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Seth Stern @seth-stern.bsky.social · 11h

It's great that this TRO will issue. The lawyers and plaintiffs deserve tons of credit for making this happen.

But why is Judge Ellis walking back the position of the DOJ and at least one federal appellate court that journalists can't be dispersed at protests?

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 20h

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
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SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 12h

The judge finds that because "defendants' conduct likely violates the First Amendnent," factors weigh in favor of entering a restraining order against them.

She will not limit the order to the Broadview facility, but will limit it to the northern (court) district of Illinois.

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 1d

Because I cannot stand even one more pandering LinkedIn message mistaking @freepress.bsky.social for THE Free Press and/or me for CBS sellout Bari Weiss, please read this piece by @timkarr.bsky.social explaining what our Free Press stands for - and against. www.freepress.net/blog/this-fr...

What's in a Name: This Free Press Isn't 'The' Free Press

While Bari Weiss borrowed our name, our two organizations could not be more different. Here’s why.

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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 1d

"With local news in a severe tailspin for decades, there was a real question about whether Chicago’s media would meet the moment. But they have indeed," writes @markjacob.bsky.social in Stop The Presses.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 2d

"Federal [ICE] agents have responded with a pattern of extreme brutality in a concerted and ongoing effort to silence the press and civilians," according to a lawsuit filed by journalists, media organizations, clergy, and citizens in the Chicagoland area

Lawsuit Against ICE's Brutality Against Press, Protesters

In Chicago, media organizations, journalists, clergy, and citizens sued Trump officials for violating their rights outside Broadview ICE facility

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 3d

Proud to partner with @theintercept.com on this article by Jeremy Busby of @joinjeremy.org.

Jamming cell phones in prisons isn't about crime, it's to stop incarcerated people from exposing abuses, like those shown in HBO's upcoming documentary The Alabama Solution.

The Latest FCC Censorship Push No One Is Talking About Targets Incarcerated People

Brendan Carr is advancing a plan to choke communications for people who use cellphones to expose abuses in prison.

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 3d

“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“

- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com

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The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 8d

"No more anonymous complaints" is a threat to whistleblowers and the public who relies on them to know when abuses are being committed.

Without whistleblowers (and the journalists who help tell their stories) we wouldn't know about botched Afghanistan withdrawal, Abu Ghraib, and much more.

Live updates: Trump defends using troops to police U.S. cities in address to military leaders

The gathering, at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, was ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and required some officers to fly thousands of miles.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

Based on the latest reporting about the Border Patrol shooting in Brighton Park this morning:

A Chicago woman was shot by CBP and is in fair condition.

DHS claims CBP vehicles were rammed & boxed in. Other parties involved say CBP’s vehicle hit a car, possibly crashing that car into another.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

Lots of questions about living conditions in South Shore following the federal agents militarized raid earlier this week.

This piece provides some historical context and framing around how Venezuelans landed in the predominantly-Black Chicago neighborhood.

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Some see housing stock and affordability as underlying reasons why migrants landed in Black Chicago neighborhoods • The TRiiBE

As three Black neighborhoods were at the top for permanent migrant housing, residents are looking for all forms of government to put their communities first

thetriibe.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

At the Broadview, IL ICE detention center—

IL state troopers are already pushing non-violent demonstrators out of the street and away from the ICE facility. One arrest so far.

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 4d

Deported for journalism. A denial of due process and violation of First Amendment rights.

What happened to Mario Guevara sets a chilling precedent that any member of the press, who wasn’t born in the US, could be detained and removed by the Trump administration.

US Deports Mario Guevara For Engaging In Journalism

President Trump's administration deported journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador after holding him in ICE detention for more than 100 days

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 5d

Update: @citybeatcincy.bsky.social intern Lucas Griffith was convicted of failure to disperse Oct. 2, after his July arrest while documenting a protest on the bridge between Cincinnati and Covington, KY.

