Eric Crump
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Community journalist and owner, editor, photographer, bookkeeper and graphic designer for a local newspaper.
DHS spokesoman Tricia McLaughlin on X:
@TriciaOhio
We aren’t leaving Chicago.
Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago
-homicides are down 16%
-shootings down 35%
-robberies down 41%
-carjackings down 48%
-transit crime down 20%
@TriciaOhio
We aren’t leaving Chicago.
Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago
-homicides are down 16%
-shootings down 35%
-robberies down 41%
-carjackings down 48%
-transit crime down 20%
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
DHS spokesoman Tricia McLaughlin on X:
@TriciaOhio
We aren’t leaving Chicago.
Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago
-homicides are down 16%
-shootings down 35%
-robberies down 41%
-carjackings down 48%
-transit crime down 20%
@TriciaOhio
We aren’t leaving Chicago.
Since start of Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago
-homicides are down 16%
-shootings down 35%
-robberies down 41%
-carjackings down 48%
-transit crime down 20%
DHS under Noem is an empathy free zone. Block Club quoted one detainee as saying, “They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that.”
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
DHS under Noem is an empathy free zone. Block Club quoted one detainee as saying, “They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that.”
Attorney for ICE complains about being forced to treat detainees like human beings. abc7.ws/4hPMiwf
Judge issues temporary restraining order against DHS for Broadview ICE facility conditions
A judge on Wednesday issued an emergency restraining order over conditions at a Broadview ICE processing facility.
abc7.ws
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Attorney for ICE complains about being forced to treat detainees like human beings. abc7.ws/4hPMiwf
Quote of the Day:
"Mamdani didn’t just win an election. No y’all, he breached a centuries-old fortress of white political power and provoked an entire system’s immune response." -- Dr. Stacey Patton
"Mamdani didn’t just win an election. No y’all, he breached a centuries-old fortress of white political power and provoked an entire system’s immune response." -- Dr. Stacey Patton
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Quote of the Day:
"Mamdani didn’t just win an election. No y’all, he breached a centuries-old fortress of white political power and provoked an entire system’s immune response." -- Dr. Stacey Patton
"Mamdani didn’t just win an election. No y’all, he breached a centuries-old fortress of white political power and provoked an entire system’s immune response." -- Dr. Stacey Patton
Powerful words from Dr. Stacey Patton on the Massey family's response to the 2nd degree murder conviction of Sean Grayson, who could get 20 years -- or probation -- for killing Sonya Massey. bit.ly/47z2L2Z
“I Can’t Wait Until He Goes to Hell.”
After the verdict, Sonya Massey's family showed up at the press conference to rebuke the system, just like their daughter did before a cop shot her in the face.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Powerful words from Dr. Stacey Patton on the Massey family's response to the 2nd degree murder conviction of Sean Grayson, who could get 20 years -- or probation -- for killing Sonya Massey. bit.ly/47z2L2Z
I've seen calls lately for antifa to start talking more about what we support and propose and less on what we hate and oppose. Sure. For me, a multi-racial, welcoming, pluralistic, free, dramatically less hierarchical, equitable, sustainable society would be cool. DEI, in other words.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I've seen calls lately for antifa to start talking more about what we support and propose and less on what we hate and oppose. Sure. For me, a multi-racial, welcoming, pluralistic, free, dramatically less hierarchical, equitable, sustainable society would be cool. DEI, in other words.
Many of MAGA commenters confidently assert we don't have a king. What we do have is an elected leader who thinks there are no earthly limits on his power. King is just shorthand for immunity + impunity.
Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Many of MAGA commenters confidently assert we don't have a king. What we do have is an elected leader who thinks there are no earthly limits on his power. King is just shorthand for immunity + impunity.
Law & order quote of the day:
“Well, I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war, I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know? They’re going to be, like dead. OK?”
Donald Trump, confessing to murder
“Well, I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war, I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know? They’re going to be, like dead. OK?”
Donald Trump, confessing to murder
October 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Law & order quote of the day:
“Well, I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war, I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know? They’re going to be, like dead. OK?”
Donald Trump, confessing to murder
“Well, I don’t think we’re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war, I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know? They’re going to be, like dead. OK?”
Donald Trump, confessing to murder
ICE War quote of the day:
"If alcohol, tobacco and drugs aren’t allowed within 1,000 feet of schools—tear gas shouldn’t be either."
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth
"If alcohol, tobacco and drugs aren’t allowed within 1,000 feet of schools—tear gas shouldn’t be either."
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth
October 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
ICE War quote of the day:
"If alcohol, tobacco and drugs aren’t allowed within 1,000 feet of schools—tear gas shouldn’t be either."
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth
"If alcohol, tobacco and drugs aren’t allowed within 1,000 feet of schools—tear gas shouldn’t be either."
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth
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This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Would be a shame if it went viral.
Scenes from No Kings in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Scenes from No Kings in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
Today's hero: Sun-Times photographer Anthony Vazquez who captured so well the East Side ICE attack yesterday. The article lays out the facts. The photos tell the story. bit.ly/46SEiqp
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today's hero: Sun-Times photographer Anthony Vazquez who captured so well the East Side ICE attack yesterday. The article lays out the facts. The photos tell the story. bit.ly/46SEiqp
Quote of the day:
"They’re not peacemakers. They’re landlords of EMPIRE, evicting the oppressed and rezoning blood and rubble for profit." -- Dr. Stacy Patton
They = Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. The whole Gaza "war" is genocide as a tool of gentrification.
