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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 20h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 1d

the admin that imprisoned and tried to deport a student over a pro-Palestinian op-ed, calling it anti-semitism, calls outrage over "I love Hitler" texts by young Republicans "pearl-clutching"

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 1d

A child - a Black child - only 15 - was zip-tied and held by federal agents for hours, unable to contact his mother. Here in Chicago on the Southeast Side. tinyurl.com/BlackChildHeld @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Screenshot of photo of mother embracing her son and the words: 15-year-old U.S. citizen taken by feds for 5 hours after East Side protest, attorney says

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 2d

This is what I'm planning to go for in my borrowed hotdog costume I'll wear in Chicago. No catsup, no dictators!

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 2d

What an apt description of the trifecta of qualities needed to win and govern

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 2d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 2d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for your service!

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 2d

In Evanston: a last-minute protest against ICE, called just a couple hours ago, draws dozens of people to Oakton Street near where two people were abducted in front of a Home Depot yesterday. I need to run to cover City Council, but more people are still arriving.

Protesters against ICE line up along Oakton Street in Evanston near the Home Depot. In the foreground, two people hold a large Mexican flag.

Protesters against ICE line up along Oakton Street in Evanston near the Home Depot.

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in the education field. It was not always this bad. Reading scores have dropped precipitously in the last five years among kids. Data suggests multiple factors including increase in screen time.
www.edweek.org/leadership/r....

Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students

A third of 8th graders and 40 percent of 4th graders did not meet a "basic" reading level.

www.edweek.org

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 3d

Fox addicts and cultists for sure don't know, but judging from my friends, it's also people who aren't on social media much in general, even if they lean anti-Trump. The daily intensity is not being covered at all.

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 4d

It is legal to record ICE and we should do it.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4d

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 7d

And yet regularly cannot find a link or file shared with me in the last week even when I tell it who sent it and what the topic and date range is

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 10d

Yes. I saw it in Chicago after a week of blatant white nationalist fascist violence playing out a few miles away, and disciplined, organized, nonviolent resistance to it. It sat wrong to see a film that used this struggle as background and joke fodder with nothing meaningful to say about it.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 12d

My mom is old school. She reads the Albuquerque Journal every morning and gets Time magazine. People like that are still out there. She votes, is a registered democrat, and has always swayed a bit on the issues. She despises this administration and every day despises it more.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12d

Video shows Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) asking two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers if they have a signed judicial warrant for a 37-year-old man they detained earlier. trib.al/9Z4q3wT

Ald. Jessie Fuentes handcuffed by ICE while asking agents for patient's warrant at Humboldt Park hospital

Video shows two ICE agents detaining Fuentes Friday afternoon inside Humboldt Park Health as she repeatedly asked them if they had a warrant for a man they detained. The man broke his leg while being chased by ICE agents, who brought him to the hospital.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.

But consider this...

Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.

Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 13d

Medicaid money has gone to hospitals to reimburse them for medical services after they followed the federal law signed by Ronald Reagan in 1986 that says hospital emergency rooms have to treat everyone, regardless of their ability to pay.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

REPORTER: US law already prohibits giving healthcare to illegal immigrants

LEAVITT: Are you denying that Medicaid money has never gone to illegal aliens?

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for posting this. I was looking earlier and I saw next to nothing in the national press, which astounded me. I missed this.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13d

“They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down. We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 14d

With Chicago in the ICE crosshairs right now, here are some independent and nonprofit media orgs to read, follow and support.

Unraveled: @unraveledpress.com

Block Club Chicago: @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Chicago Reader: @chicagoreader.com

The TRiiBE: @thetriibe.com

WBEZ: @wbez.org

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 14d

I'm a researcher in Ed Tech/curriculum and I can tell you we're noticing a pendulum swing back to novels. People are trying to figure it out based on all of the above + lower reading levels, but they're interested.

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 14d

Excited to announce that my novel COIN OF THE REALM will be published in 2027!

I started working on this so long ago. It's a dystopia set in the near future, but real events have made conditions worse, faster, than I imagined. Now I'm categorizing it as a cozy dystopia. Hope people read it.
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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 14d

All of the above plus reading levels and homework compliance have dropped dramatically, making it hard to get through a whole novel when it needs to be read aloud in the classroom.

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zoezolbrod @zoezolbrod.bsky.social · 14d

My president

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