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hi, i am an american. i mostly repost other people's stuff in order to track wtf is happenign
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the most powerful weapons a civilian can have in a targeted city is a whistle and a camera, and that's fucking wild
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Can't say I'm remotely surprised about Mitchell. How he keeps getting reelected is beyond me. He's absolutely worthless. This is absolutely on brand for him.
But the mayor & the governor can & should be stepping up. That's far more disappointing given all the posturing about fighting Trump they do.
But the mayor & the governor can & should be stepping up. That's far more disappointing given all the posturing about fighting Trump they do.
South Shore residents of the apartment building raided by ICE expressed feeling abandoned by city and state leaders.
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
One resident said tenants still haven’t heard from Ald Gregory Mitchell (7th Ward). The South Shore building is in his ward.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Can't say I'm remotely surprised about Mitchell. How he keeps getting reelected is beyond me. He's absolutely worthless. This is absolutely on brand for him.
But the mayor & the governor can & should be stepping up. That's far more disappointing given all the posturing about fighting Trump they do.
But the mayor & the governor can & should be stepping up. That's far more disappointing given all the posturing about fighting Trump they do.
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new: i read the 2026 cook county budget so you don't have to.
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
Cook County law enforcement agencies get more money in 2026
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.
chicagoreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
new: i read the 2026 cook county budget so you don't have to.
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
spoiler: more money for police and prosecutors (plus a lot of other stuff).
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last month, 68 groups with the illinois network for pretrial justice called on cook county commissioners to freeze spending on law enforcement to preserve vital programs that have been slashed by the trump admin.
instead, the county board voted to give the sheriff and the state's attorney a raise.
instead, the county board voted to give the sheriff and the state's attorney a raise.
sixty-eight chicago community, faith, + social service organizations are calling on cook county commissioners to “protect and increase social service spending” amid drastic cuts nationally from the trump admin.
they suggest freezing all law enforcement spending, which has “unjustifiably increased.”
they suggest freezing all law enforcement spending, which has “unjustifiably increased.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
last month, 68 groups with the illinois network for pretrial justice called on cook county commissioners to freeze spending on law enforcement to preserve vital programs that have been slashed by the trump admin.
instead, the county board voted to give the sheriff and the state's attorney a raise.
instead, the county board voted to give the sheriff and the state's attorney a raise.
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Border Patrol agents BOASTED about shooting a U.S. citizen. Then, they LIED about what happened.
ICE is a danger to our communities and families.
We will not stop until we hold Noem and her rogue agency accountable for their lawlessness.
ICE is a danger to our communities and families.
We will not stop until we hold Noem and her rogue agency accountable for their lawlessness.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Border Patrol agents BOASTED about shooting a U.S. citizen. Then, they LIED about what happened.
ICE is a danger to our communities and families.
We will not stop until we hold Noem and her rogue agency accountable for their lawlessness.
ICE is a danger to our communities and families.
We will not stop until we hold Noem and her rogue agency accountable for their lawlessness.
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Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
Forensics Fraud?
Experts say this video shows a doctor manufacturing evidence. So why is a man still on death row?
reason.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just heard that after 27 years on Louisiana’s death row, Chris “Jimmie” Duncan is finally getting out. Not exactly sure when, but I’m told he’ll be home for Thanksgiving.
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
This is wonderful news.
Here’s my 2009 piece on the forensic fraud that got him convicted:
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The people who live in the South Shore building that was violently raided in the middle of the night by federal agents are forming a tenants union. Here are their demands, per a press release that just went out.
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The people who live in the South Shore building that was violently raided in the middle of the night by federal agents are forming a tenants union. Here are their demands, per a press release that just went out.
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Every day we get a comment from someone demanding the SA "prosecute ICE" and we once again invite you to Just Google Her
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
Cook County State's Attorney expands program allowing CPD officers to directly file felony gun charges
A program allowing Chicago police officers to file charges in low-level gun crimes without first getting approval from a prosecutor will be expanded across the city, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke announced on Friday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Every day we get a comment from someone demanding the SA "prosecute ICE" and we once again invite you to Just Google Her
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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get more involved in local shit like yr school boards and library boards and hell idk if you can help out yr local parks dept but do that too
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
get more involved in local shit like yr school boards and library boards and hell idk if you can help out yr local parks dept but do that too
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They pushed through a six month implementation of mail scanning in Illinois prisons on the back of non-existent evidence and over the loud objections of everyone who would be impacted, but there still might be a chance to keep it from becoming permanent. Please submit a comment.
NEW — Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies.
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates say the practice doesn’t make prisons safer.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/crim...
Criminal justice advocates are urging Illinois residents to ‘say no’ to mail scanning in Illinois prisons • The TRiiBE
Illinois residents can submit comments to state leaders by Nov. 24 to oppose mail scanning, which allows prison officials to scan physical mail and reproduce it into digital copies. Criminal justice a...
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
They pushed through a six month implementation of mail scanning in Illinois prisons on the back of non-existent evidence and over the loud objections of everyone who would be impacted, but there still might be a chance to keep it from becoming permanent. Please submit a comment.
