clara
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Yesterday, I became the first member of Congress in years to visit the Broadview ICE Processing Facility so I could conduct critical oversight on what’s happening inside.
The American people need to understand what’s going on in our communities in the name of the United States.
The American people need to understand what’s going on in our communities in the name of the United States.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yesterday, I became the first member of Congress in years to visit the Broadview ICE Processing Facility so I could conduct critical oversight on what’s happening inside.
The American people need to understand what’s going on in our communities in the name of the United States.
The American people need to understand what’s going on in our communities in the name of the United States.
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Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
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At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.
One thing that is tough about rapid response/patrols, besides constantly being threatened by armed secret police, is that for the most part they see the defeats. There are exceptions, but you’ll never know how many people were saved by slowing feds down, whistles, community alerts, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.
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If I can give 3 pieces of unsolicited advice to people facing ICE/CBP:
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If I can give 3 pieces of unsolicited advice to people facing ICE/CBP:
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
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buckaroos know this classic way
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
buckaroos know this classic way
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outside of individual donations to gofundmes and such, one helpful destination for your money right now is this bond fund. everyone being released from broadview needs to pay $1500 bond, which is obviously insane. it's going to cost like $925k to successfully spring 615 people linktr.ee/mw_bondfund
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund | Linktree
We formed in 2020 & began paying out immigration bonds for IL, IN, WI, and KY.
linktr.ee
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
outside of individual donations to gofundmes and such, one helpful destination for your money right now is this bond fund. everyone being released from broadview needs to pay $1500 bond, which is obviously insane. it's going to cost like $925k to successfully spring 615 people linktr.ee/mw_bondfund
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Remember when city council didn’t pass the #plowthesidewalks pilot?
Isn’t it amazing how the city enabled this icy slide to develop on their property (a bridge), and it stops immediately at a private property’s sidewalk frontage?
Isn’t it amazing how the city enabled this icy slide to develop on their property (a bridge), and it stops immediately at a private property’s sidewalk frontage?
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Remember when city council didn’t pass the #plowthesidewalks pilot?
Isn’t it amazing how the city enabled this icy slide to develop on their property (a bridge), and it stops immediately at a private property’s sidewalk frontage?
Isn’t it amazing how the city enabled this icy slide to develop on their property (a bridge), and it stops immediately at a private property’s sidewalk frontage?
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Fuck every alder who voted against plowing the sidewalks in chicago. I hope you don't slip and fall and break some bones.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fuck every alder who voted against plowing the sidewalks in chicago. I hope you don't slip and fall and break some bones.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
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Here is more from the Library Union - Chicago Public Libraries are under threat. Now is the time to act.
Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here is more from the Library Union - Chicago Public Libraries are under threat. Now is the time to act.
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CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.
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a federal agent pointing a gun at a compliant citizen that isn't posing an immediate threat to their safety is a violation of the fourth amendment
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
a federal agent pointing a gun at a compliant citizen that isn't posing an immediate threat to their safety is a violation of the fourth amendment
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This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
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The right to public prayer is an animating belief for the right, and has been for decades. They’ll activate national resources because of a single preschool in Peoria. Watch as this disappears beneath the waves without a single tweet from Alliance Defending Freedom et al.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The right to public prayer is an animating belief for the right, and has been for decades. They’ll activate national resources because of a single preschool in Peoria. Watch as this disappears beneath the waves without a single tweet from Alliance Defending Freedom et al.
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Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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CTA plans 24-hour service on Orange Line to Midway, thanks to mass transit bailout
Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen’s ambitious plan would also expand — from 20 to 30 routes — the so-called “Frequent Bus Network” that provides service “every ten minutes or better” between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Other attorneys who spoke at the presser wished to remind the public that they can visit tinyurl.com/chicagotro to report when federal immigration agents in Chicagoland potentially violate District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against abuse of press, protestors and religious practitioners.
Rev. Abby Holcombe of the River Forest Methodist Church, another plaintiff shot with pepper balls: "I have one more message for Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem, the ICE agents who shot at me and all other ICE agents and president Trump: God is always on the side of the oppressed. So which side are you on?"
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Other attorneys who spoke at the presser wished to remind the public that they can visit tinyurl.com/chicagotro to report when federal immigration agents in Chicagoland potentially violate District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against abuse of press, protestors and religious practitioners.
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Usually with something like this, if you got all the way to “piperidyl triazines,” you’d have the name of the dude in question right. But you just can’t rely on that with AI, there’s no “brown M&Ms” trick. You have to check everything at every level every time
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Usually with something like this, if you got all the way to “piperidyl triazines,” you’d have the name of the dude in question right. But you just can’t rely on that with AI, there’s no “brown M&Ms” trick. You have to check everything at every level every time
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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Sickos Yes
This reminds me a bit of this proposal to turn the District of Columbia into 127 states. harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sickos Yes
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Oops! All Chicago
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oops! All Chicago
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unsurprised but still horrified by what is going on in the broadview facility
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
unsurprised but still horrified by what is going on in the broadview facility
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🚨 JOIN @icirr.bsky.social at Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino’s court hearing Wed, Nov 5th, 8:00 am at Jackson & Dearborn.
🪧 Greg Bovino has led the terror attacks against our communities here in Illinois. Protest outside Bovino’s court hearing & make clear that he + ICE + CBP aren’t welcome here!
🪧 Greg Bovino has led the terror attacks against our communities here in Illinois. Protest outside Bovino’s court hearing & make clear that he + ICE + CBP aren’t welcome here!
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🚨 JOIN @icirr.bsky.social at Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino’s court hearing Wed, Nov 5th, 8:00 am at Jackson & Dearborn.
🪧 Greg Bovino has led the terror attacks against our communities here in Illinois. Protest outside Bovino’s court hearing & make clear that he + ICE + CBP aren’t welcome here!
🪧 Greg Bovino has led the terror attacks against our communities here in Illinois. Protest outside Bovino’s court hearing & make clear that he + ICE + CBP aren’t welcome here!
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Just because prisons & jails CAN increase rates under these new rules doesn’t mean they SHOULD.
Protecting family contact is good for incarcerated people, loved ones & prisons/jails.
Increasing phone rates will cost not just dollars and cents.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/12...
Protecting family contact is good for incarcerated people, loved ones & prisons/jails.
Increasing phone rates will cost not just dollars and cents.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/12...
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just because prisons & jails CAN increase rates under these new rules doesn’t mean they SHOULD.
Protecting family contact is good for incarcerated people, loved ones & prisons/jails.
Increasing phone rates will cost not just dollars and cents.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/12...
Protecting family contact is good for incarcerated people, loved ones & prisons/jails.
Increasing phone rates will cost not just dollars and cents.
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/12...