🎄Peter Nickeas 🎅🏻🦌🕯️☃️❄️🎁
@peternickeas.bsky.social
Chicago. Reporter now, @illinoisanswers.bsky.social. Focused on violence, and running to ground things related. Past: CNN, Chicago Tribune.
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In issuing her opinion in CHC v. Noem, Judge Ellis wanted all the evidence she relied upon to be publicly available. As of now, ALL the bodycam videos from the case have been unsealed and posted for download. You can find links to the videos—along with other case filings—here under "Exhibits":
CHC v. Noem
Protesters, reporters, and clergy allege DHS federal agents under Operation Midway Blitz are violating their 1st Amendment rights.
www.loevy.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In issuing her opinion in CHC v. Noem, Judge Ellis wanted all the evidence she relied upon to be publicly available. As of now, ALL the bodycam videos from the case have been unsealed and posted for download. You can find links to the videos—along with other case filings—here under "Exhibits":
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I love how much Chicago comes out any time some animals show up that we don’t usually see
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I love how much Chicago comes out any time some animals show up that we don’t usually see
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Chicago has had a few snowy owls in its midst lately, our arctic bird friends
more info on ’irruptions’:
www.projectsnowstorm.org/what-is-an-i...
more info on ’irruptions’:
www.projectsnowstorm.org/what-is-an-i...
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Chicago has had a few snowy owls in its midst lately, our arctic bird friends
more info on ’irruptions’:
www.projectsnowstorm.org/what-is-an-i...
more info on ’irruptions’:
www.projectsnowstorm.org/what-is-an-i...
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This is all I got
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is all I got
Have never seen an owl before tonight. La Villita Park. (I am pretty sure it's an owl.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Have never seen an owl before tonight. La Villita Park. (I am pretty sure it's an owl.)
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AC-130 gunships lasing targets. Griffin missiles captured fractions of a second before impact. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones filming it all. Seeing beyond the redactions in the Pentagon’s attack videos w/ @docubrent @carolrosenberg @cjchivers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
AC-130 gunships lasing targets. Griffin missiles captured fractions of a second before impact. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones filming it all. Seeing beyond the redactions in the Pentagon’s attack videos w/ @docubrent @carolrosenberg @cjchivers www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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"And they were never extorted again. The end."
BREAKING from New York Times: Northwestern is nearing a $75 million deal with the Trump administration to free up federal funding and close out ongoing antisemitism investigations
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"And they were never extorted again. The end."
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Happening now in St Paul:
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Happening now in St Paul:
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Reupping this with the correct link.
Greg Bovino asked under oath about Border Patrol agents tear gassing residents in Irving Park:
“I believe they were justified if that happened”
Why do you believe that?
“I’ve seen nothing to indicate a reason otherwise”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Greg Bovino asked under oath about Border Patrol agents tear gassing residents in Irving Park:
“I believe they were justified if that happened”
Why do you believe that?
“I’ve seen nothing to indicate a reason otherwise”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows
A full transcript of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s deposition has been made public in an ongoing lawsuit accusing federal immigration agents of routinely violating a restraining order on tactics in …
www.chicagotribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reupping this with the correct link.
Greg Bovino asked under oath about Border Patrol agents tear gassing residents in Irving Park:
“I believe they were justified if that happened”
Why do you believe that?
“I’ve seen nothing to indicate a reason otherwise”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Greg Bovino asked under oath about Border Patrol agents tear gassing residents in Irving Park:
“I believe they were justified if that happened”
Why do you believe that?
“I’ve seen nothing to indicate a reason otherwise”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/d...
Gregory Bovino, who was running the show here for CBP, said the Irving Park teargas was justified - exemplary, even - because he hadn't seen evidence otherwise.
So regarding evidence, did Bovino
Review video? No
Ask to review video? No
Review reports? Can't recall
Talk to officers? Not sure
So regarding evidence, did Bovino
Review video? No
Ask to review video? No
Review reports? Can't recall
Talk to officers? Not sure
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Gregory Bovino, who was running the show here for CBP, said the Irving Park teargas was justified - exemplary, even - because he hadn't seen evidence otherwise.
