Sara Heymann
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Artist, organizer, library worker.
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In other news, here’s a clip from Telemundo of Little Village Ald. Mike Rodriguez getting hit with a flash bang. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ0DnIv...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In other news, here’s a clip from Telemundo of Little Village Ald. Mike Rodriguez getting hit with a flash bang. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ0DnIv...
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I do not think that Mayor Brandon Johnson was elected by people who wanted to defund their library and give that money to CPD.
Following the link in thread to write a budget letter is a good thing to do.
Following the link in thread to write a budget letter is a good thing to do.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I do not think that Mayor Brandon Johnson was elected by people who wanted to defund their library and give that money to CPD.
Following the link in thread to write a budget letter is a good thing to do.
Following the link in thread to write a budget letter is a good thing to do.
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A reminder: the library IS ALREADY underfunded
The CPL foundation privately raises millions of additional $$ that it spends on programming, outreach, and also some collections.
Also, where are the vacant positions? That matters a lot in terms of the City's commitment to serving the public.
The CPL foundation privately raises millions of additional $$ that it spends on programming, outreach, and also some collections.
Also, where are the vacant positions? That matters a lot in terms of the City's commitment to serving the public.
Librarians and aldermen are pushing back against proposed library cuts. blockclubchi.co/47wlf48
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A reminder: the library IS ALREADY underfunded
The CPL foundation privately raises millions of additional $$ that it spends on programming, outreach, and also some collections.
Also, where are the vacant positions? That matters a lot in terms of the City's commitment to serving the public.
The CPL foundation privately raises millions of additional $$ that it spends on programming, outreach, and also some collections.
Also, where are the vacant positions? That matters a lot in terms of the City's commitment to serving the public.
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Librarians and aldermen are pushing back against proposed library cuts. blockclubchi.co/47wlf48
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Librarians and aldermen are pushing back against proposed library cuts. blockclubchi.co/47wlf48
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Commentary: Halving the library’s collections budget will have immediate, real-world impacts. That means longer wait times for new books, fewer digital resources and a reduced ability to serve residents who depend on CPL for everything from résumé writing to after-school programs.
Ald. Samantha Nugent: Libraries in Chicago are essential. Why is the mayor cutting CPL’s budget?
Halving the Chicago library’s collections budget will mean longer wait times for new books and a reduced ability to serve residents.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Commentary: Halving the library’s collections budget will have immediate, real-world impacts. That means longer wait times for new books, fewer digital resources and a reduced ability to serve residents who depend on CPL for everything from résumé writing to after-school programs.
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
During COVID, Chicago started opening the library on Sundays with the promise, in writing, that we would get more staff for the extra hours. Instead, our staff has been cut year after year.
If you love the Chicago Public Library, write electeds at bit.ly/LetterFundCPL and call your alder.
If you love the Chicago Public Library, write electeds at bit.ly/LetterFundCPL and call your alder.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
During COVID, Chicago started opening the library on Sundays with the promise, in writing, that we would get more staff for the extra hours. Instead, our staff has been cut year after year.
If you love the Chicago Public Library, write electeds at bit.ly/LetterFundCPL and call your alder.
If you love the Chicago Public Library, write electeds at bit.ly/LetterFundCPL and call your alder.
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We’re having a halloween lunch time power hour to call your alder and let them know they need to fully fund the library by taxing the rich! Go to bit.ly/callmyward to find your alder and their number.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We’re having a halloween lunch time power hour to call your alder and let them know they need to fully fund the library by taxing the rich! Go to bit.ly/callmyward to find your alder and their number.
Chicago already spends a less per capita on our book budget compared to other large cities. If the mayor’s budget passes, we’ll be spending only $1.83 per capita. Yipes. That does NOT sound like something the greatest freakin city in the world would do. Email electeds: bit.ly/LetterFundCPL
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Chicago already spends a less per capita on our book budget compared to other large cities. If the mayor’s budget passes, we’ll be spending only $1.83 per capita. Yipes. That does NOT sound like something the greatest freakin city in the world would do. Email electeds: bit.ly/LetterFundCPL
Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
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EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
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Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.
With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.
With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.
With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.
With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.
