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@maryshelleylong.bsky.social
there’s only one way to find out
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Thing is we’ve built a very large zone of exception around “crime” and as long as people claim they are taking action to fight “crime” they’re going to receive deference.
FFS no, NYT, they are not. See, instead: https://presswatchers.org/2025/08/the-elite-media-still-falls-for-trumps-lies/
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thing is we’ve built a very large zone of exception around “crime” and as long as people claim they are taking action to fight “crime” they’re going to receive deference.
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Hi. Please support my favorite independent news outlet in Chicago. Unraveled's recent work revealed:
-DHS agent Timothy Donahue's racist X account.
-DHS agents lied about killing Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
-IL Dems caved to RW law and order rhetoric and built a surveillance state using ALPRs
-DHS agent Timothy Donahue's racist X account.
-DHS agents lied about killing Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
-IL Dems caved to RW law and order rhetoric and built a surveillance state using ALPRs
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No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
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November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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And therapy isn’t magic. Please stop telling men to go to therapy who have no intention of making any changes and just want another woman to validate them
Children are not therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy
only therapy is therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy
only therapy is therapy
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
And therapy isn’t magic. Please stop telling men to go to therapy who have no intention of making any changes and just want another woman to validate them
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But wait there's more: the budget sets aside $82.5 million for future lawsuits.
$82.5M set aside + $283.3M loan + $52M or more in inteterest.
Cop Misconduct has blown $417.8 million dollar hole in the budget.
news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/j...
$82.5M set aside + $283.3M loan + $52M or more in inteterest.
Cop Misconduct has blown $417.8 million dollar hole in the budget.
news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/j...
Johnson’s 2026 Budget Sets Aside Just $82.5M to Resolve Police Misconduct Lawsuits, Even Though Chicago Has Already Spent $90M
Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $267 million to resolve lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct so far this year, according to an analysis of city data by ...
news.wttw.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
But wait there's more: the budget sets aside $82.5 million for future lawsuits.
$82.5M set aside + $283.3M loan + $52M or more in inteterest.
Cop Misconduct has blown $417.8 million dollar hole in the budget.
news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/j...
$82.5M set aside + $283.3M loan + $52M or more in inteterest.
Cop Misconduct has blown $417.8 million dollar hole in the budget.
news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/j...
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I did not realize "the working people" means a police deparement that was exposed as regularly spending beyond this budget and has been responsible for TWO massive wrongful conviction payouts that equal 2 to 3 years of the Library budget.
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Johnson tries to reframe the debate over the budget after suffering a very public defeat at the hands of the Finance Committee:
"It's working people or its the ultra rich. That's it."
"It's working people or its the ultra rich. That's it."
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I did not realize "the working people" means a police deparement that was exposed as regularly spending beyond this budget and has been responsible for TWO massive wrongful conviction payouts that equal 2 to 3 years of the Library budget.
bsky.app/profile/heat...
bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Ladies and gentlemen, the progressive mayor: COPS OVER LIBRARIES.
Johnson vows to veto any budget that includes a property tax increase or makes cuts to the proposed $2.1 billion for the Chicago Police Department.
CONTEXT: No one has seriously proposed either.
Days until the Dec. 30 deadline for the City Council to pass a budget: 43
CONTEXT: No one has seriously proposed either.
Days until the Dec. 30 deadline for the City Council to pass a budget: 43
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the progressive mayor: COPS OVER LIBRARIES.
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apply this to the new details about patrick beverley assaulting his sister, and draymond green's strange and misogynist "you can't keep calling me a woman" outburst the other night
"For the very few men who benefit from these corporate pyramid schemes, it is unthinkable that the way they treat women should be indicative of anything important about them....
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
apply this to the new details about patrick beverley assaulting his sister, and draymond green's strange and misogynist "you can't keep calling me a woman" outburst the other night
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Of course Rahm said this.
We all know the hill that Rahm Emanuel WAS willing to die on was the covering up the murder of a black teenager by Chicago Police.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
We all know the hill that Rahm Emanuel WAS willing to die on was the covering up the murder of a black teenager by Chicago Police.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Of course Rahm said this.
We all know the hill that Rahm Emanuel WAS willing to die on was the covering up the murder of a black teenager by Chicago Police.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
We all know the hill that Rahm Emanuel WAS willing to die on was the covering up the murder of a black teenager by Chicago Police.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
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New York's cops are so afraid of a serious progressive mayor that they want to retire and move to red states
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New York's cops are so afraid of a serious progressive mayor that they want to retire and move to red states
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Call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and say:
NO STATE TROOPS AT BROADVIEW
& STOP WORKING WITH ICE
(312) 814-2121
whyispritzkerprotectingice.com
NO STATE TROOPS AT BROADVIEW
& STOP WORKING WITH ICE
(312) 814-2121
whyispritzkerprotectingice.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Call @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office and say:
NO STATE TROOPS AT BROADVIEW
& STOP WORKING WITH ICE
(312) 814-2121
whyispritzkerprotectingice.com
NO STATE TROOPS AT BROADVIEW
& STOP WORKING WITH ICE
(312) 814-2121
whyispritzkerprotectingice.com
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Just horrific. These are crimes.
And let’s be clear — this is by design. They’ve been forthright about that. The aim is to make it migrants suffer so much that they give up their due process rights and leave voluntarily.
And let’s be clear — this is by design. They’ve been forthright about that. The aim is to make it migrants suffer so much that they give up their due process rights and leave voluntarily.
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 3:35 PM
Just horrific. These are crimes.
