Back to the lawsuits, the State of Illinois also announced they will be suing DHS over CBP+ICE conduct in Illinois & especially Chicago.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is zeroing in on ICE breaking state laws, like plate swapping

They launched a hotline to report ICE swapping car license plates.

You see ICE using stolen plates?

Call or email the state of Illinois today!

https://www.ilsos.gov/news/2026/january-12-2026-giannoulias-joins-illinois-attorney-general-and-chicago-in-a-lawsuit-against-the-us-department-of-homeland-security-for-swapping-or-altering-license-plates.html

#CourtWatch #Illinois #chicago #chicagoICE #FuckICE #AlexiGiannoulias

The #Trump admin froze $10 billion in #grant #funding for #childcare & #family assistance programs in 5 states purportedly because of “serious concerns about widespread fraud” in state-administered programs.

All 5 states targeted — #California, #Colorado, #Illinois, #Minnesota & #NewYork — are led by #Democrats.

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #medicine #RFKJr #law #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Plutocracy #elitism #RevengePolitics
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/trump-freezes-child-aid-hhs-fraud.html

Hundreds of federalized #NationalGuard members demobilized in #Oregon, #Illinois and #California

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/06/oregon-national-guard-trump/

> The troops were part of the #Trump administration’s plan to support #immigration enforcement operations.

Hundreds of federalized #NationalGuard members demobilized in #Oregon, #Illinois and #California

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/06/oregon-national-guard-trump/

> The troops were part of the #Trump administration’s plan to support #immigration enforcement operations.

The #Trump admin froze $10 billion in #grant #funding for #childcare & #family assistance programs in 5 states purportedly because of “serious concerns about widespread fraud” in state-administered programs.

All 5 states targeted — #California, #Colorado, #Illinois, #Minnesota & #NewYork — are led by #Democrats.

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #medicine #RFKJr #law #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Plutocracy #elitism #RevengePolitics
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/trump-freezes-child-aid-hhs-fraud.html

Bison return to Illinois' Kane County after 200 years

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-bison-illinois-kane-county-years.html

#HackerNews #BisonReintroduction #KaneCounty #Illinois #Wildlife #Conservation #History

Two Chicago police officers were investigated for sexual misconduct — then promoted.

It wasn’t an oversight.

Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Chicago #Illinois #Police #SexualAssault #DomesticViolence #Law

Two Chicago police officers were investigated for sexual misconduct — then promoted.

It wasn’t an oversight.

Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Chicago #Illinois #Police #SexualAssault #DomesticViolence #Law

This year the Illinois Department of Corrections is considering permanently replacing physical mail to residents with digitally scanned mail. Please contact your representatives to oppose this.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-legislators-to-oppose-mail-scanning-in-the-idoc?source=direct_link&

#uspol #chicago #illinois

This year the Illinois Department of Corrections is considering permanently replacing physical mail to residents with digitally scanned mail. Please contact your representatives to oppose this.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-legislators-to-oppose-mail-scanning-in-the-idoc?source=direct_link&

#uspol #chicago #illinois

What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
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The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors. These are the stories of the people who were inside.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-raid-apartment-building-venezuelans-stories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Chicago #Illinois #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Immigrants #Venezuela

Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

https://flip.it/cWTTxH

#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

https://flip.it/cWTTxH

#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker says he’s worried how #Trump might respond to the growing controversy over his ties to #Epstein.

“My great fear, of course, is that with the release of that information, which I think will be devastating for Trump, he’s going to do everything in his power to distract. What does that mean? I mean, he might take us to #war with #Venezuela just to get a distraction in the news & take it out of the headlines.”

[we’re all worried about that JB]
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-reaction-epstein-files-distraction-280eb69c80aee902b3ed6d712c79f332