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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 4h

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VIDEO: Chicago news producer violently detained by ICE agents

A producer with Chicago television station WGN was violently apprehended and detained by Border Patrol agents on the city’s northside Friday, as seen in videos captured by witnesses.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 17h

"Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism: The head of a conservative watchdog organization acknowledged that its report did not find evidence that the network of liberal billionaire George Soros had broken the law."

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Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 20h

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Trump accidentally posted message pressuring Pam Bondi to charge his enemies, source says

Trump pressured the attorney general to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

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Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

White House response is measured as always:

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 22h

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Sister Jean, beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago men's basketball team, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt became one of the most talked-about personalities during the school's run to the Final Four of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the committee said.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000. nfap.com/research/new...

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 1d

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DOT chief threatens to fire air traffic controllers who skip work

The Trump administration has also threatened to lay off thousands of federal employees at other agencies if Congress doesn’t halt the government shutdown.

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 1d

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Former student at an elite Catholic school in New Jersey wins $5 million in damages

The first civil trial against the church in the state involved an ex-Delbarton School student who alleged a monk sexually abused him in the mid-1970s.

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 2d

I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

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Corky Siemaszko @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social · 3d

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Airport delays hit second day amid government shutdown

Staffing shortages have already caused delays at airports in Denver; Burbank, California; and Newark, New Jersey.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8d

Weber State University in Utah was set to host a conference this week on "Navigating the Complexities of Censorship.”

Then, the conference got ... censored.

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