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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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This incident is a shocking reminder that the Trump administration's deportation agenda has never been about public safety. State lawmakers must act to protect our communities from violent ICE operations that undermine public safety, separate families, and spread chaos in our communities.
A video is going viral of a man in Fitchburg who appeared to suffer a seizure while holding a baby as immigration authorities tried to detain him.
Video shows immigration authorities detaining man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This incident is a shocking reminder that the Trump administration's deportation agenda has never been about public safety. State lawmakers must act to protect our communities from violent ICE operations that undermine public safety, separate families, and spread chaos in our communities.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
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My wife, who teaches at Chicago elementary schools, just shared this story on Facebook about ICE's and CPB's utter disregard for children at school.
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
Children were playing on the monkey bars outside Funston Elementary School when a white SUV rolled down their street in Logan Square. Suddenly, tear gas canisters flew from the window of the SUV.
abc7chicago.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My wife, who teaches at Chicago elementary schools, just shared this story on Facebook about ICE's and CPB's utter disregard for children at school.
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The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
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NPR did a debunk on the 1000% increase in assault numbers
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
NPR did a debunk on the 1000% increase in assault numbers
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...
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JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
JUST IN: Judge Immergut renews her block on President Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, saying her three-day trial showed there was no credible evidence justify Trump/Hegseth’s incursion on Oregon’s sovereignty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
Nation's largest fleet of police Cybertrucks to patrol Las Vegas
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
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Three hops puts virtually every lawyer working criminal or immigration in federal court plus every federal judge in play.
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Three hops puts virtually every lawyer working criminal or immigration in federal court plus every federal judge in play.
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This is a "recommended" tweet pushed to a (very much not-Nazi) contact's iPhone lockscreen last week.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is a "recommended" tweet pushed to a (very much not-Nazi) contact's iPhone lockscreen last week.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
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From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
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it's almost as though district courts should do the fact finding before the appellate courts weigh in
WOW: An UNREAL response from DOJ now to the below embedded letter about the number of Federal Protective Service officers sent to Portland.
DOJ today: The error that the plaintiffs noted wasn't dispositive to the Ninth Circuit's stay, but here are two OTHER major errors we noticed in our claims.
DOJ today: The error that the plaintiffs noted wasn't dispositive to the Ninth Circuit's stay, but here are two OTHER major errors we noticed in our claims.
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
it's almost as though district courts should do the fact finding before the appellate courts weigh in
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The officers Justice Kavanaugh had in mind when he wrote his opinion in 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘻 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰, to the extent they ever existed, are now gone.
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The officers Justice Kavanaugh had in mind when he wrote his opinion in 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘻 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰, to the extent they ever existed, are now gone.
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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I don't want to overdo my personal hobby horse, but this is an example of "sheriff policing mentality" over progressive urban police (both bad but in different ways).
October 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don't want to overdo my personal hobby horse, but this is an example of "sheriff policing mentality" over progressive urban police (both bad but in different ways).
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Just wild: after the Kirk assassination, a Tennessee man shared a meme on Facebook about Trump's reaction to a school shooting. Somehow the local sheriff interpreted it as itself menacing a school shooting, and the man's been in jail ever since with bond set at $2 million [Matt Cavedon, @cato.org]
Free Larry Bushart: “Facebook Jail” Isn’t Supposed to Be a Real Place
The irony at the heart of this case? Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech. As Kirk wrote on X in 2024: “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected...
www.cato.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just wild: after the Kirk assassination, a Tennessee man shared a meme on Facebook about Trump's reaction to a school shooting. Somehow the local sheriff interpreted it as itself menacing a school shooting, and the man's been in jail ever since with bond set at $2 million [Matt Cavedon, @cato.org]
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October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.
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This is the third death that I'm aware of this year where a person died trying to flee from ICE.
A man fleeing ICE agents ran out onto a busy highway and was struck and killed in Virginia, authorities say.
Man was fatally hit by vehicle while fleeing ICE on Virginia highway, officials say
A preliminary investigation indicated that the man was fleeing a pursuit by ICE when he left his car and attempted to cross the interstate, Virginia State Police said.
nbcnews.to
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is the third death that I'm aware of this year where a person died trying to flee from ICE.
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Just a reminder that the government has made it almost impossible to hold agents accountable for abuse.
They are even more shielded from suits than police.
And Trump has gutted the office that handled complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
They are even more shielded from suits than police.
And Trump has gutted the office that handled complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just a reminder that the government has made it almost impossible to hold agents accountable for abuse.
They are even more shielded from suits than police.
And Trump has gutted the office that handled complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
They are even more shielded from suits than police.
And Trump has gutted the office that handled complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.
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"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...