some people have turned playing victim into an art form

45th Ward alderman Gardiner sues city for more than $1 million; says he was wrongly accused, blames IG office for withholding evidence in ethics case  - Nadig Newspapers - Northwest Side Local Newspap...

Alderman Gardiner has said that the city of Chicago spent around $200,000 to flight his appeal of the ethics board’s decision to

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Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted child sex trafficker, takes her meals in her cell, works out after hours, and entertains guests in a compound cleared for the occasion. The warden handles her mail personally. The nurse who noticed got fired. One does wonder what she told the Deputy Attorney General?

'Disgusting': Ex-employee spills how far prison went to give Ghislaine Maxwell cushy life

A former employee of the prison where Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice and convicted child sex offender, Ghislaine Maxwell, is incarcerated, spoke out on CNN about the lengths staff there are taking to ma...

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Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Three incredible things from this story: 1) the first words are “A 3-year-old hunter” 2) the “mentor” was exempt from “hunter education certification” bc of their “military training.” 3) the adult shot in the turkey hunt was an off-duty law enforcement officer.

Josh Mankiewicz@joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

They let a three-year-old fire a shotgun at a turkey. He wounded two people. gearjunkie.com/hunting/3-ye...

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WTTW - Chicago PBS@wttw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A key City Council panel is set to vote on a measure to rid the Chicago Police Department of officers with ties to hate groups and far-right extremist organizations, records show. A final vote could come as soon as April 15. https://to.wttw.com/4t4or0s

They used to say shit like this in secret, now they’re proud about it. Even a mass murderer like Kissinger had some restraint.

NEW: Last October, Border Patrol agents gassed Chicagoans after agents caused a major car crash on the southeast side. I analyzed body cam videos that show agents Benito Nunez, Oscar Guillen, and Carlos Chavira ignored orders to end the pursuit—moments before they blew a tire and crashed.

Border Patrol agents ignored orders to end car chase before gassing Chicago neighborhood

DHS claimed federal agents intentionally hit a fleeing vehicle to try to stop the driver in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood last October—but videos of the 18-minute high-speed pursuit show they actua...

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Jaime Andrade, who ran flagrantly untrue ads accusing his opponent Miguel Alvelo-Rivera of supporting ICE, is down big in his reelection bid. Andrade is one of the last vestiges of the Mell political machine

Bully and threaten allies. Start an illegal war. Tell the allies to fuck off. Oil shipments stop. Beg allies to help. Crickets from allies. Bully wonders why.

“footage captured some officers whispering to each other to avoid their words being captured by their body-worn camera footage while others were told to turn off the cameras…one officer telling another officer, while surveying the wreckage, “that’s why you don’t chase,” Northcutt told reporters.”

Jared Rutecki@jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lawyers for the family of a woman who was struck and killed by a driver being chased by Chicago police in 2017 said that officers attempted to cover up the pursuit, citing newly discovered video footage.

Trump, 23 years later: “very complete, pretty much”. Here we go again, but even more stupid and dangerous. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

They’re trying to start WWIII to bring about their sick Hal Lindsey/Tim LaHaye “end times” Book of Revelation rapture fantasies. White evangelical Christianity is a mental illness.

Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

well c'mon mothers throughout this land pack your boys off to Tehran Iran c'mon pops, don't hesitate send ‘em off before it's too late be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box

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Now take it out of their pension fund or from their “union”.

Heather Cherone@heathercherone.bsky.social · 5mo ago

BREAKING: A federal jury ordered the city of Chicago on Wednesday to pay $5.7 million to a family with four children, determining that a botched 2018 Chicago Police raid of their Back of the Yards apartment violated their civil rights. @wttw.bsky.social

Cops don’t belong anywhere near anything that has to do with organized labor.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 5mo ago

A Chicago police sergeant who has spent years attacking teachers w/ right wing bigoted hate campaigns is now retiring because she's been appointed to a DOL position in Trump's admin. People may remember Amelia Kessem for accusing NWS librarians of "indoctrinating" children during Pride month:

As of Jan. 1, 2026, cops start making six figures after just 2 1/2 years, per their “union” contract. On top of that, they get a generous uniform allowance. According to the article if a vest has to be replaced every 5 years, in that time they would have been given $9,750 to pay for a $500 item.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Ald. Matt O’Shea will host his 12th annual pancake breakfast Sunday to raise money to help Chicago police officers buy new bulletproof vests. blockclubchi.co/4kEv1rc

More blue on blue crime. When cops get tired of beating their wives, they get drunk in shithole bars and square off against each other. That stretch of Higgins with Tommy’s, Teasers and Taco Burrito King is like the Mount Greenwood of the northwest side. 🤣

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 6mo ago

Officer Thomas Spanos and another cop allegedly picked a fight with the detective early Saturday at Tommy’s on Higgins, according to a police report. The detective called 911 and reported that veiled threats had been made against his family.

If you are an elected dem who voted to give money to ICE at any point, the apology needs to look like this

Another Gestapo murder in Minnesota. Six agents wrestle someone to the ground and then shoot him in the back www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Federal agents shoot person in Minnesota, governor says

Minneapolis officials said they are investigating.

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Don't bother arguing about whether ICE is a police force or a military force. It's neither. It behaves as a disorganized, violent mob, cursing, shouting contradictory orders, and attacking unarmed citizens on a whim. It is deployed to create fear and chaos, not to enforce laws or establish order.

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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If publishing the names of public law enforcement officers funded by the taxpayers who murder civilians in cold blood is illegal or considered “doxing,” then you might live in a fascist police state.