United Northwest Side
@unitednwside.bsky.social
A grassroots independent political organization on Chicago’s Northwest Side - organizing against the broken scarcity politics of the past for a future that includes enough for all of us.
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We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
The superrich have so much money they can “donate” millions without feeling it. Not to charities, but to putting out propaganda like this.
MORE ON PACs — It’s budget season in Chicago and the text messages are flowing.
It’s important to understand who is behind the political action committees reaching out to you.
Urban Center PAC = launched in 2024 by failed mayoral candidate Paul Vallas.
thetriibe.com/2025/06/whos...
It’s important to understand who is behind the political action committees reaching out to you.
Urban Center PAC = launched in 2024 by failed mayoral candidate Paul Vallas.
thetriibe.com/2025/06/whos...
Who’s behind those texts slamming Mayor Johnson and some progressive alders for their ‘snap curfew’ vote? • The TRiiBE
A round of political text messages are circulating in Chicago after the mayor’s veto on a youth curfew ordinance. Experts say these campaigns are only going to increase from here.
thetriibe.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The superrich have so much money they can “donate” millions without feeling it. Not to charities, but to putting out propaganda like this.
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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...
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Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back.
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
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it’s important for us to know political history.
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
As Chicago undergoes the 2026 budget season, digging for ways to close a $1.15 billion shortfall, past choices of previous mayors echo throughout City Hall.
“The fact that how we got to this point is Rahm Emanuel decided, by fiat, to get rid of the head tax.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
“The fact that how we got to this point is Rahm Emanuel decided, by fiat, to get rid of the head tax.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...
Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money • The TRiiBE
Proponents say former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s removal of the corporate head tax left a hole in the city's budget that was never replaced; they want the rich to pay their fair share.
thetriibe.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
it’s important for us to know political history.
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
Critical thread and reporting. Shout out to the Triibe for its ongoing focus on the intentional steps that SA Eileen O’Neil Burke is taking to make all Chicagoans less safe.
Over the last few months, I've been taking a closer look at one of three special prosecutors tapped by the state's attorney's office to oppose Kevin Jackson's certificate of innocence. Jackson was wrongfully convicted and spent 23 years incarcerated.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
Kevin Jackson was falsely convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct • The TRiiBE
A deeper look at Fabio Valentini, whose private practice has been tapped by Cook County for a number of post-conviction hearings.
thetriibe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Critical thread and reporting. Shout out to the Triibe for its ongoing focus on the intentional steps that SA Eileen O’Neil Burke is taking to make all Chicagoans less safe.
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new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz."
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader
The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...
chicagoreader.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz."
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.
via @katieprout.bsky.social
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Whenever this crew comes together you know that whatever they oppose automatically makes it good for regular Chicagoans! Support Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago Budget because this crew hates it. #ProtectChicago
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Whenever this crew comes together you know that whatever they oppose automatically makes it good for regular Chicagoans! Support Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago Budget because this crew hates it. #ProtectChicago
We’re grateful for @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social’s work defending our community and speaking out against ICE terrorizing our neighbors.
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
Donate to Support Michael Rabbitt's Legal Defense Fund, organized by Michael Rabbitt
Hello,
I am a husband, father, and community leader who has worked ti… Michael Rabbitt needs your support for Support Michael Rabbitt's Legal Defense Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We’re grateful for @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social’s work defending our community and speaking out against ICE terrorizing our neighbors.
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
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NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE
Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”
thetriibe.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago.
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
Thread from a journalist trying to explain what it feels like to observe federal terror in Chicago. It is disorienting and exhausting.
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
I get I don't have in my history exhaustive library of encounters. But doesn't feel even like extension of the worst policing I've seen, and I've seen bad. This feels different effort entire, started from scratch with few rules and better tech and pushing boundaries of what can be gotten away with.
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thread from a journalist trying to explain what it feels like to observe federal terror in Chicago. It is disorienting and exhausting.
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
…and now we’ve all got whistles.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
…and now we’ve all got whistles.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
Commit now to chasing ICE out of Chicago and then making sure this man never knows a moment’s peace.
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Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday a decision on whether to pursue the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination comes down to whether he thinks he can meet “both the challenge and the promise of tomorrow” and execute on it.
Rahm Emanuel points to record, trust with Republicans as he considers presidential bid
Former Chicago mayor and Japan ambassador Rahm Emanuel said at a City Club of Chicago luncheon he needs to have something unique to say and know he can execute on it to run for president.
trib.al
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police
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If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc
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UPDATE — Mayor Brandon Johnson lays out his FY 2026 budget recommendations to protect Chicago’s most vulnerable residents from Trump.
