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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

“They’re all Antifa now”

Laura Ingraham screenshot that reads: THEY'RE ALL ANTIFA
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THE ANGLE ALERT

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 9h

Here at Broadview for my shift this evening. Of note a Broadview Fire Department Ambulance has arrived with lights (no sirens) to the ICE processing facility.

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 9h

I also often see photos of DHS officers with stinger grenades, little black orbs thrown by hand. Those are apparently controversial even in law enforcement circles due to safety concerns. Many so-called “less lethal” munitions are really more like “potentially fatal maiming” munitions.

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 14h

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14h

In February, as a guest on the far-right podcast Real America’s Voice News, Chicago Ald. Ray Lopez said he met with “Border Czar” Tom Homan and offered to give him Mayor Johnson’s home address “so that if he wanted to arrest him immediately and do us all that favor.”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/trum...

Trump isn’t the first elected official to suggest jail for Mayor Brandon Johnson • The TRiiBE

Months before President Trump, Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez suggested his administration arrests Johnson.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Across Chicagoland today, more kidnappings continue. Immigration agents have taken people from Waukegan, Elgin, Glendale Heights, potentially some other suburbs. In the city proper, feds just snatched someone near Peterson and Pulaski—and earlier today, they grabbed someone from Little Village.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

(shared with permission) ICE/CBP has been active on Chicago's northwest side this morning—and also met with rapid responders.

Agents reportedly abducted one man from this Dunkin at Belmont and Milwaukee around 9:30am before speeding off.

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 10h

There are only 12 official PM2.5 monitoring sites in Cook County, none of which are in the most densely populated areas.

This is admittedly not my area of expertise, but considering how much PM2.5 concentrations can vary over short distances, that seems woefully insufficient.

A map showing the location of the 12 official PM2.5 monitoring sites in Cook County

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Feds were actively arresting people just a few miles away while he was giving this interview.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 13h

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 15h

I do not comprehend. lol. He's got endless binders of these kinds of exercises with silly names.

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 15h

Unfortunately, I have no doubt that there are jagoffs "using" ICE to evict neighbors and tenants in the city. Absentee landlords suck ass.

Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 15h

Indubitably!

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 15h

Certainly a wild song! The version with Dweezil and Steve Vai and Bozzio is great.

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at my brother's looking at his literature. He's a drummer

Drum music titled: FLADIFLAFLAS AND FLAM PARADIDDLES DISPLACED

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 1d

I think this would be very popular in Chicago.

Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 1d

The next step beyond incentivising the purchase of e-bikes, is to actually pay people to commute to work by bicycle and leave the car at home.
momentummag.com/is-it-time-g...

Here's Why Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work

In North America, where cars reign supreme, a new idea could gain ground like it is in some areas of Europe — paying people to bike to work

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Papa Rides A Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 1d

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 2d

FRIDAY: CPD denies my FOIA for bodycam footage from 7500 South Shore because footage is only flagged if, among other things, an arrest was made.

SUNDAY: CPD spox acknowledges that they made at least one arrest at 7500 South Shore in an on-the-record statement provided for this story.

Letter on CPD Letterhead in response to FOIA request:

"The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is in receipt of your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 ILCS 140/1, et seq.,
request for the following:
All body-worn camera and in-car camera video associated with the CPD response to 7500 block of S. South Shore Dr
(and/or 2700 block of E. 75th St) the morning of September 30, 2025, during which at least five people were arrested by

federal immigration agents. (For context please see: https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-
immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated)

In regard to your request for Body Worn Camera video, please be advised that any available Body Worn Camera video is
denied pursuant to the Sec 7(1)(a), which exempts from inspection and copying the following: "Information specifically
prohibited from disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations adopted under federal or State law.” See 5
ILCS 140/7(1)(a). Section 10-20(b) of the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act states that officer-worn body
camera recordings are not subject to disclosure under FOIA, except where a recording has been “flagged” because of
“the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm,” or
the requester is the subject of the video footage. 50 ILCS 706/10-20(b)(1)-(3). Moreover, where the requester is not a
subject of the video, and the subject has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording, disclosure
pursuant to FOIA is only permissible where the subject is either a victim and/or witness, and has consented to disclosure
in writing. 50 ILCS 706/10-20(b)(2). Accordingly, FOIA is not applicable to your request for body-worn camera video."

Email from CPD spokesperson:

"Hello,
The Chicago Police Department responded to the 7500 block of S. South Shore Drive on
September 30, 2025 at approximately 2:00 a.m. after being notified by federal authorities that
they had detained an individual with an active criminal warrant. After responding to the scene
and verifying the active criminal warrant, arresting officers placed a 46-year-old male offender
into custody. This individual has been charged with an Issuance of Warrant. Please refer to the
Cook County Sheriff's Office for additional information related to the warrant.
To be clear, the Chicago Police Department only responded to the scene for criminal
enforcement related to the offender's active criminal warrant. We did not participate in or assist
with any immigration enforcement.
In accordance with the City of Chicago’s Municipal Code, which includes the Welcoming
City Ordinance, the Chicago Police Department does not assist federal immigration authorities
with enforcement action solely based on immigration status.
Additionally, CPD does not document immigration status and does not share such information
with federal authorities.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

Ellis tells govt. atty that she wants orders to federal agents to be clear and consistent.

She says she doesn't want fed agents told, "'Yeah there's this crazy judge in Chicago, and forget what she said.'"

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 2d

If you still know anyone who imagines that Pritzker or Johnson will order police under their command to arrest federal agents, you can send them this (1hr12min42sec timestamp). They are explicit that they will not and they view courts as only venue for enforcement.

www.youtube.com/live/vqP4YFV...

LIVE: Illinois' JD Pritzker on Trump's use of National Guard

YouTube video by Reuters

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

*Many more neighbors were affected, but you won't get tallies on those numbers from the media because they don't get free ambulance rides and a PR team to issue statements on their behalf

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 1d

27 police officers were among those injured by tear gas during a weekend protest, Chicago’s top cop says. blockclubchi.co/4nGOb0m

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