🧵Now that the election is over I want to share yet another outrageous story that you can file under:
MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE ILLINOIS COURTS NOT BEING SUBJECT TO FOIA As I was reporting this piece about Judge Burns, his spokesperson responded to the notion that his 40 appellate court reversals are concerning by referencing some data bout the caseload he handles. injusticewatch.org/news/judicial-…

Back at the Starship Enterprise (aka the @ibew_134 union hall) this morning for the Cook County Democrat Party slating event--today and tomorrow the party will decide who to endorse for the 2022 primary. Toni Preckwinkle is up first seeking an endorsement. It's a real nail biter!!

She opens with remarks about how the rise in crime is mistakenly associated with the criminal justice reforms she's championed

Now that I've written this 25,000-word story, how will I convince you to read it? It's a complicated and sad tale of something that cops and prosecutors did nearly 40 years ago. Following all of it will make a serious demand on your brain and your time. chicagoreader.com/chicago/reason… But the time it takes to tell and to hear this story is a shadow of what "time" means to a man who's been locked up for all but 17 months of the last 52 years.

Man it's truly wild how much 🤯 news has broken about Chicago's Mayor and police issues over basically the last 24 hours: First it comes to light that $281 million of the city's $1.2 billion in covid relief has gone to CPD chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-ch…

I'm live tweeting the second listening session before Judge Dow on people's experience with Chicago cops at recent protests. This is the judge overseeing the consent decree for police department reforms. Again, live stream here (will not be archived): And live transcription here (not archived, but available for order from the court later for $, as with all court proceedings): caseviewnet.com/application.php

Listening session w/ the judge overseeing consent decree for Chicago Police Department reforms is starting now. People will be telling the judge about experience with CPD in the wake of George Floyd protests. Video won't be archived, only live on YouTube: You can also get live transcription of the session here: caseviewnet.com/index.php?sess…
This too won't be available after the hearing concludes.

Rogers Park eyewitness news: this is what the #chicagotornado did on Fargo Ave, near the intersection with Sheridan This is Greenview and Fargo

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Two years ago my first request for Cook County eviction court records was finally answered--a decade of data, every eviction case filed in one Excel spreadsheet. As I began analyzing I saw one landlord filing a disproportionate number of cases chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicag… And by disproportionate I mean their filings looked like this:

This is sport on. White supremacy is completely normalized among Russians and is activated by the state for political purposes. #thread

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It's why most Russian immigrants I know gleefully supported Trump. And it's why Soviet immigrants in Israel are Netanyahu's base