"They’re not peacemakers. They’re landlords of EMPIRE, evicting the oppressed and rezoning blood and rubble for profit." -- Dr. Stacy Patton
They = Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. The whole Gaza "war" is genocide as a tool of gentrification.
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Quote of the day:
"They’re not peacemakers. They’re landlords of EMPIRE, evicting the oppressed and rezoning blood and rubble for profit." -- Dr. Stacy Patton
They = Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. The whole Gaza "war" is genocide as a tool of gentrification.
"They’re not peacemakers. They’re landlords of EMPIRE, evicting the oppressed and rezoning blood and rubble for profit." -- Dr. Stacy Patton
They = Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. The whole Gaza "war" is genocide as a tool of gentrification.
Ceasefire in Gaza is a good thing, but whether it's really and end to genocide is an open question. Trump is distancing himself from his plan to dislocate the population and build a resort there, but he distanced himself from Project 2025, too. Until he didn't. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump gives update on Gaza Riviera plan
President Donald Trump said that his controversial plan to turn Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East” is on hold.
www.newsweek.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ceasefire in Gaza is a good thing, but whether it's really and end to genocide is an open question. Trump is distancing himself from his plan to dislocate the population and build a resort there, but he distanced himself from Project 2025, too. Until he didn't. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Today we honor the many Indigenous nations whose people survived the worst European savages could throw at them for more than half a millennium.
October 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today we honor the many Indigenous nations whose people survived the worst European savages could throw at them for more than half a millennium.
The guy should have pedaled faster. ICE agents have already shown they have trouble catching bikes.
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The guy should have pedaled faster. ICE agents have already shown they have trouble catching bikes.
Quote of the day:
Dr. Stacey Patton sums up Christopher Columbus.
"A man who turned holy water into blood and prayer into profit. A man who mistook god’s green earth for a get-rich-quick scheme and every living soul for inventory."
Dr. Stacey Patton sums up Christopher Columbus.
"A man who turned holy water into blood and prayer into profit. A man who mistook god’s green earth for a get-rich-quick scheme and every living soul for inventory."
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Quote of the day:
Dr. Stacey Patton sums up Christopher Columbus.
"A man who turned holy water into blood and prayer into profit. A man who mistook god’s green earth for a get-rich-quick scheme and every living soul for inventory."
Dr. Stacey Patton sums up Christopher Columbus.
"A man who turned holy water into blood and prayer into profit. A man who mistook god’s green earth for a get-rich-quick scheme and every living soul for inventory."
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The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
October 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
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Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story
The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
So now that the Trump regime has invaded Chicago, it plans to occupy. Not that we're in a civil war or anything ...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/k...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/k...
Kristi Noem says Homeland Security ‘purchasing more buildings in Chicago’
Kristi Noem said President Donald Trump has authorized the building purchases for ICE and said the agency was hardening its existing facilities because of threats of violence.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So now that the Trump regime has invaded Chicago, it plans to occupy. Not that we're in a civil war or anything ...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/k...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/09/k...
“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” --DJT
What law have Pritzker and Johnson violated? Is there a law saying armed and armored federal agents must be protected from people armed with signs and chants and the 1st Amendment?
What law have Pritzker and Johnson violated? Is there a law saying armed and armored federal agents must be protected from people armed with signs and chants and the 1st Amendment?
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!” --DJT
What law have Pritzker and Johnson violated? Is there a law saying armed and armored federal agents must be protected from people armed with signs and chants and the 1st Amendment?
What law have Pritzker and Johnson violated? Is there a law saying armed and armored federal agents must be protected from people armed with signs and chants and the 1st Amendment?
Another great moment in journalism (kidding). Axios Chicago characterizes the invasion of one state by another as a personal squabble between governors rather than the act of war that it is. Regarding the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois, Axios says ...
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another great moment in journalism (kidding). Axios Chicago characterizes the invasion of one state by another as a personal squabble between governors rather than the act of war that it is. Regarding the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois, Axios says ...
Democracy isn't quite dead. Yet.
"Prosecutors’ inability to secure this indictment continues a pattern mirrored in Los Angeles and Washington DC where local citizens on grand juries are providing a check on a White House-directed law enforcement takeover." bit.ly/46V3v2e
"Prosecutors’ inability to secure this indictment continues a pattern mirrored in Los Angeles and Washington DC where local citizens on grand juries are providing a check on a White House-directed law enforcement takeover." bit.ly/46V3v2e
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Democracy isn't quite dead. Yet.
"Prosecutors’ inability to secure this indictment continues a pattern mirrored in Los Angeles and Washington DC where local citizens on grand juries are providing a check on a White House-directed law enforcement takeover." bit.ly/46V3v2e
"Prosecutors’ inability to secure this indictment continues a pattern mirrored in Los Angeles and Washington DC where local citizens on grand juries are providing a check on a White House-directed law enforcement takeover." bit.ly/46V3v2e