Cassidy refuses to serve on Speaker Welch’s new working group, saying she has no confidence that it will be ‘credible and effective’ after her name was leaked

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Laura Rodríguez Presa@lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 8h ago

The couple’s arrest outside Midway Airport aligns with what immigration attorneys across the country have observed in recent months: an increase in ICE arrests at airports of people traveling domestically with expired visas but pending immigration cases. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/c...

As a former 35th warder, it's been a delight to talk with 32nd ward voters about bringing participatory budgeting to our ward on behalf of @patgilsenan.bsky.social. $1.5M that *we all* decide how to spend together? People are into it.

Anthony J. Quezada@anthonyjquezada.bsky.social · 7h ago

Every year, every ward receives $1.5 million for infrastructure improvements like new sidewalks, streets, alleys, lighting, bike and pedestrian safety, and more. Here in the 35th Ward, residents decide how to spend our money through Participatory Budgeting. Share your ideas: www.ward35.org/pb2027

Thinking about Rep Miller's wife keeping him calm, and the male loneliness 'epidemic' that we're supposed to fix with our time and bodies. This woman didn't get to go home to her kids.

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 7h ago

Juan Ruiz-Huerta, 29, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, unlawful restraint and aggravated battery related to the Friday crash that killed Victory A. Swanigan, 28, and critically injured another driver.

It's an election year, and I will support any mayoral candidate who will deliver on this important policy issue that has been stalled for the last decade.

Phineas@phineas.bsky.social · 11h ago

Watch your back, Ohio. This isn't over.

When we talk about the importance of funding libraries and library workers - this is the result of being down just *six* people across the entire city of Chicago. Wherever you live, libraries have been running on shoestrings for years and years. Fighting for funding improves service you use!

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 14h ago

Thousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj

You can’t solve a housing shortage by saying “no” to housing. We need to build more homes, protect renters, and make sure the 32nd Ward is a place where people can afford to put down roots and families can grow. My thoughts on housing and affordability: www.patrickfor32.com/news-updates...

A Progressive, Pro-Housing Agenda - Patrick Gilsenan for 32nd Ward

Housing affordability has become one of the defining challenges facing Chicago. Rents continue to rise, homeownership is increasingly out of reach for working families, and too many people are being f...

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All due to the number of delivery drivers falling from 9 to 3. Now there's 6. Unlike most of our other city's big problems, this one feels acutely solvable!

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 14h ago

Thousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.

Meet Jose 👋 A CTA bus operator who goes above and beyond to make sure service is top-notch 🚍

Business should have to accept the legal tender of this country. I try to avoid place that are credit only signal that they don't want to serve people who are unbanked or don't have access to credit. I know it's easier in some ways, but it's crummy.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · yesterday

Pritzker signs new laws requiring businesses to accept cash and pay employees for jury duty. @capitolnewsil.bsky.social reports: blockclubchi.co/45HkIfg

I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere and wanted to surface it — Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ’s might to “stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.” talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

wild that nobody is giving the mayor (Brandon Johnson) credit for this. If it was Rahm there would be a 60 minutes profile on how Rahm was the savior of Chicago

Jared Rutecki@jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 2d ago

There were 37 homicides in the city last month, the lowest total for any such month dating back to at least 1970. That total is down 18% compared to July 2025, and is less than half the totals of July 2020 and 2021, which each saw more than 100 killings.

A) cops are not workers. BBBBBBBB) if you have hiring, firing, and disciplinary discretion over other employees - you are not a worker. CCCCCCCCCC) You can't discipline a fellow union member, so this would just allow (even more) rampant police abuse up to almost the highest level. D) Absurd.

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 2d ago

In a letter to Chicago's deputy mayor of labor relations, a union attorney asked the city to “voluntarily recognize” a collective bargaining unit of commanders and deputy chiefs, pointing to an executive order Mayor Johnson signed.

The Ritual Sexual Abuse moral panic in the 1980s combined terror for (primarily) lower income preschool workers with a broader project of forcing women back in the home. The girls' sports moral panic pairs terrorizing trans people with a broader project of ending sports for all girls and women.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

30 July 2026 Who will you contact about National Archives closures? #Genealogy #NARA #NationalArchives

Honestly one of the most baffling design decisions I've ever seen. It was torn up for like 6 months, and then they poured a bunch of curbs and put in asphalt. CPD also removed the long area along the tennis court where folks could throw long balls. Now it is back to being a blank unused area.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d ago

A botched overhaul of a North Side dog park is leaving pups with bloody paws, pet owners say. blockclubchi.co/4fAG43P

Chicago Mayoral candidates’ position on shotspotter is a good litmus test for who is going to let AI “move fast and break things” at the expense of communities and taxpayers.

it took this long for him to speak out in defense of his own battered DAUGHTER, in case you’re wondering about the gop’s ethos on women

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d ago

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno, who has said almost nothing about what occurred between Miller and the senator's daughter, Emily, finally now says, "If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them. He should not serve."

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

When politicians say they oppose ICE but propose more local police, their objections to ICE are based solely on optics/aesthetics.

Mike Fragassi@refrag.bsky.social · 4d ago

Alexi Giannoulias says: one thousand more Chicago cops, and bring back ShotSpotter www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

(Reassuringly) the president has the zoomies

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

He says he spends more time with his daughter, statistically, then the average Ohio divorced father. I don’t think he understands how that sounds.

Trib Ed board deciding how to react to young people downtown

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4d ago

From the Editorial Board: Sparkly, semiattired Lolla kids are this weekend swarming around such oft-deserted environs as Van Buren Street, Jackson Boulevard and State Street. Welcome. Your presence and youthful energy could not be more timely.

He is so good at this

Tribune analysis: “these two judges had the two lowest percentages of cases concluding in the issuance of removal orders. Crites handled the court’s juvenile cases, while Saltzman was one of two judges hearing cases from the detained docket, for people who are fighting their cases” in DHS custody.

Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 5d ago

Two more Chicago immigration judges fired as court becomes epicenter of removal orders

Just a reminder that in this country, the process is punishment. 24 hours in jail to process your arrest, money for bail, money for a lawyer, missed work for your court appearances...it all adds up. We do this to poor people every single day in this country. Many never really recover.

CNN@cnn.com · 5d ago

The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj

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Got An Old Laptop Or Broken Phone? This West Side Nonprofit Will Give It New Life

Fresh Supply has opened e-waste hubs in Austin and Garfield Park to collect and refurbish discarded electronic devices for West Side neighbors in need.

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

They extended the run of Hadestown through next Wednesday. Some of the times are very weird - there's a 7:55a show that will leave you just a bit late for work on Monday - but it's an absolutely spectacular filming of a spectacular show.