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Dan Hinkel
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Chicago journalist at Injustice Watch.
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The Beatles at Candlestick. Hendrix at Woodstock. Sting at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary, Ind.

www.nwitimes.com/opinion/colu...
Sting played a concert in Gary, Ind.
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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nocash.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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msivit.bsky.social
Most people running for Cook County judge seats in March are currently attorneys. Do you have experience working with them? Inform our next judicial election guide by sending your tips!
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As we work on our next judicial election guide, we want to hear from you: What should voters know about these attorneys and judges? If you recognize any of these names, send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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injusticewatch.org
As we work on our next judicial election guide, we want to hear from you: What should voters know about these attorneys and judges? If you recognize any of these names, send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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tabby676.bsky.social
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
Still from the first ever MST3K Experiment Crow, Joel, and Beeper are on the bridge of the Satellite of Love
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
danhinkel.bsky.social
Because it was all before my time, this is a fascinating obit for German twin sisters who started in cabarets and became a regular presence on TV and in film. The Kessler sisters never married or had kids and they chose to die together Monday at age 89. (Gift link)
Alice and Ellen Kessler, ’60s Singing Sensations, Die at 89
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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injusticewatch.org
Join us Dec. 4 at Avondale Bowl to celebrate Injustice Watch's 10th birthday. Tickets include food, cocktails, bowling, magic, and more — and will help fuel the next decade of judicial election guides and impactful investigative journalism. buff.ly/T0E1oy8
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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injusticewatch.org
🧵 A thread on our next judicial election guide — and how you can help!
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com
The officer was "heading for duty" Wednesday night when his "weapon discharged and he accidentally shot himself in the testicles" in the station's parking lot, records show.
Off-duty Chicago cop accidentally shoots himself in groin outside police station in Gresham
chicago.suntimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Ellis said that, over and over, body-worn camera footage from the agents undermined what the agents put in their use-of-force reports, rendering the reports unreliable. In fact, Ellis said, one body-worn camera video captured an immigration agent using the AI tool ChatGPT to “compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images.” “To the extent that agents use ChatGPT to create their use of force reports, this further undermines their credibility and may explain the inaccuracy of these reports when viewed in light of the BWC footage,” Ellis wrote. Ellis’ preliminary injunction, issued two weeks ago, prohibits immigration agents from deploying tear gas or other munitions before issuing two explicit warnings, requires agents in the field to have body cameras and wear clear identification on their uniforms and forbids law enforcement from targeting journalists or interrupting their news gathering in most circumstances.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
#BREAKING Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss charges against Marimar Martinez, the woman shot by Border Patrol in Brighton Park, as well as her co-defendant Anthony Ruiz.
GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, through its attorney ANDREW S. BOUTROS, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, respectfully moves this Court to dismiss the indictment in the above-captioned case against both defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a). WHEREFORE, the United States respectfully requests leave of the Court dismiss the indictment and exonerate the defendants’ respective bonds.
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
For those keeping track:

The government pursued charges against five people arrested outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL during a protest there on Sept. 27.

As of today, all five of those cases have now been thrown out.
djbyrnes1.bsky.social Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 9d
"Mr. Briggs, you're free to go. This case is dismissed," Fuentes says, banging his gavel.

And that's that, Fuentes off the bench.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
danhinkel.bsky.social
Congratulations to Little Clown Pizza!
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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I'm not an attorney but as a layperson I suspect not showing the indictment to the grand jury could turn out to be a problem for the case.
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
danhinkel.bsky.social
A heartfelt obituary for a good coach and a useful reminder that people like him are at work all over the world.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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sambiddle.com
Really good Wikipedia page for the investment firm that owns Panera
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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raphae.li
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
danhinkel.bsky.social
Uses of force by Chicago police -- the primary reason CPD is under a federal consent decree -- jumped sharply from 2022 to 2024. Supt. Snelling acknowledged a rise in reports of cops pointing guns at people, a practice CPD and the city badly did not want to track as part of the court order.
Chicago’s top cop pledges to address rise in officers pointing their guns at people
The independent monitor overseeing the city’s consent decree pointed to CPD data showing a nearly 44% increase from 2022 to 2024.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
danhinkel.bsky.social
Homeowners in poor neighborhoods face steep property tax hikes while downtown office building owners pay less. From @adquig.bsky.social and @alexnitkin.bsky.social
Record property tax increases slam Chicago homeowners as downtown owners see cuts
Sinking Loop office values fuel spike in Chicago residential bills, especially on South, West sides, report shows.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
“Baby, don’t worry,” he said. “It’s not a worm.”

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
I did not like to think about it just as later I would not like to think about the worm in his brain that other people found so funny. I loved his brain. I hated the idea of an intruder therein. Others thought he was a madman; he was not quite mad the way they thought, but I loved the private ways that he was mad. I loved that he was insatiable in all ways, as if he would swallow up the whole world just to know it better if he could. He made me laugh, but I winced when he joked about the worm. "Baby, don't worry," he said. "It's not a worm. ." A doctor he trusted had reviewed the scans of his brain obtained by The New York Times, he said, and concluded that the shadowy figure was likely not a parasite at all. He sighed. It was too late to interfere with what had already vaulted from the sphere of meme to the sphere of screwy legend, but at least I did not have to worry about the worm that was not a worm in his brain.
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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kellygarcia.bsky.social
NEW: Head of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is stepping down Dec. 1 after a decade-long tenure marked by controversy.

(nothing like a good old friday news dump)

www.injusticewatch.org/juvenile-cou...
Leonard Dixon stepping down as head of Cook County juvenile detention center
The superintendent of one of the country’s largest juvenile jails is resigning Dec. 1 after a decade-long tenure marked by controversy.
www.injusticewatch.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:

ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all. Plaintiffs are in the process of hiring an IT contractor. Plaintiffs’ contractor will meet with the government’s ESI Liaison (with attorneys on the phone) to attempt to work through issues concerning the missing video, including whether any content is able to be retrieved. While Plaintiffs intend to explore the issue of missing footage,
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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theonion.com
Dad Calling    Just To Say He Loves King Crimson https://theonion.com/dad-calling-just-to-say-he-loves-king-crimson/
Dad Calling    Just To Say He Loves King Crimson
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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jodiscohen.bsky.social
In Sept, @homelandgov.bsky.social raided a Chicago complex and took dozens of immigrants — under the cover of darkness.

Officials called it a victory against terrorism.

A team @propublica.org set out to check the claims, and find and talk with the Venezuelans:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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timmarchman.bsky.social
NEW: DHS ingested a trove of highly unreliable Chicago police records on people accused of having gang ties to feed an FBI watchlist and then just ... didn't delete it for seven months after being told to do so because no one noticed. Scoop from @dell.bsky.social, and is outside our paywall.
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM