🎄Peter Nickeas 🎅🏻🦌🕯️☃️❄️🎁
@peternickeas.bsky.social
Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune.
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“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
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Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
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Yes, please.
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s dark skies.
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yes, please.
This was a banger I don't care if it doesn't do numbers
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This was a banger I don't care if it doesn't do numbers
Threw dirt on the casket
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Threw dirt on the casket
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
Who else learned today what "catch and kill" means, I haven't heard of that practice before.
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Who else learned today what "catch and kill" means, I haven't heard of that practice before.
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"Usually she had warned her father about immigration agents before he went to work on construction sites.
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.
The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Usually she had warned her father about immigration agents before he went to work on construction sites.
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
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www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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Reporter @alexnitkin.bsky.social will be on @abc7.bsky.social today to discuss his recent story on property tax increases.
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
ABC7 Chicago Live Stream: Newscasts, Breaking News from WLS-TV
Watch live streaming video and newscasts from Chicago and stay updated with the latest local WLS broadcasts, plus live breaking news and weather as it happens.
abc7chicago.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reporter @alexnitkin.bsky.social will be on @abc7.bsky.social today to discuss his recent story on property tax increases.
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
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Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
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there’s so much in this opinion it’s natural to focus on the particularly brutal elements that did happen but I keep personally remembering that the feds were authorized to kill Chicagoans if they felt they had to for a safe exit.
![BWC footage depicts agents walking up to and forcefully shoving a protester to the
ground. Axon Body 4 Video 2025-10-04 1541 D01A83204 at 16:14-16:16. After the protester
stood up, an agent pushed him again. Id. at 16:16-16:19. The protester then attempted to push
the agents away from him, at which point multiple agents ran up, grabbed him, and forcefully
tackled him to the ground. Id. at 16:19-16:37. Three agents managed to detain the protester, but
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Case: 1:25-CV-12173 Document #: 281 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 114 of 233 PageD #:7328
then inexplicably let him go. Id. at 16:54-17:11. One agent appears to have kicked the protester
while walking away. Id. at 17:10. The protester attempted to stand up after agents let him go, and agents then immediately and violently tackled him to the ground again. Id. at 17:10-17:17.
They then pushed and knelt on the protester's head and neck as they handcuffed him:
Id. at 17:27-17:40. When asked about the incident a few minutes later, the agent wearing the BWC falsely claims that he got "assaulted by [the] protester." Id. at 23:23-23:26.
According to CBP reports, CPD assumed control of all scenes at approximately 3:03 p.m.
Doc. 191-8 at 1. At this point, agents "were informed over service radio to use all means necessary to ensure their safe exit, to include the use of deadly force." Id.; see also id. at 6
("Please note that ground units were directed from DCPA Parra that agents use all means
necessary to ensure their safe exit to include Deadly Force."). CBP agent Hugo Sanchez's](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ghyxogmqcsikckdpaswyv7dl/bafkreigyi3tzizpegg63hekv62amxdroox36yorjgpvcw5pjz2uxxilfxe@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
there’s so much in this opinion it’s natural to focus on the particularly brutal elements that did happen but I keep personally remembering that the feds were authorized to kill Chicagoans if they felt they had to for a safe exit.
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"Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers."
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers."
Need some of that CLOSING GATE ARM today
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Need some of that CLOSING GATE ARM today
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Proud of the team at @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
"Making it in Chicago" won a Chicago Journalists Association Award for *Innovative Storytelling*
We all poured so much into the project to tell these important stories: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
chicagojournalists.net/2025/11/19/c...
"Making it in Chicago" won a Chicago Journalists Association Award for *Innovative Storytelling*
We all poured so much into the project to tell these important stories: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
chicagojournalists.net/2025/11/19/c...
CJA Names 2025 Winners - Chicago Journalists Association
The Chicago Journalists Association announces its award winners of the 2025 Dorothy Storck Award and Sarah Brown Boyden Awards.
chicagojournalists.net
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Proud of the team at @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
"Making it in Chicago" won a Chicago Journalists Association Award for *Innovative Storytelling*
We all poured so much into the project to tell these important stories: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
chicagojournalists.net/2025/11/19/c...
"Making it in Chicago" won a Chicago Journalists Association Award for *Innovative Storytelling*
We all poured so much into the project to tell these important stories: makingitinchicago.illinoisanswers.org
chicagojournalists.net/2025/11/19/c...
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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“To the extent that agents use ChatGPT to create their use of force reports, this further undermines their credibility and may explain the inaccuracy of these reports when viewed in light of the BWC footage,” Ellis wrote."
Injunction ruling provides new look at Operation Midway Blitz, from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“To the extent that agents use ChatGPT to create their use of force reports, this further undermines their credibility and may explain the inaccuracy of these reports when viewed in light of the BWC footage,” Ellis wrote."
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“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project
Launch of digitisation project marks 80th anniversary of start of legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“A fully digitised collection of the records of the Nuremberg trials is being launched online to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking legal effort to bring Nazi leaders to justice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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“You can find meanness in the least of creatures, but when God made man the devil was at his elbow.“
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“You can find meanness in the least of creatures, but when God made man the devil was at his elbow.“
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"The reason this is dismissed is because the facts in those press releases were not true. This case was going to be a winner at trial regardless," Parente said. "These agents are in reports saying things that just are not true. So when you read the next press release, I mean, consider that."
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"The reason this is dismissed is because the facts in those press releases were not true. This case was going to be a winner at trial regardless," Parente said. "These agents are in reports saying things that just are not true. So when you read the next press release, I mean, consider that."
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Art tells the judge "we don't know" whether the feds have turned over all body-worn camera footage.
"For example, we don't have defendant [Greg] Bovino's body camera footage from the Nov. 8 incident in Little Village."
"For example, we don't have defendant [Greg] Bovino's body camera footage from the Nov. 8 incident in Little Village."
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Art tells the judge "we don't know" whether the feds have turned over all body-worn camera footage.
"For example, we don't have defendant [Greg] Bovino's body camera footage from the Nov. 8 incident in Little Village."
"For example, we don't have defendant [Greg] Bovino's body camera footage from the Nov. 8 incident in Little Village."
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Ellis now orders the government to turn over all body worn camera footage of two incidents in Little Village on Nov. 6 and Nov. 8, where Bovino claimed that agents were fired upon.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Ellis now orders the government to turn over all body worn camera footage of two incidents in Little Village on Nov. 6 and Nov. 8, where Bovino claimed that agents were fired upon.
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Art: "We have asked repeatedly, in the context of the Nov. 8 incident in Little Village, where federal agents say that they were shot at, for the camera footage of that happening and the reports about it happening. And we do not have any yet."
Ellis gives the feds until Tuesday.
Ellis gives the feds until Tuesday.
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Art: "We have asked repeatedly, in the context of the Nov. 8 incident in Little Village, where federal agents say that they were shot at, for the camera footage of that happening and the reports about it happening. And we do not have any yet."
Ellis gives the feds until Tuesday.
Ellis gives the feds until Tuesday.
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NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Injunction ruling provides new look at ‘Blitz,’ from tear gas to agent using ChatGPT to help write report
A federal judge on Thursday issued a scathing opinion that takes a deep dive into the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz,” revealing new information glean…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: Body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent in Chicago using ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images,” Judge Ellis reveals in a scathing written ruling.
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...
Story here:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/i...