BREAKING: The Senate narrowly advanced a plan to add up to an extra $140 billion to ICE and CBP's record high budget.
This is the first step by Congress to give another blank check to these out-of-control agencies without any strings attached, all while cutting benefits for our communities.
NEW: In the middle of the night, the House tried to pass a bill that would have given President Trump and Stephen Miller the power to spy on Americans without a warrant for years to come.
It failed due to pressure from the public — but they plan to vote again in just 2 weeks.
ICE says 81% arrested in Operation Midway Blitz had no convictions, falsely asserts no citizens arrested
NEW from @tinasfon.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
This May 1st, a nationwide, No Work, No School, No Shopping!
This country is being taken over by billionaires, so we have to speak their language...$$$ money!
JOIN US IN UNION PARK AT 1PM
Not in Chicago? Check out MayDayStrong.org
#maydaystrong #chicago #usa #event #workersoverbillionaires
Federal prosecutors in Chicago tonight are asking U.S. District Judge April Perry to reject arguments from the remaining members of the "Broadview Six" that their conspiracy charge should be dismissed on First Amendment grounds:
i have an idea for weeding out extremists, it's called defund the police
To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.
A federal judge has found that an interim Department of Defense policy — which replaced a similar policy that sought to restrict journalists’ access to Pentagon sources earlier this year — violates First Amendment press freedoms and is therefore unlawful and unenforceable.
NEW: We’re joined by 75 organizations in calling on Meta to cancel plans to install facial recognition technology on their “smart” glasses.
This tech would allow anyone who wears the glasses to identify and spy on those around them.
Meta must stop this all-out assault on our privacy and safety.
NEW, from @domguan.bsky.social—
Chicagoland joined other cities for a "Fuck ICE" day of protest at the Broadview ICE facility on Saturday.
Activists said the cheeky theme was designed to help build community outside the building where they have faced constant police violence and arrests:
Organizations that provide counseling services for troops are reporting growing numbers of calls. “It’s all people who don’t want to take part in killing in a war that they don’t believe in, and this war has made them realize that they can’t take part in any kind of U.S. military action ever again.”
Chicago has turned all public school IDs into library cards to boost student access. buff.ly/ipZr7kg
The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.
If we had continued on with Obamas investments in solar ,wind, clean energy and electric cars the straight of Hormuz could have gone and fucked itself by now.
handout photo of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, wearing a white button down, with flowers behind him.
ICE pulled over a man in Patterson, CA + shot him 6 times, hitting his face. ICE now says he is part of a gang in LA – a city he has no connection to.
Carlos Mendoza Hernandez, 36, now in ICU, says he's "never ever been in a gang" + was shot without justification www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
We elected you to Congress to be a check on executive power, not a spectator.
You swore an oath to defend the Constitution, not to protect a man who threatens democracy, threatens war, and threatens the future.
Stop hiding behind voters.
Stop punting responsibility.
DO YOUR JOBS.👇
Take a look at the CNN sourcing and fact-checking on their Swalwell article. Look at how many extra people they contacted in order to corroborate claims. They viewed screenshots, called parents/husbands/friends/colleagues. They viewed TV footage and interviews, & more. Two things worth pointing out:
Movements like “No Kings” that purport to be about protecting U.S. democracy also desperately need to contend with the fact that foreign policy is one of the least democratic political spaces we have.
Join the Rally for Trans Visibility as trans-led orgs and allies come together to uplift trans voices and demand safety, healthcare, housing, and dignity for our communities
April 4 | 1 PM
Federal Plaza
Hosted by Chicago Therapy Collective, Equality Illinois, Life is Work & Trans Up Front Illinois
From Consejo de Resistencia
Chicago: Make your plan now! In 5 weeks, on May 1st, be ready. No Work! No School! No Shopping! Tell your neighbors, friends and coworkers. Together, We show up. We march. We make history. La lucha sigue.
May 1st, 1pm at Union Park
Happening now: a small protest at O'Hare is marching through terminal 1 this evening outside Chicago.
ICE agents have been spotted inside the airport all week.
Folks chanting, "ICE out of O'Hare! ICE out of everywhere!"
BREAKING: Robert Mueller, former FBI Director and Special Counsel who led the Russia investigation into the 2016 election, has died at 81.
He had reportedly been battling Parkinson’s disease.
Republicans say one of these individuals is the "most divisive president in history"
George W. Bush releases statement mourning Robert Mueller, calling him a lifelong public servant and decorated Marine who helped protect the U.S. after 9/11. Bush: “Laura and I are deeply saddened… We send our heartfelt sympathy to his family.”
