Lenore K
@lenorek.bsky.social
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If I was running a local newsroom, I’d be finding local families living this same exact nightmare. This ‘show & tell’ of what it’s like to try (&fail) to find someone locked up by DHS is crucial to understanding the devastating, real-life impacts of these Trump immigration policies.
Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If I was running a local newsroom, I’d be finding local families living this same exact nightmare. This ‘show & tell’ of what it’s like to try (&fail) to find someone locked up by DHS is crucial to understanding the devastating, real-life impacts of these Trump immigration policies.
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Homeland Security is trying to save Chicago from the scourge of tamale vendors and Uber drivers. These folks are not the "worst of the worst." Far from it. They help make our city work. If Trump's thugs wanted to rid Chicago of the worst of the worst, they'd put Greg Bovino on a plane out of town.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Homeland Security is trying to save Chicago from the scourge of tamale vendors and Uber drivers. These folks are not the "worst of the worst." Far from it. They help make our city work. If Trump's thugs wanted to rid Chicago of the worst of the worst, they'd put Greg Bovino on a plane out of town.
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Border Patrol is arresting and terrorizing positive, productive members of our community – people we want here in Evanston.
The violence in our community is being committed by Homeland Security.
The violence in our community is being committed by Homeland Security.
December 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Border Patrol is arresting and terrorizing positive, productive members of our community – people we want here in Evanston.
The violence in our community is being committed by Homeland Security.
The violence in our community is being committed by Homeland Security.
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this right here is what's actually happening & really ought to be a part of every pundit panel and news story. The GOP made it's choice, it chose to fund the secret police that is back in my city of Chicago again today terrorizing hard working people.
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
this right here is what's actually happening & really ought to be a part of every pundit panel and news story. The GOP made it's choice, it chose to fund the secret police that is back in my city of Chicago again today terrorizing hard working people.
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The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
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Racism.
The answer is racism.
The answer is racism.
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Racism.
The answer is racism.
The answer is racism.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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More federal tear gas in the Chicago area. Homeland Security isn’t keeping us safe. It’s terrorizing us on the orders of a criminal president.
After this, federal agents tear gassed the public on their way out of Elgin, per our photographer who was present. The Feds tear gassed eight Chicago neighborhoods this fall and now a suburb.
In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
More federal tear gas in the Chicago area. Homeland Security isn’t keeping us safe. It’s terrorizing us on the orders of a criminal president.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
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~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
Support Unraveled
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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way.
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
The fascist's unemployment solution: hiring some people to terrorize and cage others
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U.S. Hires 50,000 Federal Workers Under Trump, Boosting Immigration Roles
The bulk of the new hires, reported first by Reuters, work at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There's a lot we have not visualized in a useful way.
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
One of the big ones is the SHIFT in govt employment from "people who cure cancer" and "people who make sure your Social Security comes on time" and "people who care for veterans" to "people who kidnap your neighbors."
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there's lots of talk about federal agents leaving chicago. details are still murky, but reports suggest greg bovino and other higher ups are skipping town.
regardless of what happens, border patrol was only the most visible, most brutal occupying force. the abductions won't stop once bovino leaves.
regardless of what happens, border patrol was only the most visible, most brutal occupying force. the abductions won't stop once bovino leaves.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
there's lots of talk about federal agents leaving chicago. details are still murky, but reports suggest greg bovino and other higher ups are skipping town.
regardless of what happens, border patrol was only the most visible, most brutal occupying force. the abductions won't stop once bovino leaves.
regardless of what happens, border patrol was only the most visible, most brutal occupying force. the abductions won't stop once bovino leaves.
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
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Please note this is also in addition to ongoing kidnappings across the suburbs, with sightings reported in more of them than we can even list at the moment. This is daily life now, and there's no one central place reporting them all.
ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier).
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please note this is also in addition to ongoing kidnappings across the suburbs, with sightings reported in more of them than we can even list at the moment. This is daily life now, and there's no one central place reporting them all.
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This thread is about Evanston, but this has also been going on without reprieve in Elgin, Aurora, and other Chicago suburbs—a metro area of nearly 10 million people.
Some context to the viral videos:
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.
They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This thread is about Evanston, but this has also been going on without reprieve in Elgin, Aurora, and other Chicago suburbs—a metro area of nearly 10 million people.
