MySingularPerspective
@mangaboon.bsky.social
Bioanthropologist, Science Writer, Editor, Cat Mom, Urban Gardener, Tanguerx
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I am so effing sick of our tax dollars being sequestered to benefit developers and other monied interests in Chicago. Abolish TIFs!
NEW: The share of property taxes collected by Cook County and then claimed by Chicago’s tax increment finance districts soared by 16.6% in 2024, fueled in part by the reassessment of the value of every property in Chicago, according to a new report. @wttw.bsky.social
Share of Chicago Property Tax Revenues Claimed by TIF Funds Grew 16.6% in 2024: Report
In all, $1.59 billion poured into the city’s 108 TIF funds in 2024, according to the annual report from the clerk’s office posted online Wednesday.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I am so effing sick of our tax dollars being sequestered to benefit developers and other monied interests in Chicago. Abolish TIFs!
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The party of law and order literally just wrote themselves a memo that says they don't have to follow the 4th Amendment.
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The party of law and order literally just wrote themselves a memo that says they don't have to follow the 4th Amendment.
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
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It appears that juries are no more likely to believe Kristi Noem's lying bullshit than they are to believe Pam Bondi's lying bullshit. Nice try, little Greg Bovino.
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Chicago Man Acquitted of Murder-for-Hire Charge in Plot Allegedly Targeting Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino
A 12-person jury reached its verdict Thursday afternoon in the case of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who was charged in a murder-for-hire plot after prosecutors alleged he offered $10,000 for someone to kil...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:22 PM
It appears that juries are no more likely to believe Kristi Noem's lying bullshit than they are to believe Pam Bondi's lying bullshit. Nice try, little Greg Bovino.
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I can't even keep up with the lies in Jim Jordan's opening statement, but I find it interesting that he's complaining about toll record warrants obtained by a judge, while this administration has determined judicial warrants aren't needed to enter our homes.
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I can't even keep up with the lies in Jim Jordan's opening statement, but I find it interesting that he's complaining about toll record warrants obtained by a judge, while this administration has determined judicial warrants aren't needed to enter our homes.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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FULL STORY: State officials will probe whether the owner of a South Shore apartment building raided by federal agents in September in an extravaganza designed to go viral on social media tipped off immigration agents in an effort to force out Black & Latino residents. @wttw.bsky.social
State Agency to Probe Whether Owner of South Shore Apartment Complex Raided by Feds Tipped Off ICE
The Illinois Department of Human Rights will investigate whether the three firms that own and manage the building at 7500 S. South Shore Drive committed housing discrimination, officials said.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
FULL STORY: State officials will probe whether the owner of a South Shore apartment building raided by federal agents in September in an extravaganza designed to go viral on social media tipped off immigration agents in an effort to force out Black & Latino residents. @wttw.bsky.social
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
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Strong but much needed words from European officials over Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Strong but much needed words from European officials over Greenland.
Cruel and inhuman treatment. Immigration violations are not be punishable by death.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
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January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Cruel and inhuman treatment. Immigration violations are not be punishable by death.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
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"In the immediate aftermath of the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis... an FBI agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a probe into the actions of the officer who shot Good..."
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FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"In the immediate aftermath of the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis... an FBI agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a probe into the actions of the officer who shot Good..."
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We are truly in the Upside Down.
The Civil Rights Division is going to charge a Black Man under the Ku Klux Klan Act on MLK day.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 AM
We are truly in the Upside Down.
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Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
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everyone needs a copy editor, part infinity
January 19, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Doonesbury sees us. . .
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Doonesbury sees us. . .