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They hot Albany Park hard this morning.
2025
Book 58

Liquid: A Love Story by Mariam Rahmani

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Video from today's first gas attack.

Saturday morning in Chicago.
2025
Book 58

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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She went to L’s school and is a noted alumna.
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My kids are 11. I’ve thought about scenarios like this a lot, & wondered what it will be like in 2-3 years. I’ve considered having them carry copies of their birth certificates in their school backpacks.
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This is an important thread. There are probably several hundred Federal agents who were sent to Chicagoland last month. They have inflicted cruelty & misery, they’ve gassed, & even shot & killed people. Every person they kidnap is a tragedy

But they actually haven’t got man people considering…/1
What Trump is doing is very bad. But I want to push back against some of the numbers here.

ICE did not hire 10,000 agents. It WANTS to. That it keeps running ads suggests it is struggling. And when it does, it seems to cannibalize local police, who don't like that.

More significantly:
"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."
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I don't know how to get people outside Chicago & environs to understand what is happening here, but this thread captures the bleakness. It's happening in every corner of the city. The videos you see are only a fraction of the daily raids. Even those not at risk are aware of their own vulnerability.
Rogers Park and surrounding neighborhoods were hit hard by immigration enforcement activity over the weekend.

There's no competition here, but I want to name that the same heavy, violent, fast-moving abduction pattern has invaded the southwest side about three times a week for over a month now.
2025
Book 55

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

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At first I thought you meant people were Doordashing it to themselves in the theater.
2025
Book 54

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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