Chicágies
@chicagies.bsky.social
‘Halal pizza and pierogi’ dispatch for people who love humans, culture, and spirit of justice that is our city, Chicago. 🧿🕊️🌻🍉
Reactionary shills like Burke who run as ‘wink-wink-nudge-nudge’ [gasp] Democrats should just come out and admit that they’re just Republicans without the rizz.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Reactionary shills like Burke who run as ‘wink-wink-nudge-nudge’ [gasp] Democrats should just come out and admit that they’re just Republicans without the rizz.
We should all get behind the 7500 South Shore residents. There has to be justice for them.
NEW — In response to a court-ordered evacuation, members of the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union are demanding more time and money for residents to leave the apartment complex and relocate.
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Residents of South Shore building raided by ICE must move by Dec. 12 • The TRiiBE
Many tenants found out about the eviction notice just a day before Thanksgiving
thetriibe.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We should all get behind the 7500 South Shore residents. There has to be justice for them.
Take the picture of your crazy looking sidewalk and send it to Sposato, CC your alder. In the meantime if you’re physically able, clean your sidewalk for your own sake.
Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next.
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen)
🗓️ December 7th
⏰ 2-4pm
RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Take the picture of your crazy looking sidewalk and send it to Sposato, CC your alder. In the meantime if you’re physically able, clean your sidewalk for your own sake.
But ‘the jobs’! 🙄
new: government contractors are increasingly invoking trade secrets protections to shield products like gunshot detection, dna analysis, and facial recognition from public scrutiny.
via max blaisdell + matt chapman
via max blaisdell + matt chapman
Trade secrets protections shield information from public view
When a government contractor’s right to privacy outweighs the public’s right to know
chicagoreader.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
But ‘the jobs’! 🙄
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The “We Ain’t Buying It!” boycott, launched by Black Voters Matter Fund, is a campaign encouraging Americans to pause shopping with major companies such as Target, Amazon and Home Depot, and instead redirect those dollars to Black- and locally-owned businesses.
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Black-owned businesses hope to see a boost as two national boycotts hit Black Friday and Cyber Monday • The TRiiBE
With two economic boycotts underway, Black-owned brands like Chicago’s Be For Skincare hope shoppers shift their dollars to them.
thetriibe.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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💔Young woman is fighting for her life.
With more cuts to mental health, there will be more preventable tragedies & more excuses for ugliness & fed violence towards Chicago. City council has to stop playing cruel games & protect community health & safety by voting for the progressive budget.
With more cuts to mental health, there will be more preventable tragedies & more excuses for ugliness & fed violence towards Chicago. City council has to stop playing cruel games & protect community health & safety by voting for the progressive budget.
Man accused in fiery Blue Line gasoline attack was AWOL from home detention, court records show
Lawrence Reed was in violation of his curfew in a separate assault case in Cook County court for which he was freed on electronic monitoring while awaiting trial. In the federal case involving the gas...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
💔Young woman is fighting for her life.
With more cuts to mental health, there will be more preventable tragedies & more excuses for ugliness & fed violence towards Chicago. City council has to stop playing cruel games & protect community health & safety by voting for the progressive budget.
With more cuts to mental health, there will be more preventable tragedies & more excuses for ugliness & fed violence towards Chicago. City council has to stop playing cruel games & protect community health & safety by voting for the progressive budget.
Good!
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Good!
But “defund the police” was so traumatizing for the segregationist crowd. They can’t possibly be horrified by the idea of a Black child gasping for air for 4 minutes. The idea of that child dancing on a parked BMW is far scarier. Hell is hot.
Precious time that could still have saved his life. That child lay their gasping for air and Loehmann just watched him die.
Loehmann was acquitted of all charges.
Injustice upon injustice.😓
2/2
Loehmann was acquitted of all charges.
Injustice upon injustice.😓
2/2
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
But “defund the police” was so traumatizing for the segregationist crowd. They can’t possibly be horrified by the idea of a Black child gasping for air for 4 minutes. The idea of that child dancing on a parked BMW is far scarier. Hell is hot.
Speak on it, representative Ramirez. Shame on @quigley.house.gov and the rest of the cowards who keep making excuses for their inaction on this never ending genocide.
Netanyahu and Trump can't be trusted.
Throughout this so-called “ceasefire,” Netanyahu has continued to bomb Gaza and is still restricting the flow of humanitarian aid.
Throughout this so-called “ceasefire,” Netanyahu has continued to bomb Gaza and is still restricting the flow of humanitarian aid.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Speak on it, representative Ramirez. Shame on @quigley.house.gov and the rest of the cowards who keep making excuses for their inaction on this never ending genocide.
This is not a drill.
During an immigration raid on a Chicago apartment building, Johandry José Andrade Jiménez said his three little girls wailed when agents threw him against the floor.
Naudelys Yeyes said she pleaded with agents to stop hitting a man she knew.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Naudelys Yeyes said she pleaded with agents to stop hitting a man she knew.
By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is not a drill.
Next time someone says ‘business community’ throw a shoe a them. It’s called corporate activism, the kind that left unchecked, paves the way for profit hungry corporate interests to exploit and ruin actual human communities.
At least 30 individual or corporations who have given over $116M to Trump and his super PAC have received regulatory favors from the Trump White House.
That includes Big Tobacco companies, Pharma giants, and crypto moguls like the Winklevoss twins.
Pay-to-play corruption.
That includes Big Tobacco companies, Pharma giants, and crypto moguls like the Winklevoss twins.
Pay-to-play corruption.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Next time someone says ‘business community’ throw a shoe a them. It’s called corporate activism, the kind that left unchecked, paves the way for profit hungry corporate interests to exploit and ruin actual human communities.
