Leslie R
@chicagoredhead.bsky.social
Progressive Chicagoan, parent of teenagers, art quilt maker, critic of philanthropic foundations while running one.
Excellent reporting, including detail about what happened to thise who were abducted.
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Community members describe confrontation with federal agents - Evanston RoundTable
Evanston community clashes with federal immigration authorities after car crash. Residents detained, pepper spray used. Mayor demands review.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Excellent reporting, including detail about what happened to thise who were abducted.
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That South Shore building that was raided by CBP and ICE?
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October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That South Shore building that was raided by CBP and ICE?
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Logan Square is a melting pot neighborhood — multi generational immigrants, younger people owning their first homes, a fair bit of gentrification, with some of Chicago’s best restaurants, bars, retail. Think maybe Greenpoint or Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn or Silver Lake in LA. Now with tear gas.
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
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"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Logan Square is a melting pot neighborhood — multi generational immigrants, younger people owning their first homes, a fair bit of gentrification, with some of Chicago’s best restaurants, bars, retail. Think maybe Greenpoint or Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn or Silver Lake in LA. Now with tear gas.
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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What I would do is...
THEN DO IT. Fucking hell JUST DO IT.
THEN DO IT. Fucking hell JUST DO IT.
September 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What I would do is...
THEN DO IT. Fucking hell JUST DO IT.
THEN DO IT. Fucking hell JUST DO IT.
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Journalistic malpractice in broad daylight.
The phrases on the bullets refer specifically to groyper memes, meaning Tyler followed right wing hatemonger Nick Fuentes, who hated Charlie Kirk.
If CNN doesn’t know about right wing internet culture, it should just stop covering politics.
Kid is MAGA.
The phrases on the bullets refer specifically to groyper memes, meaning Tyler followed right wing hatemonger Nick Fuentes, who hated Charlie Kirk.
If CNN doesn’t know about right wing internet culture, it should just stop covering politics.
Kid is MAGA.
September 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Journalistic malpractice in broad daylight.
The phrases on the bullets refer specifically to groyper memes, meaning Tyler followed right wing hatemonger Nick Fuentes, who hated Charlie Kirk.
If CNN doesn’t know about right wing internet culture, it should just stop covering politics.
Kid is MAGA.
The phrases on the bullets refer specifically to groyper memes, meaning Tyler followed right wing hatemonger Nick Fuentes, who hated Charlie Kirk.
If CNN doesn’t know about right wing internet culture, it should just stop covering politics.
Kid is MAGA.
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Took me about 4 or 5 days longer than I wanted but I've finally written the first part of my series on Racial Segregation and the Federal Reserve. What's 4700 words between friends? Please subscribe so that the decision to take on this undertaking was not in vain
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Notes on the Crises
Until Further Notice, Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025
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September 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Took me about 4 or 5 days longer than I wanted but I've finally written the first part of my series on Racial Segregation and the Federal Reserve. What's 4700 words between friends? Please subscribe so that the decision to take on this undertaking was not in vain
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So, Chicago, it's your turn now and man, I am so so sorry. Nobody should have to go through this. This is awful. This is fascism. Organize. Step up. Don't think other people will do it -- the might, maybe even they will, but they need you, too. Be like LA -- be sand in their gears. 9/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
So, Chicago, it's your turn now and man, I am so so sorry. Nobody should have to go through this. This is awful. This is fascism. Organize. Step up. Don't think other people will do it -- the might, maybe even they will, but they need you, too. Be like LA -- be sand in their gears. 9/
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If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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Reminder the DOJ cancelled $16 million in *annual* contracts to violence interrupters on the ground actually making positive change in the city
Sending National Guard to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million a day, analysis says - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/pnMxVRbchWQG...
Sending National Guard to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million a day, analysis says - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/pnMxVRbchWQG...
Sending National Guard to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million a day, analysis says
The estimated cost is based on figures from past deployments and on 3,000 troops potentially being sent to Chicago, though no official number has been made public.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reminder the DOJ cancelled $16 million in *annual* contracts to violence interrupters on the ground actually making positive change in the city
Sending National Guard to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million a day, analysis says - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/pnMxVRbchWQG...
