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Erika Slife

@eslife.bsky.social
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Deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune.

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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Omg. Chris died just months after this came out: www.sykesfuneralhome.com/obituaries/c...
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Christopher Hollis Obituary October 3, 2024 - Sykes Funeral Home
View Christopher Hollis's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/05/2026
Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues. This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):
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She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.
Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.
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Daily Southtown @dailysouthtown.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A Portage teen faces a felony after playing ‘senior assassin’: What to know about the game that worries police
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A Portage teen faces a felony after playing ‘senior assassin’: What to know about the game that worries police
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The Chicago Tribune is starting to rack up prizes for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz last year. Congratulations to all involved! newhouse.syracuse.edu/centers/robi...
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Toner Prizes
The Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting recognize the best U.S. national or local political reporting in any medium or on any platform—print, broadcast or online.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Hello! I’m the reporter who has been tracking citizens detained by immigration agents. And last night, I noticed something: A lot of them were at the State of the Union, including a number of whom I’ve written about. Their stories should be known:
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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization
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UW Center for Journalism Ethics @uwethics.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Congratulations to 2026 Shadid Award finalists @royalpratt.bsky.social, @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social, @ckubzansky.bsky.social, @jmetr22b.bsky.social & @andrew-carter.bsky.social (chicagotribune.com) for reporting on the mass deportation effort in Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Breaking: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Feds open criminal probe into whether ICE officers lied about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Absolutely cursed headline. Every set of words is worse than the last.
A variety headline reads: ‘Killing Satoshi’ Bitcoin Biopic Starring Pete Davidson and Casey Affleck Set to Use AI for Locations and to ‘Adjust’ Performances (EXCLUSIVE)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

“We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/01/2026
Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage. Read more: wapo.st/4qGOx8M
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A longtime snitch with an armed robbery conviction told the government that a construction worker with no sheet is a high-ranking Latin King trying to kill Greg Bovino. The “case” fell at trial but the government is trying to deport the man anyway. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/24/m...
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‘Like we’re starting all over again’; Chicago man acquitted on Bovino murder-for-hire charges now in ICE custody
A day after a Chicago construction worker was acquitted by a federal jury of charges he offered money to kill Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino he found himself back in custody.
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I don’t think you should be able to win sudden death OT off a field goal
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 09/01/2026
BREAKING: Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say
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Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say
Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, authorities said.
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/01/2026
Two people are hospitalized after being shot by federal agents, Portland police said. The FBI said US Customs and Border Protection agents were involved. cnn.it/3LCb6fq
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Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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‘She was an amazing human being:’ Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in the Twin Cities with her partner.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Read LOCAL news if you want the truth about what’s happening on the ground where DHS/Border Patrol/ICE goes
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
“Abolish ICE” gets early nod from Mayor Brandon Johnson in annual Chicago snowplow contest. A story of our times, by @aliceyin.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/26/a...
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‘Abolish ICE’ gets early nod from Mayor Brandon Johnson in annual Chicago snowplow contest
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has an early favorite in the city’s name-a-snowplow contest. He’s has signaled his support for “Abolish ICE” on social media.
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
well this story certainly made me cry
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Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago. Really an exceptional read from @angieleventis.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/p...
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Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago
Seven months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots have helped frame both his spirituality and priorities.
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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Just a reminder that we saw this coming. As I wrote in early November: “It’s a sign, court observers say, that the conservative majority on the court appears split on how to handle the case. Otherwise, the justices would have acted already.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/s...
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Supreme Court’s deliberate review of Donald Trump’s Illinois National Guard plan signals a cautious approach
President Donald Trump has depended on the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority to uphold his broad use of executive power. That hasn’t been the case for his plans to send the National …
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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
it’s a special type of journalism innovation to get millions of people to watch a TV segment except it’s not on your network and you get no advertising dollars and everyone thinks you’re a joke.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The Streisand effect is underway.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I ran errands this afternoon and saw no fewer than half a dozen men wearing Bears gear while walking their dogs. The last guy I saw, his dog was wearing a Caleb Williams jersey. The city was happy today.
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Da Bears @chicagobearsx.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Unreal.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The gift-giving mission was coined Operation Midway Bliss as a way to reclaim the name from the federal government’s Operation Midway Blitz, which wreaked havoc on the city’s immigrant community.
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Operation Midway Bliss redefines blitz with gift drive for families affected by immigration enforcement
More than 100 children affected by immigration enforcement in the Chicago-area will be receiving gifts this holiday season as part of a community gift-giving effort.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
For six glorious hours, I watched first my Iowa Hawkeyes crush Nebraska, then my Chicago Bears best the Eagles in back-to-back football games. I’m exhilarated and bewildered. Marking this once-in-a-lifetime moment as a Hawkeye and Bears fan.
Bears beat the Eagles 24-15 and Hawkeyes beat Nebraska 40-16.
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Aleesa @akuzee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
*eligible for release
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Díaz, a US citizen, told agents they could check his ID and Social Security card that he’s carried in his wallet since hearing about immigration raids in LA earlier this year. After about five minutes, he said an agent put the cards back in his wallet and threw it on the ground and walked away.
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Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A judge is scheduled to visit the controversial and secret ICE processing center in Broadview Thursday. Here's what it looked like in 2009.
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A look inside the ICE processing center in Broadview
In 2009, the Chicago Tribune got a rare look inside the controversial building that now holds immigration detainees during Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Federal immigration agents part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” may soon leave Chicago, according to multiple sources who said the controversial mission was rapidly winding down after a contentious two months of enforcement raids that have set the city and suburbs on edge.
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Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Border Patrol agents posed at "The Bean" for an apparent photo op after a weekend of clashes in Little Village. blockclubchi.co/4oUHKae
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Just another day working as a journalist in Chicago under Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. Photo by @mandophotos.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com
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armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Story has been updated. The infant was exposed to pepper spray. Not tear gas. "The man, the woman, and a few others conferred frantically to figure out who had a driver’s license before they got into a New Life Centers van to go to the hospital."
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village. “They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. A woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let him put water on his head.
The man and the baby had both been tear gassed.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
At the entrance to a Home Depot, a woman sat in the passenger seat of a car, bouncing an infant girl. The girl was silent. Her eyes were damp and bloodshot.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
An infant girl in Chicago was tear gassed this morning by the U.S. government. Developing story in Little Village. Follow @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @ckubzansky.bsky.social who are reporting on the ground
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Little Village residents confront Bovino, border patrol agents Saturday
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“If Donald Trump thinks that he could come in here and send his police force to hold us down, he’s wrong,” he said. “The whistles are everywhere … this is what we do. The best thing we do in Chicago is organize. So good luck.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
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Inside Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz: ‘Small acts have huge consequences’
In Chicago, the resistance to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation mission has taken many forms. A movement has grown through acts large and small.
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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"These journalists have been out on the front lines, doing outstanding work under incredibly difficult circumstances,” Executive Editor Mitch Pugh said. “Regardless of what happens on social media, I know I'm grateful for their poise and professionalism, and I think their work speaks for itself."
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Trump administration targets Chicago Tribune over ICE coverage
The Chicago newspaper, which has been closely covering ICE and Border Patrol activity here, is the latest media outlet to draw Trump's ire.
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