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United Northwest Side

@unitednwside.bsky.social
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A grassroots independent political organization on Chicago’s Northwest Side - organizing against the broken scarcity politics of the past for a future that includes enough for all of us.

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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Beautiful day for a picnic—JOIN US!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hello friends--because of rain in the forecast today, we're rescheduling our Progressive Picnic until next Sunday at 12pm. We hope you can join us then!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Show you CARE—support the ongoing Treatment Not Trauma campaign. Ask your alderperson to expand access to vital CARE team mental health support—at bit.ly/tntpetitions
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S Gronkiewicz-Doran for 45th Ward Alderperson @sgdfor45.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Machine style politics are alive and well in Jim Gardiner’s 45th Ward. I’d ask the Inspector General to investigate but Gardiner would probably add me to his lawsuit for hurting his feelings.
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Plan to join us for our 5th annual Progressive Picnic in Portage Park—Sunday, August 30th at 12pm! Make sure to RSVP @ bit.ly/progressive-picnic
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thank you everyone who joined our canvass yesterday to help get our endorsed candidates @sgdfor45.bsky.social and the Team for 17 on the ballot—and special shoutout to comrades from @33rdwardworking.bsky.social who came to support. We’re just getting started—join us next time!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse Hilario Dominguez for President of the Chicago Board of Education. The only candidate in the race who graduated from Chicago Public Schools, Hilario not only went on to be a CPS teacher himself… (1/ )
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In a first, United Northwest Side is proud to endorse a slate of candidates for election to the 17th Police District Council--the Team for 17: Beth Rochford, Lisa Levy, and Paddy Lindley. (1/ )
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse Ed Bannon for Chicago School School Board in District 1A. As a member of the board this past term, Ed has worked to advance a vision in which every student has the fully resourced public schools that they deserve… (1/ )
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse S Gronkiewicz-Doran for 45th Ward Alderperson. Our members know that beating MAGA Jim Gardiner requires a candidate with a proven record of fighting back against right-wing efforts to target our communities and weaken our rights. (1/ )
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
ACTION CALL: Tell your Cook County Commissioner to oppose two current attempts to expand AI surveillance in our communities. Read more, and find contact info for your commissioner, at bit.ly/m/noccsosurveillance
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We are proud to announce our endorsement of @claudiaperalta.bsky.social for Chicago School Board (1B). We know that Claudia will do the hard work of fighting for those most at risk, and of working tirelessly for the strong, well-resourced public schools that our communities deserve.
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This Friday—come on by! RSVP @ tinyurl.com/queer-potluck-apr2026
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Polls are open now—through 7pm tonight. Last chance to vote for strong progressive candidates up and down the ballot!
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33rd Ward Working Families @33rdwardworking.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
You ever date a guy for like 13 years, and then you start to pull away, and he won’t stop texting you? That’s been longtime incumbent State Rep. Jaime Andrade lately. It’s time for a change. Vote Miguel Alvelo-Rivera for State Rep District 40, on/before March 17. Learn more: Miguelfor40.org
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 06/03/2026
Proud to be a part of this pack!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
With early voting starting in wards across Chicago tomorrow, check out our full list of endorsed candidates for the primary election! Want to help us support this strong progressive slate on Election Day--Tuesday, 3/17? RSVP to join us for polling place support at bit.ly/uns-election-day-2026
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Chicago, Bike Grid Now! @bikegridnow.org · 25/02/2026
Ride with us to CDOT's Portage Park in support of the new neighborhood network. We're taking off at 5:30 sharp from the Logan Square Monument to the PP Senior Center OR meet up with our friends at Cosmic Bikes for a quick jaunt over at 5:50. ⏰ Wedenesday 3/5 @ 5:30p 📍 Logan Square Monument
An event flyer with a semi-abstract blue, white, and black background advertising a bike ride to 4150 N Long Ave for a Portage Park safe streets meeting hosted by the Chicago Department of Transportation.
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse to Juanita Irizarry for the Cook County Board of Review. Juanita is running to make sure that wealthy corporations pay their share of property taxes, rather than allowing them to shift the burden onto working families. (1/2)
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Come on by for the next installment of the monthly NW Side Queer Potluck—Friday, March 6th, 6:30pm at 5150 N. Northwest Highway!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A couple of great ways to support strong progressive NW Side candidates tomorrow—come on by!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We’ll be out this weekend in support of our endorsed candidates—Sunday, February 1st, 1pm at the Independence Park Fieldhouse. Come join us! RSVP at bit.ly/dayofaction-0201
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Join us tomorrow—6pm at the Jeff Park Library! RSVP at bit.ly/uns-jan-meeting
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looking to meet neighbors working to build a stronger, more progressive NW Side? Come join us for our next public general meeting--on Thursday, 1/22 at the Jefferson Park Library. RSVP at bit.ly/uns-jan-meeting and we'll see you there!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Join United Northwest Side for our next public general meeting--Thursday, 1/22, from 6-7pm at the Jefferson Park Library. Come meet neighbors who want to help build the community that we all deserve! RSVP at bit.ly/uns-jan-meeting and we'll plan to see you there.
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Tomorrow night, we’ll see you there!
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Gardiner, like Trump, doesn’t care about working people and doesn’t offer any solutions to the rising costs of living in Chicago. His only move, again like Trump, is to demonize immigrants.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16/12/2025
@bsky.app @support.bsky.team This is Chicago's only Black owned media outlet and a crucial part of ICE/CBP reporting during an actual emergency. Unacceptable/please free @thetriibe.com
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The next edition of the NW Side Queer Potluck is coming up, Friday January 2nd at 6:30pm—RSVP via the link in the graphic and we’ll see you there!
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Graciela Guzmán @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
All I want for Christmas is to karaoke with friends, neighbors, and loved ones! We will be singing, building community, enjoying food and drinks, and celebrating our shared resilience and love for each other this December at Cafe Mustache.
The invitation features a dark blue background, white and light blue accents, and dark pink flowers. It invites people to a karaoke holiday fundraiser at Cafe Mustache from 5pm to 8pm on December 13. Sponsorship levels range from $35 to $5,000. You can RSVP at bit.ly/gracielaholiday25
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
in a press release, protesters accuse state's attorney o'neill burke of "returning to the corrupt and racist policies that made Chicago internationally known for its corruption."
State's Attorney Burke City Club Speech Disrupted By Protesters

Today, Cook County State’s Attorney Eilieen O’Neill Burke spoke at a luncheon hosted by City Club to celebrate her first year in office. The speaking engagement was repeatedly disrupted by community members who were dismayed with the direction Burke has taken the office in. 

Statement from Protesters:

“In the year since State’s Attorney Burke took office, the number of people caged in Cook County Jail has gone up by nearly 15%. This would be disturbing at any time but is truly shocking at this moment when our county has seen some of the biggest decreases in crime in decades. 

We have seen the impact mass incarceration has had on our neighborhoods and we are not safer for it. Our communities worked tirelessly to rollback some of the worst impacts of the Cook County State’s Attorney Office and now Burke is returning to the corrupt and racist policies that made Chicago internationally known for its corruption.  

We are not safe when people are locked up while awaiting trial, costing them employment, and housing. We are not safer when thousands of innocent men and women are fighting for post convictions to gain their justice and freedom after decades of being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. 

We need to invest in our communities, not incarcerate them. We are sounding the alarm, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neil Burke must go!”
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
from the inbox: protesters disrupted a city club luncheon today celebrating cook county state's attorney eileen o'neill burke's first year in office. demonstrators denounced a "truly shocking" 14% increase in people jailed pretrial. "burke and trump are the same, lock you up and pass the blame!"
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse Karina Villa for IL Comptroller. Karina's work as a school board member, state rep, and state senator has shown her to be a true progressive champion, and we're excited for her to bring the people's message to the comptroller's office! (1/ )
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
United Northwest Side is proud to endorse Miguel Alvelo-Rivera for State Representative in the 40th District. (1/ )
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
the cook county public defender's office not mincing words in its response to a plan to allow all chicago cops to directly file felony weapons possession charges. "This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."
The Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender has opposed the State’s Attorney’s felony bypass policy since its inception, and we oppose any expansion.

This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police, who have an obvious incentive to bring charges in cases whether there is evidence to support them or not.

