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Acquittals, dismissals, and grand juries that won't indict: In the Chicago area and elsewhere in the country, federal prosecutions have repeatedly fallen apart against those opposed to the Trump admin's mass deportation campaigns.

My latest for @southsideweekly.bsky.social:
In Immigration Protest Cases, Feds Keep Striking Out
The Justice Department has aggressively prosecuted those who protest its mass deportation campaigns, but many of those prosecutions have fallen apart.
southsideweekly.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I exist because of this fact. My father took many German surrenders in 1944-45.
Thanks David French.

"because of our humanity and decency, Germans surrendered when they would have fought. The contrast with the brutality of the Soviets saved American lives."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is Doing Something Even Worse Than Breaking the Law
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
When you watched WWII movies, did you identify with the SS officers?
If not, you are NOT like Greg Bovino, shown here in the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago.
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...

There will be more of these cases. A Chicago fire fighter told me "These 'agents' just want to make their daily quotas and head to a bar or dispensary." I believe he has sat at the bar with several in the past few weeks.
ICE agent facing DUI in Oak Brook after driving into tree line: 'This doesn't look good'
Guillermo Diaz-Torres told police he couldn't account for the 90-minute period after his shift ended at the controversial ICE processing facility in Broadview and when the crash occurred, per the repo...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Chicago's musical response - the Blues of course.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC4v...
Dave Specter - The Times They Are Deranging (The Buck Stops Where?)
YouTube video by Delmark Records
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Feels like 1940 here.
September 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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September 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM