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Ian Charles
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Law School, Chicago, Sports, Nature, Philosophy.

Role Models include Thich Nhat Hanh, Louis Brandeis, Greg Popovich, and most breeds of dogs.

Immigration makes America great.

When we help the lowest among us to rise up and succeed, we all prosper.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How rigged is the #NFL? Unreal call in this Lions/Eagles game.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Healthy Tree Hard Life
Roots Extension Cord
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Lake Superior Michigan
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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In Bovino's upside down world, there is no difference between an armed gang member preying on others in his community and a guy working 12 hours a day washing cars, flipping burgers, or installing sheetrock to feed his family — and he wants you to hate and fear both men equally.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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I'm once again asking if there are any legal avenues we can pursue to compel the state AG to reread 5 ILCS 805/15 (TRUST Act) and actually apply it
Chicago Police District Councilor Dion McGill says community members have seen actions from CPD officers that seem to violate the IL TRUST Act, which limits cooperation between state & federal police on immigration enforcement.

"Words like collusion and collaboration are used constantly," he says.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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JD Vance, born James Bowman, changed his name to James David Hamel, then James David Vance. He was an atheist when he married his Hindu wife in 2014, but they still did a Hindu Christian wedding. Last week he said he wished his wife was a Christian. He once called Trump Hitler. Who is he, really?
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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🧵 Okay so yesterday's vote has me needing to share something.

I've been tracking these 8 Democratic senators for months, and yesterday's surrender on healthcare wasn't surprising—it was predictable.

Let me show you why:

#Healthcare #CorporateDemocrats

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November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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When the temperatures drop and snow begins to fall, CTA’s employees are among the true superheroes of the Chicago region. Many of the hardworking men and women of our great agency have worked overnight and throughout the day to ensure that our riders have had smooth rides.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Great leader!
ICE raids day care and arrests teacher with citizenship papers;
Alderperson Andre Vasquez says city can't wait for elections to fix Trump-era chaos, urges Chicagoans to act

Nov 5, 2025 Chicago, IL
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …

"It has really become a prison."
DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."

She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Amazing World Series! Will Smith
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Migration is, and will forever be, a human right.

Today, we continue to honor both the historic and present day impact immigrants make in our communities and world. Let National Immigrants Day serve as a reminder to uplift, support and protect immigrants here and around the world.
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I am a firm believer of massive nationwide non-violent civil disobedience with that main intention of fostering peace.
At the same time, I find inspiration from groups like the Black Panther Party on how to fight back against a government that uses violence to suppress people. We are being bullied.
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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It’s so disorienting to have Kash Patel doing the presser on this because he looks like a guy who constantly has five leg parlays going
Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was arrested early Thursday morning as part of an FBI sports betting gambling probe, sources tell ESPN. The Eastern District of New York and FBI director Kash Patel will hold a press conference at 10 am ET to announce arrests from investigation.
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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ICE/DHS, FBI, and local police on horseback, along with a secret police force in black tactical gear, were witnessed violently confronting the relatives of individuals abducted during a raid at a "Family Day" rodeo in Idaho. Among those who have gone missing are children and U.S. citizens.
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Jessica Tarlov just detonated the narrative:

“The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no proof they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had evidence, they’d face a court — not a drone.”

Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero charges. This
#BlueSky #NewsSky
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

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October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM