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  • Lawyer urges Chief Judge to reinstate Zoom court for everyone of Latino descent

    Homeland Security takes Bolingbrook man into ICE custody after he appears in Kane County court on DUI Lawyer urges Chief Judge to reinstate Zoom court for everyone of Latino descent A Mexican immigrant from Bolingbrook, who had just appeared in Kane County court, was taken into custody by U.S. Homeland Security Thursday and is now being held in ICE custody at a Broadview detention facility, according to Kane County officials and public records. Orlando Manriquez-Valdivia, 38, has Mexico listed as his country of origin, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detainee information. … He had just pleaded guilty to...
  • Woman who ran over Chicago police officer with his own squad car files to change her name

    07/20/2025 8:40:14 PM PDT · by PBRCat · 24 replies
    CWB Chicago ^ | July 20, 2025 | Time Hecke
    The woman found not guilty by reason of insanity after running over a Chicago police officer with his own squad car is now asking the court to let her start anew—by changing her name. Whitley Temple, who was acquitted last year of attempting to murder Officer Ed Poppish during a bizarre 2022 West Side encounter, filed a petition on July 11 to legally change her first name to “Michelle,” according to Cook County court records. Temple fled the scene in the patrol car, briefly stopped at a gas station, then continued onto the Eisenhower Expressway, reaching speeds of 97 mph...
  • Released by SAFE-T Act, jailed by ICE: Man accused of hiding woman’s body in bleach-filled trash can arrested by immigration agents in Chicago

    07/20/2025 4:17:06 PM PDT · by PBRCat · 7 replies
    CWB Chicago ^ | July 20, 2025 | Anonymous
    A 52-year-old Waukegan man accused of hiding a woman’s body in a trash can full of bleach couldn’t be jailed under Illinois’ new no-cash bail law when he was arrested in April. But on Saturday, his luck ran out. Federal immigration agents arrested Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez at a Chicago market over the weekend, saying he is a Mexican national living in the United States illegally. And unlike local prosecutors and judges, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn’t constrained by Illinois’ SAFE-T Act. Authorities say he concealed the body of 37-year-old Megan Bos of Antioch, who disappeared in February. After nearly...
  • California, other Democratic-led states roll back Medicaid access for people lacking legal status

    07/20/2025 12:57:25 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 54 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 19, 2025 12:52 PM PT | Trân Nguyễn and Devi Shastri
    SACRAMENTO — For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister — a nurse in Mexico — for advice on how to manage her asthma and control her husband’s diabetes instead of going to the doctor in California. She didn’t have legal status, so she couldn’t get health insurance and skipped routine exams, relying instead on home remedies and, at times, getting inhalers from Mexico. She insisted on using only her first name for fear of deportation. Things changed for Maria and many others in recent years when some Democratic-led states opened up their health insurance programs to low-income immigrants...
  • ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of decapitating Illinois woman after judge set him free

    07/20/2025 6:41:12 AM PDT · by Libloather · 29 replies
    Fox News ^ | 7/19/25 | Alexandra Koch, Bill Melugin
    Immigration authorities in Chicago arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant accused of decapitating a missing Illinois woman and storing her body in a storage container filled with bleach. Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, of Waukegan, Illinois, was arrested in April and charged with concealing a corpse, abusing a corpse and obstruction of justice, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Immediately after his first court appearance, Lake County Judge Randie Bruno released Mendoza-Gonzalez from custody. He was arrested again Saturday afternoon at a market in Chicago by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and remains in ICE custody, according to DHS....
  • The Blue State Exodus Should Scare Democrats

    07/18/2025 8:58:33 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 48 replies
    The Liberal Patriot ^ | Mar 17, 2025 | Nate Moore
    In 2021, California’s population declined for the first time since earning statehood in 1850. In 2022, it declined again. And then again in 2023. For a state historically defined by limitless opportunity and an ever-growing population, three straight years of decline delivered a cold dose of reality: things weren't working. The Golden State, of course, is not alone. Since Covid, the biggest blue states have dramatically lagged behind the biggest Republican states in population growth. Between 2020 and 2024, California, New York, and Illinois each lost more than 100,000 thousand residents. Florida and Texas, meanwhile, both gained around 2 million...
  • Chicago Public Schools Going Broke – Facing $734 Million Budget Deficit and Laying Off Almost 1,500 Teachers and Staff