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
Mayor Brandon Johnson reveals budget to 'Protect Chicago' from Trump cuts • The TRiiBE
“This budget was written long before I took office,” Johnson said, surrounded by Chicago Board of Education members, the CTU president, and more.
thetriibe.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
UPDATE — Mayor Brandon Johnson lays out his FY 2026 budget recommendations to protect Chicago’s most vulnerable residents from Trump.
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...
A theme of life in Chicago under this occupation is that the feeling of relief that your own neighborhood is spared for one day is always paired with the knowledge that it means these freaks are just hurting people in a different neighborhood.
A FB live just ended in Carpentersville, where neighbors filmed more feds putting people in a van. This was in front of Village Hall adjacent to a Walmart. Elgin area RR has issued an ongoing alert: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CCm...
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A theme of life in Chicago under this occupation is that the feeling of relief that your own neighborhood is spared for one day is always paired with the knowledge that it means these freaks are just hurting people in a different neighborhood.
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On Saturday, our IPOs from across the Northwest Side and the city came together to get signatures for a host of our progressive electeds, and we collected over 1,000. There was a lot of grief in the room that day, but also a lot of love, and a lot of determination.
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On Saturday, our IPOs from across the Northwest Side and the city came together to get signatures for a host of our progressive electeds, and we collected over 1,000. There was a lot of grief in the room that day, but also a lot of love, and a lot of determination.
This coming Friday, join us with our friends from Friendship Community Place for a NW Side Queer Potluck! Starting at 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Hwy.
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
October 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This coming Friday, join us with our friends from Friendship Community Place for a NW Side Queer Potluck! Starting at 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Hwy.
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
Bring your family and friends, or just yourself—and a dish to share. RSVP to let us know you can make it @ bit.ly/nw-side-queer-potluck
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NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...
A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...
Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE
An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.
thetriibe.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...
A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/feds...
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NEW from @danhinkel.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ @boltsmag.org: Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has weakened the office tasked with reviewing innocence claims. In the 10 months since she took office, it has not exonerated a single person. www.injusticewatch.org/project/deny...
Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent
State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations again...
www.injusticewatch.org
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
NEW from @danhinkel.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ @boltsmag.org: Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has weakened the office tasked with reviewing innocence claims. In the 10 months since she took office, it has not exonerated a single person. www.injusticewatch.org/project/deny...
The contrast between independent media and corporate media is so stark. From this morning’s “Politico Playbook:”
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The contrast between independent media and corporate media is so stark. From this morning’s “Politico Playbook:”
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If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.
September 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If anything good can come from my arrest, I hope it's that more people demand the shutdown of the Broadview ICE facility, where humans are treated like poorly kept animals. Stop the deportations. Demand the truth about Silverio's death at ICE's hands.
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Any Chicagoan who pays attention to local politics could name the four alders without even looking.
The grossest members of city council:
Raymond Lopez (15th)
Nick Sposato (38th)
Anthony Napolitano (41st)
James Gardiner (45th)
The grossest members of city council:
Raymond Lopez (15th)
Nick Sposato (38th)
Anthony Napolitano (41st)
James Gardiner (45th)
Four alderpersons voted against a resolution offering Black Chicagoans an apology for America’s enslavement of their ancestors. “I was hoping this would be a unanimous one — of all the things we can unanimously support,” said Ald. Maria Hadden (49th).
Bid to atone for slavery's sins ignites racially charged City Council clash
A resolution offering an apology to Black Chicagoans for the scourge of slavery passes overwhelmingly but sparks outrage when four Council members vote against the symbolic move.
trib.al
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Any Chicagoan who pays attention to local politics could name the four alders without even looking.
The grossest members of city council:
Raymond Lopez (15th)
Nick Sposato (38th)
Anthony Napolitano (41st)
James Gardiner (45th)
The grossest members of city council:
Raymond Lopez (15th)
Nick Sposato (38th)
Anthony Napolitano (41st)
James Gardiner (45th)
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There is no oversight of conditions at ICE’s Broadview facility. They denied Dem officials access. Other than stories from people who spent time there, there’s no visibility or transparency at all.
September 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There is no oversight of conditions at ICE’s Broadview facility. They denied Dem officials access. Other than stories from people who spent time there, there’s no visibility or transparency at all.
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“Pelayo said her dad described being held in a room with at least 150 other men as ICE officers constantly yell at them and call them slurs. He also told his daughters detainees are only given food and water based on good behavior.”
These are the conditions at the site of yesterday’s protest.
These are the conditions at the site of yesterday’s protest.
Detained father calls daughters from Broadview ICE facility, says he's held in room with 150 men
Rosalio Pelayo Salgado was detained on Sept. 10. His daughter said he described being called slurs and having his anxiety medication taken away.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Pelayo said her dad described being held in a room with at least 150 other men as ICE officers constantly yell at them and call them slurs. He also told his daughters detainees are only given food and water based on good behavior.”
These are the conditions at the site of yesterday’s protest.
These are the conditions at the site of yesterday’s protest.