Michael Spencer
@michaelspencer.bsky.social
See my latest in the Chicago Reader // adjunct history prof // US foreign policy
It's unabashed ethnic cleansing in the city of Chicago. There should be no doubts: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's unabashed ethnic cleansing in the city of Chicago. There should be no doubts: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
What did Matt Gaetz know about the Organic Fresh Coin ICO? Where did all that money go?
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What did Matt Gaetz know about the Organic Fresh Coin ICO? Where did all that money go?
Seeing the Matt Gaetz scandal getting some additional coverage today. I’ve done some work covering this story over the past couple years if anyone wants a refresher:
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Regarding Matt Gaetz as the new AG— here’s a podcast series I did a couple years ago. It’s about the Joel Greenberg crypto conspiracy, a rabbit hole down which we find not just our presumptive AG but Roger Stone, the Proud Boys, and a host of Desantis ghouls. here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Seminole County Cryptocurrency Fraud - YouTube
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November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Seeing the Matt Gaetz scandal getting some additional coverage today. I’ve done some work covering this story over the past couple years if anyone wants a refresher:
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This has gone on for over a month now and it seems the only response our local government has come up with is to pay private security to sit and watch the raids.
‘Like shooting fish in a barrel’ - Chicago Reader
Federal agents have repeatedly terrorized rideshare drivers at O’Hare International Airport.
chicagoreader.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This has gone on for over a month now and it seems the only response our local government has come up with is to pay private security to sit and watch the raids.
I wish I hadn't rewatched Vice so recently. Today calls for a viewing.
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I wish I hadn't rewatched Vice so recently. Today calls for a viewing.
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From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”
If the democrats don’t run on and implement a platform of mass judicial and immigration reform, then a victory in 2028 will only ensure that we are in this same position the next time the GOP takes power.
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If the democrats don’t run on and implement a platform of mass judicial and immigration reform, then a victory in 2028 will only ensure that we are in this same position the next time the GOP takes power.
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happening now: about 50 people, including, community organizers, faith leaders and union workers, have gathered at the gary, indiana, airport to protest its complicity in trump’s mass deportations.
many people abducted by ice in chicago are driven to the gary airport before being flown elsewhere.
many people abducted by ice in chicago are driven to the gary airport before being flown elsewhere.
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
happening now: about 50 people, including, community organizers, faith leaders and union workers, have gathered at the gary, indiana, airport to protest its complicity in trump’s mass deportations.
many people abducted by ice in chicago are driven to the gary airport before being flown elsewhere.
many people abducted by ice in chicago are driven to the gary airport before being flown elsewhere.
Two buses with blacked out windows have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility in the last 10 minutes.
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Two buses with blacked out windows have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility in the last 10 minutes.
Two protestors arrested at Broadview ICE facility
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Two protestors arrested at Broadview ICE facility
50 or 60 protestors in Broadview at this point. About 15 minutes ago a group of 20 police officers confronted a lone protestor in the street.
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
50 or 60 protestors in Broadview at this point. About 15 minutes ago a group of 20 police officers confronted a lone protestor in the street.
Once a rogue ethnostate, always a rogue ethnostate.
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Once a rogue ethnostate, always a rogue ethnostate.
As always, compare these positions to their characterization and treatment of young people of color for existing.
Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As always, compare these positions to their characterization and treatment of young people of color for existing.
Peculiar incident at a South Shore preparatory school today. Security and admin were bewildered when CPD reported a 9-11 call leading the building to be locked down and fully searched. Nothing was evidently turned up. Thinking about this story today: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
ICE’s Growing Feud With Chicago Police Now Includes Fake 911 Calls
Surprise, surprise: Federal immigration agents aren’t keeping the community safer.
www.yahoo.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Peculiar incident at a South Shore preparatory school today. Security and admin were bewildered when CPD reported a 9-11 call leading the building to be locked down and fully searched. Nothing was evidently turned up. Thinking about this story today: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Noem’s assertion that the NFL doesn’t “know what they believe” by selecting Bhad Bunny for the SB halftime show is essentially true. The most conservative and wealthiest among us are trying to relate to an audience that doesn’t share their worldview.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Noem’s assertion that the NFL doesn’t “know what they believe” by selecting Bhad Bunny for the SB halftime show is essentially true. The most conservative and wealthiest among us are trying to relate to an audience that doesn’t share their worldview.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov now collaborating with ethnic cleansing as ICE and Illinois State Police team up against protestors in Broadview.
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov now collaborating with ethnic cleansing as ICE and Illinois State Police team up against protestors in Broadview.
Any government that uses the methods of empire on the domestic population is fascistic. But if your ideology supports projecting nationalism and imperialism abroad, then you own a piece of what happens when they inevitably return home.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Any government that uses the methods of empire on the domestic population is fascistic. But if your ideology supports projecting nationalism and imperialism abroad, then you own a piece of what happens when they inevitably return home.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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it’s an old-fashioned standoff now.
occasionally, federal agents will push forward to part the crowd + allow a vehicle driven by ice to enter the parking lot off 25th street. but for the most part, they’re just staring.
there are maybe 10-15 protesters still here and probably twice as many press.
occasionally, federal agents will push forward to part the crowd + allow a vehicle driven by ice to enter the parking lot off 25th street. but for the most part, they’re just staring.
there are maybe 10-15 protesters still here and probably twice as many press.
September 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
it’s an old-fashioned standoff now.
occasionally, federal agents will push forward to part the crowd + allow a vehicle driven by ice to enter the parking lot off 25th street. but for the most part, they’re just staring.
there are maybe 10-15 protesters still here and probably twice as many press.
occasionally, federal agents will push forward to part the crowd + allow a vehicle driven by ice to enter the parking lot off 25th street. but for the most part, they’re just staring.
there are maybe 10-15 protesters still here and probably twice as many press.
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Major stakeholders in their segment of the donor class are interested in non-state currency as a way to undermine the state. I'm not sure the politicians who receive this funding fully understand this. But the megadonors do.
Why are fascists so attracted to Bitcoin?
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Major stakeholders in their segment of the donor class are interested in non-state currency as a way to undermine the state. I'm not sure the politicians who receive this funding fully understand this. But the megadonors do.
There is nothing more violent or extreme than US foreign policy, which is conducted by those we consider “centrists.” There is nothing more violent or extreme than normalizing death from exposure and lack of access to healthcare, which is the status quo perpetuated by those we consider “centrists.”
September 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is nothing more violent or extreme than US foreign policy, which is conducted by those we consider “centrists.” There is nothing more violent or extreme than normalizing death from exposure and lack of access to healthcare, which is the status quo perpetuated by those we consider “centrists.”
Trying to drop the talking points into reverse so quickly that the transmission falls out of the bottom of the car.
September 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trying to drop the talking points into reverse so quickly that the transmission falls out of the bottom of the car.
All violence is political.
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
All violence is political.
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Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago.
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].
September 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago.
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email [email protected].