Stephanie Kollmann
@slkollmann.bsky.social
law, policy, Illinoisances
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
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The story of the real Sausage King of Chicago is about what happened when a pair of wealthy real estate investors with a penchant for 80s pop culture bought a property in Chicago, how they collected $millions in rent from the fed govt without giving low-income residents a safe & clean place to live.
The landlord received millions in federal rent subsidies while tenants complained about years of poor maintenance and deplorable conditions.
What happened when The Sausage King of Chicago bought a South Side housing complex?
www.wbez.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The story of the real Sausage King of Chicago is about what happened when a pair of wealthy real estate investors with a penchant for 80s pop culture bought a property in Chicago, how they collected $millions in rent from the fed govt without giving low-income residents a safe & clean place to live.
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The landlord received millions in federal rent subsidies while tenants complained about years of poor maintenance and deplorable conditions.
What happened when The Sausage King of Chicago bought a South Side housing complex?
www.wbez.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The landlord received millions in federal rent subsidies while tenants complained about years of poor maintenance and deplorable conditions.
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I learned about abolitionist Jonathan Walker from Marcus Rediker's new book. www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Arti... - He became known as the "man with the branded hand."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
The Man with the Branded Hand | Wisconsin Historical Society
Discover the story of Jonathan Walker, "Slave Stealer."
www.wisconsinhistory.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I learned about abolitionist Jonathan Walker from Marcus Rediker's new book. www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Arti... - He became known as the "man with the branded hand."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
"the palm of his right-hand had been branded by a Florida court with the letters "S.S." for "slave stealer."
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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We are alarmed by State’s Attorney Burke's elimination of felony review in gun possession cases.
This policy ignores decades of police misconduct, while signaling that Burke is not committed to preventing, combatting, or protecting people from misconduct.
endmoneybond.org/states-attor...
This policy ignores decades of police misconduct, while signaling that Burke is not committed to preventing, combatting, or protecting people from misconduct.
endmoneybond.org/states-attor...
State’s Attorney’s Decision to Eliminate Felony Review of Gun Possession Charges Is Ripe for Abuse - Coalition to End Money Bond
In January 2025, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office instituted what they call the “Felony Review Bypass Program,” which allows the Chicago Police Department to file felony charges directly for ...
endmoneybond.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We are alarmed by State’s Attorney Burke's elimination of felony review in gun possession cases.
This policy ignores decades of police misconduct, while signaling that Burke is not committed to preventing, combatting, or protecting people from misconduct.
endmoneybond.org/states-attor...
This policy ignores decades of police misconduct, while signaling that Burke is not committed to preventing, combatting, or protecting people from misconduct.
endmoneybond.org/states-attor...
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UPDATE: State’s Attorney Burke announced on Friday that she is expanding this policy citywide, despite the call to end the policy from 130+ organizations and community leaders. Read our statement here: www.chicagoappleseed.org/2025/11/25/s...
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
UPDATE: State’s Attorney Burke announced on Friday that she is expanding this policy citywide, despite the call to end the policy from 130+ organizations and community leaders. Read our statement here: www.chicagoappleseed.org/2025/11/25/s...
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Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year.
Learn about the harmful policies that State's Attorney Burke has put in place & how communities are fighting back on 12/10 at Grace Place(637 S Dearborn)!
Register at: bit.ly/SATeach-in
Learn about the harmful policies that State's Attorney Burke has put in place & how communities are fighting back on 12/10 at Grace Place(637 S Dearborn)!
Register at: bit.ly/SATeach-in
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year.
Learn about the harmful policies that State's Attorney Burke has put in place & how communities are fighting back on 12/10 at Grace Place(637 S Dearborn)!
Register at: bit.ly/SATeach-in
Learn about the harmful policies that State's Attorney Burke has put in place & how communities are fighting back on 12/10 at Grace Place(637 S Dearborn)!
Register at: bit.ly/SATeach-in
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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.
we are so embarrassing
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
we are so embarrassing
FACT: nobody can stop you from pronouncing that ridiculous media rebrand as em-snow
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
FACT: nobody can stop you from pronouncing that ridiculous media rebrand as em-snow
Does anyone have a link to all of the (400) people on ZM transition teams?
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Does anyone have a link to all of the (400) people on ZM transition teams?
