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· Aug 20
We focused on the rapid proliferation of license plate readers and adoption of real-time crime center systems, but police spent loads on other tech.
For instance, police in Oak Brook, Countryside, North Riverside, and Willowbrook bought handheld & vehicle-mounted StarChase GPS launchers.
For instance, police in Oak Brook, Countryside, North Riverside, and Willowbrook bought handheld & vehicle-mounted StarChase GPS launchers.
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the same violent tactics we've seen in chicago are playing out right now on the streets of minneapolis
It appears two ICE observers following ICE agents on 31st in south Minneapolis this morning were arrested. Activists say it appears the ICE observer vehicle was stopped or slid into something, and ICE agents used pepper spray and broke the car window, arresting the occupants.
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
the same violent tactics we've seen in chicago are playing out right now on the streets of minneapolis
Everyone: this is great advertising for Hilton!
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hilton, Minnesota hotel apologize for email canceling immigration agents' rooms
A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies.
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Everyone: this is great advertising for Hilton!
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hilton: whoa not so fast, we suck actually
Hope this was a heroic staffer and not an accident.
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Hope this was a heroic staffer and not an accident.
I’d like to see the “NATO (except US)” signal chat rn
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I’d like to see the “NATO (except US)” signal chat rn
My summary of this whole controversy over
the past three weeks and two meetings is “This could have been an email.”
the past three weeks and two meetings is “This could have been an email.”
Broadview’s board of trustees passed this amendment regulating future detention centers/prisons within the village.
The village attorney explained that current law is silent on this issue, so the amendment will let the village better control where any future detention center could be built.
The village attorney explained that current law is silent on this issue, so the amendment will let the village better control where any future detention center could be built.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
My summary of this whole controversy over
the past three weeks and two meetings is “This could have been an email.”
the past three weeks and two meetings is “This could have been an email.”
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can’t be said enough how self deluding it is to think of this is as far fetched or as some kind of a joke. this is the most humorless man on the planet and he’s an agenda setter.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 3:48 AM
can’t be said enough how self deluding it is to think of this is as far fetched or as some kind of a joke. this is the most humorless man on the planet and he’s an agenda setter.
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Actual exchange from court today:
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Actual exchange from court today:
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
meanwhile, here in Illinois…
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
meanwhile, here in Illinois…
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I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...
On the other side of this, afaik every hotel ICE/CBP was confirmed to have stayed at in the Chicago area was a Marriott property.
January 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
On the other side of this, afaik every hotel ICE/CBP was confirmed to have stayed at in the Chicago area was a Marriott property.
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Minneapolis:
The surge is surging today. Many ppl taken. This is with roughly 500 agents on the ground.
This also means CBP is coming. Extremely bad news.
You saw Chicago in the fall? We’re up.
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This also means CBP is coming. Extremely bad news.
You saw Chicago in the fall? We’re up.
Defend612.com sign up to be in a Signal group if you’re not already.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Minneapolis:
“You know, a lot of Cubans were killed yesterday,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew Sunday night from Florida back to Washington. “There was a lot of death on the other side. No death on our side.”
BREAKING: An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.
Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US action in Venezuela
An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
“You know, a lot of Cubans were killed yesterday,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew Sunday night from Florida back to Washington. “There was a lot of death on the other side. No death on our side.”
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Everyone is talking about the headlines in the Maduro indictment.
Very few are talking about the legal gymnastics inside it—especially flight allegations, terrorism designations, and immunity workaround.
I read the whole thing. Here’s what DOJ is actually doing.
open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
Very few are talking about the legal gymnastics inside it—especially flight allegations, terrorism designations, and immunity workaround.
I read the whole thing. Here’s what DOJ is actually doing.
open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
Objection: The Maduro Indictment, Read Closely
Breaking Down the Maduro Indictment: What DOJ Actually Alleged—and What It Is Stretching to Claim
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Everyone is talking about the headlines in the Maduro indictment.
Very few are talking about the legal gymnastics inside it—especially flight allegations, terrorism designations, and immunity workaround.
I read the whole thing. Here’s what DOJ is actually doing.
open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
Very few are talking about the legal gymnastics inside it—especially flight allegations, terrorism designations, and immunity workaround.
I read the whole thing. Here’s what DOJ is actually doing.
open.substack.com/pub/objectio...
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Imagine having your parents brutally murdered and then having to do this because the fucking President of the United States is so disgusting.
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Imagine having your parents brutally murdered and then having to do this because the fucking President of the United States is so disgusting.
lol this team is so fun even if it gives me a stroke
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
lol this team is so fun even if it gives me a stroke
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No matter how dumb things seem, they can apparently always be dumber:
"Mr. Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff"
"Mr. Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff"
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
No matter how dumb things seem, they can apparently always be dumber:
"Mr. Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff"
"Mr. Maduro's regular public dancing and other displays of nonchalance in recent weeks helped persuade some on the Trump team that the Venezuelan president was mocking them and trying to call what he believed to be a bluff"
NYT is reporting at least 80 Venezuelan’s dead after this American attack. No breakdown on how many were civilians.
That’s in addition to the 115 people the US military has recently killed in boats.
That’s in addition to the 115 people the US military has recently killed in boats.
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
NYT is reporting at least 80 Venezuelan’s dead after this American attack. No breakdown on how many were civilians.
That’s in addition to the 115 people the US military has recently killed in boats.
That’s in addition to the 115 people the US military has recently killed in boats.
just one more law to stop the man above the law
Schumer: "We have the War Powers Act ... if it's voted positively in both houses, then the president can't do another thing in Venezuela without the okay of Congress. Ww have to pass it."
January 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
just one more law to stop the man above the law
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WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
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Holding stories like this is a longstanding practice and also completely antithetical to the entire purpose of journalism. RIP Gawker.
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Holding stories like this is a longstanding practice and also completely antithetical to the entire purpose of journalism. RIP Gawker.
just realized this is only six months away
So nobody is coming to the world cup right you can’t reward this regime with tourism dollars right
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
just realized this is only six months away
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Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.
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(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...