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For context, the billionaires are throwing a huge amont of money at politics

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Unfortunately none for levying war against the United States, which is what they’re paid to do

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Note that the change in federal recommendation is not evidence-based, but is about Kennedy’s brain worm

Mother Mary wearing a respirator to protect herself from tear gas. Baby Jesus with zip-tied hands, wrapped in a thin blanket that looks like aluminum foil. Masked centurions with sunglasses and green vests labeled “ICE.”

This likely means: * a huge display of force in Chicago before they go * other places are now going to get the kind of treatment that Chicago did, so pushback is going to be really important

There is additional reporting from the Chicago Sun-Times and it’s now unclear if a gun was fired or if ICE used a burner phone to call in a report of shots fired

The Democratic governor, a vocal Trump critic who is pursuing a third term next year as well as a potential 2028 White House bid, also indicated that any effort to redraw Illinois’ congressional districts to counter gerrymandering pushed by the president in GOP-led states may depend on whether Indiana takes action on redistricting.

During a remarkable hourlong session with Bovino on the witness stand Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis instructed the 30-year border patrol veteran to get his own body-worn camera and send her every use-of-force report — and accompanying body-cam footage — filed since “Operation Midway Blitz” began nearly two months ago.

Videos from one scene, at North Kildare Avenue in Old Irving Park, showed a group of neighbors marching down the street, filming and blowing whistles as they cussed out federal agents, who were wearing Border Patrol insignia and all masked, some wearing sunglasses. One of the white SUVs they got inside didn’t have license plates displayed.

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There is even a photo him throwing it

Where was he born? What is his name? Who is his mother? Who is his father?

Rueben Antonio Cruz was sitting with a friend in Rogers Park when ICE agents pulled up onto the street.

Gov. JB Pritzker called out the Trump administration on Sunday for defending its decision to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago as necessary to fight violent crime in the city, even though the federal government has emphasized in court and Pentagon memos that the mission is mainly to protect federal immigration enforcement agents and federal property.

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A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to the city and state as part of its ongoing immigration enforcement push, saying she had no faith in the government’s claims of out-of-control violence and that it was federal agents who started it by aggressively targeting protesters with tear gas and militaristic tactics.

In his opinion, which extended the consent decree until February, the judge lifted all conditions of release for 11 people detained in the Chicago area who were subjected to warrantless arrests, and ordered ICE to produce names, detainee tracking information known as “A-numbers,” and arrest documents for anyone arrested in the northern Illinois without warrants since June.

Edit: ICE continues to riot into the evening

The Trump administration isn’t a party to the case, but the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has allowed the Justice Department’s top official in charge of civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, to deliver oral arguments for five minutes when the panel hears arguments later this month over whether the 2023 law violates the U.S. Constitution.

Chicago residents have been on edge at the possibility of President Donald Trump deploying federal immigration agents and the National Guard in Chicago this week. Several Mexican-American groups have now canceled or postponed Mexican Independence Day celebrations in response.

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I'll also note this:

GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, reports that threats against drag performers are down but attacks targeting transgender and gender-nonconforming people are up.

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Gov. JB Pritzker and three other Democratic state chief executives on Tuesday night called for Democrats to mobilize and protest outside Republican congressional offices to oppose President Donald Trump’s administrative actions following his first 100 days in office.

President Donald Trump’s administration canceled the lease for the Barack Obama Presidential Library in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates, one of many federal leases and contracts recently terminated, according to a list published by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

After the kickoff gathering downtown, the growing crowd marched down Michigan Avenue to cheers from passersby and tourists and honks from cars before turning west on Madison Street and heading to Daley Plaza.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Jeff Carter issued a statement Sunday saying that ICE and partner federal agencies “began conducting enhanced targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous (criminals) out of our communities.”

People who identify as LGBTQ can face major disparities and stigma when it comes to cancer care, often resulting in later-stage diagnoses and poorer outcomes than other patients.

local Peoria memory. several local lawyers made bank. surprised to read many people still suffering effects