true, time and time again. Even their own statements put their success rate at below 3%.
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It's crazy to hear how many people are driving into this neighborhood recklessly.
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's crazy to hear how many people are driving into this neighborhood recklessly.
This story doesn’t explain the reason for the Christkindlmarket attendance restrictions. Reducing by 4,000 to 1,000 is a lot! What is Johnson not telling us?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/c...
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This story doesn’t explain the reason for the Christkindlmarket attendance restrictions. Reducing by 4,000 to 1,000 is a lot! What is Johnson not telling us?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/26/c...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Irving Park needs to lose half the bus stops it has
I completed my final count. Out of 10,511 bus stops, I found that 4,360 (41%) of them could be removed to align with national best practices of 1/4 mile spacing. Long-form explainer article and an interactive map are forthcoming. Green dots are removed stops, black are kept stops.
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Irving Park needs to lose half the bus stops it has
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In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
As ICE detains longtime Chicago street vendors with no criminal history, neighbors rally with emergency funds
As longtime vendors quietly disappear from the corners they’ve held for years, community organizations and neighbors are scrambling to support those taken, their families and those still working on…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
Think of your typical jerk police officer and make it 1000x worse and you have Bovino.
Here’s Bovino defending the use of tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood before a Halloween party.
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Think of your typical jerk police officer and make it 1000x worse and you have Bovino.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Was happy to see that the city closed Washington for the weekend Christkindlmarket, but sad they didn’t actually expand the market to the street. Instead, it had a giant line. Seems like Clark would be perfect to close for the duration of the market, and allow it to expand. #Chicago
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Was happy to see that the city closed Washington for the weekend Christkindlmarket, but sad they didn’t actually expand the market to the street. Instead, it had a giant line. Seems like Clark would be perfect to close for the duration of the market, and allow it to expand. #Chicago
Good work, NC
"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
In North Carolina, the Border Patrol’s Presence Divides a Swing State
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Good work, NC
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Sure sounds like current board members are actively trying to sabotage the hard-fought #RevenuesAndReform of SB2111 through an amendatory veto.
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sure sounds like current board members are actively trying to sabotage the hard-fought #RevenuesAndReform of SB2111 through an amendatory veto.
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
We're not done yet: call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and tell him to sign SB2111 **as-is**!
gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c...
According to this CNN report, it sure does seem like agents tried to murder her, even though they were never actually in any danger
youtu.be/LbkfUcuHfKo?...
youtu.be/LbkfUcuHfKo?...
CNN speaks with woman shot by Border Patrol five times
YouTube video by CNN
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November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
According to this CNN report, it sure does seem like agents tried to murder her, even though they were never actually in any danger
youtu.be/LbkfUcuHfKo?...
youtu.be/LbkfUcuHfKo?...
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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The reason people freak out and run from Trump’s racist goon squad is they are literally disappearing people. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The reason people freak out and run from Trump’s racist goon squad is they are literally disappearing people. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
Nah. I think we’re good trying something else. The current way doesn’t work, and that’s what the chair suggests continues.
Example: Red Line extension that should have just been a repurpose of the Metra Electric infrastructure
Example: Red Line extension that should have just been a repurpose of the Metra Electric infrastructure
Chair of @chicagocta.bsky.social Board has concerns about the transit reform bill. Says that Chicago may have given up too much local control over the CTA. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/o...
Lester L. Barclay: Transit funding was secured, but the CTA paid a price
Illinois’ public transit bill marks the end of Chicago’s autonomy over its own system.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Nah. I think we’re good trying something else. The current way doesn’t work, and that’s what the chair suggests continues.
Example: Red Line extension that should have just been a repurpose of the Metra Electric infrastructure
Example: Red Line extension that should have just been a repurpose of the Metra Electric infrastructure
Any Democrat that isn’t running around saying they will prosecute the people who made this possible don’t deserve a vote at the next election.
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Any Democrat that isn’t running around saying they will prosecute the people who made this possible don’t deserve a vote at the next election.
The world needs to see what happened in Chicago.
The Trump-Vance admin's Chicago ICE raid resulted in sobbing children restrained with zip ties, U.S. citizens detained, homes trashed, and many traumatized.
This raid was extensively recorded by the admin – and we intend to force the release of ALL raw footage. That’s why we’re back in court today.
This raid was extensively recorded by the admin – and we intend to force the release of ALL raw footage. That’s why we’re back in court today.
'I Lost Everything': Venezuelans Were Rounded Up In Dramatic South Shore Raid But Never Charged With A Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
blockclubchicago.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The world needs to see what happened in Chicago.
Great job Charlotte. You made them sad, and they had to go
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great job Charlotte. You made them sad, and they had to go
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Because of the Republican Party’s draconian immigration policies, a brewing institute that has been in Chicago since 1872 is moving to Quebec, citing “increased student visa challenges.”
A loss for the city AND the country.
www.facebook.com/Siebelinstit...
A loss for the city AND the country.
www.facebook.com/Siebelinstit...
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Because of the Republican Party’s draconian immigration policies, a brewing institute that has been in Chicago since 1872 is moving to Quebec, citing “increased student visa challenges.”
A loss for the city AND the country.
www.facebook.com/Siebelinstit...
A loss for the city AND the country.
www.facebook.com/Siebelinstit...
Disturbing things from Republicans, to be exact.
The same Republicans also ok with the swastika not being considered racist.
They can choose to stop this madness anytime
The same Republicans also ok with the swastika not being considered racist.
They can choose to stop this madness anytime
truly unhinged and disturbing propaganda from the United States government
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Disturbing things from Republicans, to be exact.
The same Republicans also ok with the swastika not being considered racist.
They can choose to stop this madness anytime
The same Republicans also ok with the swastika not being considered racist.
They can choose to stop this madness anytime
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theres no coming back from this without prosecuting everyone up and down the chain of command
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
theres no coming back from this without prosecuting everyone up and down the chain of command
Lying liars that lie
This is a thread detailing a series of incidents where federal Judge Ellis rules that Gregory Bovino and his agents lied or misrepresented what was happening on the streets of Chicago. In this one, she says body cam footage suggests they brake checked to cause accidents
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Lying liars that lie