So regarding evidence, did Bovino
Review video? No
Ask to review video? No
Review reports? Can't recall
Talk to officers? Not sure
So regarding evidence, did Bovino
Review video? No
Ask to review video? No
Review reports? Can't recall
Talk to officers? Not sure
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“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
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Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
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Yes, please.
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s dark skies.
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yes, please.
Threw dirt on the casket
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Threw dirt on the casket
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
the hurt I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions
struggle I hadnt mastered
I choreograph 7 steps to Heaven
In Hell
waitin to exhale & make the bread leaven
Veteran of a cold war
it's Chica-I-go for
What I know or whats known
So some days I take the bus home
just to touch home
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Fuckin rocking out
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fuckin rocking out
Who else learned today what "catch and kill" means, I haven't heard of that practice before.
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Who else learned today what "catch and kill" means, I haven't heard of that practice before.
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"Usually she had warned her father about immigration agents before he went to work on construction sites.
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
💔
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
💔
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.
The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Usually she had warned her father about immigration agents before he went to work on construction sites.
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
💔
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
'That one day he was taken, that day we didn’t say anything,' Delila said from her new home ... 'Can I get a second chance?' she choked out."
💔
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/22/c...
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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Reporter @alexnitkin.bsky.social will be on @abc7.bsky.social today to discuss his recent story on property tax increases.
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
ABC7 Chicago Live Stream: Newscasts, Breaking News from WLS-TV
Watch live streaming video and newscasts from Chicago and stay updated with the latest local WLS broadcasts, plus live breaking news and weather as it happens.
abc7chicago.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reporter @alexnitkin.bsky.social will be on @abc7.bsky.social today to discuss his recent story on property tax increases.
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
Watch live at 8:45 a.m. here: https://abc7chicago.com/watch/live/
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Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
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there’s so much in this opinion it’s natural to focus on the particularly brutal elements that did happen but I keep personally remembering that the feds were authorized to kill Chicagoans if they felt they had to for a safe exit.
![BWC footage depicts agents walking up to and forcefully shoving a protester to the
ground. Axon Body 4 Video 2025-10-04 1541 D01A83204 at 16:14-16:16. After the protester
stood up, an agent pushed him again. Id. at 16:16-16:19. The protester then attempted to push
the agents away from him, at which point multiple agents ran up, grabbed him, and forcefully
tackled him to the ground. Id. at 16:19-16:37. Three agents managed to detain the protester, but
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Case: 1:25-CV-12173 Document #: 281 Filed: 11/20/25 Page 114 of 233 PageD #:7328
then inexplicably let him go. Id. at 16:54-17:11. One agent appears to have kicked the protester
while walking away. Id. at 17:10. The protester attempted to stand up after agents let him go, and agents then immediately and violently tackled him to the ground again. Id. at 17:10-17:17.
They then pushed and knelt on the protester's head and neck as they handcuffed him:
Id. at 17:27-17:40. When asked about the incident a few minutes later, the agent wearing the BWC falsely claims that he got "assaulted by [the] protester." Id. at 23:23-23:26.
According to CBP reports, CPD assumed control of all scenes at approximately 3:03 p.m.
Doc. 191-8 at 1. At this point, agents "were informed over service radio to use all means necessary to ensure their safe exit, to include the use of deadly force." Id.; see also id. at 6
("Please note that ground units were directed from DCPA Parra that agents use all means
necessary to ensure their safe exit to include Deadly Force."). CBP agent Hugo Sanchez's](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ghyxogmqcsikckdpaswyv7dl/bafkreigyi3tzizpegg63hekv62amxdroox36yorjgpvcw5pjz2uxxilfxe@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
there’s so much in this opinion it’s natural to focus on the particularly brutal elements that did happen but I keep personally remembering that the feds were authorized to kill Chicagoans if they felt they had to for a safe exit.
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"Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers."
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers."
Need some of that CLOSING GATE ARM today
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Need some of that CLOSING GATE ARM today