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On this note, I don’t believe the Illinois AG’s listed media contacts are real people and are just mailboxes and phone numbers setup so reporters can say they tried.
Yes, and I’ll add: I think non-journalists would be shocked by how hard it can be to contact government media folks. The people who are paid by tax $ to provide info to the public often make themselves almost invisible. (To say nothing of the stonewall you may run into when you *do* reach them.)
One of the things that has made journalism much harder in the past decade is that more and more organisations list absolutely no contact details for anyone on their websites. I assume this is to block spam, but like, how are we meant to reach people? Bring back paper phonebacks?
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On this note, I don’t believe the Illinois AG’s listed media contacts are real people and are just mailboxes and phone numbers setup so reporters can say they tried.
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The past 5 years have been the most politically clarifying of my adult life. Grateful for that, at least.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The past 5 years have been the most politically clarifying of my adult life. Grateful for that, at least.
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I don't think the mayor was elected by people who wanted to let CPD check its own homework.
Possibly the State's Attorney was, but I don't think that's actually true, either.
Possibly the State's Attorney was, but I don't think that's actually true, either.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I don't think the mayor was elected by people who wanted to let CPD check its own homework.
Possibly the State's Attorney was, but I don't think that's actually true, either.
Possibly the State's Attorney was, but I don't think that's actually true, either.
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Every single excuse I have heard for this boils down to the idea that prosecutors, especially now, are just rubber-stamping gun arrests anyway - filing felony charges against people without any real inquiry into whether a stop or search was lawful
OK? It's wild not to be embarrassed about that!
OK? It's wild not to be embarrassed about that!
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Every single excuse I have heard for this boils down to the idea that prosecutors, especially now, are just rubber-stamping gun arrests anyway - filing felony charges against people without any real inquiry into whether a stop or search was lawful
OK? It's wild not to be embarrassed about that!
OK? It's wild not to be embarrassed about that!
In a time where we're seeing former SA Kim Foxx's policies work and reduce crime and the effects thereafter, this demon decides to course correct to increase crime and police brutality. The most shameful is Brandon Johnson agreeing with this trash. Fucking disgusting.
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In a time where we're seeing former SA Kim Foxx's policies work and reduce crime and the effects thereafter, this demon decides to course correct to increase crime and police brutality. The most shameful is Brandon Johnson agreeing with this trash. Fucking disgusting.
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BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
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"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
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NEW: Feds haven't charged anyone with shooting at Border Patrol agents in Chicago, but a federal gun possession case was unsealed Thursday against a man matching the description DHS provided.
Reporting w/ @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...
Reporting w/ @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...
Feds haven't charged anyone with shooting at Border Patrol agents in Chicago, weeks after touting arrest
A federal gun possession case was unsealed Thursday against a man matching the description the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had provided for the alleged gunman.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NEW: Feds haven't charged anyone with shooting at Border Patrol agents in Chicago, but a federal gun possession case was unsealed Thursday against a man matching the description DHS provided.
Reporting w/ @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...
Reporting w/ @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...
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truly unhinged and disturbing propaganda from the United States government
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
truly unhinged and disturbing propaganda from the United States government
I'm getting a little pissed off with American media constantly posting about some god-damned Nazi in Berwyn. Like come the fuck on, know when you're being used to spread a plague.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'm getting a little pissed off with American media constantly posting about some god-damned Nazi in Berwyn. Like come the fuck on, know when you're being used to spread a plague.
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The data potentially at risk could include names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, prescription information and a person's medical history.
St. Anthony Hospital data breach potentially exposed staff, patients
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The data potentially at risk could include names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, prescription information and a person's medical history.
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Missed this at first but worth noting this stay cites Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo and Trump v. CASA, Inc., two cases that went before SCOTUS earlier this year.
The former deals with immigration enforcement in the LA area, the latter with citizenship and the power of lower federal courts.
The former deals with immigration enforcement in the LA area, the latter with citizenship and the power of lower federal courts.
New: a 7th Circuit appellate panel has issued a stay on Dustrict Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order, which limits federal immigration agents' use of force in the North Illinois court district.
The panel, consisting of two Trump appointees and a Reagan appointee, found the injunction "overbroad."