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There are bonafide monsters stalking the earth eagerly and enthusiastically distributing suffering to anyone they please. And with no recourse on our end but to film them and shout and beg for anyone with power to stop them. How convenient that the monopoly on violence always also acts as a shield.
Every headline is a moral injury
Every single post is like a punch in the face. Every headline is a moral injury.
Could be I’m extending too much grace here but it occurred to me recently that maybe all of the people who “don’t pay ...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
There are bonafide monsters stalking the earth eagerly and enthusiastically distributing suffering to anyone they please. And with no recourse on our end but to film them and shout and beg for anyone with power to stop them. How convenient that the monopoly on violence always also acts as a shield.
Yes, “randomized terror” is exactly how it feels.
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yes, “randomized terror” is exactly how it feels.
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It's not just what is being planned so much is already in place. From detention camps to chartered flights. People whose job is to contract food for staff who help this. Contracts. Schedules. Construction deals. This isnt just stop a few masked guys. It's systemic.
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's not just what is being planned so much is already in place. From detention camps to chartered flights. People whose job is to contract food for staff who help this. Contracts. Schedules. Construction deals. This isnt just stop a few masked guys. It's systemic.
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"Please help. Please help. Please help us. We have rights, we’re citizens here, please help us"
My god. This 911 call with a Chicago woman pleading for help as ICE pulls pulls people from their cars, aiming weapons at them is grotesque. Monsters have invaded our city. Monsters.
My god. This 911 call with a Chicago woman pleading for help as ICE pulls pulls people from their cars, aiming weapons at them is grotesque. Monsters have invaded our city. Monsters.
911 Audio Reveals Harrowing Chicago Escalation talkingpointsmemo.com/news/911-aud...
911 Audio Reveals Harrowing Chicago Escalation
The Trump administration wants everyone to see what it’s doing in Chicago....
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October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Please help. Please help. Please help us. We have rights, we’re citizens here, please help us"
My god. This 911 call with a Chicago woman pleading for help as ICE pulls pulls people from their cars, aiming weapons at them is grotesque. Monsters have invaded our city. Monsters.
My god. This 911 call with a Chicago woman pleading for help as ICE pulls pulls people from their cars, aiming weapons at them is grotesque. Monsters have invaded our city. Monsters.
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This ICE removal trip operated by Omni Air International just landed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Migrant passengers onboard have now been shackled at their wrists, ankles and waists for 40 hours.
This is the second ICE removal to Cambodia in six weeks. The other one was also operated by Omni.
This is the second ICE removal to Cambodia in six weeks. The other one was also operated by Omni.
This ICE removal operated by Omni Air International is now making its second stop, in Sri Lanka. So far, migrants onboard have spent 34 hours in handcuffs, leg irons and a waist chain. There may be more stops.
Omni and its parent company were purchased in April by private equity firm Stonepeak.
Omni and its parent company were purchased in April by private equity firm Stonepeak.
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This ICE removal trip operated by Omni Air International just landed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Migrant passengers onboard have now been shackled at their wrists, ankles and waists for 40 hours.
This is the second ICE removal to Cambodia in six weeks. The other one was also operated by Omni.
This is the second ICE removal to Cambodia in six weeks. The other one was also operated by Omni.
All of this …
our neighborhoods are filled with masked agents, who violently abduct dozens of people every single day from out of ubers and in front of elementary schools and from their goddamn houses for the sole reason that they’re brown.
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
All of this …
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Yes, senate republicans, Mueller, McConnell, Roberts — they were all complicit.
But Biden and Garland were supposed to be the good guys. To save the soul of America. To uphold justice no matter what.
And this is what they did with their 4 years.
This is their legacy.
But Biden and Garland were supposed to be the good guys. To save the soul of America. To uphold justice no matter what.
And this is what they did with their 4 years.
This is their legacy.
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Yes, senate republicans, Mueller, McConnell, Roberts — they were all complicit.
But Biden and Garland were supposed to be the good guys. To save the soul of America. To uphold justice no matter what.
And this is what they did with their 4 years.
This is their legacy.
But Biden and Garland were supposed to be the good guys. To save the soul of America. To uphold justice no matter what.
And this is what they did with their 4 years.
This is their legacy.
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People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.
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this shit is blatantly unconstitutional and really, really, REALLY bad
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October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
this shit is blatantly unconstitutional and really, really, REALLY bad
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