Tag: JB Pritzker
Bodycam video undermines DHS account of fatal ICE shooting near Chicago
Newly released Franklin Park police footage contradicts DHS claims of serious agent injuries as calls mount for an independent investigation.
Chicago braces as Trump threatens troops and mass ICE raids
Officials vow court action while communities organize, citing billions for militarization and warnings of secrecy and civil rights violations.
Trump threatens Chicago with federal takeover despite falling crime
Democrats decry a “manufactured crisis” as the White House touts a post-DC crackdown and eyes Chicago, despite data showing declining violent crime.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.