kaireky
@kaireky.bsky.social
Chicago, data & public policy, vegan, dreams of proportional representation via STV.
How is this unethical. Please explain how it is unethical to make this information public. Ethical governing is not strict adherence to rules when those rules conflict with basic ethical principles.
NEW: The Chicago Board of Ethics fined ex-Inspector General Joe Ferguson $5,000 for violating the city’s ethics law by divulging a confidential report that found officials could have stopped a plume of dust from enveloping Little Village when crews demolished a former power plant. @wttw.bsky.social
Former Inspector General Joe Ferguson Fined $5K for Revealing Botched Little Village Smokestack Implosion Could Have Been Prevented
Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, who paid the $5,000 fine, said that while he was disappointed by the board's decision, he had no regrets about his decision to divulge the confidential report.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How is this unethical. Please explain how it is unethical to make this information public. Ethical governing is not strict adherence to rules when those rules conflict with basic ethical principles.
If you don’t think the offenses are serious enough to warrant a prosecutor’s time then maybe idk they shouldn’t be felonies?
But seriously though this is bad policy. A felony gun offense that the prosecution later drops can still seriously mess up someone’s life.
But seriously though this is bad policy. A felony gun offense that the prosecution later drops can still seriously mess up someone’s life.
new: cook county state's attorney eileen o'neill burke is expanding a program that allows chicago cops to file felony weapons charges without prosecutor review.
under the new "expedited felony review standard," chicago police citywide can now directly file unlawful weapons possession charges.
under the new "expedited felony review standard," chicago police citywide can now directly file unlawful weapons possession charges.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you don’t think the offenses are serious enough to warrant a prosecutor’s time then maybe idk they shouldn’t be felonies?
But seriously though this is bad policy. A felony gun offense that the prosecution later drops can still seriously mess up someone’s life.
But seriously though this is bad policy. A felony gun offense that the prosecution later drops can still seriously mess up someone’s life.
omg they are beautiful and perfectly chill
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
omg they are beautiful and perfectly chill
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“We had to give the dictator what he wanted so that we could protect a super-majority requirement in the world’s least representative legislative body” is a wildly anti-democratic statement.
Neither the US senate nor the Democratic Party has proven itself capable of preventing tyranny.
Neither the US senate nor the Democratic Party has proven itself capable of preventing tyranny.
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“We had to give the dictator what he wanted so that we could protect a super-majority requirement in the world’s least representative legislative body” is a wildly anti-democratic statement.
Neither the US senate nor the Democratic Party has proven itself capable of preventing tyranny.
Neither the US senate nor the Democratic Party has proven itself capable of preventing tyranny.
Today we learned too many Chicago alders do not know what an audit is.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today we learned too many Chicago alders do not know what an audit is.
Someone should let CPD know this because they basically said “we can’t do shit if the feds are on the clock” at their budget hearing.
PolitiFact - Do ICE officers have ‘federal immunity’ as White House official Stephen Miller said?
No
www.politifact.com/f... #wipolitics
No
www.politifact.com/f... #wipolitics
Do ICE officers have ‘federal immunity’?
Stephen Miller said ICE agents have federal immunity. Agents have broad protections when they’re conducting official duties. But they’re not immune from prosecution if they break state or federal law.
www.politifact.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Someone should let CPD know this because they basically said “we can’t do shit if the feds are on the clock” at their budget hearing.
Feel like this is more the data wrangling phase.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Feel like this is more the data wrangling phase.
Terrifying. Should be illegal (if it isn’t already in which case someone please sue).
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Terrifying. Should be illegal (if it isn’t already in which case someone please sue).
Pretty sure it’s No. 3. Where I’d put my money at least.
Ellis "It may be that what I am seeing is the result if one of three things:"
1. Perhaps the order is unclear
2. No one read the order
3. "Folks actively chose to ignore it"
Ellis said it could not be No. 3, because that would violate Bovino's oath
1. Perhaps the order is unclear
2. No one read the order
3. "Folks actively chose to ignore it"
Ellis said it could not be No. 3, because that would violate Bovino's oath
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Pretty sure it’s No. 3. Where I’d put my money at least.
My internet had been out the entire day with xfinity's site reporting an outage. I call, get outage message plus "an agent will not be able to help you solve this issue faster." It hangs up. I call again get it to let me chat with someone via text. The agent made my internet start working again.
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My internet had been out the entire day with xfinity's site reporting an outage. I call, get outage message plus "an agent will not be able to help you solve this issue faster." It hangs up. I call again get it to let me chat with someone via text. The agent made my internet start working again.
Immigration law is like this too - some insanely racists cases that aren’t themselves directly cited are nonetheless where some of the crazy shit still being used today came from.
Mungia doesn't bring up that case and others just to say 'the Supreme Court has done bad things', although ofc it has
he shows how racist cases from history reverberate through the modern cases applying those precedents
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
he shows how racist cases from history reverberate through the modern cases applying those precedents
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
A Washington State Supreme Court Justice Condemns Federal Indian Law as Racist and Awful
"Each time a court cites a case that has as its foundation such racist fallacies, it is incumbent on us to call out that racism, even if just in a footnote."
ballsandstrikes.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Immigration law is like this too - some insanely racists cases that aren’t themselves directly cited are nonetheless where some of the crazy shit still being used today came from.
Cook County & Chicago both use Dominion election systems and I imagine this is not a welcome development. I’m concerned. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official
Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.
www.axios.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Cook County & Chicago both use Dominion election systems and I imagine this is not a welcome development. I’m concerned. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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“The number of times Chicago police officers used any kind of force against members of the public increased 75% between 2021 and 2024…CPD officers are also using force more often against children and those experiencing a mental health crisis.”
