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When masked agents descended on a Chicago suburb, residents sprang into action, hollering and documenting their operation | CNN
Residents near Chicago are joining a coalition of resistance and opposition to ICE raids and the President Trump’s unwavering determination to detain and deport undocumented migrants en masse.
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Go Mount Prospect!
In case you were wondering if they will come into rich neighborhoods, yesterday and today was your answer.
No one is safe from the lawlessness.
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In case you were wondering if they will come into rich neighborhoods, yesterday and today was your answer.
No one is safe from the lawlessness.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
Yes, we need @duckworth.senate.gov and @quigley.house.gov talking about this. You can’t reform this
we have got to destroy ICE and salt the earth
I will not vote for any federal candidate who doesn’t vow to abolish ICE
I will not vote for any state or local candidate who doesn’t agree to fight ICE
I will not vote for any federal candidate who doesn’t vow to abolish ICE
I will not vote for any state or local candidate who doesn’t agree to fight ICE
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Yes, we need @duckworth.senate.gov and @quigley.house.gov talking about this. You can’t reform this
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Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
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He should know the criminal record of those landscapers. And if he doesn’t, then he’s clearly racial profiling. Fuck Bovino.
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
He should know the criminal record of those landscapers. And if he doesn’t, then he’s clearly racial profiling. Fuck Bovino.
This infuriates me on numerous levels.
First, that man shouldn’t be held by ICE.
But how can his wife think, based on what they are doing to her husband, that there is any fairness to the process whatsoever?
First, that man shouldn’t be held by ICE.
But how can his wife think, based on what they are doing to her husband, that there is any fairness to the process whatsoever?
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This infuriates me on numerous levels.
First, that man shouldn’t be held by ICE.
But how can his wife think, based on what they are doing to her husband, that there is any fairness to the process whatsoever?
First, that man shouldn’t be held by ICE.
But how can his wife think, based on what they are doing to her husband, that there is any fairness to the process whatsoever?
We don’t regulate cars in the US but this should be a law here too
China is bringing the hammer down on hyper-fast EVs, setting a minimum 5 seconds for accelerating from 0 to 100 KMH (62 MPH).
For context, the Rivian R1S hits 60 MPH in 2.6 seconds, as does the Tesla Cybertruck in "Beast Mode." (H/t @reillybrennan.com)
For context, the Rivian R1S hits 60 MPH in 2.6 seconds, as does the Tesla Cybertruck in "Beast Mode." (H/t @reillybrennan.com)
China mulls limiting cars' default performance as EV crashes frequently occur
China plans to require passenger vehicles to default to a state where acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes less than five seconds upon each startup.
cnevpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We don’t regulate cars in the US but this should be a law here too
Lots of agents about to find out that they are not above the state laws
But the story changed today, as we learn the gun-brandishing lunatic terrorizing teenagers is an ICE agent.
No word on whether he still would've been arrested if he'd been on duty. We can only hope so.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
No word on whether he still would've been arrested if he'd been on duty. We can only hope so.
ktla.com/news/local-n...
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lots of agents about to find out that they are not above the state laws
The UK has tap-in, tap-out on long distance trains before Metra does on commuter trains. Hopefully our new regional transit administration will right the ship.
Part of the government’s work to make rail fares and tickets more convenient, accessible and flexible, as we move towards Great British Railways, is seeing better technology for tickets rolled out.
Today's announced sees tap-in/tap-out installed at 50 stations across the South East of England.
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Today's announced sees tap-in/tap-out installed at 50 stations across the South East of England.
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Simpler train travel to London airports as tap-in, tap-out expanded across south-east England
Buying tickets will be more convenient, more accessible and more flexible, ensuring passengers can get the best fares.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The UK has tap-in, tap-out on long distance trains before Metra does on commuter trains. Hopefully our new regional transit administration will right the ship.
Forcing people to see what Republicans are actually doing is a great way to get people to not vote Republican. And makes it hard for people to ignore that might otherwise not see it.
Charlotte reels as immigration raids bring North Carolina city to a ‘standstill’
@us.theguardian.com
@us.theguardian.com
Charlotte reels as immigration raids bring North Carolina city to a ‘standstill’
Thriving business districts in North Carolina city now at a ‘standstill’ after at least 81 were arrested over the weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Forcing people to see what Republicans are actually doing is a great way to get people to not vote Republican. And makes it hard for people to ignore that might otherwise not see it.
