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Everything will be better
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Mavis Staples sings Tom Waits "Chicago" 4K UHD + stereo in California, USA 2025-09-11
YouTube video by Joel Yancey
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November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Everything will be better
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
I'm attending National Day Laborer Organizing Network's event, “NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action” - sign up no www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Join a national call to debrief this past weekend’s viral ICE Scraper action, strengthen our nonviolent strategy, and coordinate safe, visible actions nationwide.
Learn how communities are organizing ...
www.mobilize.us
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'm attending National Day Laborer Organizing Network's event, “NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action” - sign up no www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Yes, you CAN make a record with one banjo, one bass, and THREE bass players - and even win IBMA instrumental of the year 2019
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
Missy Raines: "Darlin' Pal(s) Of Mine" with Alison Brown
YouTube video by Missy Raines
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yes, you CAN make a record with one banjo, one bass, and THREE bass players - and even win IBMA instrumental of the year 2019
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
“Every corporation operating under the laws of this state has all the corporate powers it held previously, except that nothing in this statute grants or recognizes any power to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity.”
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“Every corporation operating under the laws of this state has all the corporate powers it held previously, except that nothing in this statute grants or recognizes any power to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity.”
Rey was just doing his job — cleaning up a yard in Rogers Park one morning at the end of October — when a Black Jeep Wagoneer slowed down, a group of masked men jumped out, slapped on handcuffs and dragged him into the vehicle, then drove off, taunting him as they did.
Landscapers hit hard by ICE blitz, 'accused of the crime of working'
"Operation Midway Blitz" teams might have scaled back in Chicago, but the fear — and defiance — remains.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Rey was just doing his job — cleaning up a yard in Rogers Park one morning at the end of October — when a Black Jeep Wagoneer slowed down, a group of masked men jumped out, slapped on handcuffs and dragged him into the vehicle, then drove off, taunting him as they did.
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away:
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
It *is* possible to get cross-jurisdictional and multi-police department Slack chats out of departments via public records requests. Here's a glimpse at the Chicago-area police Slack chat with people responding with the 👀 emoji to the news that there's been an ICE-involved shooting.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away:
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff.
Send away!
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NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
check out the full list of winners
CJA Names 2025 Winners - Chicago Journalists Association
The Chicago Journalists Association announces its award winners of the 2025 Dorothy Storck Award and Sarah Brown Boyden Awards.
chicagojournalists.net
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
check out the full list of winners
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
we're the hottest country in the world for sex traffickers
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
we're the hottest country in the world for sex traffickers
400 Arrested By ICE In Chicago To Be Released Friday, But Feds' 'Risk' List Remains Murky blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/4...
400 Arrested By ICE In Chicago To Be Released Friday, But Feds' 'Risk' List Remains Murky
A judge denied the Department of Homeland Security's bid to delay releases, saying ICE failed to justify detentions or show it would win on appeal. Questions remain around how risk is calculated by th...
blockclubchicago.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
400 Arrested By ICE In Chicago To Be Released Friday, But Feds' 'Risk' List Remains Murky blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/19/4...
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Earlier, in the first round of arrests, we saw state troopers drag one woman down the street over 100 feet to their wagon.
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Earlier, in the first round of arrests, we saw state troopers drag one woman down the street over 100 feet to their wagon.
“He never got a massage” in an Epstein email to HIMSELF backs WaPo headline "Trump...didn’t participate"
#GiftArticle
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#GiftArticle
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Epstein wrote that Trump knew of sexual abuse but didn’t participate
That account, included in a new tranche of documents, conflicts with Trump’s denial of ever knowing about Epstein’s solicitation of underage prostitution before Epstein’s 2008 plea deal.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“He never got a massage” in an Epstein email to HIMSELF backs WaPo headline "Trump...didn’t participate"
#GiftArticle
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#GiftArticle
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local resistance groups have taken it upon themselves to (loudly) alert neighbors of ICE’s presence
'We Don’t Have the Guns. We Got Whistles’: How Chicagoans Are Resisting ICE - CNN One Thing - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
Chicago remains on edge as immigration enforcement operations in recent weeks have sparked tense standoffs and legal questions over federal agents’ use of force. However, local resistance groups have ...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
local resistance groups have taken it upon themselves to (loudly) alert neighbors of ICE’s presence
in which Trump biographer Michael Wolff strategizes with Epstein, in what Illinoisans will recognize as a "You've got this thing and it's fucking golden" moment.
In one 2011 email about Trump, Epstein wrote that “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.”
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that … .” (4/x) www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that … .” (4/x) www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
in which Trump biographer Michael Wolff strategizes with Epstein, in what Illinoisans will recognize as a "You've got this thing and it's fucking golden" moment.
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If you want to laugh or if you fucking hate yourself, check out this opinion piece/reputation laundering in today's Crain's which claims the top tier of IL-9 candidates is Abughazaleh and Biss (yes), Laura Fine (sure), and Bruce Leon (LMFAO) www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-po...
Greg Hinz: 9th District race offers snapshot of Democrats' identity crisis
It's an almost unpredictable cattle call of a race for a diverse district that's elected only three people to Congress in more than 70 years.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you want to laugh or if you fucking hate yourself, check out this opinion piece/reputation laundering in today's Crain's which claims the top tier of IL-9 candidates is Abughazaleh and Biss (yes), Laura Fine (sure), and Bruce Leon (LMFAO) www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-po...
My disappointment with Durbin is tempered somewhat by recognizing that Trump is STILL teed up on the shadow docket for a blessing yeah, sure, cut SNAP, at least now we can try "moot."
"The White House has won 19 times at the Supreme Court since Trump took office and is on a 16-case winning run."
"The White House has won 19 times at the Supreme Court since Trump took office and is on a 16-case winning run."
White House bullish after a long string of Supreme Court victories
Officials are on a winning streak at the high court, in part due to a strategy of selecting cases most likely to find favor with the conservative majority.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My disappointment with Durbin is tempered somewhat by recognizing that Trump is STILL teed up on the shadow docket for a blessing yeah, sure, cut SNAP, at least now we can try "moot."
"The White House has won 19 times at the Supreme Court since Trump took office and is on a 16-case winning run."
"The White House has won 19 times at the Supreme Court since Trump took office and is on a 16-case winning run."
suddenly I want to attend al fresco Mass in Broadview
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
suddenly I want to attend al fresco Mass in Broadview
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
no billionaires! also, I have questions about some millionaires
"...if you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
"...if you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
Billie Eilish calls on billionaires to donate more of their wealth: "No hate, but give your money away, shorties"
Billie Eilish also announced that she would donate $11.5 million of the proceeds from her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
no billionaires! also, I have questions about some millionaires
"...if you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
"...if you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
sandwiches are legal, ballistically speaking! imma pack a baloney on white, extra mayo
JUST IN: Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy,' charged with chucking a sub at law enforcement during President Trump's takeover of the nation's capital.
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
nbcnews.to
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
sandwiches are legal, ballistically speaking! imma pack a baloney on white, extra mayo
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U.S.-based companies announced more than 153,000 job cuts in October, the research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports.
October monthly job cuts surged to a 22-year high
Nearly 1.1 million job cuts have been announced so far this year, the most since 2020 according to the research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
nbcnews.to
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
U.S.-based companies announced more than 153,000 job cuts in October, the research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports.
on this date in 1957, the first live recording at the Village Vanguard
#MusicSky #SonnyRollins #RudyVanGelder #VillageVanguard
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#MusicSky #SonnyRollins #RudyVanGelder #VillageVanguard
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Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard (1957) Side 1 / vinyl LP
YouTube video by sipsun8
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November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
on this date in 1957, the first live recording at the Village Vanguard
#MusicSky #SonnyRollins #RudyVanGelder #VillageVanguard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVAE...
#MusicSky #SonnyRollins #RudyVanGelder #VillageVanguard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVAE...