United Northwest Side
@unitednwside.bsky.social
A grassroots independent political organization on Chicago’s Northwest Side - organizing against the broken scarcity politics of the past for a future that includes enough for all of us.
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We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
…as a labor organizer for domestic and migrant workers, as a community mutual aid coordinator, and much more.
We're excited to get to work to help make Miguel our next 40th District State Representative, and hope that you will join us.
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We're excited to get to work to help make Miguel our next 40th District State Representative, and hope that you will join us.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
…as a labor organizer for domestic and migrant workers, as a community mutual aid coordinator, and much more.
We're excited to get to work to help make Miguel our next 40th District State Representative, and hope that you will join us.
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We're excited to get to work to help make Miguel our next 40th District State Representative, and hope that you will join us.
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In a time of ongoing attacks against our communities, we need our elected officials--at every level of government--to be front and center in the fight against fascist cruelty.
Miguel has spent over a decade doing just this kind of work…
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Miguel has spent over a decade doing just this kind of work…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a time of ongoing attacks against our communities, we need our elected officials--at every level of government--to be front and center in the fight against fascist cruelty.
Miguel has spent over a decade doing just this kind of work…
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Miguel has spent over a decade doing just this kind of work…
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United Northwest Side is proud to endorse Miguel Alvelo-Rivera for State Representative in the 40th District.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse Miguel Alvelo-Rivera for State Representative in the 40th District.
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the cook county public defender's office not mincing words in its response to a plan to allow all chicago cops to directly file felony weapons possession charges.
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
the cook county public defender's office not mincing words in its response to a plan to allow all chicago cops to directly file felony weapons possession charges.
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
"This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
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"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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The city plans to continue to sweep northwest side encampments, but there's no emergency shelter in that area for single unhoused Chicagoans to go to. A tentative city-state partnership is looking to change that. I wrote about it for week's Make it Make Sense:
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The city plans to continue to sweep northwest side encampments, but there's no emergency shelter in that area for single unhoused Chicagoans to go to. A tentative city-state partnership is looking to change that. I wrote about it for week's Make it Make Sense:
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
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Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
southsideweekly.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
The superrich have so much money they can “donate” millions without feeling it. Not to charities, but to putting out propaganda like this.
MORE ON PACs — It’s budget season in Chicago and the text messages are flowing.
It’s important to understand who is behind the political action committees reaching out to you.
Urban Center PAC = launched in 2024 by failed mayoral candidate Paul Vallas.
thetriibe.com/2025/06/whos...
It’s important to understand who is behind the political action committees reaching out to you.
Urban Center PAC = launched in 2024 by failed mayoral candidate Paul Vallas.
thetriibe.com/2025/06/whos...
Who’s behind those texts slamming Mayor Johnson and some progressive alders for their ‘snap curfew’ vote? • The TRiiBE
A round of political text messages are circulating in Chicago after the mayor’s veto on a youth curfew ordinance. Experts say these campaigns are only going to increase from here.
thetriibe.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The superrich have so much money they can “donate” millions without feeling it. Not to charities, but to putting out propaganda like this.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
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it’s important for us to know political history.
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
As Chicago undergoes the 2026 budget season, digging for ways to close a $1.15 billion shortfall, past choices of previous mayors echo throughout City Hall.
“The fact that how we got to this point is Rahm Emanuel decided, by fiat, to get rid of the head tax.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
“The fact that how we got to this point is Rahm Emanuel decided, by fiat, to get rid of the head tax.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money • The TRiiBE
Proponents say former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s removal of the corporate head tax left a hole in the city's budget that was never replaced; they want the rich to pay their fair share.
thetriibe.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
it’s important for us to know political history.
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
Critical thread and reporting. Shout out to the Triibe for its ongoing focus on the intentional steps that SA Eileen O’Neil Burke is taking to make all Chicagoans less safe.
Over the last few months, I've been taking a closer look at one of three special prosecutors tapped by the state's attorney's office to oppose Kevin Jackson's certificate of innocence. Jackson was wrongfully convicted and spent 23 years incarcerated.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
Kevin Jackson was falsely convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct • The TRiiBE
A deeper look at Fabio Valentini, whose private practice has been tapped by Cook County for a number of post-conviction hearings.
thetriibe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Critical thread and reporting. Shout out to the Triibe for its ongoing focus on the intentional steps that SA Eileen O’Neil Burke is taking to make all Chicagoans less safe.
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new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz."
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader
The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...
chicagoreader.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz."
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
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Whenever this crew comes together you know that whatever they oppose automatically makes it good for regular Chicagoans! Support Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago Budget because this crew hates it. #ProtectChicago
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Whenever this crew comes together you know that whatever they oppose automatically makes it good for regular Chicagoans! Support Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago Budget because this crew hates it. #ProtectChicago
We’re grateful for @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social’s work defending our community and speaking out against ICE terrorizing our neighbors.
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We’re grateful for @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social’s work defending our community and speaking out against ICE terrorizing our neighbors.
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
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NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE
Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”
thetriibe.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
The actions of the Trump administration make no sense if we try to grapple with them as even traditional Republican calls for “law and order.”
But we can see and name that Trump and his backers’ explicit goal is an all-white America, which allows us to make clearer choices as we fight back. (2/2)
But we can see and name that Trump and his backers’ explicit goal is an all-white America, which allows us to make clearer choices as we fight back. (2/2)
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The actions of the Trump administration make no sense if we try to grapple with them as even traditional Republican calls for “law and order.”
But we can see and name that Trump and his backers’ explicit goal is an all-white America, which allows us to make clearer choices as we fight back. (2/2)
But we can see and name that Trump and his backers’ explicit goal is an all-white America, which allows us to make clearer choices as we fight back. (2/2)
Thread from a journalist trying to explain what it feels like to observe federal terror in Chicago. It is disorienting and exhausting.
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
I get I don't have in my history exhaustive library of encounters. But doesn't feel even like extension of the worst policing I've seen, and I've seen bad. This feels different effort entire, started from scratch with few rules and better tech and pushing boundaries of what can be gotten away with.
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thread from a journalist trying to explain what it feels like to observe federal terror in Chicago. It is disorienting and exhausting.
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
…and now we’ve all got whistles.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
…and now we’ve all got whistles.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
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Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday a decision on whether to pursue the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination comes down to whether he thinks he can meet “both the challenge and the promise of tomorrow” and execute on it.
Rahm Emanuel points to record, trust with Republicans as he considers presidential bid
Former Chicago mayor and Japan ambassador Rahm Emanuel said at a City Club of Chicago luncheon he needs to have something unique to say and know he can execute on it to run for president.
trib.al
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police
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If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
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UPDATE — Mayor Brandon Johnson lays out his FY 2026 budget recommendations to protect Chicago’s most vulnerable residents from Trump.
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
Mayor Brandon Johnson reveals budget to 'Protect Chicago' from Trump cuts • The TRiiBE
“This budget was written long before I took office,” Johnson said, surrounded by Chicago Board of Education members, the CTU president, and more.
thetriibe.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
UPDATE — Mayor Brandon Johnson lays out his FY 2026 budget recommendations to protect Chicago’s most vulnerable residents from Trump.
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...