everytime I thought I was impressed, I was sadly mistaken and even MORE impressed. boss lady on the foundation is EVERYTHING.

Organizers of banned #Budapest #Pride were engulfed in a wave of public support so massive that some commentators are calling it a political turning point, potentially weakening #Orban and his self-proclaimed “illiberal” Christian authoritarianism. wapo.st/4nqNvwr

Officials under Mayor Brandon Johnson keep #CPD “merit” promotion lists secret despite Chicago Police promises to release them and despite an Obama-era U.S. Department of Justice report condemning the promotions. rachel heimann mercader sam stecklow Invisible Institute Chicago Reader chicagoreader.com/news/reader-in…

Alberto Rojas, the #California bishop letting his flock skip Sunday masses due to fear of #ICEraids, was an @ArchChicago auxiliary bishop from 2011 to 2019. He worked closely with Cardinal Cupich and, several times, met Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, who is now Pope Leo XIV.

#Chicago #police traffic stops plummeted last year, but the drop varied wildly across the city and sharp racial disparities persisted, a WBEZ analysis of #Illinois Department of Transportation data has found. #CPD #twill wbez.org/data/2025/07/1…

Chicago police traffic stops plummeted last year, but the drop varied wildly across the city and sharp racial disparities persisted, a WBEZ analysis of Illinois Department of Transportation data has found. trib.al/dnVmrdD

Report shows big drop in Chicago police traffic stops, but sharp racial disparities persist wbez.org/data/2025/07/1… Chip Mitchell WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Gitmo detainee will be allowed to testify about alleged torture by former Chicago detective. Reporting by Chip Mitchell: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/07/…

In a key development for a Chicago man seeking a new trial after more than 30 years in prison, a Cook County judge will allow a Mauritanian-born writer and terrorism suspect to testify. trib.al/qZXKZdV

A Cook County judge will allow a Mauritanian-born writer and #terrorism suspect to testify at a hearing that will determine whether a #Chicago man imprisoned more than three decades for an infamous North Side murder will get a new trial, WBEZ reports. wbez.org/criminal-justi…

A Cook County judge will allow a Mauritanian-born writer and terrorism suspect to testify at a hearing that will determine whether a Chicago man imprisoned more than three decades for an infamous North Side murder will get a new trial. trib.al/fAxWv5r

Chicago could face a bill in the hundreds of millions of dollars for #police overtime in a long-running case involving 8,500 current and ex-#CPD employees, Dan Mihalopoulos reports. A former union lawyer says settling early would have cost just $14 million. wbez.org/investigations…

Cook County top prosecutor Eileen O’Neill Burke stops maintaining lists of discredited #police officers, Max Blaisdell reports. sam stecklow @chicago_reader Invisible Institute chicagoreader.com/news/reader-in…

Severe hunger has gripped #Gaza, where growing numbers of people are starving and the doctors treating them are working on empty stomachs. #Israel #Biden #Trump nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…

Billed as “ending crime and disorder on America’s streets,” #Trump attacks “#housing first” and “harm reduction,” and makes it easier to remove tent encampments and institutionalize #homeless and #addicted folks. Mary Norkol Ashlee Rezin WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times wbez.org/government-pol…

Trump's executive order, "ending crime and disorder on America’s streets," redirects harm-reduction funds to states and cities for removal of homeless encampments and institutionalization. Chicago advocates view this as targeting visibility over solutions. trib.al/dIxLkZE

The government shifts its policy toward the unhoused from effective solutions to more fear-based cleansing, Neil Steinberg writes. trib.al/WAQwR3n

ICYMI: #Trump is attacking “#housing first” and “harm reduction” strategies for #homeless and #addicted people, making it easier to remove tent encampments from sight and forcefully institutionalize people. Mary Norkol Ashlee Rezin WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times wbez.org/government-pol…

BREAKING: About four dozen protesters have found the unannounced suburban Chicago site where U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is planned for a news conference on “worst-of-the-worst criminal illegal aliens.” ⁦WBEZ⁩

A #Chicago #cop who fatally shot his patrol partner (and has since been stripped of police powers after allegedly attacking a female cop at a North Side bar) is offering his version of what happened at the bar: He’s the victim. Casey Toner Illinois Answers Project chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/…