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Chicago Mexi-Rican Reader, walker, cat & dog person Work @wgnnews

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US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school likely carried out by US forces Two US military officials briefed on investigation make disclosure, while Pentagon has only confirmed inquiry is under way * Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide Military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion, according to two US officials. Reuters was unable to determine further details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the US might have struck the school. Continue reading...

US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls’ school likely carried out by US forces

06.03.2026 13:15 👍 123 🔁 69 💬 19 📌 5

The responses to this thread are making my day

06.03.2026 13:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey Maine - Yall might want to consider this candidate for your Democratic primary. Ya know, someoke who isn't a Nazi.

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Last weekend, Injustice Watch reporter Kelly Garcia hosted a pop quiz at Bueno Days about Cook County judicial elections. How many did you get right? 👀

04.03.2026 14:01 👍 14 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 3

“Between the first half of 2024 and 2025, her policies contributed to an additional 1,068 people being locked up. When Cook County experiences historic decreases in both property and violent crime, there should be fewer pretrial detention motions, not more.”

04.03.2026 16:14 👍 34 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 1
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Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead

www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...

27.02.2026 02:11 👍 5005 🔁 2538 💬 301 📌 301

Racism and AI enshittification is the United States in a nutshell.

27.02.2026 20:22 👍 18 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0

Dudes rock

27.02.2026 14:32 👍 2119 🔁 561 💬 8 📌 1
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The Chicago real estate firm leasing an empty prison to ICE Highlands Real Estate Investment Trust looks to profit from President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.

new: highlands reit, a small chicago-based real estate firm, is renting an empty prison it owns in colorado to ice and private prison giant geo group.

highlands is part of a network of private contractors hoping to get a cut of the $45 billion allocated to warehouse immigrants through 2029.

27.02.2026 13:27 👍 164 🔁 122 💬 3 📌 14

"Bust Nuts, Not Unions" could singlehandedly resurrect the labor movement in the US.

Sex work is work, and sex work organizing is 🤌

26.02.2026 19:41 👍 605 🔁 235 💬 2 📌 2

"Cutting less than one day of our city’s bloated police budget would cover the $4.5 million that is needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources."

thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...

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ICE officers arrest student inside Columbia University housing The officers had misrepresented who they were and said they were on campus looking for a missing person, school and city officials said.

Federal officers from the Department of Homeland Security entered Columbia University housing on Thursday and detained a student after misrepresenting their identities and their reason for being on campus, according to school officials.

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BREAKING: Protests have erupted at Columbia University after the school says DHS agents detained a student after making "misrepresentations to gain entry" to building.

26.02.2026 19:19 👍 5929 🔁 1946 💬 109 📌 129
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The Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month We don’t need permission from the government to commemorate a complex past.

Last week, my mother took me and my kids to see the school where, 60 years ago, she was among the first wave of Black students to integrate a previously all-White school. We wanted to remind my kids that Black history is not just famous people in textbooks, it is often the people right next to you.

25.02.2026 16:41 👍 1160 🔁 328 💬 5 📌 6

Some incredible/horrifying bits in here.

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WGN-TV lays off 8 on-air reporters and anchors Monday in massive downsizing The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom.

Sean Lewis, a nearly two-decade veteran at WGN-TV who has anchored the weekend morning broadcast since 2010, was among several reporters and anchors laid off Monday

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WGN-TV lays off eight on-air reporters and anchors Monday in massive downsizing The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom.

work is super fun right now
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/w...

24.02.2026 17:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Not evil in some movie sense. Silent partners in a real world sense." well damn

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Pritzker’s invoice to White House:

(via @nbcnews.com) @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Keep Minnesota Housed!
Much of the medía has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction.
Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds!
#keepMNhoused

Keep Minnesota Housed! Much of the medía has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction. Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds! #keepMNhoused

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation.

Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

19.02.2026 15:32 👍 1632 🔁 1171 💬 21 📌 50
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Cook County’s Top Prosecutor Unveils Policy Change Aimed at Charging ICE Agents for Criminal Misconduct Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has implemented a new protocol that calls for the use of all available prosecutorial tools to support investigations into the use of force by federal ...
19.02.2026 18:02 👍 34 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

“I see more community, love, support, and that’s what I was hoping to see,”

Supporters rally outside A Cup of Joe after the café was targeted for speaking out against ICE. Reporting by José Abonce
https://southsideweekly.com/neighbors-rally-for-a-cup-of-joe/

18.02.2026 20:43 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Rev. Jesse Jackson left a lasting impact on civil rights and political possibilities for Black America • The TRiiBE "Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” Jackson’s family said.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was one of the most influential Black political figures. His historic presidential runs in the 1980s, though unsuccessful, propelled him onto the national stage and inspired a new generation of political leaders, particularly Black political leaders.

thetriibe.com/2026/02/rev-...

17.02.2026 23:59 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Jesse Jackson’s legacy paved the way for Kamala Harris’s historic Democratic nomination • The TRiiBE Harris securing the Democratic party nomination is a full-circle moment for Black political power in Chicago.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and fixture in Democratic politics, has passed away at age 84.

Revisit our 2024 story about his legacy and political influence.

thetriibe.com/2024/08/jess...

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Wow.

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Donate to Stand with Ofelia: Support Her Family Now, organized by Valerie Wadycki I have had the honor and pleasure of working with a very special 16 year-old… Valerie Wadycki needs your support for Stand with Ofelia: Support Her Family Now

This is the verified gofundme link to support Ofelia’s family gofund.me/77d654515

15.02.2026 15:36 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 👍 23640 🔁 8259 💬 602 📌 1356
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Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

NEW: Workers at the Social Security Administration have been told to share information about in-person appointments with ICE agents, WIRED has learned, in a move that goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

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