Chasimir Pulaski
@aguynamedchas.bsky.social
Vernacular architecture enthusiast. Personal account—all opinions mine alone.
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We tracked around 1,600 people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" - the Chicago-area ICE raids that took place this fall. Here's where they ended up. @themarshallproject.org @geoffhing.bsky.social @shannonheffernan.bsky.social
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We tracked around 1,600 people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" - the Chicago-area ICE raids that took place this fall. Here's where they ended up. @themarshallproject.org @geoffhing.bsky.social @shannonheffernan.bsky.social
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Dipping his toe into Mission Style, architect Frederick R Schock designed this comparatively modest home for Fred Beeson & his family in 1901.
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Dipping his toe into Mission Style, architect Frederick R Schock designed this comparatively modest home for Fred Beeson & his family in 1901.
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Border patrol is forcing rideshare drivers at the O’Hare lot to show proof of citizenship before they can exit the lot and pick up rides at the airport
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Border patrol is forcing rideshare drivers at the O’Hare lot to show proof of citizenship before they can exit the lot and pick up rides at the airport
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The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 81k over the last year, & another 5k jobs were lost in November
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 81k over the last year, & another 5k jobs were lost in November
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
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One of Uptown's last single-room occupancy buildings, the Northmere, closed on Friday, leaving many tenants scrambling to find new housing. After the building failed 13 inspections in the past few years, a judge ordered residents to vacate, with tenants being given $2,500 for relocation expenses.
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One of Uptown's last single-room occupancy buildings, the Northmere, closed on Friday, leaving many tenants scrambling to find new housing. After the building failed 13 inspections in the past few years, a judge ordered residents to vacate, with tenants being given $2,500 for relocation expenses.
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Lizzie Kane follows the money: Brinshore Development and CHA had bumpy relationship before developer put 20 properties on sale. A look at big housing provider drama in Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Brinshore Development and CHA had bumpy relationship before developer put 20 Chicago properties on sale
The Chicago-based national affordable housing provider has been a long-time partner of the Chicago Housing Authority, but records show the housing authority had failed to make timely payments to Brins...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Lizzie Kane follows the money: Brinshore Development and CHA had bumpy relationship before developer put 20 properties on sale. A look at big housing provider drama in Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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here's the permit for one of the four single family houses that's replacing this former church building
demolition pics of the former church at Richmond/McLean www.chicagocityscape.com/document/3767
A former church building being demolished that will be replaced by four single-family houses
A former church building being demolished that will be replaced by four single-family houses.
www.chicagocityscape.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
here's the permit for one of the four single family houses that's replacing this former church building
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An aunt of the man at the middle of the standoff with ICE agents in Elgin last weekend says her nephew is not part of Tren de Aragua. DHS has said he’s part of the gang but when asked for evidence they offered little but “trust us.” His attorney said he was a painter & and uber driver.
‘The story of one more Venezuelan, one more Latino,’ says aunt of man arrested by ICE in Elgin standoff
His aunt describes him as an “incredibly hardworking” man with a huge heart. The Department of Homeland Security says he’s a suspected member of a Venezuelan gang.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
An aunt of the man at the middle of the standoff with ICE agents in Elgin last weekend says her nephew is not part of Tren de Aragua. DHS has said he’s part of the gang but when asked for evidence they offered little but “trust us.” His attorney said he was a painter & and uber driver.
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Hello! Did you know that IL is the only state in the country to not even try to be in compliance with a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that says the government can't take $100,000 in home equity over a $1,500 tax debt?
impactforequity.org/report/lieni...
impactforequity.org/report/lieni...
Liening On the Wrong Side of the Law: A multi-state comparative analysis of property tax sale reform in response to Tyler v. Hennepin | Impact for Equity
Author: Mallory Verez Contributors: Simone Montgomery, Maya Nakamura Introduction In [...]
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December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hello! Did you know that IL is the only state in the country to not even try to be in compliance with a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that says the government can't take $100,000 in home equity over a $1,500 tax debt?
impactforequity.org/report/lieni...
impactforequity.org/report/lieni...
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“We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt,” said The Rev. Michael Woolf, who was violently detained by police outside an ICE building last month. “So we have to ask: what would it be like if Jesus were born here today?”
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt,” said The Rev. Michael Woolf, who was violently detained by police outside an ICE building last month. “So we have to ask: what would it be like if Jesus were born here today?”
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After this, federal agents tear gassed the public on their way out of Elgin, per our photographer who was present. The Feds tear gassed eight Chicago neighborhoods this fall and now a suburb.
In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
After this, federal agents tear gassed the public on their way out of Elgin, per our photographer who was present. The Feds tear gassed eight Chicago neighborhoods this fall and now a suburb.