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This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
This technology can’t be censored by an App Store
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This technology can’t be censored by an App Store
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Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remember those national guard troops sent to Chicago by Texas Gov Greg Abbott? They went home after sitting at a suburban training facility doing nothing for a month. Abbott's little stunt cost taxpayers at least $12M. What an abuse of power.
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In the city, the people on that route don’t just not care about transit, they are actively against it. They literally believe murderers will take the bus to rob their single family houses.
Harlem Avenue could be one of the most productive city-suburban bus routes ever if we ever stopped arbitrarily designing bus routes around city/suburban boundaries
Do you ever think about how the bus route that connects with the MD-W, UP-W, Green Line, Blue Line, and BNSF, and also is almost always a Top-5 Pace ridership route, ends in a random parking lot instead of the CTA rail terminal and international airport three miles away? Because I do, often
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In the city, the people on that route don’t just not care about transit, they are actively against it. They literally believe murderers will take the bus to rob their single family houses.
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
The type of good news I like to see
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The type of good news I like to see
Let’s take the win in the short term, but this court fight needs to be completed or they’ll turn around and do it again. abc7chicago.com/post/texas-n...
200 federalized Texas National Guardsmen leave Chicago area, officials say
The 200 federalized Texas National Guardsmen arrived to the Naval Station Great Lakes in early October, but they never deployed operationally because of legal challenges.
abc7chicago.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Let’s take the win in the short term, but this court fight needs to be completed or they’ll turn around and do it again. abc7chicago.com/post/texas-n...
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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"What's happening here is evil."
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"What's happening here is evil."
This is what @govpritzker.illinois.gov has been telling anyone who will listen. People still believe it is about “safety”
With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is what @govpritzker.illinois.gov has been telling anyone who will listen. People still believe it is about “safety”
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This post would be wild coming from a blue checkmark bot. Crazy from the feds. There’s essentially no truth here. Violent rioters aren’t demanding the release of some of the worst humans on the planet. Govt records show most of these folks detained are low public safety risks.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This post would be wild coming from a blue checkmark bot. Crazy from the feds. There’s essentially no truth here. Violent rioters aren’t demanding the release of some of the worst humans on the planet. Govt records show most of these folks detained are low public safety risks.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Every single one of these stories deserves to be aired nationally, and talked about until the people responsible learn shame
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Every single one of these stories deserves to be aired nationally, and talked about until the people responsible learn shame
This is why bikes need isolated lanes, in case you didn’t know!
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is why bikes need isolated lanes, in case you didn’t know!
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Teen brothers have been on the front lines of Midway Blitz, following the Feds and helping their neighbors. This is their story. “If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that.” By @tesskenny.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...
West Chicago brothers are on the front lines against ‘Operation Midway Blitz.’ And they’re only teenagers.
The wave of youth activists who have been galvanized into action by “Operation Midway Blitz” follow a long tradition paved around the world by young activists.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Teen brothers have been on the front lines of Midway Blitz, following the Feds and helping their neighbors. This is their story. “If I get the opportunity to fight like this for the rest of my life, I would be totally OK with that.” By @tesskenny.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/c...
It sure seems like the court filing from this visit is going to be horrific.
And this is after they had time to clean it up because the judge was coming.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadvi...
And this is after they had time to clean it up because the judge was coming.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadvi...
Judge, attorneys inspect Broadview ICE facility after reports of 'inhumane' conditions
A federal judge and a team of attorneys inspected the Broadview ICE facility on Thursday following reports of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions where immigrants said they are sometimes held for d...
www.fox32chicago.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It sure seems like the court filing from this visit is going to be horrific.
And this is after they had time to clean it up because the judge was coming.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadvi...
And this is after they had time to clean it up because the judge was coming.
www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadvi...
Truth
What Trump has accomplished in the Chicago area is a dramatic increase in distrust of the federal government and widespread disgust toward his masked, armed thugs. On the plus side, it’s brought Chicagoans together in defense of their neighbors and in opposition to a would-be dictator.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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