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Steve Held@peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 2d ago

“I want my residents to know that we feel a mistake was made," Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins said. "I believe that everyone is accountable. I believe that people should feel comfortable coming to Village Hall and Forest Park and coming to Forest Park.”

Suburban police chief to retire after ICE agent allowed into offices

The mayor of suburban Forest Park said an incident recorded inside his village's police department "should not have happened."

nbcchicago.com

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 4d ago

Homeland Security investigators conducted a wide-ranging surveillance campaign against Minnesota labor unions, trying to find evidence that they were part of an Antifa conspiracy to finance domestic terrorism.

Federal agents, led by Jan. 6 participant, surveilled Minnesota unions in hunt for Antifa conspiracy case

Documents show the agents infiltrated protester meetings and investigated union financial records for evidence of domestic terrorist financing.

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀@bebopott.bsky.social · 4w ago

Huh, Okayyyy: "Chi-Town Patriots PAC" was just registered today with the Illinois State Board of Elections by Lawrence Stowe, who pled guilty in 2012 to selling fake cures to real neurological diseases Judge Miller emphasized that Stowe “…took advantage of people dying and offered them hope.”

Illegal Sale of Stem Cell Case Lands Engineer to Federal Prison HOUSTON—Lawrence Stowe, 61, has been ordered to prison for his role in a conspiracy to introduce misbranded and unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Tommy Hennesy, resident agent in charge of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-Office of Criminal Investigations. Stowe pleaded guilty September 7, 2012. Today, U.S. District Judge Gray Miller sentenced Lawrence Stowe, 61, a total sentence of 78 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. In handing down the sentence, Judge Miller emphasized that Stowe “…took advantage of people dying and offered them hope.” Restitution was also ordered in the amount of $419,358 to be paid jointly and severally with co-defendant Francisco Morales, 54, of Brownsville. Morales was previously sentenced to 60 months in prison. Stowe, of Moline, Illinois, admitted that beginning in January 2006, he utilized several businesses, Stowe BioTherapy Inc. and The Stowe Foundation to advertise and promote a medical treatment protocol for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s, and other neurological diseases. This treatment protocol, which was named “Applied Biologics,” consisted of supplements, vaccines, patient specific transfer factors and ultimately stem cell therapy. Stowe falsely represented to patients that this treatment protocol had been reviewed by all levels of the FDA and was effective in the treatment of ALS, MS, and Parkinson’s. There is currently no cure for these diseases. At the hearing, testimony was presented by a sister of a victim in the scheme detailing how she cared for her brother in the last year of his life when he met Stowe and paid him $47,000 with the false hope of a cure. She said her brother did not have much cash, so the $47,000 was all his savings.COMMITTEE NAMЕ: Chi-Town Patriots PAC POLITICAL COMMITTEE ID #: 40021-8 REQUIRED COMMITTEE OFFICERS: POSITION NAME ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, AND E-MAIL ADDRESS CHAIR Lawrence R. Stowe [Redacted for Privacy] thestowetoundationgmail.com TREASURER Lawrence R. Stowe [Redacted for Privacy]
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 4w ago

I’ve been doing some in-depth reporting on the Prairieland cases, and had to get this out first as I continue to dig: I spoke with Ana Bell, sister of Des, who it turns out co-owns and runs an indie bookstore. We talked about the case, the judge, book banning, ICE killings, and living through this:

My Brother Was Sentenced to 30 Years for Moving a Box of Zines

The sister of a defendant in the Prairieland case, which targeted Texas ICE protesters, speaks out.

newrepublic.com

Jessica Lussenhop@jlussenhop.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sometimes at @propublica.org, we try to answer a seemingly simple question and... hit a wall. But then we ask: why is this unanswerable and why does it have to be this way? First time I've seen it done this beautifully though! By @maxblau.bsky.social projects.propublica.org/blueberries-...

Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?

Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?

projects.propublica.org

biking/yelling@bikinandyellin.bsky.social · last mo.

At what point do they send an emergency push notification to everyone? How are we not at that point? People think it's foggy and smells a little weird. They don't get it when you say "breathing the air might make you sick even if you're otherwise healthy"... Argh