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REMEMBER: Rod Johnson, the 67-yo military vet who lived in the building, said he saw what looked like federal agents at the South Shore complex nearly 2 wks ahead of the raid.
“They had been in the building like 10 days prior to that [raid]. The doors was marked.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...
“They had been in the building like 10 days prior to that [raid]. The doors was marked.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...
South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
thetriibe.com
“I think this escalation on the federal level is also an escalation of the police brutality that has been happening to Black communities for centuries. That escalation is also a teacher.”
Kobi Guillory, CAARPR
Kobi Guillory, CAARPR
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Some Cook County judicial candidates who are virtually assured to breeze onto the bench have liabilities that might hurt them in a contested race — including one with a history of failing to pay income taxes, and one who only recently moved to Cook County.
No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of candidates
For the second straight primary season, more than half the races for Cook County circuit judge on the March 17 ballot are uncontested, with just 45 candidates vying for 28 open seats.
buff.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Some Cook County judicial candidates who are virtually assured to breeze onto the bench have liabilities that might hurt them in a contested race — including one with a history of failing to pay income taxes, and one who only recently moved to Cook County.
College educated folks, people with families abroad, and naturalized citizens are most likely to have passports. So… lots of lawsuits will be coming.
The SAVE act would only disproportionately affect Republican voters if the Trump administration enforces the law equally everywhere
Under this administration, laws are not rules that apply to everyone, they are weapons to be used against their enemies
Under this administration, laws are not rules that apply to everyone, they are weapons to be used against their enemies
Oops! MAGA to be most affected by SAVE act.
Secure Democracy Foundation analysis of State Dept & census data shows states Trump won handily have the largest percentage of citizens without valid passports.
So MAGA just assumed citizenship was written on their faces?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Secure Democracy Foundation analysis of State Dept & census data shows states Trump won handily have the largest percentage of citizens without valid passports.
So MAGA just assumed citizenship was written on their faces?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
February 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
College educated folks, people with families abroad, and naturalized citizens are most likely to have passports. So… lots of lawsuits will be coming.
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Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
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![KABAS: So many comparisons have made between the current state of US immigration terror and Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and I've seen some say that kind of seeks to absolve this country of its own history of racial terror and genocide. In the hearings this week with ICE and CBP and USCIS, you said you have “no respect for inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol.” How did it feel to publicly and explicitly draw that connection?
REP. RAMIREZ: I knew that I was going to make them very uncomfortable. I'm not talking about just the DHS directors there—I meant my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. And I say this often, ‘Courage is not the absence of fear. It’s the willingness to act despite the fear.’ I'm a little scared [in that moment], because if I'm being blunt with you, every time I speak there's a death threat. And yet I thought it was so important, as a daughter of immigrants, as a proud representative of Illinois-3, as someone who has been calling out what they do, to be able to look evil in the eye and call them what they are.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreieyek3u7oka3cei3fdsxn2u7wyxj64s6uxl5kk7dx5zuu3wqr4vue@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
So proud of representative Ramirez!
NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 14, 2026 at 3:37 AM
So proud of representative Ramirez!
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Hello, lovely people of Lakeview / 44th ward!
44th Ward Action is happy to endorse Toni Preckwinkle for the President of the Cook County Board. Toni is the incumbent and we all sleep better at night, knowing that she is in charge vs yet another republican pretending to be a democrat. #Vote
44th Ward Action is happy to endorse Toni Preckwinkle for the President of the Cook County Board. Toni is the incumbent and we all sleep better at night, knowing that she is in charge vs yet another republican pretending to be a democrat. #Vote
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Hello, lovely people of Lakeview / 44th ward!
44th Ward Action is happy to endorse Toni Preckwinkle for the President of the Cook County Board. Toni is the incumbent and we all sleep better at night, knowing that she is in charge vs yet another republican pretending to be a democrat. #Vote
44th Ward Action is happy to endorse Toni Preckwinkle for the President of the Cook County Board. Toni is the incumbent and we all sleep better at night, knowing that she is in charge vs yet another republican pretending to be a democrat. #Vote
Queen!!!
February 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Queen!!!
Watch and learn, @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov oh who are we kidding?