Cincinnati photojournalist arrested as protest spills across bridge to Kentucky

Two journalists for the Cincinnati alternative newsweekly CityBeat were arrested while documenting a protest across the bridge connecting the Ohio …

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 5d

BREAKING: Mario Guevara has reunited with family members and media colleagues after being deported to Olocuilta, El Salvador.

"GOD IS GOOD FRIENDS, Ready to continue working double time from my land, that's what my God wanted. Thank you very much to ALL," he wrote in Spanish on his Facebook page.

Mario Guevara enjoying an orange Fanta and pupusas

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 5d

Today so far feds in Chicagoland have:

Attacked & arrested protesters at the Broadview detention center w/the help of the ISP other agencies

Tear gassed a street in Logan Square that has a grocery store & elementary school on it, among other things

Violently handcuffed an Alderperson

It's 3pm

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5d

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors.

This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 6d

“It’s a pure attempt to intimidate and silence, and that’s the impression that they’re trying to create and the feeling that they’re trying to instill in federal workers”

Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 6d

Climate of fear intensifies as the Trump administration fires two fair housing attorneys from HUD in retaliation for their whistleblowing thedissenter.org/climate-of-f...

(They're not even hiding it.)

Climate Of Fear Grows As HUD Whistleblowers Are Fired

Two civil rights attorneys at the United States Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) were fired after blowing the whistle

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 6d

Climate of fear intensifies as the Trump administration fires two fair housing attorneys from HUD in retaliation for their whistleblowing thedissenter.org/climate-of-f...

(They're not even hiding it.)

Climate Of Fear Grows As HUD Whistleblowers Are Fired

Two civil rights attorneys at the United States Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) were fired after blowing the whistle

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 8d

@adamrose.bsky.social Congratulations on the new position as the deputy advocacy director for @freedom.press!

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 9d

DHS response to this + Chicago Headline Club statement on @peoplesfabric.com being detained and reporters being “shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions” by federal agents outside Broadview:

“No member of the media at CBS or any other outlet was ‘attacked.’“

Attacks and targeting of journalists by
ICE must stop immediately!

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Headline Club condemns the targeting of journalists, reporters and photographers covering protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal agencies.

The Headline Club is calling for ICE, Customs and Border Protection and others assigned to Operation Midway Blitz to stop this practice immediately. The Headline Club is aware of incidents of journalists being shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions and at least one working journalist being taken into custody on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.

Journalists have a constitutionally-protected right to cover stories as afforded by the First Amendment. No federal or state agency should interfere with that right either by threats or action taken against working journalists.

The Headline Club demands that Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Board Patrol Commander of Operations At Large Gregory Bovino take immediate action to ensure journalists are not targeted by officers of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security.

Respectfully,
The Chicago Headline Club Board of Directors

DHS Statement in response:

"Absolutely not. No member of the media at CBS or any other outlet was "attacked." For their safety, we remind members of the media and journalists to exercise caution as they cover these violent riots. We have seen rioters throwing rocks, armed with guns, slashing tires, throwing tear gas cans and other violent acts. Secretary Noem has been clear: rioters will not stop or slow us down from removing the worst of the worst."

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

“That is protected speech at the highest rung of First Amendment protection,” EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @NBCLA.com. “You are providing truthful information about matters of public interest to the public. There should not be legal consequences to that.” www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/...

Long Beach man tries to quash feds' subpoena over his app that tracks ICE activity

A Long Beach man who developed an app that tracks immigration agents’ activity said that his information has been subpoenaed by federal officials.

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 9d

Support local journalism — @unraveledpress.com, @chicagoreader.com, and @thetriibe.com

Together, they have been documenting ICE operations in the Chicagoland area and covering protests at the ICE facility in Broadview for the past month

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · 9d

Here’s a full report particularly focused on attacks on the press by ICE and other federal agents that occurred September 27 and 28: thedissenter.org/chicago-jour...

Chicago Journalist Detained By ICE For Several Hours

Chicago journalist Steve Held, the co-founder of Unraveled Press, was allegedly targeted and detained by federal agents in Broadview, Illinois.

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