While the State’s Attorney’s Office claims this policy will free prosecutors to focus on more serious cases, the more likely outcome will be thousands of nonviolent gun possession cases that shouldn’t be filed clogging up the courts, 30% of which end up getting thrown out.
Chicago police have a long history of misconduct connected with the types of traffic stops that usually initiate these nonviolent possession charges, including racial profiling and conducting unconstitutional searches.

A CBS news report last month highlighted the Chicago Police Department charging Black gun owners with unlawfully possessing a firearm even when they were legally allowed to. We would think this would necessitate reexamination of the felony review bypass policy—not expansion. Coupled with the State’s Attorney’s Office’s other harmful policies, including seeking detention in almost all gun cases without considering the facts unique to each person, bypassing felony review runs a significant risk of unnecessarily involving people in the criminal legal system.

Even someone who is later proven innocent or whose case is dismissed is harmed by the arrest and filing of felony charges without proper prosecutorial oversight. Arrests, possible pretrial detention, and the burden of having to appear in court all lead to a higher likelihood of rearrest in the future and jeopardize the real building blocks of safe communities: stable employment and housing, continuous access to mental and physical healthcare, and strong family relationships.

We urge the State's Attorney’s Office to end this policy and take an active role in reviewing the quality of all gun possession cases before charges are filed.
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling." Outrageous. All three of them.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 20/11/2025
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level. The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion. thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income  • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The city plans to continue to sweep northwest side encampments, but there's no emergency shelter in that area for single unhoused Chicagoans to go to. A tentative city-state partnership is looking to change that. I wrote about it for week's Make it Make Sense: chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
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Make It Make Sense: Border Patrol leaders leave Chicago—for now
Plus: an effort to build an emergency shelter for singles on the northwest side and the Broadview Six appear in court.
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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago. They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
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Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The superrich have so much money they can “donate” millions without feeling it. Not to charities, but to putting out propaganda like this.
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Pretrial jailing in Cook County has increased dramatically since Eileen O'Neill Burke took office last year. Come learn about the harmful policies she has put in place and how communities are fighting back. Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/commu...
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Tiffany W @tiffany.thetriibe.com · 08/11/2025
it’s important for us to know political history. it’s also important to call out the MANY things Rahm Emanuel did as he tries — in real time — to smooth talk his way into 2028
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Critical thread and reporting. Shout out to the Triibe for its ongoing focus on the intentional steps that SA Eileen O’Neil Burke is taking to make all Chicagoans less safe.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz." the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness. via @katieprout.bsky.social
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Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader
The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...
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CORE - Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators @coreteachers.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Whenever this crew comes together you know that whatever they oppose automatically makes it good for regular Chicagoans! Support Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago Budget because this crew hates it. #ProtectChicago
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We’re grateful for @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social’s work defending our community and speaking out against ICE terrorizing our neighbors. If you are too, help support his legal defense against politicized charges from the Trump administration—via the link here. www.gofundme.com/f/support-mi...
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Donate to Support Michael Rabbitt's Legal Defense Fund, organized by Michael Rabbitt
Hello, I am a husband, father, and community leader who has worked ti… Michael Rabbitt needs your support for Support Michael Rabbitt's Legal Defense Fund
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 04/11/2025
NEW — The TRiiBE obtained audio of a 911 call made by a Border Patrol agent to report a crash injuring a 49-year-old Black woman in Chicago. In the aftermath of the crash, a federal agent was captured on witness video apparently placing a Black man in a chokehold. thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...
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Listen to a Border Patrol agent’s flustered 911 call following a West Side car crash • The TRiiBE
Dispatch asked the race of the victim; the agent responded, “Uh, she’s, uh, African.”
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Thread from a journalist trying to explain what it feels like to observe federal terror in Chicago. It is disorienting and exhausting. It may be helpful for folks to understand and contextualize what’s happening right now under the umbrella of “ethnic cleansing.” (1/2)
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United Northwest Side @unitednwside.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We’ve got your backs @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social and @catsharpforcook.bsky.social.
The Exec Committee of UNS condemns the blatant intimidation tactics of the Trump admin in filing federal criminal charges against Michael Rabbitt and Cat Sharp. Michael and Cat received our endorsement because we know that they are fighters who will stand up for our rights, which is precisely why Trump is targeting them. They both have our unwavering support today and tomorrow.
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