    07/15/2025 9:18:04 PM PDT · by george76 · 43 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 15, 2025 | Mike LaChance
    There’s an old saying that goes, something that can’t go on forever won’t. Chicago is now in the early stages of learning that this applies to their public school system. They’re facing a massive budget deficit of $734 million and are on pace to lay off almost 1,500 teachers and staffers. Perhaps Mayor Brandon Johnson should have been more focused on delivering the services that American citizen taxpayers paid for and less on the needs of illegal immigrants and Chicago’s ‘sanctuary city’ status. ... Chicago Public Schools parents and community members sounded off on Monday, three days after the district...
  • UChicago professor calls school ‘evil colonial landlord,’ vows to use it to build power for Palestine

    07/11/2025 7:26:55 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 27 replies
    Campus Ref\orm ^ | 10 July 2025 | Patrick MacDonald
    A professor at the University of Chicago recently cursed against the school and said she only worked there to “build power” for Palestinian solidarity. The professor, Eman Abdelhadi, made the statements on July 5 during a socialism conference held in Chicago, according to The Daily Caller. In her remarks, Abdelhadi reportedly said that UChicago is “evil” and a “colonial landlord,” and that she asked herself why she worked there. “F**k the University of Chicago—it’s evil,” the professor said. “You know, it’s a colonial landlord. Why would I put any of my political energy into this space?”
  • Slain boy’s mom to Pritzker: Stop using my son’s name while you fight me in court

    07/09/2025 7:16:49 PM PDT · by PBRCat · 17 replies
    CWB Chicago ^ | July 9, 2025 | Time Hecke
    The mother of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, who was fatally stabbed while trying to protect her from a violent attack by her just-paroled ex-boyfriend, is calling out Illinois politicians for using her son’s name for political gain while fighting her civil lawsuit against the state behind closed doors. Laterria Smith, who was also seriously injured in the March 2024 attack, released an open letter to Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday. In it, she accuses his administration of publicly invoking Jayden’s name to promote changes to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, even as state lawyers move to dismiss her negligence suit tied...
  • JB Pritzker Receives 2% in Presidential Poll, Ranks Lowest in Minority Support Among Democrats

    07/04/2025 5:06:14 PM PDT · by PBRCat · 42 replies
    The Illinois Review ^ | June 30, 2025 | Anonymous
    In one of the first nationwide hypothetical polls for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, Illinois Governor and billionaire JB Pritzker ranks at the bottom, receiving the lowest level of support from minority voters as prominent Democrats begin preparing for potential campaigns. On Friday, the well-regarded Emerson College Polling released new results showing former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg leading the Democratic field with 16 percent support. Former Vice President Kamala Harris follows at 13 percent, with California Governor Gavin Newsom close behind at 12 percent. JB Pritzker, billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune who invested over $350 million of...
  • Brutal hammer attack during gay hookup site rendezvous leads to attempted murder charge

    07/03/2025 4:59:02 AM PDT · by Salman · 45 replies
    CWB Chicago ^ | 07-02-2025 | Tim Hecke
    In a chilling encounter that began with a gay dating app hookup, a young man from Whiting found himself battling for survival after a vicious hammer attack inside an abandoned home in West Pullman, officials said. Details of the crime, which occurred on March 23, 2024, are now emerging as prosecutors charge Carl Sturdivant, a multi-convicted felon, with attempted murder and robbery. In a detention filing, prosecutors said the 24-year-old Indiana man connected with Carl Sturdivant, 44, through the gay dating site Sniffies.com, agreeing to meet at a Motel 6 in Hammond for a sexual encounter. Officials stated the victim...
  • Cops seize 6 guns, arrest 39 people at Chicago Pride Parade gathering

    07/01/2025 3:35:32 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 17 replies
    CWB Chicago ^ | June 39, 2025 | Time Hecke
    Police arrested 39 people in connection with the Chicago Pride Parade and its aftermath between Sunday evening and early Monday, including five individuals who were illegally carrying firearms, according to the Chicago Police Department. One man charged with weapon possession was allegedly carrying two guns. Of the 39 arrested, 13 individuals, including two juveniles, were charged with felonies, while 21 face misdemeanor charges, and one person received citations, a police spokesperson said. Charges were still pending against four people as of midday Monday.
  • Half of Baby’s Body Left Inside Mother in Botched Abortion

