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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · Nov 16
I'm a Chicago-based reporter, editor, media critic, political analyst and digital media evangelist who has worked at the ChiTrib, Newsweek, Chicagomag and founded the pioneering Beachwood Reporter. I have an independently designed master's in newsroom mgt/worked at NU'sNewspaper Management Center.
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 18h
Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who protested the tactics of immigration agents.
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Feds ‘ram’ SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who protested the tactics of immigration agents.
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 18h
From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 18h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h
A official Border patrol Instagram reel uses the controversial Michael Jackson song "They Don't Care About Us" with the lyrics:

Jew me, sue me...
Kick me, k*ke me

We have a nazi government.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
The Huntington Beach City Council unanimously passed an anti-voting resolution to ensure a “transparent 2026 General Election.” The measure would empower election officials to withhold the ballots of voters whose citizenship is in question and more. https://bit.ly/4n8Hwe5
California City Passes Anti-Voting Measure Based on Election Conspiracy Group’s False Data
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 3h
Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid.

Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...
Eric Trump attacks Jack Smith for “planting” evidence during Mar-a-Lago search that predated Smith’s service as special counsel
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Michael @scottgoblue314.bsky.social · 3h
Unless Jeffries's every line is "I am not going to acknowledge the Speaker until he seats my duly-elected colleague", he's just giving up the game entirely
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1h
Wesley Todd, co-host of the Christian nationalist Right Response Ministries podcast, describes how he views his work: "If professional racist was a job title, I think I'm getting pretty close to it."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1h
NEW: After over two hours of oral argument in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case, the Supreme Court seems ready to scrap fair elections and hand red states the power to freely draw electoral maps that eviscerate the political power of minority voters.
SCOTUS Seems Ready to Scrap Fair Elections, Greenlight Racial Discrimination and Hand House Control to GOP
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1h
Nick Fuentes says the leaked Young Republican chats prove that "everyone's a groyper now," but they have to do a better job of hiding their real views: "These guys were doing a great thing ... The mistake that they made is that they were sloppy." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 1h
Yesterday, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued an order barring immigration agents from arresting people at or near county courthouses without warrants. The order does not apply to Chicago Immigration Court, which is a federal facility.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 7h
Chief Judge Timothy Evans has enacted a general order prohibiting warrantless arrests by immigration agents in or around county courthouses.
Chief Judge Evans issues general order prohibiting warrantless arrests near courthouses
In the wake of pressure from officials as well as legal and advocacy groups, Chief Judge Timothy Evans has enacted a general order prohibiting warrantless arrests by immigration agents around count…
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 4h
It's just ... I mean ... he can't ... do they know ... what is even left to say
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 5h
After Gage Park Landscaper Taken By ICE, Family Raising Money To Cover Legal Costs
Federal immigration agents arrested José Luis Tellez Fernández, an undocumented father of three with no criminal record, while he was working last week, his family said.
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 6h
Federal Agents Cause Crash, Tear Gas Protesters On Southeast Side Street
People were stopped or detained in at least four incidents Tuesday in East Side and South Chicago, neighbors and activists said. In one incident, agents caused a crash that hospitalized at least one m...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 16h
U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says

"The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects."
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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 6h
This is such a great point, and illustrates why so many comparative sports stats are nonsense. It's like not using per capita or adjusting for inflation.

#Journalism
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 16h
"Max Muncy is the all-time Dodgers franchise leader in postseason home runs" ok so here's the thing

for more than half of the Dodgers' existence, the expected number of postseason games a team could play per year is 0.7224620066. It's now somewhere around 1.5 (I haven't finished all the formulae)
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 18h
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 18h
From the illinois community on Reddit: Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 18h
I don’t see how handing out grades to brands helps. How about confronting complicit journalists.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 20h
"People often ask me what journalism I trust. So today I’m handing out letter grades to some major players." —Mark Jacob. www.stopthepresses.news/p/im-handing...
I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media
The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 18h
I’m sick of these callouts, which are based on presumptions they were acting in good faith in the first place, like being mad because Trump failed to lower prices on day one. It only reinforces the notion that a legitimate debate is going on instead of interacting with fascism.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d
NEW: Huntington Beach, California passed an anti-voting resolution using false data from an election conspiracy group to stoke baseless fears about election integrity, underscoring how anti-voting groups' efforts are tightening voting rules even at the state and local level.
California City Passes Anti-Voting Measure Based on Election Conspiracy Group’s False Data
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404 Media @404media.co · 1d
On October 2—just a few minutes shy of 11 PM in Portland, Oregon—a federal agent shot peppery spray into the vent hole of Seth Todd’s inflatable frog costume. Todd was protesting ICE outside of Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.

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The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog
Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.
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Beachwood Reporter @beachwoodreport.bsky.social · 23h
Please list three ways you are fighting Trump. Campaigning doesn’t count.
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Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 23h
As Trump’s ICE attacks continue, I want to remind us all that this is NOT normal. I’ll continue fighting against it, and I will always defend the rights and humanity of all Illinoisans.
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