NEW: The significant increase in the number of times Chicago police officers have used force against Black & Latino Chicagoans since 2021 violates the consent decree, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform CPD. @wttw.bsky.social
Reform Groups Say CPD’s Increasing Use of Force Against Black, Latino Chicagoans Violates Consent Decree
“CPD has failed to rein in its culture of brutality and abuse,” according to the coalition of police reform groups that forced the city to agree to federal court oversight. “The department is moving i...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“The number of times Chicago police officers used any kind of force against members of the public increased 75% between 2021 and 2024…CPD officers are also using force more often against children and those experiencing a mental health crisis.”
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State Senator Graciela Guzman is out here in front of the facility demanding the release of two of her constituents (who are U.S. citizens), asking to speak with federal agents. No response from them so far. Shes putting on a respirator.
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
State Senator Graciela Guzman is out here in front of the facility demanding the release of two of her constituents (who are U.S. citizens), asking to speak with federal agents. No response from them so far. Shes putting on a respirator.
Pritzker "said state and local authorities don’t have the resources to investigate federal law enforcement, and if ICE is unwilling to share additional details, it’s possible 'we may never really know what the truth is.'"
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ICE ‘Unwilling’ to Share Details After Agent Killed Suburban Man During Immigration Operation, Pritzker Says
“We need more information,” Gov. JB Pritzker said at a press event Monday in Chicago. “We’ve asked ICE for all of the information around it, they have given very little.”
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September 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Pritzker "said state and local authorities don’t have the resources to investigate federal law enforcement, and if ICE is unwilling to share additional details, it’s possible 'we may never really know what the truth is.'"
news.wttw.com/2025/09/15/i...
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Bigger deal than most will realize. The Chief Judge is in charge of A LOT. Very curious what the new person’s pitch was.
BEAKING NEWS: COOK COUNTY HAS A NEW CHIEF JUDGE - Charles Beach
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Bigger deal than most will realize. The Chief Judge is in charge of A LOT. Very curious what the new person’s pitch was.
This is not hard to do and there’s plenty of state employees capable of running this super basic report with access to the necessary data (ICJIA, SPAC). Just go ask them. Way more their job than IDOC’s. wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
Illinois state prisons can't compute recidivism rates
The Illinois Department of Corrections has been unable to calculate the recidivism rate since 2022 due to a computer programming issue, and has refused an offer of help from a suburban sheriff to r…
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September 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is not hard to do and there’s plenty of state employees capable of running this super basic report with access to the necessary data (ICJIA, SPAC). Just go ask them. Way more their job than IDOC’s. wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...
Hahahahaha “trust me because I say so” doesn’t really pair well with all the obviously partisan shadow docket rulings
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hahahahaha “trust me because I say so” doesn’t really pair well with all the obviously partisan shadow docket rulings
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A US military "advance team" arrived in Chicago yesterday, per leaked memo I obtained:
Exclusive: Leak Confirms Chicago Military Action
Memo reveals homeland crackdown has already begun
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A US military "advance team" arrived in Chicago yesterday, per leaked memo I obtained:
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If you’re a Democrat who feels this way, you should endorse proportional representation!
Let the left have our own party and then the voters can decide.
Let the left have our own party and then the voters can decide.
NY Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi says "Zohran Mamdani and every other Democratic Socialist should create their own party because I don't want that in my party."
September 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you’re a Democrat who feels this way, you should endorse proportional representation!
Let the left have our own party and then the voters can decide.
Let the left have our own party and then the voters can decide.
Let’s do this.
I think Illinois can and should sue Texas in the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction and seek a preliminary injunction against the use of any un-federalized Texas National Guard troops in Illinois.
September 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Let’s do this.
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Why this matters: the biggest immediate threat to our communities right now remains the alphabet boys, who have *already* told us their plan to unleash Border Patrol. And while JB can conceivably put up a fight against the TX Guard coming, no local elected can stop the feds.
Please understand this.
Please understand this.
Deleted a RT of a reporter’s summary of JB’s comments about the Texas National Guard. This is what was actually said.
September 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why this matters: the biggest immediate threat to our communities right now remains the alphabet boys, who have *already* told us their plan to unleash Border Patrol. And while JB can conceivably put up a fight against the TX Guard coming, no local elected can stop the feds.
Please understand this.
Please understand this.
It’s been a year since the Bell Riots and having the national guard in DC clearing out homeless encampments and CA policy to have state agencies do the same there feels a bit too real.
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It’s been a year since the Bell Riots and having the national guard in DC clearing out homeless encampments and CA policy to have state agencies do the same there feels a bit too real.
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Again, even <if> the Wizards in Robes do not again desecrate the Constitution on this, every single one of these "national emergency" and "national security" loopholes, written into law during the Cold War, by both parties, need to go. They are simply incompatible with our current politics.
This. Section 740 of the Home Rule Act. IEEPA. Section 232. Every single one of these things needs to be rewritten or repealed. They are giant, aircraft carrier-sized loopholes through which a far right authoritarian party can empower a Mad King & destroy the Republic. They have to all go.
Once again, the imperial presidency, created by both parties during the Cold War, by passing laws allowing the POTUS to act like a king simply by using the magic words “national security” or “national emergency” w/o evidence, was a grave mistake, & if we make it through this, it must be dismantled.
August 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Again, even <if> the Wizards in Robes do not again desecrate the Constitution on this, every single one of these "national emergency" and "national security" loopholes, written into law during the Cold War, by both parties, need to go. They are simply incompatible with our current politics.