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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1h

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 2h

Media Coverage and The Assault on Chicago

A recording from Steven Beschloss's live video with Mark Jacob

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 2h

Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 5h

“… as it deals with sagging media-industry economics and the looming spin-off of NBCUniversal’s CNBC and MSNBC.”

NBC News Cuts 7% to 8% of Staff, or 100 to 150 Positions

NBC News plans to lay off about 100 to 150 staffers, representing about 7% to 8% of its headcount.

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 6h

‘An out-of-control danger’ / Saturday shots / ‘Dems’ worst nightmare’ / Cookies!

Chicago’s new front page

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 22h

Statement on Behalf of Debbie Brockman, WGN Employee Assaulted by Federal Agents | People's Law Office

Debbie Brockman, the WGN employee who was physically attacked and arrested in Chicago, Illinois by federal agents on October 10, 2025, would like to

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 23h

State Department Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Comments

The agency says the U.S. ‘has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.’

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

O’Hare, Midway and other airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it’s political

In the video, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on TSA operations.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

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CTA proposes 25-cent fare hike as potential service cuts draw closer

Starting Feb. 1, a $2.25 bus ride will cost $2.50. Train rides will increase from $2.50 to $2.75.

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

The Promontory, Beloved Hyde Park Music Venue, Closing At End Of Year

The popular venue will close following its New Year's Eve party. The news came just weeks after Sanders BBQ announced it would replace the Promontory's long-shuttered restaurant.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Tell the FDA to set strict lead limits now!

Dangerous lead levels found in protein powder

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Weekend chaos at the CDC

And bird flu is back, patching together the disease "weather" report, measles continues to burn through, teen depression rates are falling, and more! The Dose (October 14).

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Pete Kegstand shits a brick when Meal Team Six shows up in Chicago

how fucking petty can one man be

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Only One Network Has Signed Hegseth's Knob-Slobbing Journalist Pledge, Three Guesses

Not. Even. Newsmax.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Jeff Bezos Can’t Give Away His Money

Maybe he should ask his ex-wife.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.

Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Earth’s Climate Has Passed Its First Irreversible Tipping Point and Entered a ‘New Reality’

The second Global Tipping Points Report warns that the world has crossed a key threshold as ocean heat devastates warm-water reefs.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Burn marks / Acting up / Pontificating

Burn marks. President Trump boasted that he “took the freedom of speech away” from those that burn the American flag . ■ Trump’s claim that...

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

GOP will brutalize voters with spiking health care costs unless Trump says to stop | Opinion

If President Donald Trump told congressional Republicans to make a deal with the Democrats to end the shutdown, they would do it in a heartbeat.

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Federal Agents Deploy Tear Gas In Albany Park as Neighbors Block Immigration Arrest

It is the latest use of chemical irritants deployed by agents in neighborhoods. The incident was also the latest example of increased neighbor resistance to immigration enforcement in Chicago.

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 1d

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

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Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com · 2d

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street. The immigration officers stopped their truck and went straight after them on Oct. 9, Cruz told t...