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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 19h

BBC OS had me and a few other Chicagoans on air to talk about President Trump saying Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson should “be in jail” for not protecting ICE agents. Listen here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

Background from @blockclubchi.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/t...

Trump Says Johnson, Pritzker Should 'Be In Jail' For Not Protecting ICE

The social media post comes as the three are at loggerheads over Trump's decision to send National Guard troops to the Chicago area.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 20h

thx for the note!

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 20h

“It’s a matter of not being caught off guard." | Irving Park and Albany Park neighbors are organizing to help protect students and their guardians from federal immigration agents that have Chicago’s immigrant communities on edge. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/c... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Chicago Neighbors Are Forming Watches Near Schools To Protect Students, Guardians From ICE

Increased federal immigration activity has prompted whistle-carrying neighbors in Irving Park and Albany Park to organize walking school buses and keep watch over students and guardians during school ...

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Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social · 1d

In a note to @blockclubchi.bsky.social readers, I explain why we joined the lawsuit to protect Chicago journalists — and why this step isn't political & shouldn't be viewed as controversial:
newsletter.blockclubchi.org/index.php?ac...

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Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social · 1d

@blockclubchi.bsky.social, our nonprofit newsroom, is suing the federal government after 4 of our journalists were shot w/ pepper-spray bullets & tear-gassed by federal agents at Broadview.

Here's why we're defending our First Amendment right to report — and your right to know:

Block Club Chicago, News Organizations Sue Feds Over First Amendment Violations

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed while covering protests outside the Broadview ICE facility. A judge heard arguments at an emergency hearing Monday.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

More from @themelodymercado.bsky.social: Federal immigration agents appeared to be targeting Rico Fresh grocery store in Logan Square. “I thought this is a country where I can have freedom,” one witness said. “Did I think this would happen to me in America? No.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Family, Grocery Shoppers Run As Masked Agent Throws Smoke Bomb Onto Busy Chicago Street

Federal immigration agents appeared to be targeting Rico Fresh grocery store in Logan Square. “I thought this is a country where I can have freedom," one witness said. "Did I think this would happen t...

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 5d

Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park Ald. Jessie Fuentes as she confronted them Friday at Humboldt Park Hospital.

Agents handcuffed her, forced her out of the hospital and threatened her with arrest, Fuentes told a Block Club reporter. blockclubchi.co/3Wkje5V

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

This is a developing story that includes verified information about the Logan Square incident you flagged. bsky.app/profile/avhn...

Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

“They don’t care about people’s constitutional rights," Ald. Jessie Fuentes told @blockclubchi.bsky.social. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f... More reporting on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago, per @arielparrella.bsky.social & @themelodymercado.bsky.social.

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video from Friday, federal agents inside a car threw smoke grenades into a street while people were outside nearby.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

“They don’t care about people’s constitutional rights," Ald. Jessie Fuentes told @blockclubchi.bsky.social. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f... More reporting on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago, per @arielparrella.bsky.social & @themelodymercado.bsky.social.

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video from Friday, federal agents inside a car threw smoke grenades into a street while people were outside nearby.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

We are aware. If this is footage you personally recorded, please reach out via the information I posted above. If not, please refer the person who filmed it to that website (if possible), please and thank you.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

Los periodistas de @blockclubchi.bsky.social siguen informando sobre la actividad migratoria federal de hoy en Chicago. Si tiene grabaciones de la actividad de los agentes federales, contáctenos aquí:

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 5d

The @blockclubchi.bsky.social newsroom continues to report on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago. If you have footage of agent activity you filmed, please reach out via this website:

callforvideos.formstack.com/forms/chicag...

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 6d

“They know that they can’t arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing. That’s how they’re silencing us,” one veteran said Thursday. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/v... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed'

“They know that they can't arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing,” one veteran said Thursday.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 8d

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 8d

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
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Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’

WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 8d

“ICE has to stop unprovoked, chemical arms attacks on peaceful protesters and on journalists. This behavior is not normal. This is not Putin’s Russia. This is the United States of America,” said Broadview Mayor Katrina Thomas. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/f... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Feds Are Tear Gassing Police, First Responders In Broadview, Officials Say: 'This Is Not Putin's Russia'

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said the feds must do a better job of working with local officials.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 9d

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 10d

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.

He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”

“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.

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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 19d

It’s been a damn week. And the @blockclubchi.bsky.social team has done a great job covering it all behind the lens. Check out our photos:
This Week In Photos: Mexican Independence Celebrations Carry On Amid ICE Threats And More blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/t...

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 19d

Meet Miguel Davila. He’s on the janitorial staff at the Blue Line’s Grand station, and he’s a legend among the CTA’s cleaning crews as one of the top contenders in the agency’s Jamboree competition for the past eight years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/f... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

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Ariel Parrella @arielparrella.bsky.social · 19d

Jailene Cepeda was a mother of two, a beloved sister and a devout Christian. Her family is raising money for her funeral and burial and hope justice will be served after she was fatally shot last weekend in Humboldt Park. blockclubchi.co/3IkiU3W

Humboldt Park Family Raising Money For Slain Daughter's Funeral

Jailene Cepeda's family is raising money for her funeral and burial. They hope justice will be served after she was fatally shot.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 19d

I appreciate Brittany Luse, Liam McBain and Neena Pathak for inviting me and Vox’s Abdallah Fayyad to @npr.org's “It’s Been A Minute” to talk about Trump’s obsession with Chicago and NYC. www.npr.org/2025/09/19/n...

Background via @blockclubchi.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/05/s...

Will Trump protect your city? : It's Been a Minute

Why is Trump sending the National Guard to cities when crime is already falling?Earlier this month, President Trump posted this: “I love the smell of deportations in the morning. Chicago about to find...

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 19d

Protesters were tear gassed, shot with pepper spray bullets and some detained by ICE officers outside of a facility in suburban Broadview Friday morning. blockclubchi.co/3VslkAr

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 19d

Nearly 50 college instructors across #Illinois landed on #CharlieKirk's “Professor Watchlist.” @wbez.org reached out to all of them and found the list triggered hateful messages, threats of rape or death, and intensification since Kirk's killing.

#twill www.wbez.org/politics/202...

Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watchlist

An online database compiled by a group affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk identifies close to 50 Illinois college instructors it labels "radical professors."

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 20d

Edward R. Murrow during the
“See it Now” episode that aired March 9, 1954 on CBS titled, "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.”

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 20d

Elected officials and neighbors are gathering for an emergency town hall Sunday in Albany Park to discuss ways to help neighbors as federal immigration agents flood Chicago. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/18/r... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Resisting ICE In Chicago: North Side Leaders Hosting Emergency Town Hall On How To Fight Back

The Sunday event will connect Chicagoans who want to protect vulnerable neighbors with resources and training, organizers said.

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