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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1h

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 4

A man cannot go about in midwinter in Chicago with no overcoat and not pay for it,

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1h

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 4

A man cannot go about in midwinter in Chicago with no overcoat and not pay for it,

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 15h

Greetings from the "insurrection."

Families are out in Chicago's Park Manor and Englewood neighborhoods. Crossing guards are helping children get home. It is a gorgeous fall afternoon.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 20h

Friends in Chicago, this is what protest can look like. I'm out of town Saturday, I cannot go. But CSPL is a wonderful organization, and I recommend this to anyone who wants to DO SOMETHING constructively and peacefully. This is the way.

www.csplaction.org/events/broad...

Eucharistic Procession to Broadview Detention Center — Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership

On Saturday, October 11, CSPL will gather at St. Eulalia Catholic Church—the birthplace of CSPL—and then process the one-mile walk to the Broadview Detention Center, where a delegation will attempt to...

www.csplaction.org

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 23h

If this was genuine, federal officers wouldn't be shooting Chicagoans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Rep. Jonathan Jackson: "If this was genuine, Trump would be more interested in saying, 'How do we effectively deal with gun violence? How do we deal with gun manufacturers?' The city of Chicago does not have one gun shop."

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

It's not even the shutdown.

It's generations of government-on-the-cheap, treating government like "the problem," demonizing everything that built this country to what it once was.

What built it was its people—collaborating through their government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

SEAN DUFFY: Burbank -- zero controllers came to work. I don't support that. They should come to work. They're supposed to come to work. But ...

KILMEADE: They didn't even miss a paycheck yet. So why aren't they coming to work?

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 3

Maybe things will be better in Chicago
Maybe things will be better in Chicago

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 2

I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

The US District Court for OR has ruled CA Guard deployments to OR are unlawful and granted a TRO. Odds are good IL would go the same way on the TX Guard.

Both are appealable.

But the bigger question may be whether we have yet reached the point where this Admin will simply ignore adverse rulings.

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

You should be following this now. 🧵

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

You should be following this now. 🧵

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

Bring on the Texas National Guard.

Winter's coming. It's Bear weather.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Republicans got their marching orders and shutdown talking points, but when questioned, they fall apart.

Sen Roger Marshall wasn’t ready 🥴

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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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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

open.substack.com/pub/millies/...

The Crisis Is Now

Pope Leo Faces Some Hard Choices about the Catholic Church in the United States

open.substack.com

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

I've been harsh in my criticism of @nbcsnl.bsky.social for the role its political humor has played laughing us into authoritarianism.

But credit where it is due—Bad Bunny giving that message in Spanish now, after what happened at CBS and ABC, was patriotic and brave. Thanks for taking the risk.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 3d

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

I love this city.

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 2d

If you see local law enforcement assisting ICE by arresting protesters, establishing perimeters, or otherwise responding to ICE activity, FILE A COMPLAINT and send us video/photos

City: www.chicagocopa.org/complaints/i...
County: apps.cookcountyil.gov/oiig/
State: oeig.illinois.gov/complaints/o...

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 2d

Have you witnessed ICE activity in Chicagoland, or seen CPD or other local law enforcement assisting federal agents or engaging in misconduct?

LET US KNOW.

Upload video directly at tinyurl.com/chicagojourn... or email us at [email protected]

HAVE YOU SEEN ICE?
¿HAS VISTO A ICE?
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are collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and
traffic stops conducted by federal agents.
Share video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists
Contact us: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com
We won’t share video publicly without your permission.
Share video / Enviar video
Somos un grupo de periodistas de distintos medios en Chicago
recopilando videos relacionados con el uso de la fuerza,
detenciones, controles de tráfico y retenes por agentes
federales en Chicago.
Enviar video: tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists
Contacto: chicagojournalists@protonmail.com
No compartiremos video públicamente sin permiso.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 1

Unyielding Resolve in a Captive City

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 3d

I am loathe to say this.

But the Illinois State Police, the Chicago Police have a duty to protect citizens.

I am quite mindful of what that could mean.

But it is not acceptable to have roving gangs of federal thugs doing this here.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 3d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 3d

Rubbed that foot in April. Empirical evidence of his popularity.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 4d

Lirerally—

He described a consistent ethic of life derived from Gaudium et Spes and affirmed by John Paul II, authoritative magisterial teaching, and named a climate crisis named by both JP2 and Benedict XVI.

His critics are not serious people.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/e...