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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!)

@326bureauchief.bsky.social

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Lawyer. Liberal. Chicagoan. (Northwest Burbs, really.) Blocking and reporting idiots for sport. Not quite ready to sell my soul for three-dollar gas just yet, thanks. Pronouns: dat guy / dat freakin' guy / dat guy's.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 34m

Any clue as to whether nameplates were worn by the agents?

Because... the TRO said they had to.

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 1h

I just read this.

This is a *lightning bolt* of a complaint. Incredible work by the lawyers on the file.

Let's hope Judge Gettleman hears them and acts accordingly when the hearing is called this afternoon.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2h

A link to the full complaint can be found here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/7f/01/722b06...

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 2h

Hi from me too, Ed!

a brown bear is sitting in a field behind a wire fence

ALT: a brown bear is sitting in a field behind a wire fence

media.tenor.com

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 19h

Of all people who have followed You Know Who into oblivion, Generation X is the most galling.

It's the only age group that doesn't have him underwater.

It's mindboggling.

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 3d

NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -51
30-44: -6 | -17
45-64: +12 | 0
65+: -4 | -16
today.yougov.com/politics/art...

A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump by age in his second term."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 20h

America letting the royals (?!) lap them on this is so embarrassing I cannot

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 20h

Is this beauty, or horror?

(Yes.)

jacki, of the zombie variety 🧟‍♀️ @jacki.bsky.social · 1d

Free lunch for those in need at Wooden Paddle in La Grange

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 20h

Ope.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.

Stephen Miller Reminds
Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 20h

Well, that's nice.

Get her in front of the Judiciary Committee.

Put her under oath.

Again.

Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 20h

This is a flat-out lie.

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 20h

Man.

Trey Yesavage moves from folk hero to Milkshake Duck overnight.

We used to be a proper continent.

Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 21h

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 21h

I just donated to the Greater #Chicago Food Depository.

You can too.

They're gonna need every nickel they can get their mitts on.

(And Thanksgiving's coming, too.)

✊️

www.chicagosfoodbank.org

Excerpt of article from Chicago Sun Times (30 October 2025) --

But even the biggest banks, like the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Northern Illinois Food Bank, say they can’t possibly match the $350 million in SNAP support that flows into Illinois each month.

“For every meal that food banks like us provide, SNAP provides nine,” Nolan Downey, senior director of policy with the food depository, told WBEZ. “We cannot meet this need.”

“My heart will break for the person who will do the grocery shopping on Saturday,” added NIFB President and CEO Julie Yurko. “They will be in the checkout line. They will not know that their SNAP card wasn't filled, and they will be in the horrific, embarrassing moment where they can’t pay for the basket of groceries.”

Evelyn Figueroa, director of the Pilsen Food Pantry, said her organization has already seen an increase in demand as families stock up in anticipation of the SNAP cutoff. In response, the pantry has added volunteer shifts and is tapping into its emergency reserve to buy more food.

“We’re doing a lot of mental gymnastics, trying to figure out how we’re going to fit more volunteers and fit more food and answer the phone more,” Figueroa said. “I don’t know how long we’ll be able to do that."

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 22h

"No American citizens have been arrested or detained."

If there was only one such arrest or detention, she'd be a liar.

There are at least hundreds. There are likely thousands

Somebody in the press needs to shove a list in her face of verifiable instances at a presser and demand the damn *truth.*

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 23h

If they do this, they lose support in purple-state suburbs *overnight.*

They're banking on holding all 77,300,000 Trump voters. This could shake a million of them loose. Maybe more. As they only won by that margin last time, it could swing the next election.

But that's not the point.

Cruelty is.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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.

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 23h

Yes. That'd be nice.

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty much.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 1d

Every headline is an injury. Every single post is like a punch in the face.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.

A cartoon showing a man between a white construction worker and a black man. He points to the black man and says "Careful mate ... that foreigner wants your cookie" The man in the middle has a plate full of cookies; the construction worker has one cookie; the black man has no cookies.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

"Social unionism" meant the union did more than fight for better wages. It provided affordable housing, health benefits, and unemployment insurance. Since many garment workers were newly arrived immigrants, the union would also teach people English.

A multi-ethnic collective of garment workers.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You in fact can't talk about the history of the labor movement without talking about multi-ethnic coalitions. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was initially composed of Jewish and Italian immigrants, but later grew to Black, Puerto Rican, Chinese, and Filipino workers.

Woman from a garment worker union at a parade to see Jimmy Carter.

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emily north @north0fnorth.tgirl.gay · 1d

lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight

the video being projected behind all the performers on stage

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326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 1d

There are --

Nope. Can't go there. Won't.

326 Bureau Chief (New and Improved!) @326bureauchief.bsky.social · 1d

The fastball has lost... maybe.... a tick of speed. This ain't Fight The Power. Never could be.

And yet: the pitch is still electric. Moves hard. Precise. Unhittable.

Fucking right, Mr. Flav. Respect the hell outta this. More please.