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Alyssa

@alyssad.bsky.social

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Writer, smart-ass, BFA in dramaturgy/dramatic criticism lover of Chicago. Podcaster at Oh Malort!

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 9d

Alyssa is joined by Max Winkler director of The Ed Gein Story to discuss Alyssa's Cameo in said upcoming Netflix series, Max's love of Chicago as well as a riveting cold case that led to divers finding cars in the Chicago River.

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 2h

Since today is the anniversary of The Great Chicago Fire I thought I would share this article about it written by acclaimed parchitect Fredrick Law Olmstead.

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Chicago in Distress

I have had an opportunity of looking at Chicago at the beginning of the fourth week after the fire, and, as you requested, will give you a few notes of my observation. Chicago had a central quarter, c

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 6h

Ten seems generous.

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 6h

I will never forget pronouncing it correctly and a coworker tried to tell me I was wrong. This was in front of a customer who had my back.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 8h

Here is a quick update about what is happening at the Dirksen Federal Court in Chicago.

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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 2d

Cities with a higher violent crime rate than Chicago:

Houston
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
San Antonio
Corpus Christi

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Chipmunk Whisperer 🌴🥥🏝️ @chipmunkwhisperer.bsky.social · 2d

Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 2d

I don't this enjoy what we call reading comprehension.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 2d

As am I. It makes no sense.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 2d

@mostring.bsky.social, thought you might enjoy.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 2d

Operation Greylord???

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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 attorney claimed.
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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 attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not even 10 a.m., and so much has unfolded in Chicago:

– Illinois sues Trump over the National Guard deployment

– Mayor Brandon Johnson bans city property use for immigration enforcement

– Journalists and protesters sue the feds over Broadview violence

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a big day for weirdos like myself who obsess over the Northern District of Illinois.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Please note: protesters, clergy and a neighbor are also on this suit/also making claims here (it's a lot of reporters, but not only reporters!)

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 2d

all of my heroes are people I know <3

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 2d

We love you Chicago.

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 2d

The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media organizations and journalists filed the suit alongside protesters in federal court Monday alleging their First Amendment rights have been violated. https://to.wttw.com/48W1Pbc

Chicago Journalists, Protesters Suing Trump Administration Over Alleged First Amendment Violations at Broadview ICE Facility

The Chicago Headline Club, Chicago Newspaper Guild Local 34071, Block Club Chicago and other media groups filed the suit alongside protesters in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights hav...

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 4d

Broadview, Illinois, is not in Chicago

Broadview is whole separate municipality

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

WHOA: DHS says that their officers were “rammed and blocked in” in Chicago and got out of their cars and shot an U.S. citizen who reportedly also had a gun and who had been tracking ICE raids. They are blaming the shooting on her, and say they were already tracking her socials. More details to come.

Tricia McLaughlin • @TriciaOhio
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This morning, during routine patrolling in Broadview, in the same area of Chicago that law enforcement were assaulted yesterday, our brave law enforcement officers were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars.
Agents were unable to move their vehicles and exited the car. One of the drivers who rammed the law enforcement vehicle was armed with a semi-automatic weapon. Law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed US citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for wounds.
The armed woman was named in a @CBP intelligence bulletin last week for doxing agents and posting online 'Hey to all my gang let's fuck those mother fuckers up, don't let them take anyone.'

Thankfully, no law enforcement officers were seriously injured in this attack.
Pritzker's Chicago Police Department is leaving the shooting scene and refuses to assist us in securing the area. There is a growing crowd and we are deploying special operations to control the scene.
This is an evolving situation and we will give more information as soon as it becomes available.
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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 4d

Chicago is the greatest city in the world and what’s happening there is making my body physically hot and sore with rage. Every rich dentist in the Ohio exurbs with a barely touched jet ski voted for this because they led poor lives that are now nearly over. Chicago will outlast your boring anger.

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 5d

Today I made my Netflix debut in a cameo role. Some might say it is speaking extra but the director calls in a cameo and who am I to argue . My lines were off screen but eat eat your heart out because I am in a Ryan Murphey show.

Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 5d

I made a Cameo in Monster: The Ed Gein Story. In this clip you can learn how it happened.

Then listen to the episode of Oh Malort!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

What a hed. Chicago today:

Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE

A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 5d

These racist fucking goons handcuffed Alderperson Fuentes of the 26th Ward of the Great City of Chicago

Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 5d

Ald. Jessie Fuentes’ office just released a statement she was handcuffed and threatened arrest amid ongoing ICE activity in Humboldt Park.

Tear gas was also used on passersby at a Home Depot an at Rico Fresh, her office says.

I’m on my way to an emergency press conference now.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 6d

I've shared multiple articles about the ICE raid at 75th & South Shore Drive because no one of them captures everything important:
-simmering tensions over Venezuelan migrants into a Black neighborhood that is the eviction capital of Chicago
-prior deplorable conditions & lack of maintenance

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Alyssa @alyssad.bsky.social · 6d

Max Winkler, director of Monster: The Ed Gein Story, fell in love with Chicago as stated in this clip.

Take a listen then download the full episode on the app of your choice.