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~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
Support Unraveled
unraveledpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
“The Nevada County District Attorney’s Office has, in at least three criminal cases in recent weeks, filed briefing citing to fabricated (legal) authority,” wrote lawyers for the nonprofit Civil Rights Corps, which is representing Kjoller...with a...public defender."
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
AI caused errors in a criminal case, Northern California prosecutor says
A Nevada County prosecutor used AI to develop a motion in a criminal case, resulting in false legal citations, the DA says.
www.sacbee.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“The Nevada County District Attorney’s Office has, in at least three criminal cases in recent weeks, filed briefing citing to fabricated (legal) authority,” wrote lawyers for the nonprofit Civil Rights Corps, which is representing Kjoller...with a...public defender."
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility and warns deportation blitz isn't over
@tinasfon.bsky.social reports, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@tinasfon.bsky.social reports, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility and warns deportation blitz isn't over
The Democratic congresswoman said staffing for Chicago-area ICE facilities is expected to triple in coming months.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood tours Broadview ICE facility and warns deportation blitz isn't over
@tinasfon.bsky.social reports, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@tinasfon.bsky.social reports, via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Exclusive: FEMA and Illinois officials pulled dozens of personnel back from surveying flood-damaged neighborhoods in Chicago because immigration agents were conducting patrols nearby, messages show.
With ICE in the area, FEMA workers were pulled from storm damage work
The decision to halt disaster assessment work came amid the immigration crackdown in Chicago. Officials worried FEMA’s efforts could put residents and surveyors at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Exclusive: FEMA and Illinois officials pulled dozens of personnel back from surveying flood-damaged neighborhoods in Chicago because immigration agents were conducting patrols nearby, messages show.
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Immigrants aren't taking jobs, they are making jobs. This is a loss to the local economy, the community, and all Americans
South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Immigrants aren't taking jobs, they are making jobs. This is a loss to the local economy, the community, and all Americans
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
Tell you what it really feels like everyone has internalized that this is the last business day to send a substantive nonfundraising email in hopes it actually will be read before Dec 8
I know better than to posit anyone should do things differently re: fundraising but I would caution against sending substantive missives during the Tgiving Week of Constant Capitalist and Nonprofit Spam
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tell you what it really feels like everyone has internalized that this is the last business day to send a substantive nonfundraising email in hopes it actually will be read before Dec 8
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not bugs, these are features of DHS operations in Chicago:
✅ Federal agents using ChatGPT to fill out incident reports
✅ Federal agents lying in court about getting hit with rocks, fireworks, vehicles
✅ Bovino thinking maroon is a color used by the Latin Kings
news.wttw.com/2025/11/24/b...
✅ Federal agents using ChatGPT to fill out incident reports
✅ Federal agents lying in court about getting hit with rocks, fireworks, vehicles
✅ Bovino thinking maroon is a color used by the Latin Kings
news.wttw.com/2025/11/24/b...
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
news.wttw.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
not bugs, these are features of DHS operations in Chicago:
✅ Federal agents using ChatGPT to fill out incident reports
✅ Federal agents lying in court about getting hit with rocks, fireworks, vehicles
✅ Bovino thinking maroon is a color used by the Latin Kings
news.wttw.com/2025/11/24/b...
✅ Federal agents using ChatGPT to fill out incident reports
✅ Federal agents lying in court about getting hit with rocks, fireworks, vehicles
✅ Bovino thinking maroon is a color used by the Latin Kings
news.wttw.com/2025/11/24/b...
Confirmed: Latin King
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Confirmed: Latin King
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
"The Siebel Institute of Technology and World Brewing Academy, which has been in Chicago for 157 years, is relocating to Montreal next year. Trump’s proposed changes to student visa policy have been listed as factors for the move."
The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"The Siebel Institute of Technology and World Brewing Academy, which has been in Chicago for 157 years, is relocating to Montreal next year. Trump’s proposed changes to student visa policy have been listed as factors for the move."
you guys can say "spatchcock the turkey" until you're blue in the face but I will continue to find both the word and the visual vaguely upsetting
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
you guys can say "spatchcock the turkey" until you're blue in the face but I will continue to find both the word and the visual vaguely upsetting
Alert: the bears, vikings, packers, and steelers are all playing at noon
If this is news to you, go run all of the errands
If this is news to you, go run all of the errands
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Alert: the bears, vikings, packers, and steelers are all playing at noon
If this is news to you, go run all of the errands
If this is news to you, go run all of the errands