And let’s be clear — this is by design. They’ve been forthright about that. The aim is to make it migrants suffer so much that they give up their due process rights and leave voluntarily.
And let’s be clear — this is by design. They’ve been forthright about that. The aim is to make it migrants suffer so much that they give up their due process rights and leave voluntarily.
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i know this is rhetorical but the answer is to get intimate control over the lives of people who are literally required to be vulnerable around you
If you work in healthcare and aren’t constantly appalled by the suffering people endure over something as stupid and unnecessary as people going without food or proper nutrition (or housing or medicine etc) in the wealthiest country in the history of the world then why are you working in healthcare?
The nurse who made fun of new parents who can’t feed their babies without SNAP was fired.
Shame on her.
Poverty is not a moral failing.
Those in healthcare roles are supposed to help, not hurt.
Don’t forget to donate diapers, formula & feminine care products to food banks!
Shame on her.
Poverty is not a moral failing.
Those in healthcare roles are supposed to help, not hurt.
Don’t forget to donate diapers, formula & feminine care products to food banks!
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
i know this is rhetorical but the answer is to get intimate control over the lives of people who are literally required to be vulnerable around you
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The police are defunding Chicago.
The Chicago Police Department spent more than its City Council-approved budget in five of the last six years, costing Chicago taxpayers more than $501.2 million in unanticipated expenses, records show.
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
Chicago Police Department Overspent Its Budget By $501M Over 5 Years: Data
Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The police are defunding Chicago.
nothing is ever their responsibility
Just so Chicago knows, CPD and several alders are pinning their out of control overtime costs on protests. One alder said if we want to save money people should stop protesting.
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
nothing is ever their responsibility
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the violent antifa streets of OIP
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the violent antifa streets of OIP
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lol
Bovino is asked if he'd seen "any evidence your men were confronted by violent rioters in Old Irving Park?"
Bovino: "Yes."
Bovino: "Yes."
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
lol
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But the local cops definitely and positively do not coordinate with federal kidnappers!!1!
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Wednesday said the use of tear gas by federal immigration agents has lessened after he spoke with leaders from Customs and Border Protection.
Border Patrol tear gas use involving cops down after talking with CPD, Snelling says
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Wednesday said the use of tear gas by federal immigration agents has lessened after he spoke with leaders from Customs and Border Protection.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
But the local cops definitely and positively do not coordinate with federal kidnappers!!1!
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Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of the Center for Municipal Finance.
The Chicago Police Department spent more than its City Council-approved budget in five of the last six years, costing Chicago taxpayers more than $501.2 million in unanticipated expenses, records show.
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
https://to.wttw.com/4ok8hxL
Chicago Police Department Overspent Its Budget By $501M Over 5 Years: Data
Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of...
to.wttw.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Allowing CPD to spend unlimited sums of taxpayer money is a “crazy way to run a city,” said Justin Marlowe, a professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and the director of the Center for Municipal Finance.
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Thinking about this again today as I read through the right-wing crash-outs and notice how many center on a fear of what others will do— not necessarily to them, just in general.
One thing I'm realizing about conservative psychology is that these folks are verrrrry focused on other people's behavior. Which is one of the top things your therapist will tell you to stop doing if you don't want to be anxious and depressed. No wonder so many of them are so miserable.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thinking about this again today as I read through the right-wing crash-outs and notice how many center on a fear of what others will do— not necessarily to them, just in general.
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Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling says CPD has made a "huge move" toward complying with the consent decree.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling says CPD has made a "huge move" toward complying with the consent decree.
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Pressed by Ald. Daniel La Spata, Chicago Police Department Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti says CPD *will not* investigate allegations that federal agents committed a crime during the normal the course of their official actions.
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
Federal Agents Fired Tear Gas at Lakeview Crowd Protesting Immigration Raids, Videos Show
The incident, which took place in the heart of one of Chicago’s wealthiest and most tourist-friendly neighborhoods, marks the second straight day that federal agents have deployed tear gas against Chi...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Pressed by Ald. Daniel La Spata, Chicago Police Department Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti says CPD *will not* investigate allegations that federal agents committed a crime during the normal the course of their official actions.
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
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"Police Are Our Government"
How many kids first experience of the state will be of masked men grabbing people?
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Police Are Our Government"
if they wanted to they would
I'll close with a reminder I give every year: unlike our other billion-dollar-plus departments, CPD is almost entirely paid for with the general-purpose corporate fund.
Out of every dollar spent on the police budget, roughly 94 cents could be spent on any other city department, if Council wanted.
Out of every dollar spent on the police budget, roughly 94 cents could be spent on any other city department, if Council wanted.
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
if they wanted to they would
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The correct unit of municipal budget analysis is not dollars but "Cost of Policing (CoP) days/hours"
You take total money spent on cops over the year (including OT and settlements) and divide by 365 to get one CoP day
You take total money spent on cops over the year (including OT and settlements) and divide by 365 to get one CoP day
New from me: The police are defunding our cities. In LA, LAPD’s growing liability lawsuits are costing taxpayers millions of dollars in payouts. $400m in payouts since 2019. The biggest culprits: protests, police shootings, and car collisions. More👇
lapublicpress.org/2025/11/lapd...
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Inside LAPD's nearly $400M settlement crisis that's bankrupting LA
Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
lapublicpress.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The correct unit of municipal budget analysis is not dollars but "Cost of Policing (CoP) days/hours"
You take total money spent on cops over the year (including OT and settlements) and divide by 365 to get one CoP day
You take total money spent on cops over the year (including OT and settlements) and divide by 365 to get one CoP day
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Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely