@unraveledpress.com wrote this yesterday after one of their journalists got popped in the face by a pepper ball.
tonight, federal agents detained the other journalist while he was doing his job.
“On Friday, west suburban Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson had a clear message for Russell Hott, director of the ICE Chicago field office: “It has to stop.”
Hi, just a note—
The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!
5 years ago i told an organizer that i was working on a book about the displacement surrounding the Obama Center and he said well I’m still here. do you want to want to write about my displacement or fight to prevent it? I put the book aside for 4 years. And it was worth it. Time to write.
organizing in a coalition humbles you. truly no one can own the whole thing; you step up & back & build & re-build. it’s a relay marathon, requiring a lot of honesty & canvassing & 1-1s & discipline if you really want to win. it sharpened my power analysis, shifted my power response. so grateful.
woke up in awe that the Obama CBA campaign won *another* major victory last night in Chicago City Council for parts of South Shore & Woodlawn. it was a 4 year fight to this milestone. this 10+ year campaign has taught me so much about long-term, disciplined organizing. it works. and it continues.
ICE advanced again, started firing at photographers/press intentionally. Took a nasty lick to the face, unsure if pepper ball or rubber bullet.
Another volley of pepper balls. One agent ran up along this fence to the right firing at protesters (and journalists) from closer range.
More than a dozen teens from schools across the city gathered downtown to talk about how immigration enforcement actions and the possibility of National Guard troops in Chicago is affecting their mental health.
Guy in camo with thick black glasses
Different guy in camo with Arab style scarf, thick black glasses
From yesterday and today: it certainly appears ICE in Chicago are wearing the Meta AI Ray-Ban glasses.
Important read on how some outlets are focused on the real metric: community impact.
S/O to @lisasnowden.bsky.social @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, @mairaka.bsky.social @invisible.institute and others on this @inn.org panel.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/beyo...
extremely uchicago IOP coded
I think working for abortion funds for the past six years is a crash course in holding on to hope and rejecting nihilism through the worst of times