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
not gonna be home in time for thanksgiving, arguments to be heard on december 2. :(
Hundreds of people arrested and detained during the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown will not immediately be released, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
https://to.wttw.com/4rtxF6n
https://to.wttw.com/4rtxF6n
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Release of Hundreds Detained in Immigration Crackdown
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings had ordered the release of as many as 615 people based on a 2022 consent decree outlining how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can make so-called warrantle...
to.wttw.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
not gonna be home in time for thanksgiving, arguments to be heard on december 2. :(
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Willingly scarring your body to own the libs. These people are straight up insane. This is Manson Family shit
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Willingly scarring your body to own the libs. These people are straight up insane. This is Manson Family shit
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I’ll probably have the testimony of the CBP deputy incident commander echoing in my brain a long time telling Judge Ellis he knew of zero CBP agents who were facing any discipline for their use of force decisions against members of the public in Chicago.
NEW — An investigation by a group of Chicago-area newsrooms and independent journalists found that federal agents used chemical weapons on protesters at least 49 times across 18 incidents across Chicago and the suburbs since October 1.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/feds...
Feds used chemical agents dozens of times in Chicago • The TRiiBE
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
thetriibe.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’ll probably have the testimony of the CBP deputy incident commander echoing in my brain a long time telling Judge Ellis he knew of zero CBP agents who were facing any discipline for their use of force decisions against members of the public in Chicago.
so ice impersonates religious missionaries too? www.reddit.com/r/Ohio/comme...
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
so ice impersonates religious missionaries too? www.reddit.com/r/Ohio/comme...
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4. But that second indictment was never presented to or voted on by the grand jury
Instead, the foreperson and Halligan signed it, and it was handed up in open court.
The result is that the operative indictment in the Comey case is one that the grand jury did not actually vote on.
Instead, the foreperson and Halligan signed it, and it was handed up in open court.
The result is that the operative indictment in the Comey case is one that the grand jury did not actually vote on.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
4. But that second indictment was never presented to or voted on by the grand jury
Instead, the foreperson and Halligan signed it, and it was handed up in open court.
The result is that the operative indictment in the Comey case is one that the grand jury did not actually vote on.
Instead, the foreperson and Halligan signed it, and it was handed up in open court.
The result is that the operative indictment in the Comey case is one that the grand jury did not actually vote on.
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It's wild how many people believe this because they can't distinguish revealed vs stated preference, or even, how higher prices are ... higher than lower prices.
Cost of housing per square foot is substantially higher in dense cities than detached-house suburbs, because cities are in higher demand.
Cost of housing per square foot is substantially higher in dense cities than detached-house suburbs, because cities are in higher demand.
I can't believe the people are going to argue with him about this one. It is so overwhelmingly incredibly true, true to the extent that arguing against it is genuinely silly. The value of single-family detached outstrips everything else every time.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's wild how many people believe this because they can't distinguish revealed vs stated preference, or even, how higher prices are ... higher than lower prices.
Cost of housing per square foot is substantially higher in dense cities than detached-house suburbs, because cities are in higher demand.
Cost of housing per square foot is substantially higher in dense cities than detached-house suburbs, because cities are in higher demand.
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
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Yup. Been saying this for days thanks to the insight of so many attorneys who explained the issue for us.
Why do you think so many Republicans feel free to vote yes? We don't need political theater, we need justice.
Why do you think so many Republicans feel free to vote yes? We don't need political theater, we need justice.
DOJ will refuse to release the Epstein files based on their sham "ongoing investigation." Bookmark it.
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Yup. Been saying this for days thanks to the insight of so many attorneys who explained the issue for us.
Why do you think so many Republicans feel free to vote yes? We don't need political theater, we need justice.
Why do you think so many Republicans feel free to vote yes? We don't need political theater, we need justice.
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If I can give 3 pieces of unsolicited advice to people facing ICE/CBP:
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If I can give 3 pieces of unsolicited advice to people facing ICE/CBP:
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
1) go outside
2) meet your neighbors
3) be loud
They want you to be isolated and afraid so they can work in secret, control the narrative, and act with impunity. They lose power when we see what’s happening and to whom.
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if you're wondering why we don't see as much gaza despite the steady trickle of reports that israel continued strikes throughout the "ceasefire," it's because they deliberately killed most of the journalists in palestine
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
if you're wondering why we don't see as much gaza despite the steady trickle of reports that israel continued strikes throughout the "ceasefire," it's because they deliberately killed most of the journalists in palestine
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These records indicate that someone successfully impersonated the FBI in order to get me swatted. I was already aware this had happened but had to wait nearly a year to get the document that proves it. My reports to the Dallas Police Department about this have gone unanswered.
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
These records indicate that someone successfully impersonated the FBI in order to get me swatted. I was already aware this had happened but had to wait nearly a year to get the document that proves it. My reports to the Dallas Police Department about this have gone unanswered.
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Attention all Evanstonians!
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Attention all Evanstonians!
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
Your librarians and library staff need your support. Join the Evanston Local 1891 AFSCME Library Union as they make their demands to their Executive Board. @afscme.bsky.social
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Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.