Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account
@andrefor40th.bsky.social
40th Ward Alder / Father / Spouse / Chair of Immigration Committee / Chair of Progressive Caucus/ Vice Chair of Latino Caucus / Organizer / Problem Solver / Chicagoan until Chicago ends.
Join us Sunday at the Our 40th Office as we launch a door to door canvassed in support of endorsed candidates!
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Join us Sunday at the Our 40th Office as we launch a door to door canvassed in support of endorsed candidates!
Throwback clip to the night we made it to a run off election in 2019. What a time!
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Throwback clip to the night we made it to a run off election in 2019. What a time!
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
Get rid of Chuck Schumer.
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
Get rid of Chuck Schumer.
ABOLISH ICE.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 AM
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
Get rid of Chuck Schumer.
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
ABOLISH ICE.
Get rid of Chuck Schumer.
ABOLISH ICE.
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Chicagoland has some amazing high school students. Today, four NW high schools walked out to meet in a city park for a rally and press conference. Listen to our kids. Abolish ICE @andrefor40th.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @reportinglabs.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Chicagoland has some amazing high school students. Today, four NW high schools walked out to meet in a city park for a rally and press conference. Listen to our kids. Abolish ICE @andrefor40th.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @reportinglabs.bsky.social
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
So I guess I’ll be going to the southwest side of town this season.
:)
:)
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
So I guess I’ll be going to the southwest side of town this season.
:)
:)
Add “Abolish/Decommission/End ICE” please.
In the face of what is happening in America, this is an appropriate response.
Gavin Newsom Is 💯% Correct.....
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Add “Abolish/Decommission/End ICE” please.
Question for the crowd:
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Question for the crowd:
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
Why do you think moderates, liberals, and other folks are scared or have an aversion to the word “abolish”?
Today, on a particularly cold day, over 10,000 people showed up in Chicago, in Solidarity with Minnesota, after watching the federal government execute Alex Pretti, a legal observer. Many thanks to all who showed up to demand that Congress ABOLISH ICE!
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Today, on a particularly cold day, over 10,000 people showed up in Chicago, in Solidarity with Minnesota, after watching the federal government execute Alex Pretti, a legal observer. Many thanks to all who showed up to demand that Congress ABOLISH ICE!
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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Chicago has opened its first food pantry inside a public library. blockclubchi.co/49TjbEH
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Chicago has opened its first food pantry inside a public library. blockclubchi.co/49TjbEH
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
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"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
What’s sad is that I had to reread it because I thought the Onion was covering real stories and not just satire.
“For weeks, Democrats have pushed to require ICE agents to obtain the necessary judicial warrants ahead of any murders they plan to commit,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a joint statement on the current Homeland Security funding bill
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants
WASHINGTON—In a statement calling for more guardrails around ongoing immigration operations, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives publicly condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thurs...
theonion.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 AM
What’s sad is that I had to reread it because I thought the Onion was covering real stories and not just satire.
I’m sick at home and lost my voice, so you’ll have to bear with me, folks!
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I’m sick at home and lost my voice, so you’ll have to bear with me, folks!
So I ordered podcast mics, there’s that.
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM
So I ordered podcast mics, there’s that.
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I have colleagues doing difficult, important work on the slow creep of Nazi, "Norse," and other white supremacist imagery into fast fashion...then this teacup despot shows up in Minnesota in full-on SS Nordland cosplay. This is from the Museum of Danish Resistance. Norway and Denmark remember.
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I have colleagues doing difficult, important work on the slow creep of Nazi, "Norse," and other white supremacist imagery into fast fashion...then this teacup despot shows up in Minnesota in full-on SS Nordland cosplay. This is from the Museum of Danish Resistance. Norway and Denmark remember.
I don’t know about you all, but my melanin spidey sense has me feeling like some of us are just waking up to what the US has been our whole lives.
I wish I could apologize for the trauma I’ve experienced my whole life by living in my skin, but I didnt cause it. I’m a survivor of it.
I wish I could apologize for the trauma I’ve experienced my whole life by living in my skin, but I didnt cause it. I’m a survivor of it.
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I don’t know about you all, but my melanin spidey sense has me feeling like some of us are just waking up to what the US has been our whole lives.
I wish I could apologize for the trauma I’ve experienced my whole life by living in my skin, but I didnt cause it. I’m a survivor of it.
I wish I could apologize for the trauma I’ve experienced my whole life by living in my skin, but I didnt cause it. I’m a survivor of it.
This goes out to the public.
Ask every elected official that represents you if they support ABOLISHING ICE.
Report back publicly.
If they can’t say that they want to ELIMINATE the fascist secret police that is kidnapping people? Get a new elected.
Wash.
Rinse.
Repeat.
Ask every elected official that represents you if they support ABOLISHING ICE.
Report back publicly.
If they can’t say that they want to ELIMINATE the fascist secret police that is kidnapping people? Get a new elected.
Wash.
Rinse.
Repeat.
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This goes out to the public.
Ask every elected official that represents you if they support ABOLISHING ICE.
Report back publicly.
If they can’t say that they want to ELIMINATE the fascist secret police that is kidnapping people? Get a new elected.
Wash.
Rinse.
Repeat.
Ask every elected official that represents you if they support ABOLISHING ICE.
Report back publicly.
If they can’t say that they want to ELIMINATE the fascist secret police that is kidnapping people? Get a new elected.
Wash.
Rinse.
Repeat.
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Abolish ICE.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Abolish ICE.
It’s ABOLISH ICE all day every day. Been that way since its inception.
People want to celebrate an abolitionist on Monday and forget all about it on Tuesday.
Smh.
People want to celebrate an abolitionist on Monday and forget all about it on Tuesday.
Smh.
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 AM
It’s ABOLISH ICE all day every day. Been that way since its inception.
People want to celebrate an abolitionist on Monday and forget all about it on Tuesday.
Smh.
People want to celebrate an abolitionist on Monday and forget all about it on Tuesday.
Smh.
No disrespect, but it is ALWAYS the folks who have no fear associated with the fascist police that get real nervous saying ABOLISH ICE. Thats a whole lot of privilege right there.
People are waving around 50/50 polling on abolish ICE and in the same poll Trump’s is like 30 points under water on affordability. It’s not at all crazy for professional politicians to think there’s a bigger advantage in talking about the latter!
January 22, 2026 at 3:06 AM
No disrespect, but it is ALWAYS the folks who have no fear associated with the fascist police that get real nervous saying ABOLISH ICE. Thats a whole lot of privilege right there.
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Thanks to Alexi Giannoulias, IL Sec of State, for speaking at our Rally for Democracy. @ilsecofstate.bsky.social has joined IL Atty Gen Raoul in lawsuit against ICE, CBP, Noem & Bovino for license plate swapping by federal agents. But SOS Giannoulias says not only the courts but the PEOPLE must act!
January 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Thanks to Alexi Giannoulias, IL Sec of State, for speaking at our Rally for Democracy. @ilsecofstate.bsky.social has joined IL Atty Gen Raoul in lawsuit against ICE, CBP, Noem & Bovino for license plate swapping by federal agents. But SOS Giannoulias says not only the courts but the PEOPLE must act!