    06/30/2025 7:02:10 PM PDT · by Morgana · 23 replies
    Life News ^ | June 30, 2025 | Steven Ertelt
    A medical negligence lawsuit filed against an Illinois abortionist alleges a botched abortion so severely mishandled that half of an unborn baby’s body was left inside a woman’s, requiring emergency surgery to address life-threatening complications. The case, has sparked outrage among pro-life advocates who cite it as evidence of the dangers inherent in abortion procedures. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe to protect her privacy, underwent an abortion on April 1 and 2, 2023, at Equity Clinic in Champaign, Illinois. Done by Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle, according to the lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Champaign County, the abortionist perforated...
  • Trump’s Jobs Boom Skips Illinois—Thanks to Pritzker’s Tax Hikes

    06/30/2025 10:54:27 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 9 replies
    The Illinois Review ^ | June 26, 2025 | Thomas McCullagh
    Across the country, American factories are reopening. Companies are returning home. Jobs are being created. Under Donald Trump’s leadership, U.S. manufacturing is seeing a revival. Tariffs on foreign goods, tax incentives for domestic production, and fewer federal regulations have caused a shift. Major corporations are pulling operations out of China and Mexico and bringing them back to American soil. Kentucky. Alabama. Indiana. Texas. South Carolina. These states are attracting billions of dollars in new manufacturing investments. Thousands of new jobs are being created. But Illinois is being left out—and Governor JB Pritzker’s tax-heavy policies are a major reason why.
  • Chicago man charged with beating at least 4 people on the same day

    06/29/2025 10:31:53 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 17 replies
    CBS News ^ | 6/27/2025 | Todd Feurer
    A man has been charged with punching at least four people and knocking them to the ground on the same day earlier this week in the Loop, South Loop and Lakeview neighborhoods. Joshua Rowell, 36, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery in Cook County Circuit Court, and one count of forcible assault on a federal judicial employee in federal court in Chicago. According to a Chicago Police Department arrest report, Rowell was arrested shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday in the South Loop, after he attacked a 20-year-old woman on the street in the 900 block of South...
  • Exclusive: Surveillance video shows lifeguard shooting two boys at Douglass Park

    06/29/2025 5:32:13 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 90 replies
    cwbchicago ^ | 06 28 2025 | Staff
    CWBChicago has obtained surveillance footage of a shooting that left one teenager dead and another gravely wounded near the Douglass Park swimming pool on Thursday evening. Marjay Dotson, 15, died from a gunshot wound to his back, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. A 14-year-old boy, identified to the media by family members as Jeremy Herred, has undergone surgery for a gunshot wound to his neck. On Saturday evening, Chicago police announced that murder charges had been filed against 55-year-old Charles Leto of Lakeview. CPD and fire department personnel responded to the park at 1401 South Sacramento at...
  • Gov. JB Pritzker announces run for 3rd term to protect Illinois from 'chaos and craziness' of Trump

    06/26/2025 8:26:40 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 12 replies
    The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | June 26, 2025 | Mitchell Armentrout
    Pritzker was scheduled to crisscross the state for a series of reelection rallies starting Thursday morning at the Grand Crossing Park Field House on the South Side.
  • Gov. JB Pritzker to announce run for third term Thursday, sources say

    06/25/2025 6:47:23 AM PDT · by PBRCat · 26 replies
    The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | June 24, 2025 | Mitchell Armentrout
    Pritzker will make his reelection campaign official with kickoff events in Chicago and Springfield, but it’s still unknown whom he’ll tap as running mate.
  • Teachers Union Head Gleefully Declares That Her Union Owns American Children

    06/24/2025 5:09:41 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 22 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | Jun 24, 2025 | Jaryn Crouson
    Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) president Stacy Davis Gates said on Monday that “all children belong to” the union. At the City Club Chicago event, Gates bashed President Donald Trump for lessening the power of teachers’ unions, calling his education agenda a “relitigation” of the Civil War while complaining about the failing state of Chicago schools. Quoting civil rights activist James Baldwin, Gates tells the crowd, “The children are always ours. Every single one of them, all over the globe.” Gates then mocks parents who would respond by saying “CTU thinks your children are its children.” “Yes, we do,” Gates said....
  • Chicago activists, wary about Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement, to keep protesting

    06/24/2025 6:52:12 AM PDT · by Salman · 26 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | June 24, 2025 | Caroline Kubzansky and Tess Kenny
    Chicago activists welcomed word of a “complete and total ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Iran at a downtown protest Monday evening but said they were cautiously optimistic and urged continued agitation. The protest at Federal Plaza attracted about 200 people despite Monday’s extreme heat. Demonstrators called for the United States to stop bombing Iranian nuclear sites, among other demands. Many condemned U.S. military aid to Israel, supporting its war in Iran and also in Gaza, which has lasted nearly two years. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire...