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5443 West Thomas Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604309008: 5443 West Thomas Street
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez and other Illinois elected officials and community leaders called on the Department of Homeland Security to release an immigrant currently in federal custody whose daughter is sick with Stage 4 cancer.
Elected officials, community leaders plead for ICE to release Chicago father of daughter with Stage 4 cancer
Ruben Torres Maldonado, a Portage Park man, was detained by federal immigration agents Saturday while his 16-year-old daughter is undergoing cancer treatment.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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This is trolling magnificient 👌
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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We got a guest on this red line train

#ChicagoTransit
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Foreign student enrollment:

IIT 51%
UChicago 31%
Art Institute of Chicago 31%
U of I 22%
Northwestern 21%
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The scene when I got on the train this evening. Columbus Day aka Indigenous People Day is a quiet night on the train

#ChicagoTransit
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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I'm on Chance the Rapper's train today. This is what CTA was going on about on Social Media thought not on the site not to be mentioned here

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#ChicagoTransit
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Grand Ave was sudsy because that stop was also getting a deep clean

#ChicagoTransit
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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A few nights ago Chicago Ave Red Line station was getting a deep clean.

#ChicagoTransit
October 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Had to take a better pic of the cloth seats from a few days ago. Just don't see this on CTA anymore.

#ChicagoTransit
October 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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And when I got on the bus this afternoon I may still pose this question to the CTA. When a bus gets cancelled does this mean a driver didn't come into work? 🚌

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October 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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This is what the train looked like when I got on.

I almost thought there was a #Cubs game tonight but I'm not sure they played at home. Regardless they're out of the #Postseason ⚾️

#ChicagoTransit
October 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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I think I owe this place some pictures 😬
October 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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The Indian Trails Tenant Union has tried over the past 2 months to get a meeting with Alderman Beale. They have been ignored, kicked out of the office, and had phone calls screened.
Call Alderman Beale and ask him to meet with the Indian trails Tenant Association! 773-785-1100
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September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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It's a shame that the President, the Governor of IL and the Mayor of Chgo are feuding leading to the freezing of federal funds to build this necessary CTA extension into an underserved part of the city. I wish there was another way.

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Sun-Times: Trump freezes $2.1B for Chicago projects, Red Line extension in shutdown fight with Dems
Ward 9 Ninth Ward 9th Ward South Side Chicago politics Alderman Anthony Beale Chicago city council neighborhood news CTA Red Line Roseland Pullman
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October 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Pritzker: Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard
* Click here and here for some background. Governor JB Pritzker… Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement following a request the Illinois National Guard received from the Trump Administration’s Department of War: ​ “This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It [...]
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October 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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You don't see seats like this often on CTA. Cloth seats.

#chicagotransit
October 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Isabel’s afternoon roundup
* Sun-Times… Broadview’s mayor and police chief on Tuesday called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop using chemical agents on protesters and appealed for the agency to respond to several requests, including information about three criminal investigations the suburb has initiated that involve ICE agents. “We are experiencing an immediate health safety crisis,” Broadview Police [...]
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September 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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A minute ago a lady was trying to use the emergency red ball to open the doors before we even pulled into the station. She was telling the motorman to stop the train regardless of whether we were at a station. Thankfully a CTA worker was there to stop her.

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October 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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When I got onto the train earlier this evening found myself standing for a little bit

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October 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Cool. There are delay, however, soon the red line will be back to normal.

#ChicagoTransit
September 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Not about shaming but to see someone laid out on the subway platform - as if to go to bed for the night - is not something I want to see.

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September 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Always something on the Red Line. Always! 🤷🏽‍♂️

#ChicagoTransit
September 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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If you can see the people that are huddled in this corner of the train. The can where the motorman would control the train. They'd often be smoking or worse in this part of the train. CTA needs to address this.

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September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM