Reposted by Brie CallahanPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/10/2026What is Brandon saying about this? 210231 102
Reposted by Brie CallahanTruthout @truthout.org · 16/10/2026Chuck Schumer — one of the most powerful Democrats in the country — has not issued statements to the press or through his social media channels about the administration’s attack on Ilhan Omar, which critics have described as a five alarm fire for the state of democracy in the U.S.truthout.orgChuck Schumer Hasn’t Said a Word About Trump’s Attempt to Deport Ilhan OmarEthics lawyers say the raid violated the Hatch Act. Schumer has been silent. 48836641125 3.7K
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Maybe it's just more of an Illinois thing? I got an emery board as late as 2010. Pretty sure it was Aurelia Pucinski. 010 1
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Belly gotta stay cool. We go full rotation when needed in this house. 140 4
Reposted by Brie CallahanStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 16/10/2026MN anti-ICE activists on a national speaking tour came to Chicago. Police/sheriff's officers from Chicago, Aurora, Downer’s Grove, Cook Co + Kane Co surveilled the Co-Prosperity community art gallery/event space in Bridgeport, tracking and recording attendees. www.wired.com/story/chicag...wired.comChicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE ActivistsDespite Illinois’ sanctuary laws, local police in and around Chicago helped ICE investigative agents track activists engaged in First Amendment–protected activities. 15543 55
Reposted by Brie Callahandell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 16/10/2026"No First Amendment notifications to the Chicago Police Department's chain of command or the department’s general counsel were made for the April 2 investigation." www.wired.com/story/chicag... 115328 153
Reposted by Brie CallahanJuliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social · 16/10/2026It wasn’t that long ago that my dad, Henry, was denied a trip to visit the U.S. Capitol with his classmates. Now, I’m running to serve in the very same building, and I work hard every day to make him proud. 1205 20
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 16/10/2026An important part of the Chicago(land) brain is the automatic delivery of "these are the cross streets." Oh. Berteau, you say? That's 4200N, my friend. 010 1
Reposted by Brie CallahanCongressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 15/10/2026My family and I were worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora on Sunday when a white supremacist attempted a mass shooting targeting Indian Americans. I'm grateful to those who prevented a tragedy, but we must all come together to confront the hatred that put so many innocent lives at risk. 391919434 1.9K
Reposted by Brie CallahanMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026An attempted attack on a Hindu temple came amid a weeks-long right-wing frenzy over "The Indian Question"; police found a manifesto from the alleged shooter "containing statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies." 371983766 2K
Reposted by Brie CallahanSoren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 15/10/2026There was nearly a mass shooting at the well known Sri Venkateswara Swami temple in Aurora last weekend. The 19-year-old who planned it had a rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammo and was literally on the property, then his gun malfunctioned and he went home. He told a coworker, who called the cops.nbcchicago.comDetails emerge as ‘brave individual' helps foil alleged mass shooting plot at suburban Hindu temple"I think we were very fortunate that something much, much worse did not happen," Palatine Chief of Police Bill Nord said. 711241 112
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is the fifth story on the tan suit run by the Sun-Times over the last two months, all Lynn Sweet. Anything else going on in Washington? 000 0
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Yes. But not in HS - had to make your own way after k-8 010 1
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Just make it 10% - any misconduct settlement, FOP pays 10% of the cost. Not going to solve 100% of CPD problems, but it'd solve an easy 65-80% overnight. 010 1
Reposted by Brie CallahanMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 14/10/2026ICE's Operation Metro Surge cost Minnesota 32,000 jobs, a new study found.bit.lyICE’s Operation Metro Surge cost Twin Cities a reported 32,000 jobsA new study finds the job losses hit U.S. citizens the hardest, though many immigrants were affected. 29171 91
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026"Guevara, who retired from CPD in 2005 and lives in Texas, collects an annual pension of $91,000, records show." 010 1
Reposted by Brie CallahanLynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Sending the old Lake Street Bridge down the river 1536373 363
Reposted by Brie CallahanLaurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026School Board President forum coming up tonight (10/14/26) at 8pm! www.wbez.org/education/20... 087 8
Reposted by Brie CallahanRae Loren @aspwriter85.bsky.social · 14/10/2026@wbez.org and @chalkbeat.org are hosting a CPS school board president forum TONIGHT! 10/14 at 8 pm. Watch at youtube.com/wbez 142 4
Reposted by Brie CallahanMicah @rincewind.run · 14/10/2026I don’t know that I want Ossoff to actually win the nomination but at this point I do want him to run because I think seeing the response the base has to his obvious contempt for Republicans will make the entire rest of the field better 301670140 1.7K
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026holy christ. I just scared my cats at the end. 030 3
Reposted by Brie CallahanCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 13/10/2026Every person dead, every family separated, every community terrorized, and every dissenter targeted and persecuted. There’s more than a million reasons to dismantle DHS. 9555163 555
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026"He could move around everywhere, and he also had relative safety, ’cause the community was gonna support him." Don't go out that much anymore, but ran into Claudio a few months back at the Hideout, and a delight just to see him. There are probably 50k-100k Chicagoans who would kill for this man. 020 2
Reposted by Brie CallahanChicago Area Archivists @chicagoarchivists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Join us in protesting the closure of the Chicago NARA branch. We’ll be at the Federal Plaza (on the N side) from 11am-1pm M-F from Oct 12-16th, and we encourage you to come by and show your support! If you are able, please RSVP on our website. If you can only make one day, shoot for Friday. 043 4
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Won't someone think of the defunct Restoration Hardwares? 010 1
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Now why would we want extra housing in an inconvenient location (like three blocks from two train lines and lots of shopping/entertainment)? 110 1
Reposted by Brie CallahanHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026One of those fugitives: Former Loretto Hospital executive Anosh Ahmed, who faces fraud charges. He was investigated after @blockclubchi.bsky.social found evidence he took then-rare COVID-19 vaccines from the Chicago hospital for employees at Trump Tower, where Ahmed had a condo. 414656 146
Reposted by Brie CallahanIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14805002711748 50K
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There are many examples in American life, but Rep. Omar has really dealt with more than her fair share of utter, contemptible bullshit. 020 2
Reposted by Brie CallahanAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that. 3547341550 4.7K
Reposted by Brie CallahanAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Doing a pre-dawn house raid is obviously being done as thuggish intimidation and as a literally violent assault on her and her family. Overaggressive raids happen in other contexts but in this case it's going out of their way to do politically targeted state terrorism. 42232320 2.2K
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026All this week, stop by the downtown reference desk in Federal Plaza to learn about the Administration's plans to close NARA Chicago and steal your history. 011 1
Reposted by Brie Callahanmaureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026HSI performing this is further proof the entire DHS needs to be abolished. There is no reforming a portion of government when they carry out vindictive investigations against perceives political enemies. They’ll just keep doing this again and again. 061 6
Reposted by Brie CallahanMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Republican Party is chock full of Nazis. The government has Nazis in senior administration positions. The Republican Party’s largest donor is a neo-Nazi. David Brooks might not want to admit it, but that’s why it’s long past time for him to shut up. 382137403 2.1K
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Youtube is now full of the weirdest AI slop. Watched an old This Old House video, and now half of my recommendations are long slop videos purporting that Kevin O'Connor is in jail and Tom is dead. I'm not clicking it obv, but it's supposed to be 21 minutes. Who is this FOR?! 000 0
Reposted by Brie CallahanFrank Calabrese @frankcalabrese.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Billionaire Michael Sacks donated $150,000 to Jessica Biggs' campaign for Chicago School Board president, according to new campaign disclosure report. 085 8
Reposted by Brie Callahantaylr @taylordahlin.com · 10/10/2026minnesotans are leaving their “I VOTED” stickers on rocks at the grave of senator paul wellstone and his wife sheila at lakewood cemetery in minneapolis. they died nearly 24 years ago in a plane crash while he was running for reelection, such a devastating time in politics. they are missed so much 638256 382
Reposted by Brie CallahanCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com 924861345 2.5K
Reposted by Brie CallahanBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:nytimes.comOpinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)The 2028 election is on the ballot right now. 221135491 1.1K
Reposted by Brie CallahanGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 09/10/2026Nearly 12,000 book bans took place in schools over the past year. Here in Illinois, we were the first to fight back and ban those very book bans. We stand for free expression, diverse ideas, and the right to see ourselves in the books we read. 9541118 541
Reposted by Brie CallahanNatalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026my jaw genuinely dropped over and over and over again while reading this: www.npr.org/2026/10/07/n...npr.orgDrugs in jars, bags of cash: Tennessee ignored warnings from Arizona's botched executionsChrista Pike's botched execution in Tennessee was not the first to go wrong on Frank Strada's watch. Before he took charge of Tennessee's prisons, Strada oversaw three botched executions in Arizona. 167 7
Reposted by Brie CallahanGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free. 5492260 492
Reposted by Brie CallahanMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now. 11585236013618 52.4K
Reposted by Brie CallahanChicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 08/10/2026While IL lawmakers have been trying to save the National Archives in Chicago, CA lawmakers have been working to save those in San Bruno. Here's the National Archives response #nara #nationalarchives kevinmullin.house.gov/2026/10/07/n...kevinmullin.house.govNational Archives Issues Dismissive Response to Lawmakers & Community Concerns - Congressman Kevin MullinSAN BRUNO, CA –Despite bipartisan and bicameral support for preserving America’s national archives, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) gave a dismissive response to federal lawmak... 052 5
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Going to be incredible if this is what he uses to declare the Insurrection Act ahead of the midterms. Related: he's just full balls insane. 010 1
Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026New plane designs are going to have to include a jumpseat with a duct tape dispenser. 020 2
