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Liam T.A. Ford
@ltaford.bsky.social
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ED, the Ignatian Mission Center. Part time editor, @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Formerly Infralogic reporter
Erstwhile beekeeper, former reporter/editor, @chicagotribune.bsky.social. Author, Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City
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Liam T.A. Ford @ltaford.bsky.social · Nov 19
If this site allows me to find news stories and opinions and cute cat photos without having to scroll through 5 million AI-generated schlock pictures a day, it will have done its job.
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nytimes.com
A Tennessee man who was jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post he shared after the killing of Charlie Kirk agreed to a $835,000 settlement with the sheriff’s office, his lawyers said. nyti.ms/4tKTI8c
May 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
Mona Charen: How Corrupt is Trump? Here are the numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/how-corrup...
How Corrupt Is Trump? Here Are the Numbers.
He’s the swampiest swamp creature ever.
www.thebulwark.com
May 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
"The bridge is named after Gordie Howe, the Canadian hockey legend who ... often went 'elbows up' on opponents. The phrase has become a rallying cry for Canadians opposing aggressive actions by the United States in Mr. Trump’s second term.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
Your @apstylebook.com tip for the day: rebut, refute
Rebut means to argue to the contrary: He rebutted his opponent's statement.
Refute connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgment. Instead, use deny, dispute, rebut or respond to.
January 24, 2026 at 6:05 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
@drjudymelinek.bsky.social Have you seen anything about who is doing the autopsy for Renee Good? It would seem an independent examination would be crucial for the integrity of the investigation, right?
crucial.om
January 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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afrodip.bsky.social
A South Side company has proposed dozens of affordable apartments for the one-time home of Mount Carmel HS's sister school in Woodlawn. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/05/o...
Old Loretto Academy School Building In Woodlawn Could Become Affordable Housing
Greenline Communities is proposing a 55-unit, $43 million rehab of the former Catholic school. The project depends on Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.
blockclubchicago.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
Your @apstylebook.com tip for the day: "Do not use _on_ before a date or day of the week when its absence would not lead to confusion, except at the beginning of a sentence."
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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everylotchicago.bsky.social
5914 West Midway Park
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1608219026: 5914 West Midway Park
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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chicagotribune.com
Nearly 2 million Illinoisans will be cut off from food stamps next month if the federal government remains shut down, threatening “a vital lifeline to nutrition,” the Illinois Department of Human Services announced this week.
Nearly 2 million Illinois residents will lose SNAP benefits next month if federal shutdown continues, officials warn
The U.S. Department of Agriculture informed states that it won’t fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP or food stamps, starting Nov. 1.
trib.al
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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heathercherone.bsky.social
I am legit curious to see if lawyers for Illinois and Chicago include this in their response to the Trump administration’s request for an immediate order from the Supreme Court to allow the president to deploy National Guard into Chicago
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Oct 19
Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."

AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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blockclubchi.bsky.social
Chicago's No Kings protest brings thousands Downtown for rally, march blockclubchi.co/3WJ4cXA
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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rogersparkman.bsky.social
Only way to know real distance: put starting point street intersection into Google Maps, then map each turn for the 22 block route, to the end point. I don't know the exact route or I would do so. And not trying to be a buzzkill about distance here, but the Grid is in my mind pretty intensely.
October 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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ericzorn.bsky.social
Once again, @ltaford.bsky.social has inspired me to remind everyone to *ahem* change their ways and stop casually using the word "reform" to describe proposed changes in the law. ericzorn.substack.com/i/164744845/...
June 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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colinbphoto.bsky.social
I’m back from vacation, and put together the past few days’ strong images from our @blockclubchi.bsky.social team.

GALLERY: Two Weeks In Photos: Chicagoans Stand Up To ICE, Johnson's New Budget And Much More blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/t...
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
I'm now working as a part-time editor for @blockclubchi.bsky.social. Follow for updates on the No Kings rally in Chicago.
October 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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blockclubchi.bsky.social
Chicago's No Kings protest: Everything you need to know blockclubchi.co/47lIXAm
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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tedhesson.bsky.social
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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avhndz.bsky.social
The @blockclubchi.bsky.social newsroom continues to report on today’s federal immigration activity across Chicago. If you have footage of agent activity you filmed, please reach out via this website:

callforvideos.formstack.com/forms/chicag...
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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joeyneverjoe.bsky.social
Full filing here: Waiting for a kind, generous person to upload the rest from Pacer.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70533...
Temporary Restraining Order – #17 in Leonel Navarrete Hernandez v. Todd Lyons (C.D. Cal., 2:25-cv-05376) – CourtListener.com
MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER'S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AS TO STAY OF REMOVAL AND RELEASE FROM DETENTION 4 by Judge Fred W. Slaughter. The Application is...
www.courtlistener.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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joeyneverjoe.bsky.social
He was taken from Los Angeles, to Phoenix, then Colorado, and ended up in El Paso, TX. There officers told them it didn't matter if they signed deportation papers, they were being deported anyway. In a 3 min phone call he told his partner to say goodbye to his children for him
2. At 9:56 PM on June 15, 2025 I spoke with Petitioner's partner Evelyn Marcela Palacios Flores. She told me that Leonel (Petitioner) called her at around 1:30 PM on June 15th and said he was in El Paso, Texas. He told her he was in a detention facility for deporting people. 3. He said he was taken from Los Angeles to Phoenix, then Colorado, then Texas. He was on a plane for ten hours before arriving in Texas because the plane had broken down. 4. He told her that officers at the El Paso detention facility told the detainees in El Paso something like ''it didn't matter if they signed, they were going to be taken out of the country.'' 5. Petitioner told Marcela that it was hard for him to call anyone because he is only allowed three minutes on the phone. He told her that he may not be able to speak to her again. 6. He told her to say goodbye to his children for him.
July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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joeyneverjoe.bsky.social
In a habeas corpus suit against DHS, Lionel Flores was arrested at his ISAP check-in. When he ask ICE agents why he was being arrested they, said "judges orders don't matter, only the President." After telling them he had a lawyer, they replied "that doesn't matter either."
3. Leonel called me and told me that he was arrested. He said immigration officers went up to him at his ISAP check-in and told him he was under arrest. Leonel said he asked the officers why and informed them he had an order from the judge. The officers said something like ''judges' orders don't matter, only the president." 4. Leonel told me that he told the officers he had an attorney, but the officers said, ''that doesn't matter either.'' 5. Leonel later called me from jail in Santa Ana. He said that it was a small space, and he heard people there were being taken to San Diego or Texas. Then he had to hang up.
July 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
@chicagocta.bsky.social So this account doesn't do any real-time alerts and you did away with doing that on Twitter? Too bad.
January 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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saletan.bsky.social
Trump doesn't have the resources to deport everyone he wants to deport.

So his goal is "self-deportation," making people "so scared... they will choose to leave."

@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social is all over this story. Check out his newsletter in @thebulwark.bsky.social. lnk.thebulwark.com/40ds72I
The Fear Is the Point
The administration won’t have time, money or resources to enact mass deportations right away. But they can scare the hell out of everybody.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ltaford.bsky.social
Ok, this is odd. I don't think this could possibly be an original Italian brand. Time to poke around and see.
January 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM