Kristin DeMarco Wagner
@kcdemarcowagner.bsky.social
Writer: Essays in The Rumpus, Full Grown People, The Fourth River : YA historical fiction in my Scrivener
Neurodivergent (AuDHD, Synesthesia) + Disabled (Lyme, Fibromyalgia, Hypermobility, POTs etc)
She/Her
Neurodivergent (AuDHD, Synesthesia) + Disabled (Lyme, Fibromyalgia, Hypermobility, POTs etc)
She/Her
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The 10 year old has been wearing headphones for gaming recently and the downside is that he’s sometimes yelling with friends and not realizing how loud he is. The upside is that he put on Xmas music yesterday and sang along with it very loudly not thinking about the fact that we could hear it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The 10 year old has been wearing headphones for gaming recently and the downside is that he’s sometimes yelling with friends and not realizing how loud he is. The upside is that he put on Xmas music yesterday and sang along with it very loudly not thinking about the fact that we could hear it.
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Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trying to piece together footage from the last few months in any coherent way just feels like making a trailer for a horror movie starring the feds...and all things considered, that's probably about where we're at.
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Bovino just posted this on X
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Bovino just posted this on X
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Rafael Veraza was trying to leave a Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside a line of cars, spraying chemical irritants occupants of the vehicles through open windows — including his 1-year-old daughter, Ariana.
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rafael Veraza was trying to leave a Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside a line of cars, spraying chemical irritants occupants of the vehicles through open windows — including his 1-year-old daughter, Ariana.
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
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Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
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I see people throwing themselves in front of armored feds on the streets. People pushing to get close to Broadview ICE to stop the evil horrors inside & out. Regular people are throwing themselves into the path of danger daily & their reward is to have their health care taken away by rich cowards
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I see people throwing themselves in front of armored feds on the streets. People pushing to get close to Broadview ICE to stop the evil horrors inside & out. Regular people are throwing themselves into the path of danger daily & their reward is to have their health care taken away by rich cowards
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It’s crazy that a Democratic senator who represents Illinois could see everything this administration is doing in Chicago and its suburbs and vote to reopen the government. Like these should be the Senators demanding so much more than everyone else to reopen the government.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It’s crazy that a Democratic senator who represents Illinois could see everything this administration is doing in Chicago and its suburbs and vote to reopen the government. Like these should be the Senators demanding so much more than everyone else to reopen the government.
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@durbin.senate.gov No one is answering the phones in your office.
Any deal that doesn’t have some sort of guarantees for ACA subsidies, or guarantees period beyond “we swear, this time we’ll play ball” isn’t a deal.
It’s Lucy, holding the football, and you’re Charlie Brown.
No quarter, Senator.
Any deal that doesn’t have some sort of guarantees for ACA subsidies, or guarantees period beyond “we swear, this time we’ll play ball” isn’t a deal.
It’s Lucy, holding the football, and you’re Charlie Brown.
No quarter, Senator.
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@durbin.senate.gov No one is answering the phones in your office.
Any deal that doesn’t have some sort of guarantees for ACA subsidies, or guarantees period beyond “we swear, this time we’ll play ball” isn’t a deal.
It’s Lucy, holding the football, and you’re Charlie Brown.
No quarter, Senator.
Any deal that doesn’t have some sort of guarantees for ACA subsidies, or guarantees period beyond “we swear, this time we’ll play ball” isn’t a deal.
It’s Lucy, holding the football, and you’re Charlie Brown.
No quarter, Senator.
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Per @nlgchicago.bsky.social, feds arrested nine people in total in Little Village today. CPD arrested an additional four people, and police at Broadview arrested two others: instagram.com/p/DQ0dwLODcMr/
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Per @nlgchicago.bsky.social, feds arrested nine people in total in Little Village today. CPD arrested an additional four people, and police at Broadview arrested two others: instagram.com/p/DQ0dwLODcMr/
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
Every level of law enforcement involved in some way today
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Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
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The regime is looking into buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon, hoping to retrofit them as detention facilities for immigrants.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The regime is looking into buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon, hoping to retrofit them as detention facilities for immigrants.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
Can't imagine the depth of depravity it takes to even think of something like this.
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ICE is retaliating against Oak Park right now, where most of the moms who were arrested for protesting at Broadview yesterday are from.
This is my sister, who's on the ground. ABOLISH ICE. www.instagram.com/reel/DQzuhMO...
This is my sister, who's on the ground. ABOLISH ICE. www.instagram.com/reel/DQzuhMO...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ICE is retaliating against Oak Park right now, where most of the moms who were arrested for protesting at Broadview yesterday are from.
This is my sister, who's on the ground. ABOLISH ICE. www.instagram.com/reel/DQzuhMO...
This is my sister, who's on the ground. ABOLISH ICE. www.instagram.com/reel/DQzuhMO...
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Little Village and the Southwest Side of Chicago deserves peace.
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Little Village and the Southwest Side of Chicago deserves peace.
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I’m not saying this to look for validation but as a white person raised on the southwest side, this is my city they’re targeting at an intimate level. These children are never going to be the same. They’re witnessing this state violence constantly and it’s deeply unfair to every single one of them.
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m not saying this to look for validation but as a white person raised on the southwest side, this is my city they’re targeting at an intimate level. These children are never going to be the same. They’re witnessing this state violence constantly and it’s deeply unfair to every single one of them.
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It's not even noon yet and feds (specifically Border Patrol and BOP officers in this caravan with Bovino) have fired tear gas, pepper balls, and bean bag rounds at people in Little Village and Cicero.
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It's not even noon yet and feds (specifically Border Patrol and BOP officers in this caravan with Bovino) have fired tear gas, pepper balls, and bean bag rounds at people in Little Village and Cicero.
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District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area.
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area.
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
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Federal immigration agents once again moving through Chicago's Little Village neighborhood this morning; Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino among them.
Video shared online a little after 10 am shows Bovino and another masked federal agent carrying long guns in the street near 26th and Troy.
Video shared online a little after 10 am shows Bovino and another masked federal agent carrying long guns in the street near 26th and Troy.
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Federal immigration agents once again moving through Chicago's Little Village neighborhood this morning; Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino among them.
Video shared online a little after 10 am shows Bovino and another masked federal agent carrying long guns in the street near 26th and Troy.
Video shared online a little after 10 am shows Bovino and another masked federal agent carrying long guns in the street near 26th and Troy.
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Pilsen PUÑO has issued a community wide alert urging vulnerable residents in Pilsen and Little Village to shelter in place due to heavy ICE activity.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pilsen PUÑO has issued a community wide alert urging vulnerable residents in Pilsen and Little Village to shelter in place due to heavy ICE activity.
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Caravan of federal agents spotted around 26th and Kedzie in Little Village. This has attracted crowd of residents yelling at them to leave. A community meeting nearby was cancelled. CPD is keeping crowds of residents back. Another disruptive day for something that’s become common in Little Village.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Caravan of federal agents spotted around 26th and Kedzie in Little Village. This has attracted crowd of residents yelling at them to leave. A community meeting nearby was cancelled. CPD is keeping crowds of residents back. Another disruptive day for something that’s become common in Little Village.
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In Chicago this week, our Chief of Detectives was pressed by an Alderman to say if the CPD would investigate if ICE commits crimes in the process of their immigration enforcement actions, and she said the cops would NOT. It's an uphill battle.
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In Chicago this week, our Chief of Detectives was pressed by an Alderman to say if the CPD would investigate if ICE commits crimes in the process of their immigration enforcement actions, and she said the cops would NOT. It's an uphill battle.
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while the handmaids demonstrate, cook county sheriff’s police just arrested a person for simply standing on the concrete barricades surrounding the “free speech” area.
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
while the handmaids demonstrate, cook county sheriff’s police just arrested a person for simply standing on the concrete barricades surrounding the “free speech” area.
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
now about two dozen cops in the street facing protesters.
one person in the crowd yelled, “is this what deescalation looks like?”
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the group of handmaids made a slow procession to the “free speech” zone outside the broadview detention center.
they’re now silently standing in two rows, facing the building. many are holding red umbrellas that read “dissent is patriotic.”
they’re now silently standing in two rows, facing the building. many are holding red umbrellas that read “dissent is patriotic.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the group of handmaids made a slow procession to the “free speech” zone outside the broadview detention center.
they’re now silently standing in two rows, facing the building. many are holding red umbrellas that read “dissent is patriotic.”
they’re now silently standing in two rows, facing the building. many are holding red umbrellas that read “dissent is patriotic.”
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outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois:
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois:
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
the illinois handmaids and the democratic women of cook county are demonstrating against the kidnapping of community members by federal agents.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."