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Chicago mayor tells police to probe allegations of illegal activity by immigration agents 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2026 Jan 2026 12 1323
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence 14 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 168 5784
1 PM Protest today downtown Chicago: 0 mucifer Jan 2026 Jan 2026 15 1191
Illinois bill would allow e-learning for schools serving as polling places on Election Day 0 RandySF Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 881
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino: live update 1 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 7 1146
Congressman Mike Quigley to run for mayor of Chicago in 2027, saying city is "in crisis" 1 RandySF Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1138
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz 0 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1220
For Chicagoans: Where Does Your Alderperson Stand On ICE? We Checked All 50 0 mucifer Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1144
Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino Back In Chicago As Agents Target Southwest Side 1 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1195
JB Pritzker Slams Republicans for Caving to Trump 0 ShazzieB Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1726
Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV 2 mucifer Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1551
Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships, angering friends and family 6 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 2193
Will County Board Candidates File Dueling Election Objections, 1 Removed From Ballot 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 1036
IL-COMP: Comptroller candidates (D) spar over taxes, experience in candidate forum 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 1308
Journalists Stand Up to State-Sponsored Terror in Chicago Edwin Eisendrath LIVE with Phil Ponce 1 mucifer Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1407
Elections board considers primary election petition objections 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 1043
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas says she's running for Chicago mayor 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1065
"I Lost Everything": Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime 3 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1876
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say 4 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1543
Durbin comes out for the opposition again. He can't retire quickly enough. 5 live love laugh Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1711
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1202
Ilinois Handmaids walk in procession to the ICE detention facility. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 1602
I was just notified that there will be a protest at Mike Bost's (IL 12) Mascoutah office 2 The Polack MSgt Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1360
Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1116
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss talks with ICE protestor Jennifer Moriarty who was detained. 1 mucifer Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 1543
Nearly a third of Tazewell County Board members not seeking re-election 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 919
IL-TREAS: No Republican files for Illinois State Treasurer 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1169
Man hospitalized after violent federal immigration arrest in Melrose Park, family says 2 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1330
Lake County election board comes up with precinct consolidations to prevent splits 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 901
Aurora food pantries ramp up delivery, take-home services amid federal immigration fears, SNAP funding uncertainty 0 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 941

Illinois Continued...

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On Halloween, 'state-sponsored terror' in Chicago and the north suburbs 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1065
On Halloween, 'state-sponsored terror' in Chicago and the north suburbs 2 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1174
'Pattern of Extreme Brutality': Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Protesters in Illinois 2 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1307
IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge's order to immigration officers 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1045
Illinois lawmakers push to tackle constitutional violations in immigration raids, ban courthouse arrests 0 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 958
Kat Abughazaleh indicted over protests outside Chicago-area ICE facility 3 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1399
DuPage judge refuses to force county to pay two election vendors 0 RandySF Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 986
dan biss for il-9. 2 mopinko Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1244
ICE Agents Can Now Be Arrested in Chicago 34 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 228 9812
Black gun owners in Chicago charged with felonies despite valid FOIDs, CCLs 4 MichMan Oct 2025 Oct 2025 11 1766
My favorite Chicago protest sign 8 mucifer Oct 2025 Oct 2025 17 2375
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mucifer Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 809
Will County prohibits use of its property for immigration enforcement staging 1 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1121
La Salle Co. chairman won't sign election judge pay raise 1 RandySF Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 1037
Look For The Helpers: How Chicagoans Are Supporting Their Neighbors Amid ICE Raids 1 mucifer Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 1223
Muerhoff (D) plans to run for re-election as RICO regional superintendent of schools 0 RandySF Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 964
What happens if federal agents defy court orders? Experts weigh in on arrests, crowd control tactics 2 mucifer Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 1522
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: 'I didn't want them to take her 6 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 69 3368
Is it illegal to urge soldiers to go AWOL? 4 Frasier Balzov Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1778
DuPage Clerk Seeks Restraining Order; Says Over $230K Owed To Election Vendors 1 RandySF Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1134
Daughter reacts to mother being arrested by ICE while on the way to the grocery store 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 3442
Charges dropped against couple in Broadview immigration protest after federal grand jury refuses to indict 7 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 2028
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children 2 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 1422
National Guard Troops Assemble in Chicago Area as Trump Officials Make Visits 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1097
Map: Where ICE was seen in Chicago 0 littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1203
"This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds." 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 21 2628
Kat Abughazaleh is taking on ICE--and running for Congress 2 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 1481
My travels through Chicago: teargas, resistance and Trump's big immigration crackdown 0 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1358
Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1079
Massive Drone No-Fly Zone Imposed Over Greater Chicago Area (Updated) 2 douglas9 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1801

Illinois Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Bloomington elections chief explains how 'safeguards' caught a rare case of alleged voter fraud 1 RandySF Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1315
Confrontations between ICE, protesters grow more heated in Broadview, Illinois 1 Emile Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 3150
Illinois Election Officials Discuss Signature Verification and Noncitizen Voting Concerns 1 RandySF Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1506
Jim Edgar, two-term former Republican governor of Illinois, dies aged 79 3 ShazzieB Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 4277
Assistant principal fatally shot outside Berwyn's Lincoln Middle School 6 Beringia Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 4066
Helicopters flying over Berwyn Illinois area 8 Beringia Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 4312
Gov Pritzker 0 pbmus Sep 2025 Sep 2025 13 1295
Governor Pritzker on Face the Nation 3 mucifer Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 1634
Polar bear Amelia Gray coming to Brookfield Zoo! 3 Tanuki Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2488
Governor Pritzker announces 'first of its kind' legal hotline for LGBTQ+ Illinoisans 1 mucifer Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 1592
Mexican cartel crew boss from Aurora who unloaded heroin from passenger buses walks free after helping feds 1 littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1495
Today in Chicago History: Bernie Sanders -- then a University of Chicago student -- arrested during South Side protest 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1237
Kat Abughazaleh (candidate for IL- 9th) is livestreaming her road trip 'round the district. 5 Snarkoleptic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 1936
Rep. Ro Khanna backs Gen Z progressive Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois congressional race 0 ShazzieB Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1249
2nd bomb threat in 1 week reported at St. Charles hotel, where Texas Democrats had been staying 0 orleans Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1362
JB! 9 murielm99 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 2321
Lake Election Board finalizes precinct consolidation, split recommendations 0 RandySF Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 1178
Illinois keeps 988 lifeline for LGBTQIA+ youth even after national extension hangs up 1 mucifer Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1462
Marion County Sheriff Announces he will Run for Re-election 0 RandySF Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 1411
McLean County Clerk Kathy Michael to run for re-election in 2026 0 RandySF Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 1327
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