Don’t let them bury this story. These are our people, Chicago. We’ve got to back them 💯.
An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Don’t let them bury this story. These are our people, Chicago. We’ve got to back them 💯.
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Good news, but each of these folks will have to post a $1,500 bond. Please consider donating to our bond fund.
Judge orders release of hundreds arrested during Chicago immigration raids
Trump officials also cannot pressure detainees to agree to voluntary deportation while cases are pending, says judge
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Good news, but each of these folks will have to post a $1,500 bond. Please consider donating to our bond fund.
IL SD-6 state senator Feigenholtz spent $20K on a poll where her own pollsters called her out on her anti-Muslim bigotry and racism.😬 Money well spent.
Our vote is for @nickforillinois.bsky.social 💫 Please and thank you!
Our vote is for @nickforillinois.bsky.social 💫 Please and thank you!
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
IL SD-6 state senator Feigenholtz spent $20K on a poll where her own pollsters called her out on her anti-Muslim bigotry and racism.😬 Money well spent.
Our vote is for @nickforillinois.bsky.social 💫 Please and thank you!
Our vote is for @nickforillinois.bsky.social 💫 Please and thank you!
Listen to @conroyforcongress.bsky.social conversation with Patty Vasquez. There is hope for Illinois District 5 afterall!
Driving it Home with Patti Vasquez, November 10, 2025
Podcast Episode · Driving It Home (Full Episodes) · 11/11/2025 · 1h 33m
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November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Listen to @conroyforcongress.bsky.social conversation with Patty Vasquez. There is hope for Illinois District 5 afterall!
Yes AND.Polite society of Chicago political class keeps making excuses for @durbin.senate.gov while he is using his lame duck term to sell us out. We can’t wait until the next election. Durbin has to resign now.
Why as a Democrat I’ve also registered with @workingfamilies.org Party
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Yes AND.Polite society of Chicago political class keeps making excuses for @durbin.senate.gov while he is using his lame duck term to sell us out. We can’t wait until the next election. Durbin has to resign now.
Well. If anyone needed extra convincing to support Mayor’s Protect Chicago budget, Business PAC is against it, so it has to be a good deal for the people!
Business PAC One Future Illinois sent out texts to constituents urging them to call Ald. Desmon Yancy to say thanks for speaking out against Mayor Johnson’s “irresponsible budget.”
Yancy did not immediately respond to questions about his position on the head tax.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Yancy did not immediately respond to questions about his position on the head tax.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money • The TRiiBE
Proponents say former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s removal of the corporate head tax left a hole in the city's budget that was never replaced; they want the rich to pay their fair share.
thetriibe.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Well. If anyone needed extra convincing to support Mayor’s Protect Chicago budget, Business PAC is against it, so it has to be a good deal for the people!
Even on his way out Durbin can’t help but disgrace himself. @durbin.senate.gov betrayal of your country will be your legacy.
"deeply rooted institutional beliefs" in a system that has been burned to the ground by the folks who he is "counting on to keep (their) word"
@durbin.senate.gov needs to resign now. Retirement is too late.
From today's @chicagotribune.com
@durbin.senate.gov needs to resign now. Retirement is too late.
From today's @chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Even on his way out Durbin can’t help but disgrace himself. @durbin.senate.gov betrayal of your country will be your legacy.
Thugs. No training of any kind.
Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Thugs. No training of any kind.
North side folks, don’t forget to join Mayor’s Protect Chicago budget town hall tomorrow at 2 at Center on Halsted. Tell 44th ward alderman Lawson to stop playing & support progressive taxes on the largest corporations over raising taxes on working families. He thinks we don’t care, prove him wrong.
Location: Center on Halsted 3rd Floor
3656 N. Addison
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Date: Sunday, November 9th, 2025
cloud.citynews.chicago.gov
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
North side folks, don’t forget to join Mayor’s Protect Chicago budget town hall tomorrow at 2 at Center on Halsted. Tell 44th ward alderman Lawson to stop playing & support progressive taxes on the largest corporations over raising taxes on working families. He thinks we don’t care, prove him wrong.
Straight outta Gulag.
If the pattern follows B-18 here in LA, DHS is clearing out Broadview to hide the human rights abuses.
The magistrate will visit an empty facility.
And three days later DHS will have it packed again.
The magistrate will visit an empty facility.
And three days later DHS will have it packed again.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Photo sent to me from a faith leader on the ground outside the Broadview ICE detention center this morning shows several buses now parked outside the facility.
This, the leader says, is an unusual occurrence.
Also: a magistrate is set to visit the facility next week.
This, the leader says, is an unusual occurrence.
Also: a magistrate is set to visit the facility next week.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Straight outta Gulag.
Our local profile in courage, @quigley.house.gov shaking his tiny fist to chase the clout of publicity over ICE abducting a teacher, yet is absolutely silent on CPD & other Illinois law enforcement helping ICE & border patrol & abusing protesters. We’re sick of all the grandstanding at our expense.
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our local profile in courage, @quigley.house.gov shaking his tiny fist to chase the clout of publicity over ICE abducting a teacher, yet is absolutely silent on CPD & other Illinois law enforcement helping ICE & border patrol & abusing protesters. We’re sick of all the grandstanding at our expense.
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while the handmaids demonstrate, cook county sheriff’s police just arrested a person for simply standing on the concrete barricades surrounding the “free speech” area.
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
while the handmaids demonstrate, cook county sheriff’s police just arrested a person for simply standing on the concrete barricades surrounding the “free speech” area.
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
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outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois:
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois:
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.