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NOTE: Brendan Reilly is running for Cook County Board President, meaning that he wants a lot of authority over the budget for the sheriff and the jail and the state's attorney and the public defender
But he won't even sign a statement in support of due process when his own colleague was attacked.
But he won't even sign a statement in support of due process when his own colleague was attacked.
Statement on Abuse of Power of ICE and Other Federal Agents in Chicago
October 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NOTE: Brendan Reilly is running for Cook County Board President, meaning that he wants a lot of authority over the budget for the sheriff and the jail and the state's attorney and the public defender
But he won't even sign a statement in support of due process when his own colleague was attacked.
But he won't even sign a statement in support of due process when his own colleague was attacked.
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Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.
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In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.
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I lived a short walk from here for seven of the ten years I lived in Logan
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!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I lived a short walk from here for seven of the ten years I lived in Logan
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Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵
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September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵
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I hope that there’s at least one reporter that acknowledges we’re in the midst of “Operation Midway Blitz” while Riot Fest barges ahead. Multiple people kidnapped yesterday in the area around the park, including one man outside the fences of Riot Fest.
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I hope that there’s at least one reporter that acknowledges we’re in the midst of “Operation Midway Blitz” while Riot Fest barges ahead. Multiple people kidnapped yesterday in the area around the park, including one man outside the fences of Riot Fest.
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washing your hands of people you put in power, built a platform for is ceding your own responsibility & also (collective) power. why would you want to stand on your own helplessness ? palestine solidarity did this too with a dozen shitty men like max blumenthal but apples & oranges i guess
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
washing your hands of people you put in power, built a platform for is ceding your own responsibility & also (collective) power. why would you want to stand on your own helplessness ? palestine solidarity did this too with a dozen shitty men like max blumenthal but apples & oranges i guess
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Happening now: the City of Chicago and the Park District are moving in heavy equipment to remove unhoused people and their encampments at Legion Park.
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happening now: the City of Chicago and the Park District are moving in heavy equipment to remove unhoused people and their encampments at Legion Park.
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And that character was the symbol of why.
September 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
And that character was the symbol of why.
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We got big project out today about Chicago’s lead pipes. The news is we mapped them all. The big idea is that Chicago residents are living through a public health crisis, and we wanted to help them visualize their place in it.
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We got big project out today about Chicago’s lead pipes. The news is we mapped them all. The big idea is that Chicago residents are living through a public health crisis, and we wanted to help them visualize their place in it.
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
@grist.org @wbez.org @insideclimatenews.org @chicago.suntimes.com
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HUGE. The first major court victory involving conditions of confinement at ICE field offices. The judge bars detention in any cell which isn't:
- Restricted by capacity
- Has mats for people to sleep on overnight
- Is cleaned 3 times a day
- Provides hygiene supplies
- Offers free legal calls
- Restricted by capacity
- Has mats for people to sleep on overnight
- Is cleaned 3 times a day
- Provides hygiene supplies
- Offers free legal calls
Judge Lewis Kaplan has GRANTED a motion for a TRO sought by lawyers for detainees at 26 Federal Plaza. It requires DHS to provide migrants a clean and safe place to sleep, prescription medication, nutritious meals, access to counsel, & other necessities storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
HUGE. The first major court victory involving conditions of confinement at ICE field offices. The judge bars detention in any cell which isn't:
- Restricted by capacity
- Has mats for people to sleep on overnight
- Is cleaned 3 times a day
- Provides hygiene supplies
- Offers free legal calls
- Restricted by capacity
- Has mats for people to sleep on overnight
- Is cleaned 3 times a day
- Provides hygiene supplies
- Offers free legal calls
“The “teen takeover” phenomenon has prompted plenty of folks to debate when and how teenagers should be able to access public spaces downtown, but these concerns seem to evaporate when it comes to a ticketed megafest”
I wrote about some of the problems with Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza asks: Do you love music enough to deal with this crap? - Chicago Reader
This year's Lolla lineup is one of the worst in recent memory.
chicagoreader.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“The “teen takeover” phenomenon has prompted plenty of folks to debate when and how teenagers should be able to access public spaces downtown, but these concerns seem to evaporate when it comes to a ticketed megafest”