The panel, consisting of two Trump appointees and a Reagan appointee, found the injunction "overbroad."
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On November 6, 2025, the district court ordered a preliminary injunction
forbidding defendants from using certain crowd control techniques and imposing
additional requirements on law enforcement activities. Dist. Ct. DE 250.
Defendants seek a stay pending appeal, and plaintiffs oppose. A stay is
appropriate if the movant demonstrates a likelihood of success on the merits and
irreparable injury. Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 434 (2009); Camelot Banquet Rooms, Inc. v.
Small Bus. Admin, 14 F.4th 624, 628 (7th Cir. 2021) (per curiam). And “[i]n close
cases … [a court] will balance the equities and weigh the relative harms to the applicant
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November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Missed this at first but worth noting this stay cites Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo and Trump v. CASA, Inc., two cases that went before SCOTUS earlier this year.
The former deals with immigration enforcement in the LA area, the latter with citizenship and the power of lower federal courts.
The former deals with immigration enforcement in the LA area, the latter with citizenship and the power of lower federal courts.
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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 3:47 PM
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...
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CPD officers so far this year have shot 17 people, killing eight, more than in all of last year, records show. In 2024, CPD officers shot 12 people, killing six, records show.
Approximately an hour before the hearing began, officers shot a man after a foot chase on the South Side.
Approximately an hour before the hearing began, officers shot a man after a foot chase on the South Side.
NEW: The significant increase in the number of times Chicago police officers have used force against Chicagoans since 2022 threatens the effort to reform the Chicago Police Department, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office told a federal judge on Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social
CPD’s Increasing Use of Force Threatens Consent Decree Push: Illinois Attorney General
The Office of the Attorney General told U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer that immediate steps must be taken to ensure the push to reform the Chicago Police Department results in meaningful ...
news.wttw.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CPD officers so far this year have shot 17 people, killing eight, more than in all of last year, records show. In 2024, CPD officers shot 12 people, killing six, records show.
Approximately an hour before the hearing began, officers shot a man after a foot chase on the South Side.
Approximately an hour before the hearing began, officers shot a man after a foot chase on the South Side.
Any black Chicago news or media investigating what happened to that mother and her 2 kids that were beaten by elementary kids while going home? All I see is Facebook posts and the comments are just making me upset.
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Any black Chicago news or media investigating what happened to that mother and her 2 kids that were beaten by elementary kids while going home? All I see is Facebook posts and the comments are just making me upset.
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The person who’s reported on this the most thoroughly is @davidbix.bsky.social, and this is a good place to start:
Vince and Linda McMahon Named in New 'Ring Boy' Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against WWE
WWE founders “knew or should have known” about employee who allegedly assaulted teen employees in 1980s, per five new John Does who have come forward.
www.rollingstone.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The person who’s reported on this the most thoroughly is @davidbix.bsky.social, and this is a good place to start:
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An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
This is a direct attack on our children & our future.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
Lmfao this is the main objective of capitalists in Illinois. They're so naked in their glee over conservatives getting a win against taxes on the wealthy that they ejaculate this nonsense as if unions will just offer their bellies to the wolves.
From the Editorial Board: With the rejection of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, it’s time to engage with the unions representing city workers.
Editorial: Death of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax should lead to negotiations with unions
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax is dead whether he admits it or not. It’s time to talk concessions with unions representing city workers.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Lmfao this is the main objective of capitalists in Illinois. They're so naked in their glee over conservatives getting a win against taxes on the wealthy that they ejaculate this nonsense as if unions will just offer their bellies to the wolves.
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
The American press is so spineless lmao.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The American press is so spineless lmao.
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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Jesus Christ. This is monstrous. Absolutely sickening. The journalists in that room should walk out en masse.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Jesus Christ. This is monstrous. Absolutely sickening. The journalists in that room should walk out en masse.
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Kidnappings have slowed with CBP’s ramp-down, but rapid response, patrols, whistles, etc. all formed even before Border Patrol arrived.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
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 6:00 PM
Kidnappings have slowed with CBP’s ramp-down, but rapid response, patrols, whistles, etc. all formed even before Border Patrol arrived.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
Expect we’re going to see a return to quick abductions of people they’ve targeted and probably some opportunistically, when people are out during mild weather.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor