Kwame Opam
@kwameopam.bsky.social
Deputy Managing Editor, News @ Chicago Sun-Times
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There is entirely too much Paw Patrol
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There is entirely too much Paw Patrol
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’
Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.
tinyurl.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trump's Chicago deportation blitz has hinged on aggressive and forceful policing tactics: Shootings, takedowns, chokeholds, car chases, chemical munitions, etc.
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
To get a better sense of the scope and the impact, we mapped incidents, spoke to those affected and analyzed policy.
tinyurl.com/3nrkaw55
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
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 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Damn. Ugh. WTF. Sigh. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Damn. Ugh. WTF. Sigh. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...
Oh...! futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Oh...! futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Kat Abughazaleh is sitting in a 10th floor courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse ahead of the arraignment of her in others in this case. Waiting on U.S. Magistrate Judge Heather McShain.
Kat Abughazaleh, other candidates face arraignment in Broadview conspiracy case
Reporting w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Reporting w/ @tinasfon.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Kat Abughazaleh, other candidates face arraignment in Broadview conspiracy case
The charges stem from a protest Sept. 26 outside the Broadview facility, which has been the subject of separate litigation. Video of the incident shows Abughazaleh and several others crowding and push...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Kat Abughazaleh is sitting in a 10th floor courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse ahead of the arraignment of her in others in this case. Waiting on U.S. Magistrate Judge Heather McShain.
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Avondale neighbors are rallying to help a family buy an ADA van for 2 boys with special needs. blockclubchi.co/3WUgFbf
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Avondale neighbors are rallying to help a family buy an ADA van for 2 boys with special needs. blockclubchi.co/3WUgFbf
Apropos of nothing on a busy news day, but my brain is broken and I just want to post about Star Wars.
I don't think Darth Vader was redeemed at the end of ROTJ. What's remarkable -- at least to me -- is that he was transformed, opening the possibility of redemption as a spirit one with the Force.
I don't think Darth Vader was redeemed at the end of ROTJ. What's remarkable -- at least to me -- is that he was transformed, opening the possibility of redemption as a spirit one with the Force.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Apropos of nothing on a busy news day, but my brain is broken and I just want to post about Star Wars.
I don't think Darth Vader was redeemed at the end of ROTJ. What's remarkable -- at least to me -- is that he was transformed, opening the possibility of redemption as a spirit one with the Force.
I don't think Darth Vader was redeemed at the end of ROTJ. What's remarkable -- at least to me -- is that he was transformed, opening the possibility of redemption as a spirit one with the Force.
"What's the point of standards?"
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"What's the point of standards?"
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
Little Village is a famous Mexican-American enclave on Chicago's Southwest Side. Agents tear-gassed a Little Village street this weekend.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Little Village is a famous Mexican-American enclave on Chicago's Southwest Side. Agents tear-gassed a Little Village street this weekend.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
Little Village is a famous Mexican-American enclave on Chicago's Southwest Side. Agents tear-gassed a Little Village street this weekend.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Little Village is a famous Mexican-American enclave on Chicago's Southwest Side. Agents tear-gassed a Little Village street this weekend.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Federal agents pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Cicero chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Federal agents pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Cicero chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Wanna see what happened after Border Patrol shot a woman in Chicago?
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
Chicago police withhold Border Patrol shooting videos, citing probe of chief accused of calling off cops
Patrol Chief Jon Hein faced a flood of criticism — from ex-cops, internet trolls and members of his own department — after his officers were ordered not to respond to the Oct. 4 shooting in Brighton P...
tinyurl.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wanna see what happened after Border Patrol shot a woman in Chicago?
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
So do @chicago.suntimes.com and @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. So we asked CPD for videos.
But the cops said no — because a chief is accused of waving off the police response and is facing investigation.
tinyurl.com/8ktur6kh
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Federal agents' use of force during Chicago deportation operations "shocks the conscience," the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility," and a Border Patrol official lied about tear gas use, a judge ruled Thursday.
Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz
The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the deportation campaign. However, that order was set to expire at 11 a.m. Thursday.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Federal agents' use of force during Chicago deportation operations "shocks the conscience," the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility," and a Border Patrol official lied about tear gas use, a judge ruled Thursday.
“There’s a battle in Chicago for one part of the American population,” said Nick Cull, a professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, “and there’s just police and paramilitaries bullying people for another part of the population.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“There’s a battle in Chicago for one part of the American population,” said Nick Cull, a professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, “and there’s just police and paramilitaries bullying people for another part of the population.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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i'll be on @wbez.org this morning at 9am going over yesterday's daycare detainment, the impending court decision on feds' use of crowd weapons (and the Broadview TRO), a judge ruling against the Trump admin’s conditions for transportation funds and a new suit over loan relief for public servants.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'll be on @wbez.org this morning at 9am going over yesterday's daycare detainment, the impending court decision on feds' use of crowd weapons (and the Broadview TRO), a judge ruling against the Trump admin’s conditions for transportation funds and a new suit over loan relief for public servants.
A daycare teacher was detained by immigration agents on the Northwest Side of Chicago this morning. Video shows her saying, "Yo tengo papeles," meaning she has documentation. She was taken into custody anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrq...
Daycare teacher detained by immigration agents on Northwest Side, video shows
YouTube video by Chicago Sun-Times
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November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A daycare teacher was detained by immigration agents on the Northwest Side of Chicago this morning. Video shows her saying, "Yo tengo papeles," meaning she has documentation. She was taken into custody anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrq...
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Zohran Mamdani was the right amount of online
New York voters chose reality over AI slop.
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
Stars. They're just like us.
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Stars. They're just like us.
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“An inanimate object is not inherently lethal or less lethal. It’s the intent of the operator ... If I take a 40 mm [rubber baton] and shoot you in the face with the intent of killing you, is that less lethal launcher now a lethal launcher?”
The weapons feds use in/around Chicago (by Bob Chiarito)
The weapons feds use in/around Chicago (by Bob Chiarito)
What kinds of less-lethal weapons have ICE agents been using in the Chicago area? | Chicago Sun-Times
Tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper balls have played a key role in agents’ attempts to quell protests — but what are they, and what can they do?
chicago.suntimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“An inanimate object is not inherently lethal or less lethal. It’s the intent of the operator ... If I take a 40 mm [rubber baton] and shoot you in the face with the intent of killing you, is that less lethal launcher now a lethal launcher?”
The weapons feds use in/around Chicago (by Bob Chiarito)
The weapons feds use in/around Chicago (by Bob Chiarito)