maira
@mairaka.bsky.social
writing & organizing in Chicago
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@unraveledpress.com wrote this yesterday after one of their journalists got popped in the face by a pepper ball.
tonight, federal agents detained the other journalist while he was doing his job.
tonight, federal agents detained the other journalist while he was doing his job.
It is not in any way "worse" when cops assault journalists instead of protesters.
It's all the same violence; it's all wrong and horrific.
What's notable is the intentionality behind what happened today, esp when paired with DHS accusing anyone recording their activities of intimidating *them.*
It's all the same violence; it's all wrong and horrific.
What's notable is the intentionality behind what happened today, esp when paired with DHS accusing anyone recording their activities of intimidating *them.*
September 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
@unraveledpress.com wrote this yesterday after one of their journalists got popped in the face by a pepper ball.
tonight, federal agents detained the other journalist while he was doing his job.
tonight, federal agents detained the other journalist while he was doing his job.
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“On Friday, west suburban Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson had a clear message for Russell Hott, director of the ICE Chicago field office: “It has to stop.”
Broadview mayor says ICE is ‘making war on my community’ after latest protests at immigration facility
Federal officers again fired rubber pellets and chemical irritants into a crowd of protesters gathered Friday outside the fenced-off compound.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“On Friday, west suburban Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson had a clear message for Russell Hott, director of the ICE Chicago field office: “It has to stop.”
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Hi, just a note—
The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!
The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hi, just a note—
The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!
The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!
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“You died.
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“You died.
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
woke up in awe that the Obama CBA campaign won *another* major victory last night in Chicago City Council for parts of South Shore & Woodlawn. it was a 4 year fight to this milestone. this 10+ year campaign has taught me so much about long-term, disciplined organizing. it works. and it continues.
September 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
woke up in awe that the Obama CBA campaign won *another* major victory last night in Chicago City Council for parts of South Shore & Woodlawn. it was a 4 year fight to this milestone. this 10+ year campaign has taught me so much about long-term, disciplined organizing. it works. and it continues.
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ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.
September 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.
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Another volley of pepper balls. One agent ran up along this fence to the right firing at protesters (and journalists) from closer range.
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Another volley of pepper balls. One agent ran up along this fence to the right firing at protesters (and journalists) from closer range.
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More than a dozen teens from schools across the city gathered downtown to talk about how immigration enforcement actions and the possibility of National Guard troops in Chicago is affecting their mental health.
Chicago students feeling fear, frustration amid ICE raids and threats of National Guard deployment
More than a dozen teens from schools across gathered downtown to talk about how immigration enforcement actions and the possibility of National Guard troops in Chicago is affecting their mental health.
trib.al
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
More than a dozen teens from schools across the city gathered downtown to talk about how immigration enforcement actions and the possibility of National Guard troops in Chicago is affecting their mental health.
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From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
September 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
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Important read on how some outlets are focused on the real metric: community impact.
S/O to @lisasnowden.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, @mairaka.bsky.social @invisible.institute and others on this @inn.org panel.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/beyo...
S/O to @lisasnowden.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, @mairaka.bsky.social @invisible.institute and others on this @inn.org panel.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/beyo...
Beyond pageviews: Small news nonprofits develop their own metrics to measure impact
“If you don’t decide how you’re going to measure your success, somebody else will decide for you.”
www.niemanlab.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Important read on how some outlets are focused on the real metric: community impact.
S/O to @lisasnowden.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, @mairaka.bsky.social @invisible.institute and others on this @inn.org panel.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/beyo...
S/O to @lisasnowden.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, @mairaka.bsky.social @invisible.institute and others on this @inn.org panel.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/beyo...
extremely uchicago IOP coded
we're all overlooking the important question though, which is are the justices all still friends having fun, despite their disagreements
July 2, 2024 at 4:01 AM
extremely uchicago IOP coded
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I think working for abortion funds for the past six years is a crash course in holding on to hope and rejecting nihilism through the worst of times
July 1, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I think working for abortion funds for the past six years is a crash course in holding on to hope and rejecting nihilism through the worst of times