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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h

JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss "without prejudice" the charges against Huburt Mazur, who faced a misdemeanor charge stemming from ICE protests in Broadview.

Mazur's preliminary hearing was set for Wednesday morning.

Background: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 11h

Team coverage of the Texas troops’ arrival in the Land of Lincoln by my Chicago Public Media colleagues from @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility

Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump's administration, over the objections of local leaders.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 11h

That’s seems like major aura for a suburb of Chicago.

How many communities in the Chicago area outside of Hyde Park can boast a Nobel laureate lives among them?

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 14h

An immunologist born in west suburban Elmhurst is among the trio of researchers awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their research on how the human immune system determines its targets.

Elmhurst native wins Nobel Prize for work on immune systems

Fred Ramsdell, 64, shared the award with two researchers for their discovery of how the human immune system knows not to attack the body's healthy cells.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 11h

ABC7 Chicago has video of the Texas National Guard troops who have massed at a base in a southwest suburb of Chicago abc7chicago.com/post/illinoi...

Mayor Johnson says 'Trump declared war on Chicago' as Texas National Guard troops arrive in suburbs

The arrival of National Guard troops in the Chicago area marks an escalation of President Donald Trump's crackdown on the city.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 19h

Durbin v. Bondi this morning on Capitol Hill

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

High-ranking Chicago Latin King allegedly put $10,000 on the head of Border Patrol Commander Bovino, who led last month's march of heavily armed, uniformed agents through downtown www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Feds: Chicago gang member solicited murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino

An alleged high-ranking Chicago gang member has been charged with soliciting the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, the tough-talking commander at the forefront of the Trump adminis…

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

You can hear exactly what Bovino said for yourself here, thanks to your Chicago NPR news station @wbez.org www.wbez.org/immigration/...

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

With mass-deportation architect Stephen Miller accusing a Trump-appointed judge of "legal insurrection" over the same issue, this judge seems to be engaging in wishful thinking if she really thinks the government will give it any consideration, much less strong consideration. We'll soon see...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "If I were the government, I might strongly consider taking a pause on this until Thursday, so that we are not in a position where we are doing a full-fledged hearing with whatever has happened."

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Judge puts off ruling in Illinois v. Trump for 3 days.

No immediate temporary restraining order, as Illinois sought.

So will the Texas National Guard still come to Illinois today, as planned — even with this case pending?

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: Oral argument Thursday.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn’t sound like this federal court hearing in Chicago is going any better for the Trump administration than in the case in Oregon, where they’ve been handed 2 legal setbacks…

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Wells: "That pattern has to stop. And this court, like the court in Oregon, has to put a stop to it."

Perry responds: "I'm also very troubled by the lack of answers."

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard said to be boarding plane to Illinois at 4 pm.

But can a federal judge here ground them effectively?

Follow @jonseidel.bsky.social - veteran @chicago.suntimes.com Fed court reporter - who’s posting from the ongoing hearing

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Trump attorney Eric Hamilton confirms that Texas troops are on the way, but they are not expected to begin performing their duties "until tomorrow at the earliest."

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

If Fox News really were news, they would play this transcript of Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino’s own words to @wbez.org’s @chipmitchell1.bsky.social

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Unintended consequences

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

This lawsuit has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge April Perry.
A Biden appointee, Perry was first tapped to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
Her confirmation to that post was blocked by former Sen. JD Vance, who is now vice president, and she is now a judge

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked a federal judge Monday morning to block President Donald Trump from deploying 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. @wttw.bsky.social

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: The state of Illinois v Trump, Homeland Security, Noem, Dept of Defense (er, War), Hegseth et al

Mitchell Armentrout @mitchtrout.bsky.social · 1d

Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment

The lawsuit comes hours after a federal judge in Oregon barred Trump from deploying federalized members of the any National Guard troops under Trump's command to Oregon.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be on the air on @wbez.org for the next hour and a half.

Because Washington.

You can help close your Chicago NPR station’s budget gap at wbez.org/donate or by calling 888-915-9239

NPR to trim $5 million this year as public radio stations struggle to pay bills

NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Great profile by @mariahwoelfel.bsky.social of a mayor trying to deal with having a notorious ICE facility — and protests — in her normally low-key suburb of Chicago www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Amid national glare, Broadview mayor keeps focus on her 8,000 residents: ‘I can’t be afraid’

Immigration agents have aggressively responded to protests outside what was once a sleepy ICE facility in the western suburb. Mayor Katrina Thompson says she’s not backing down.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

The justices are back and they have lots of cases of great significance for our republic on the docket

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction for helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, steering clear of a case that continues to hound President Donald Trump ..

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

Plaintiffs include @unraveledpress.com reporter Steve Held, aka @peoplesfabric.com, who was detained at the Broadview ICE facility for several hours last weekend

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

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

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

Texas two-face?

The Lone Star state’s governor —who shipped so many migrants from Texas to Illinois — now is eager to help Trump by sending the Texas National Guard here also.

Which is exactly what he denied. They were doing, barely a month ago.

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 2d

This represents a major escalation.

President Trump effort to mobilize TEXAS National Guard for deployment in Portland and Chicago.

Court filing just entered in Oregon v. Trump⬇️

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

Late-night legal L from Trump, as judge he appointed isn’t buying the administration’s attempt to get around her previous ruling by directing out-of-state Guard units to Oregon.

What impact could this have on the new plan to send Texas Guard units to Illinois?

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, out west, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut is entering a new temporary restraining order “that prohibits the relocation, federalization or deployment of any National Guard under [President Donald Trump’s] command, Title 10 status, within the State of Oregon.”

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

From @govpritzker.illinois.gov:

“President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States.”

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: President Donald Trump is activating up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere, per Hegseth memo in court filing.

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE is] just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials. I don't know about you, but I don't carry around papers that say I'm a U.S. citizen. So U.S. citizens are getting detained and arrested."

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the things we’ve seen in Chicago, can’t recall anything like these scenes, reportedly from 63rd and Kostner on the South Side

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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