Erin Nitz
@erinnitz.bsky.social
Neurospicy perimenopausal sober design nerd, introverted and all out of fucks 👊 🇺🇸 🔥
Equality | Black Lives Matter | Science |
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Reproductive Rights | No Human is Illegal
Equality | Black Lives Matter | Science |
Love is Love | Gender is a construct |
Reproductive Rights | No Human is Illegal
Good riddance.
Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good riddance.
To all of us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed - our neighbors are worth fighting for ✊
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
To all of us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed - our neighbors are worth fighting for ✊
This account is heartbreaking - America’s own concentration camp level atrocity. Where’s the oversight?
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This account is heartbreaking - America’s own concentration camp level atrocity. Where’s the oversight?
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The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cull says.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
Fuck yeah! Judge Ellis calling out all the bullshit 🙌
Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Fuck yeah! Judge Ellis calling out all the bullshit 🙌
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
I just can’t with these goons. How many more laws must they violate to be stopped?
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I just can’t with these goons. How many more laws must they violate to be stopped?
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As many eyes will be on court downtown today, there are early indications ICE may be active in this area again.
Agents reportedly snatched a daycare worker in Roscoe Village this morning.
Agents reportedly snatched a daycare worker in Roscoe Village this morning.
ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier).
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As many eyes will be on court downtown today, there are early indications ICE may be active in this area again.
Agents reportedly snatched a daycare worker in Roscoe Village this morning.
Agents reportedly snatched a daycare worker in Roscoe Village this morning.
So, are we to the point of 2025 where we ALL just start throwing sandwiches at the feds? Because that sounds really therapeutic. And fun.
a man eating a sandwich in a park with the words " a true sandwich lover " written below him
ALT: a man eating a sandwich in a park with the words " a true sandwich lover " written below him
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So, are we to the point of 2025 where we ALL just start throwing sandwiches at the feds? Because that sounds really therapeutic. And fun.
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Please note this is also in addition to ongoing kidnappings across the suburbs, with sightings reported in more of them than we can even list at the moment. This is daily life now, and there's no one central place reporting them all.
ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier).
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please note this is also in addition to ongoing kidnappings across the suburbs, with sightings reported in more of them than we can even list at the moment. This is daily life now, and there's no one central place reporting them all.
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The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him. https://cnn.it/3WxkK51
Evanston mayor says he’s opening investigations after federal agents are filmed punching person | CNN
The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him Friday.
cnn.it
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him. https://cnn.it/3WxkK51
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New graffiti art in my Rogers Park, Chicago, neighborhood.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
New graffiti art in my Rogers Park, Chicago, neighborhood.
This is Penny’s world, we’re just living in it.
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is Penny’s world, we’re just living in it.
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Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, teams of Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago’s Northwest Side and nearby suburbs Friday, sparking violent clashes with community members throughout the day.
On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.
trib.al
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, teams of Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago’s Northwest Side and nearby suburbs Friday, sparking violent clashes with community members throughout the day.
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Apparently they caused the accident too, by brake checking him. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-eva...
Federal agents detain 2 after allegedly causing crash near Evanston elementary school: witnesses
Witnesses say agents slammed on their brakes, causing a car that was following them to crash.
abc7chicago.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Apparently they caused the accident too, by brake checking him. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-eva...
Evanston today. Wtf.
bsky.app/profile/roya...
Wait … a few seconds in and after the thug puts his glasses back on, he punches the guy on the ground - in the head multiple times
Wait … a few seconds in and after the thug puts his glasses back on, he punches the guy on the ground - in the head multiple times
Here’s a different angle of the video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground shared with the Tribune from a different source
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Evanston today. Wtf.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
Making whistle kits to hand out tonight while listening to Cameron Winter - perfect fall morning (other than the having to make whistle kits in the first place part).
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Making whistle kits to hand out tonight while listening to Cameron Winter - perfect fall morning (other than the having to make whistle kits in the first place part).
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Commentary: Just six months ago, my daughter would beg me for cotton candy from one of the after-school vendors, and we’d stay on the playground a little longer before heading home. Now, the vendors are gone, the playground is closed and the small routines have quietly disappeared because of fear.
Allison Pleas: Fear of ICE is stealing the simple moments in my Chicago neighborhood
The environment around my daughter’s predominantly Latino school has changed: The vendors are gone and the playground is closed.
trib.al
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Commentary: Just six months ago, my daughter would beg me for cotton candy from one of the after-school vendors, and we’d stay on the playground a little longer before heading home. Now, the vendors are gone, the playground is closed and the small routines have quietly disappeared because of fear.
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Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.
Scenes From the Occupation
As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant.
www.chicagomag.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.
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Crowdsourced map of ICE Activity now has a local alert system: iceout.org
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
People Over Papers
iceout.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Crowdsourced map of ICE Activity now has a local alert system: iceout.org
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
24-hour live ICE activity map now gives local alerts. This can be particularly helpful for individuals at risk and also for allies attempting to intervene. You can select your own alert radius.
Perfect shot 👌
There’s a @briancassella.bsky.social shot for this from just today!!
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Perfect shot 👌
Seen at Oak + Fort on Damen in Bucktown/Wicker Park #chicago #icenotwelcome
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Seen at Oak + Fort on Damen in Bucktown/Wicker Park #chicago #icenotwelcome
Brandon Johnson is stepping UP 🙌
October 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Brandon Johnson is stepping UP 🙌
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They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville
Ald. Timmy Knudsen reports immigration activity throughout his ward, which is a lot of Lincoln Park, one of wealthiest neighborhoods in city and home to DePaul University
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville