Several people have been cleared of federal charges tied to Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. But they still had a price to pay.
For example, the 17 cleared defendants spent a combined 150 days in federal custody, records show.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
the USA was doing violent regime change for the sake of rich people’s bottom line way before the President was implicated in a child sex trafficking ring and that doesn’t make the latter any less important but also let’s be fucking serious please
A federal judge ruled from the bench Friday that ICE arrests of 32 people during Operation Midway Blitz violated a consent decree, and that they should be released.
But the @chicago.suntimes.com is told many have already either been released or deported: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
no war with Iran no war ever no WAR
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.
for the ‘Trump’s DHS’ clowns
(Sam Altman voice) Sure, the fall of Rome took centuries, but with the power of open source AI—
both def ARE warmongering but to pretend Israel has more power than the U.S. in determining how things play out is Absurdity. like saying the Air Force bases at Okinawa are the ultimate shot callers of U.S. military policy in Asia
Israeli violence in the Middle East is not always driven by U.S. interests at this point OBVI! but when ppl are like ISRAEL is the root cause of the UNITED STATES being on the precipice of war with Iran…you are not serious people (and maybe you kind of believe that Jewish ppl control the media)
I don’t really trust anyone on the left who blames Israel for American military aggression. like if you think ISRAELI interests are inside the nesting doll of U.S. violence and not the other way around u either need to read more or are buying into antisemitic tropes and it’s probably both
characteristically good work from Serwer. again saying: we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him
found myself considering a legal explainer about why the government can’t lie their way into a residence to kidnap someone and then was like wait why the fuck would I need to explain that
if it doesn’t immediately make sense I fear it will never make sense
(a carefully crafted psyop to make it harder to focus on the government literally disappearing people out of their beds)
the NYPD snowball discourse is to leftists what punch the monkey is to liberals I think
I have work to do but cannot tear myself away from NYPD snowball fight discourse I cannot believe these comments are being made straight-faced
I am very much a Let People Enjoy Things believer but when people waste their bandwidth of empathy and negative emotions on things like this as a pressure release it does confuse me I’m sorry!
I know nobody wants think pieces on punch the monkey it just does really feel odd to see so much focus on a sad little monkey and not like, the murder of human beings and the natural world via our tax dollars over and over again
CHICAGO—I’m knocking doors with @katmabu.bsky.social and Demi Palecek on Sunday, 2/22. No experience? NO problem, we’ll train ya and make sure you have a door knocking buddy. you can register to join us here: www.mobilize.us/katforillino...
NYT live updates headline reading ‘Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Tariffs but He Plans a Workaround’
NYT headline about Trump vowing to ignore the Supreme Court is giving a certain ‘Lives Ended in Gaza’ energy
chrisrabb.com on his ‘radical’ vision for the future and how you can plug in:
I hope New Yorkers will challenge Mamdani about this. Too often, people feel they need to be absolutely for or against a politician — ignoring their missteps or throwing them out with the bathwater. You can like and/or believe in someone and still challenge them to deliver on their promises.
There are already a handful of Council Members who are on record as supporting the 0.5% demand for public libraries. You can find them here: nycplan.org/scorecards/l...
Don't see your member on here? Then reach out to ask them to get on board.
ORAL MOTION by USA to dismiss as to Jacqueline Guataquira (exr, ) (Entered: 02/18/2026)
The UNITED STATES ATTORNEY charges: On or about October 3, 2025, at Broadview, in the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, JACQUELINE GUATAQUIRA, defendant herein, did forcibly impede and interfere with a person designated in Title 18, United States Code, Section 1114, namely an employee of the United States, while he or she was engaged in the performance of his or her official duties; In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a).
JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz.
Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared.
None of the 32 has been convicted.
Docket entry and original charging doc below:
has anyone checked in on Olivia Nuzzi
I was in Philly this week and sat down with Chris Rabb, grassroots candidate in PA-03 (and @americandemands.bsky.social candidate!), to introduce him to my audience, because I know yall will love him, too. chrisrabb.com, part 2 later!
OMG, @cohen489.bsky.social was on @majorityreport.bsky.social for the fun half. For once a fun half that's actually fun!
I'm fanboying.
www.youtube.com/live/seLpB7n...
any time I give remarks in Europe I talk about how the US is where it is by weaponizing anti-migrant sentiment, punishing speech starting with pro-Palestine speakers and then expanding, and ignoring the disgruntled far-right, bc like over half of the countries in the EU are like…five years behind us
I speak in Germany with regularity (and with gratitude!) and the number of people who say things to me like ‘how could that happen!!!’ as the German gov’t restricts speech critical of Israel and has a full neo-Nazi party gaining ground in every election…wild