Sending National Guard to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million a day, analysis says - Chicago Sun-Times share.google/pnMxVRbchWQG...
The killing fields of Chicago.
August 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The killing fields of Chicago.
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Cracker Barrel is what you get when you take Southern cuisine and remove Black people.
August 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Cracker Barrel is what you get when you take Southern cuisine and remove Black people.
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Audra McDonald is the MVP of The Gilded Age finale and also everything.
August 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Audra McDonald is the MVP of The Gilded Age finale and also everything.
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When you lose Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes to Trump: "Fúck you. You suck. You're fat, you're a joke, you're stupid, you're not funny... This entire thing has been a scam. We're gonna look back at MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history. The liberals were right we will see Trump as a scam artist."
Nick Fuentes to Trump: "Fúck you. You suck. You're fat, you're a joke, you're stupid, you're not funny... This entire thing has been a scam. We're gonna look back at MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history. The liberals were right we will see Trump as a scam artist."
July 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When you lose Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes to Trump: "Fúck you. You suck. You're fat, you're a joke, you're stupid, you're not funny... This entire thing has been a scam. We're gonna look back at MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history. The liberals were right we will see Trump as a scam artist."
Nick Fuentes to Trump: "Fúck you. You suck. You're fat, you're a joke, you're stupid, you're not funny... This entire thing has been a scam. We're gonna look back at MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history. The liberals were right we will see Trump as a scam artist."
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He wants Mexican Coke but won't admit it lmao
My brothers and sisters in Christ, if this man touches my Coke Zero I swear…
July 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
He wants Mexican Coke but won't admit it lmao
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Blood-curdling as it may sound, there was a widely accepted and celebrated trend at that time in America of White people openly using Black babies as baits to lure alligators and crocodiles for hunting and recreation purposes. 2.0 Trump administration revisits an old american tradition.
July 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Blood-curdling as it may sound, there was a widely accepted and celebrated trend at that time in America of White people openly using Black babies as baits to lure alligators and crocodiles for hunting and recreation purposes. 2.0 Trump administration revisits an old american tradition.
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stripping 12M Americans of their healthcare BEFORE the Luigi trial is such bad pr I know they don’t care but holy shit are they asking for a revolution
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
stripping 12M Americans of their healthcare BEFORE the Luigi trial is such bad pr I know they don’t care but holy shit are they asking for a revolution
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“DEI” wth a hard R
The fact that so many people think celebrating the end of slavery in the US is “DEI” is actually clarifying of what they mean when they use DEI. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
Juneteenth: How cities are scaling back celebrations after Trump-era DEI rollbacks | CNN
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as organizers cite safety problems and mounting resistance to diversity, equity and...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“DEI” wth a hard R
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"I'll simply mother them correctly" I used to think when I saw kids screaming in public. But nothing actually matters, children scream because theyre alive
June 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"I'll simply mother them correctly" I used to think when I saw kids screaming in public. But nothing actually matters, children scream because theyre alive
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What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.
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I really don’t like the Times’ effort to center so much of the Opinions section on Douthat. Smarmy holier-than-thou fuck face.
June 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I really don’t like the Times’ effort to center so much of the Opinions section on Douthat. Smarmy holier-than-thou fuck face.
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The stunningly transparent revelation here, however unintended, is that "borders are key to a conservative worldview." In other words, conservative politicking---riding the MAGA bandwagon, is about nothing other than margins, limits, fences, and other enclosures designed to control and exclude.
June 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The stunningly transparent revelation here, however unintended, is that "borders are key to a conservative worldview." In other words, conservative politicking---riding the MAGA bandwagon, is about nothing other than margins, limits, fences, and other enclosures designed to control and exclude.
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of course the fun thing about being a conservative intellectual is no one expects you to know anything or engage in the most basic forms of analytical reasoning
June 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
of course the fun thing about being a conservative intellectual is no one expects you to know anything or engage in the most basic forms of analytical reasoning
The assassinations in Minnesota. The assassin posing as a police officer. Masked "ICE" agents. Marines called in to fight on American soil. And now: Trump Mobile.
June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The assassinations in Minnesota. The assassin posing as a police officer. Masked "ICE" agents. Marines called in to fight on American soil. And now: Trump Mobile.