WileyTeaBiscuit
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Just a Dem->Prog exhausted by political impotence of current leaders to do anything for the people, trying to find community and cut through the propaganda. ❤ Banned books, sci-fi, good coffee, unions, contingency planning.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
I love that my Senator's Chicago office AND DC office don't accept voicemail. HEAVY SARCASM FONT.
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Congress just dropped a so-called “minibus” deal to end the 40-day shutdown but it’s a surrender disguised as progress.
It funds veterans and agriculture but abandons the 20 million Americans who rely on ACA subsidies for health care.
A Band-Aid won’t fix a bleeding nation.
Congress just dropped a so-called “minibus” deal to end the 40-day shutdown but it’s a surrender disguised as progress.
It funds veterans and agriculture but abandons the 20 million Americans who rely on ACA subsidies for health care.
A Band-Aid won’t fix a bleeding nation.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I love that my Senator's Chicago office AND DC office don't accept voicemail. HEAVY SARCASM FONT.
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Remember: no matter who is in the Oval Office, you can always fight for change at the state and local levels.
Just look at New Mexico.
Just look at New Mexico.
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Remember: no matter who is in the Oval Office, you can always fight for change at the state and local levels.
Just look at New Mexico.
Just look at New Mexico.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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If you need the food bank right now, there’s no shame. Shame belongs to a system that pays poverty wages, cuts childcare, and lets healthcare bankrupt families.
If you can give, do. If you can’t, that’s okay too.
We rise by lifting each other.
Go to FeedingAmerica.org.
If you can give, do. If you can’t, that’s okay too.
We rise by lifting each other.
Go to FeedingAmerica.org.
November 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you need the food bank right now, there’s no shame. Shame belongs to a system that pays poverty wages, cuts childcare, and lets healthcare bankrupt families.
If you can give, do. If you can’t, that’s okay too.
We rise by lifting each other.
Go to FeedingAmerica.org.
If you can give, do. If you can’t, that’s okay too.
We rise by lifting each other.
Go to FeedingAmerica.org.
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The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans. https://to.pbs.org/4hBgn2h
Trump limits annual refugees to U.S. to 7,500. It'll be mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted annually to the United States to 7,500 and they'll be mostly white South Africans.
www.pbs.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans. https://to.pbs.org/4hBgn2h
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NEW — In response to the pause in SNAP benefits scheduled for Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an order to designate $20 million in state funding for 2,600 food pantries across Illinois.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/prit...
thetriibe.com/2025/10/prit...
Pritzker taps into state funds to help Illinoisans with food assistance during federal SNAP pause • The TRiiBE
The executive order also addresses forthcoming changes to the food stamp program.
thetriibe.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW — In response to the pause in SNAP benefits scheduled for Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an order to designate $20 million in state funding for 2,600 food pantries across Illinois.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/prit...
thetriibe.com/2025/10/prit...
That's the opposite of what these goons are doing. *See all of the videos of gaitered cowards throwing gas canisters on residential streets for no goddamn reason with kids around.*
FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
That's the opposite of what these goons are doing. *See all of the videos of gaitered cowards throwing gas canisters on residential streets for no goddamn reason with kids around.*
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
Jesus...that there are people who think this ok is despicable. Absolute ghouls walk among us.
“We have to be good or ICE will get us.” That’s what a six-year-old told her dolls, after ICE attacked her neighborhood with tear gas canisters. (Continued below)
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Jesus...that there are people who think this ok is despicable. Absolute ghouls walk among us.
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A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
October 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
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(from the inbox) Less than an hour later this morning, just before 10:30 at Roscoe and Harding, feds again released gas as they were driving away, unobstructed, from a relatively small number of neighbors.
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
(from the inbox) Less than an hour later this morning, just before 10:30 at Roscoe and Harding, feds again released gas as they were driving away, unobstructed, from a relatively small number of neighbors.
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This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
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They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville
Ald. Timmy Knudsen reports immigration activity throughout his ward, which is a lot of Lincoln Park, one of wealthiest neighborhoods in city and home to DePaul University
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville
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In Wrigleyville in Chicago right now—
ICE/CBP has reportedly been targeting laborers in the area all morning. A large number of neighbors are gathered outside a house where agents snatched a man. His lunch is still here on the ground.
Area is clear of feds for now, gas deployed earlier.
ICE/CBP has reportedly been targeting laborers in the area all morning. A large number of neighbors are gathered outside a house where agents snatched a man. His lunch is still here on the ground.
Area is clear of feds for now, gas deployed earlier.
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In Wrigleyville in Chicago right now—
ICE/CBP has reportedly been targeting laborers in the area all morning. A large number of neighbors are gathered outside a house where agents snatched a man. His lunch is still here on the ground.
Area is clear of feds for now, gas deployed earlier.
ICE/CBP has reportedly been targeting laborers in the area all morning. A large number of neighbors are gathered outside a house where agents snatched a man. His lunch is still here on the ground.
Area is clear of feds for now, gas deployed earlier.
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An extensive new report just dropped detailing attacks on protesters and neighbors outside the Broadview detention center:
United States: Federal Agents Use Excessive Force in Illinois
Federal law enforcement agents have since mid-September 2025 used excessive force against peaceful protesters, legal observers, volunteer street medics, and journalists during demonstrations outside a...
www.hrw.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
An extensive new report just dropped detailing attacks on protesters and neighbors outside the Broadview detention center:
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NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
news.wttw.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
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IL Congressman Mike Quigley just shared a link to an emergency community meeting on ICE and there will be an ICE rapid response training as part of this presentation -- happening now & I'm watching www.youtube.com/live/-2Qotyf...
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley is live!
YouTube video by U.S. Representative Mike Quigley
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
IL Congressman Mike Quigley just shared a link to an emergency community meeting on ICE and there will be an ICE rapid response training as part of this presentation -- happening now & I'm watching www.youtube.com/live/-2Qotyf...
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Chicago No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Chicago No Kings
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If you go to the resource table at the Broadview ICE protests, as of yesterday, they had a whole rack of inflatables & costumes you could borrow. (also sharing their wish list and a way to get those excellent folks $$ if you can 💚🐸)
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you go to the resource table at the Broadview ICE protests, as of yesterday, they had a whole rack of inflatables & costumes you could borrow. (also sharing their wish list and a way to get those excellent folks $$ if you can 💚🐸)