U.S. Sen. Warnock moves to block ICE detention warehouses in Georgia:
“The people of Georgia want secure borders; they do not want massive immigration detention centers in their backyards.”
www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
“The people of Georgia want secure borders; they do not want massive immigration detention centers in their backyards.”
www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
U.S. Sen. Warnock moves to block ICE detention warehouses in Georgia
Sen. Raphael Warnock filed an amendment to the DHS funding bill that would prohibit federal funds from being used to buy warehouses for immigrant detention in Georgia.
www.ajc.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Watch and learn, @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov oh who are we kidding?
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
We were this many years old when we learned that Reilly was the one who permitted the trump sign on river walk. And now he wants our vote with the Tribune’s help.
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We were this many years old when we learned that Reilly was the one who permitted the trump sign on river walk. And now he wants our vote with the Tribune’s help.
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Toni Preckwinkle and 10 Cook County Board members call on State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to pursue "all available charges" against immigration agents in the killing of Silverio Villegas González, the shooting of Marimar Martinez & other uses of excessive force
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Toni Preckwinkle and 10 Cook County Board members call on State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to pursue "all available charges" against immigration agents in the killing of Silverio Villegas González, the shooting of Marimar Martinez & other uses of excessive force
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cook-c...
The tea is hot!
As the article says, Chicago PD has 11,564 sworn officers and this report will claim 121 more are needed.
Updating my chart: 11,564/2.72 million x 100k
CPD has **425** officers per 100k residents and they want to increase to 429 (+ hundreds of civilians).
This is not a serious way to run a city.
Updating my chart: 11,564/2.72 million x 100k
CPD has **425** officers per 100k residents and they want to increase to 429 (+ hundreds of civilians).
This is not a serious way to run a city.
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The tea is hot!
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Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles
I have to take back my previous comment. Pam wouldn’t cut it on the Real Housewives of any city. She can’t memorize the insults even with the flash cards.
February 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I have to take back my previous comment. Pam wouldn’t cut it on the Real Housewives of any city. She can’t memorize the insults even with the flash cards.
On brand.
Palestinian writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada on how Israel is engineering the failure & collapse of Gaza’s newly formed technocratic committee (NCAG) & of the Gaza ceasefire: 👇
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
On brand.
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Early voting for Chicago voters starts downtown today.
The Black Voter Project is hosting a U.S. Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum tonight at 6:30 p.m. on the West Side.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/the-...
The Black Voter Project is hosting a U.S. Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum tonight at 6:30 p.m. on the West Side.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/the-...
Illinois' 7th Congressional District race is one you need to pay attention to • The TRiiBE
Primary Election Day is on March 17. Illinois’ 7th Congressional District has had a Black leader at the helm for over 50 years. Will the seat remain Black?
thetriibe.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Early voting for Chicago voters starts downtown today.
The Black Voter Project is hosting a U.S. Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum tonight at 6:30 p.m. on the West Side.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/the-...
The Black Voter Project is hosting a U.S. Congressional District 7 Candidate Forum tonight at 6:30 p.m. on the West Side.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/the-...
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In Congressional testimony Attorney General Pam Bondi swears that the DOJ will not rest until justice is obtained for the victims of the Bad Bunny halftime performance.
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
In Congressional testimony Attorney General Pam Bondi swears that the DOJ will not rest until justice is obtained for the victims of the Bad Bunny halftime performance.
Bondi is channeling her real housewives role models in this hearing.
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Bondi is channeling her real housewives role models in this hearing.
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wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
@indivisiblechicago.bsky.social when would it be a good time to talk about platforming and encouraging racism at our chapter meetings? If folks who facilitate and run meetings don’t know how to address dog whistles, they shouldn’t jump down to shut down community members who speak up against racism.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
@indivisiblechicago.bsky.social when would it be a good time to talk about platforming and encouraging racism at our chapter meetings? If folks who facilitate and run meetings don’t know how to address dog whistles, they shouldn’t jump down to shut down community members who speak up against racism.
Loooooolllll 👏🏼
The NFL announces that next year's Super Bowl halftime performer will be Zohran Mamdani.
February 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Loooooolllll 👏🏼
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“I have no respect for the inheritors of a Klan hood and the slave patrol.” Congresswoman @ramirez.house.gov delivered a scathing and thorough condemnation of ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, and CBP Director Rodney Scott during Tuesday’s DHS oversight hearing. #AbolishICE
February 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“I have no respect for the inheritors of a Klan hood and the slave patrol.” Congresswoman @ramirez.house.gov delivered a scathing and thorough condemnation of ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, and CBP Director Rodney Scott during Tuesday’s DHS oversight hearing. #AbolishICE