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*Investigative journalist at Chicago Sun-Times
*Expert in consumer issues
*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
*Expert in consumer issues
*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
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· Jul 18
Supermarket super-pain: Trump's campaign promise to cut food prices falls short
The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items across four stores, since December. We found most stayed the same or increased, with our shopping cart's total price rising by up to $11.
chicago.suntimes.com
I’ve been busy since December tracking a basket full of 35 grocery items each month at four Chicago stores since Donald Trump’s reelection.
He said he won on immigration and groceries.
But the cost of my basket keeps going up. (1/3)
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
He said he won on immigration and groceries.
But the cost of my basket keeps going up. (1/3)
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
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Pritzker describes Bovino as "a small supervillain"
January 24, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Pritzker describes Bovino as "a small supervillain"
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Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Verdict reached in murder-for-hire trial involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino: live updates
The unusually swift trial is the first to result from the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as Operation Midway Blitz.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
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Another stunning L for the G in federal court in Chicago.
DOJ accused a man of putting a hit on brash Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino.
Jury acquits him chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
DOJ accused a man of putting a hit on brash Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino.
Jury acquits him chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino: live updates
Juan Espinoza Martinez faced one count of murder-for-hire, which carries a maximum of 10 years in prison. In an unusually swift trial the jurors reached their decision after roughly three hours of del...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Another stunning L for the G in federal court in Chicago.
DOJ accused a man of putting a hit on brash Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino.
Jury acquits him chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
DOJ accused a man of putting a hit on brash Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino.
Jury acquits him chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
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Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "3 SUVs ICE officers driving down 21st to 42nd street. The ice officer rolled down his window and took a photo of me and said 'I got you motherfucker'. I am just a home owner going outside to see what was going on."
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This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Iceland, Greenland.
Greenland, Iceland.
Greenland, Iceland.
NYT Opinion —
Gift link to this extensive list, plus videos, of federal agents’ actions that have been called out for brutality.
I didn’t realize the 47 days of training is a sly reference to Trump, or the overlap of white supremacist references in recruiting ads.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Gift link to this extensive list, plus videos, of federal agents’ actions that have been called out for brutality.
I didn’t realize the 47 days of training is a sly reference to Trump, or the overlap of white supremacist references in recruiting ads.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Opinion | ‘This Is Trump’s Goon Squad, for Christ’s Sake’
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
NYT Opinion —
Gift link to this extensive list, plus videos, of federal agents’ actions that have been called out for brutality.
I didn’t realize the 47 days of training is a sly reference to Trump, or the overlap of white supremacist references in recruiting ads.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Gift link to this extensive list, plus videos, of federal agents’ actions that have been called out for brutality.
I didn’t realize the 47 days of training is a sly reference to Trump, or the overlap of white supremacist references in recruiting ads.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich, along with Roman Catholic leaders in Newark and D.C., calls out Trump admin for actions in Venezuela, threats toward Greenland.
By @brettchase.bsky.social
As always no paywall at Suntimes.com (though it might ask for your email)
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
By @brettchase.bsky.social
As always no paywall at Suntimes.com (though it might ask for your email)
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Cardinal Blase Cupich, fellow cardinals are critical of Trump administration foreign policy
U.S. foreign policy raises “basic questions” about the morality of war and peace, Cupich and two other U.S. Catholic leaders write in a rare admonishment of a sitting president. This month, Pope Leo d...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich, along with Roman Catholic leaders in Newark and D.C., calls out Trump admin for actions in Venezuela, threats toward Greenland.
By @brettchase.bsky.social
As always no paywall at Suntimes.com (though it might ask for your email)
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
By @brettchase.bsky.social
As always no paywall at Suntimes.com (though it might ask for your email)
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Posting this @pbsnews.org thread to remind those who get their news primarily from U.S. TV that PBS NewsHour @nickschifrin has the most comprehensive international coverage.
I worked at ABC. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN have some reporters who try, but their bosses don’t let them fully cover these stories.
I worked at ABC. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN have some reporters who try, but their bosses don’t let them fully cover these stories.
In a note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, President Donald Trump blamed Norway for not awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize and linked that with his interest in obtaining "complete and total control of Greenland."
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January 19, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Posting this @pbsnews.org thread to remind those who get their news primarily from U.S. TV that PBS NewsHour @nickschifrin has the most comprehensive international coverage.
I worked at ABC. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN have some reporters who try, but their bosses don’t let them fully cover these stories.
I worked at ABC. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN have some reporters who try, but their bosses don’t let them fully cover these stories.
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On this day, it's worth rereading MLK's final speech before he was assassinated. What true power.
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” Dr. King’s Last Sermon Annotated (Published 2018)
Part rousing sermon/part somber premonition, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” proved prophetic as Dr. King reflected on a near-death experience from a decade earlier and how he knew there were threats a...
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM
On this day, it's worth rereading MLK's final speech before he was assassinated. What true power.
“One could observe many things about this document. One is the childish grammar…Another is the loose grasp of history. Donald Trump did not end eight wars. Greenland has been Danish territory for centuries. Its residents are Danish citizens who vote in Danish elections.”
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“One could observe many things about this document. One is the childish grammar…Another is the loose grasp of history. Donald Trump did not end eight wars. Greenland has been Danish territory for centuries. Its residents are Danish citizens who vote in Danish elections.”
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NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 PM
NBA game in London. Someone screams “Leave Greenland alone!” during US national anthem. The crowd reacts in support.
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New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
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The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying "Choose Love" in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend.
NFL will honor Martin Luther King Jr. with 'Choose Love' stenciled in end zone
The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying “Choose Love” in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The NFL will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying "Choose Love" in the end zones and on helmet decals for all divisional round playoff games this weekend.
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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Officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in a U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, a judge ruled Friday. n.pr/4qPEVYM
Judge rules immigration officers in Minneapolis can't detain peaceful protesters
Officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in a U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, a judge ruled Friday.
n.pr
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in a U.S. immigration enforcement operation can't detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren't obstructing authorities, a judge ruled Friday. n.pr/4qPEVYM
Jesus.
“'I killed Daddy': 11-year-old shoots father after Nintendo Switch was taken away, courts docs say”
AJ Sisson, Rachael Lardani
for WGAL
AJ Sisson, Rachael Lardani
for WGAL
'I killed Daddy': 11-year-old shoots father after Nintendo Switch was taken away, courts docs say — WGAL
Clayton Dietz, 11, faces criminal homicide charges after shooting his father, Douglas Dietz, 42, in the head, according to court documents. Investigators said Clayton unlocked the gun safe while he wa...
apple.news
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Jesus.
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McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
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The feds have filed 31 criminal cases — not counting immigration-related offenses — stemming from Operation Midway Blitz.
Zero convictions so far.
Charges have been dropped in 14 cases already.
And they’re having trouble keeping this case intact chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Zero convictions so far.
Charges have been dropped in 14 cases already.
And they’re having trouble keeping this case intact chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Bovino murder-for-hire case on thin ice after judge bars gang evidence from trial
Juan Espinoza Martinez was once accused by prosecutors of being a ranking member of the Latin Kings. But without evidence to prove it, the judge won't let the feds even offer evidence of his "affinity...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The feds have filed 31 criminal cases — not counting immigration-related offenses — stemming from Operation Midway Blitz.
Zero convictions so far.
Charges have been dropped in 14 cases already.
And they’re having trouble keeping this case intact chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Zero convictions so far.
Charges have been dropped in 14 cases already.
And they’re having trouble keeping this case intact chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...