New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...
WWE Returns To United Center After 32-Year Hiatus. An interesting read from Mr. @smontemayor.bsky.social
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Nearly half the lawyers at the U.S. Attorney's Office have left since President Trump’s return, leading to dismissed criminal cases, stalled fraud prosecutions and a rare contempt citation against a Justice Department attorney.
Why is the Cook County state’s attorney prosecuting nonviolent ICE protesters? blockclubchi.co/3ZXJS6K
“This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, moving to the use of criminal contempt,” Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote. “One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court’s orders.”
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Why is the Cook County state’s attorney prosecuting nonviolent ICE protesters? blockclubchi.co/3ZXJS6K
After the University of Chicago's trauma center reopened, nearby shooting deaths fell nearly 4%, a study found. blockclubchi.co/4cLZHEX
Whiner Beer Company Closing Back Of The Yards Brewery, Taproom: 'We Gave It Our Best Shot' blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/20/w...
Northwest Side's Illuminated Brew Works To Close In June: 'We Will Miss All Of You' blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/20/n...
My biggest investigation: The star chef of Warlord has, for years, abused women, shared nude photos of romantic partners without their consent and created a toxic work environment by berating staff at the acclaimed restaurant, multiple ex employees+women said. blockclubchi.co/4tINuHj
How Kennedy-King College’s WKKC Became A Black Radio Powerhouse, by @blockclubchi.bsky.social's Jamie Nesbitt Golden. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/19/h...
Warlord chef’s abuse went unchecked for years, women and ex-workers say. blockclubchi.co/4tINuHj
Provinzino was a longtime federal AUSA who prosecuted major international sex trafficking cases. The current U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, whose management of the office has sparked an unprecedented mass exodus, called her contempt order "a lawless abuse of judicial power."
Minnesota U.S. District Judge Laura Provinzino imposed what's believed to be the first civil contempt order against a DOJ attorney this term.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a political force in the United States and a leader in Chicago for decades, died Tuesday morning surrounded by family, his family said in a statement. blockclubchi.co/40dMUDJ
A federal agent shot a Chicago woman 5 times after saying she tried to ram him with her car.
Newly released evidence contradict that agent's account — and shows that agents boasted about the shooting. blockclubchi.co/463Y4i1
Gov. Tim Walz said about the federal immigration surge in Minnesota: “They left us with deep damage, generational trauma. They left us with economic ruin, in some cases.”
Photo shows a young girl with her cat
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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The real story behind the midnight immigration raid on a South Shore apartment building.
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Catch me this afternoon speaking with a powerful panel on how local journalists can cover immigration enforcement operations. I'll be sharing more about how @blockclubchi.bsky.social covered Operation Midway Blitz.
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With the immediate removal of 700 federal agents from Minnesota, border czar Tom Homan put the total number of agents remaining in the state at approximately 2,000.
That’s still a dramatic increase from the normal immigration and enforcement staffing in Minnesota of around 150 agents.
After a month in ICE custody, Albeiro Ropero Remolina was released on bond to his Hyde Park home.
"1000s of immigrants who should be eligible for bond are forced to endure unlawful detainment [as they wait for habeas petitions] to be granted," an attorney said. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/03/a...
Part of a thread about a public forum happening today. —>
SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
That fraud scheme in Minnesota involving Somali Americans that Trump has trumpeted? FBI agents were pulled off the case to do routine immigration work, delaying the investigation, according to this revelatory oral history by Emily Bazelon and @rachelposer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Notably this includes Ana Voss, head of the civil division, whom Chief Judge Schiltz thanked by name for handling a deluge of habeas petitions in response to ICE’s barrage of unconstitutional arrests
Footage shows agents tackle and pin Alex Pretti to the ground in violent encounter more than a week before his death.
More than 100 bike rides honoring Alex Pretti have been organized around the globe since a Minneapolis bike shop Angry Catfish’s call to action.
This Saturday's “unity” ride will start at Washburn Fair Oaks Park in Minneapolis at 1 p.m. Pretti was a cyclist and a customer at Angry Catfish.
