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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2h

you shouldn’t beat yourself up for surviving the best you can. you’re doing what you can do. let’s stay positive.

(she knows how dark i can get)

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 2h

Not me crying 🥹

Being Superwoman and getting to just let go and cry in your man’s arms, priceless

Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 2h

🥹🥹🥹

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2h

my mom’s giving out the uplifting words tonight

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 5h

i do. my all-time favorite childhood cartoon. i still do rewatches each summer

Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 5h

seconded

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 9h

by the end of every Friday since September, it’s felt like i’ve lived 15 lives in one work week

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 10h

Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.

With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 10h

not going to repost or share the video of Debbie Brockman, longtime WGN producer, because her pants are sliding down during that arrest and the feds don’t even have the common decency to let her adjust her clothing.

all i’ll say is these agents are heartless and ruthless AF.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11h

The journalist feds grabbed this morning is reportedly Debbie Brockman, per her LinkedIn info a producer for @wgntv.com.

WGN gave a statement for this Trib story, but WGN's website has yet to mention one of its producers being seized by masked federal agents.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 13h

For future reference, Chicago: bookmark this page
thetriibe.com/2025/09/how-...

How to share your videos of ICE and other federal agents with The TRiiBE • The TRiiBE

The newsroom collaboration encourages Chicago residents to send in videos of federal agent misconduct

thetriibe.com

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 14h

this is such a good story with more insight into how premeditated the South Shore raid was.

h/t Sun-Times and BEZ

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist @oksoboom.blacksky.app · 15h

I’ve met a LOT of women who would love to be soft and gentle and just can’t. The world won’t let them.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 15h

NEW — Federal judges in Chicago handed the Trump administration two major defeats on Thursday, but the week isn’t done yet.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/trum...

Trump’s bad week in court • The TRiiBE

Federal judges in Chicago handed the Trump administration two major defeats on Thursday, but the week isn’t done yet.

thetriibe.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 14h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump admin reportedly plans to deploy the FBI, DHS, DOJ, IRS and the Treasury Dept. against left-wing groups it accuses of 'funding and organizing political violence'

INSIGHT-Trump’s War On The Left: Inside The Plan To Investigate Liberal Groups

The Trump admin plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus against left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said.

www.huffpost.com

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 1d

think it’s time i keep some thoughts between myself and my journal. it feels better there

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 1d

i swear. been feeling like i should go to bed since 730p

Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 1d

830p feels like 11p in these times

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Trump administration sent California National Guard troops under federal authority to Illinois, alongside Texas and Illinois National Guard troops, lawyers for the state of Illinois and Chicago told a federal judge early this morning, according to court records. @wttw.bsky.social

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

sixty-eight chicago community, faith, + social service organizations are calling on cook county commissioners to “protect and increase social service spending” amid drastic cuts nationally from the trump admin.

they suggest freezing all law enforcement spending, which has “unjustifiably increased.”

In the last year, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented action to dismantle institutions and programs benefiting marginalized communities, cut funding for essential social services, and pull back funds allocated to states and local jurisdictions. These cuts jeopardize public safety and risk reversing the incredible progress Cook County has made in reducing community violence.

The undersigned 68 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations write to call on you and your fellow commissioners to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence. You can support these services by freezing law enforcement spending, which is already far above the levels set when there were many more people in jail and many more criminal cases being processed by our court system.
Over the last decade, Cook County has made tremendous progress in reducing pretrial jailing and improving community safety. This has been a byproduct of both moving away from racist policies promoting mass incarceration and strategically investing in expansions to the social safety net and community-based violence prevention programs. With the Trump administration gutting many of the federal programs aimed at supporting the neighborhoods most at risk of community violence, it is essential that Cook County not only avoid cutting budgets for these programs but also increase investments.

We believe that Cook County can protect and increase essential health and human service spending by freezing all spending for law enforcement. Despite the nearly 40% decrease in the number of people incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, the Cook County Department of Corrections budget has not seen a reduction that coincides with that change in responsibility.
Similarly, the budget for the State's Attorney's Office grew tremendously over the last decade, even as both the number of case filings and crime rates …

… continued to decrease. It is important to note that while the federal government has cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for essential social services, law enforcement spending has unjustifiably increased.

We would be remiss if we did not acknowledge President Trump's authoritarian attacks on residents of Cook County. Over the last several weeks, there have been repeated threats to the safety of our community members through executive orders targeting people without homes or who have mental health needs. Numerous federal law enforcement agencies have been dispatched to make arrests and deport our neighbors. It is essential at this moment that Cook County expand investments to ensure adequate support of community members targeted by the actions of the Trump administration and everyone impacted by its reduced funding for resources that allow marginalized people to live safe and healthy lives. The County's investment must include increasing the budget of the Public Defender's Office, which is responsible for defending increasing numbers of Cook County residents facing both criminal charges and immigration removal proceedings.

Cook County must protect its important progress increasing community safety and reducing pretrial jailing from a federal administration that has made clear that it does not care about our most vulnerable residents. Please stand strong for community safety by freezing law enforcement spending to protect essential health and human service investments and expand support for Public Defense.

Sincerely,
The Cook County members of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice and supporting organizations:
A Just Harvest
A Midwest Movement Project
Access Living
Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment | AFIRE
Apna Ghar, Inc.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice ||
Chicago
Beyond Legal Aid
BlackRoots Alliance
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
Cannabis Equity IL Coalition

Chicago Alliance Against Sexual
Exploitation | CAASE
Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
Chicago Community Bond Fund
Chicago Therapy Collective
Chicago Torture Justice Center
Chicago United for Equity
Chicago United Solidarity Project | CUSP
Chicago Urban League
Chicago Votes
Children's Best Interest Project
Circles & Ciphers
Color Of Change
Community Renewal Society
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy
Project | FLAP
First Defense Legal Aid
HANA Center
Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice Illinois National Organization for Women
Illinois Prison Project
Illinois Social Justice Alliance
Impact for Equity
Indivisible Chicago-South Side
Inside Out Network
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
KAN-WIN
Legal Council for Health Justice
Liberation Library
Lucy Parsons Labs
Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition
& Solidarity | MAMAS
Muslim Civic Coalition
NAMI Cook County North Suburban
National Lawyers Guild Chicago
Nehemiah Trinity Rising
Nikkei Uprising
Northwestern University Graduate Workers
Pretrial Justice Institute
Restore Justice
Revolution Workshop
Sana Healing Collective
Saving Our Urban Leaders
Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston
She Votes Illinois
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
SisterReach Illinois
Southsiders Organizing for Unity and
Liberation | SOUL
Stick Talk
TASC, Inc.
The People's Lobby
The Puerto Rico Project To Defend If Necessary
Trinity United Church of Christ
Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of
Illinois
Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of
Ilinois
Uptown People's Law Center
West Town Law Office
Wolf Pack Therapy
Youth Empowerment Performance Project

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Chat is it a good sign that it took national reporters an entire month to finally pay attention to the third largest metro in the country being invaded

Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really glad more people are realizing how brutal ICE has been in Chicago but it's really weird to see people talking about Rev Black getting attacked like it happened yesterday and not 3 weeks ago. Like, I'm glad people are catching up! But it's very weird.

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2d

smh i forgot he remixed it or something

Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2d

ok… wait.

A$AP Rocky has a writing credit on Sam Smith’s “I’m Not The Only One” 😯

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2d

i’ve entered The Bodyguard portion of my music evening… and i will repeat this sdtk til i fall asleep

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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 2d

they’ve got it all figured out