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“A man was detained at an Elgin apartment complex after an hourslong standoff with federal agents Saturday that included clashes with protesters and several cans of tear gas deployed.”
Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man's arrest
ICE agents launched an operation in Elgin on Saturday, where they took a man into custody. They met with protesters who threw snow and water bottles. Witnesses say tear gas and pepper munitions were d...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“A man was detained at an Elgin apartment complex after an hourslong standoff with federal agents Saturday that included clashes with protesters and several cans of tear gas deployed.”
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hourslong community resistance against ice still going on in elgin, illinois—a western suburb with a large latine population and a frequent target for ice/cbp.
state rep. karina villa is on scene, per live feed, and used a bullhorn to call out to the person agents are ostensibly looking for.
state rep. karina villa is on scene, per live feed, and used a bullhorn to call out to the person agents are ostensibly looking for.
Happening right now. Community members in Elgin, IL are in a standoff with Feds who are trying to abduct their neighbor.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
ERO guy in picture on left just peppered sprayed person I screencapped.
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
hourslong community resistance against ice still going on in elgin, illinois—a western suburb with a large latine population and a frequent target for ice/cbp.
state rep. karina villa is on scene, per live feed, and used a bullhorn to call out to the person agents are ostensibly looking for.
state rep. karina villa is on scene, per live feed, and used a bullhorn to call out to the person agents are ostensibly looking for.
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In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In Elgin, ICE agents have been in a standoff with the community as they’re trying to arrest a man. Here’s an altercation between the feds and residents ending with arrest and pepper spray. Video from Sophia Peterson
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There were people who thought life might improve with the immigration raid on the South Shore building. Everybody’s actually getting kicked out.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/f...
First, ICE raided their Chicago apartment building. Now, they’re being forced to vacate it.
The Circuit Court of Cook County granted an order on Nov. 24 from Wells Fargo Bank to have residents at 7500 S. Shore Drive to vacate by Dec. 12.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
There were people who thought life might improve with the immigration raid on the South Shore building. Everybody’s actually getting kicked out.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/f...
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
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"Chicago This Weekend" by @leahgardner.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Chicago This Weekend" by @leahgardner.bsky.social
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I'm interested in these two forthcoming books being published by @uncpress.bsky.social in 2026:
uncpress.org/978146969396...
uncpress.org/978146969396...
It Is Not Enough to Survive
Formed in the late 1960s, the Young Patriots Organization was a Chicago-based radical group made up of young white migrants from Appalachia and the South who...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'm interested in these two forthcoming books being published by @uncpress.bsky.social in 2026:
uncpress.org/978146969396...
uncpress.org/978146969396...
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In September someone who lives across the street told me about the potential demolition. It will be a side yard for the brand-new home next door. The irony is that 2219 was owned by Ray Capitanini (who died in April), a longtime supporter of Preservation Chicago. His parents started Italian Village.
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In September someone who lives across the street told me about the potential demolition. It will be a side yard for the brand-new home next door. The irony is that 2219 was owned by Ray Capitanini (who died in April), a longtime supporter of Preservation Chicago. His parents started Italian Village.
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Today for @wbez.org, @estheryjkang.bsky.social and @amyqin.bsky.social cover worsening conditions at Indian Trails Apartments - a large affordable complex at 121st Pl & Indiana whose current owners are engaging in classic distant slumlord practices, and are profiting handsomely from it.
What happened when Sausage King of Chicago bought a South Side housing complex?
The landlord has gotten millions in federal rent subsidies even as tenants complain about years of poor maintenance and deplorable conditions.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today for @wbez.org, @estheryjkang.bsky.social and @amyqin.bsky.social cover worsening conditions at Indian Trails Apartments - a large affordable complex at 121st Pl & Indiana whose current owners are engaging in classic distant slumlord practices, and are profiting handsomely from it.
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20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding
20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding
A coalition of attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new conditions and cuts to a Department of Housing and Urban Development permanent housing program.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding
CTA workers playing Curtis Mayfield on the platform that’s some Chicago shit
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
CTA workers playing Curtis Mayfield on the platform that’s some Chicago shit
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Mid-century Modern houses, Pill Hill, Chicago
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Mid-century Modern houses, Pill Hill, Chicago
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1300 block of S. Claremont, Chicago. These are not part of the Claremont Cottage Historic District, which is a few blocks north, even though they were built at roughly the same time--mid-1880s--
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
1300 block of S. Claremont, Chicago. These are not part of the Claremont Cottage Historic District, which is a few blocks north, even though they were built at roughly the same time--mid-1880s--