Chicago

Trump is a turd

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6328383

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/72258

Chicago, IL – On September 30, 1500 Chicagoans marched down Magnificent Mile to protest Trump’s threats of using the city as a military training ground. This past week has seen the effects of Operation Blitz in full force, with heavy presence of ICE and other federal agents conducting deportations. Trump’s speech to top U.S. generals the same day showed he intends to escalate the federal occupation with the military.

Ramped up repression means ramped up fight back!

“They are dehumanizing our communities. They are inflicting terror on our families. Separating families. Let’s not forget that when ICE murdered Silverio [Villegas-Gonzalez], the only thing they said was that he was an illegal. They did not say that he was a father, a worker, and a member of our community,” said Gabriela Hernandezm of Casa DuPage, speaking to the crowd in Spanish.

Hernandez also stated, “We are here today, protesting again, to tell this administration that the Mexicano/Latino community are not criminals. It is the time for us to speak firmly and clearly about these things, because if not, they will come to silence all of us.”

Reverend Jonathan Brooks of Live Free Illinois stated, “ICE has been accused of violating a consent decree meant to protect families from warrantless arrests. This disregard for legal protections tears at the very fabric of trust in our democracy.”

Brooks continued, “A federal judge has already ruled that targeting deportations based on political speech is unconstitutional – yet ICE continues to act as if it is above the law. Let’s be clear: this is not about safety. This is about authoritarianism, fear and control. Our communities do not need to be occupied – they need to be respected.”

“We saw over the weekend how ICE agents shamelessly occupied the streets of downtown and detained fellow residents. Over in Broadview, protesters and journalists are being shot at, teargassed, and brutalized. In a raid in South Shore just last night, ICE, FBI and other federal agents ransacked 70 apartments, knocked down doors, threw stuff all over the place, and detained 50 people – including Black U.S. citizens,” said Angel Naranjo of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO).

Naranjo continued, “Trump hates Chicago because he is a racist reactionary who represents the class enemy – the monopoly capitalist class – and this enemy can’t stand us. Trump and his lackeys are mad and ramping up their attacks – and so we’re ramping up our fight back! The masses of our city – and in particular the Black, Chicano/Latino, immigrant and working-class masses – are putting up a just fight against this rotten imperialist system that is tearing apart our families and occupying our neighborhoods! We are building a movement to stop the raids, and our demand is legalization for all undocumented people.”

“What we need right now is solidarity. The solidarity that Fred Hampton talked about. The solidarity that Assata Shakur deserved. We need solidarity with federal workers, with day laborers, teachers, nurses, warehouse workers. We need solidarity across unions. All public unions, trade unions, across communities. We need the solidarity of all working people,” said Jill Manrique of Chicago Jobs for Justice.

A member of Students for Justice in Palestine – Chicago (SJP Chicago) ended the program by reminding the crowd, ”The kidnapping of families and workers, and the occupations of our city’s streets is just an escalation of policy that has been standard in this nation since its inception.”

After the program, Chicagoans loudly marched down Magnificent Mile, one of the biggest commercial corridors in the city. Protests ended at the Water Tower, finishing with Assata’s “It is our duty to fight for our freedom” chant.

Enemies from within

“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. Cuz we’re going into Chicago very soon,” said Trump in front of the U.S. top military leaders, stating that there were enemies from within that the military must apprehend.

Trump's deployment of federal forces is an escalation of the ongoing occupation of Black, Chicano/Latino, and working-class communities by the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Trump aims to ramp up this oppression and squash the working and oppressed people who are getting organized to fight back against this. From the 2020 George Floyd rebellion, to the 2025 LA uprising against ICE, working and oppressed are wanting and mobilizing for an end to this terror. The ruling class of this country knows this, and is ramping to continue its grip of oppressed people in this country.

Join the resistance!

This mobilization was called by the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda (CATA), a coalition of over 80 organizations building a united front against the reactionary Trump administration. Sign up to get notified when the next mobilization happens at coalitionagainsttrumpagenda.org

Join the resistance! Trump has a long oppressive agenda, and we’re here to defeat all of it.

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Pertissue Fisher, who lives in the building, told ABC7 Chicago that ICE agents forced everyone out and only asked questions later. Fisher said she was handcuffed and questioned before being released at around 3 a.m. The officers, she noted, “just treated us like we were nothing,” and, “It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face.”

Another ABC7 interviewee ducked upon hearing flash bangs denote, and was then distressed by the sight of children detained. “They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,” she said. “That’s all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where’s the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘f*** them kids.’”

A witness of the same name told the Chicago Sun-Times it was “heartbreaking” to see “kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers.”

Witness Darrell Ballard recalled seeing the agents use a “big, 15-inch chain saw” to cut down a fence. “We’re under siege,” he said. “We’re being invaded by our own military.”

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From this article: https://www.nprillinois.org/chicago-il/2025-09-29/feds-march-into-downtown-chicago-top-border-agent-says-people-are-arrested-based-on-how-they-look

The Illinois Department of Public Health issued an order Tuesday that will allow almost anyone in the state to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine.

The state’s new protocols are in sharp contrast to the guidance issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which declined to recommend the vaccine for anyone and left the choice up to individuals.

In issuing the order and other vaccine guidance, state officials referenced the turmoil facing the nation’s leading health agency, which was once the authority many Americans turned to for medical advice. Elected democrats and some medical associations have called for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the CDC.

“At a time when the federal government is abdicating its responsibility to provide clear, science-informed guidance, Illinois is stepping up,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement. “Illinois will continue to empower providers and families across our state with the information and access they need to guard against illness and disease.”

The COVID-19 vaccine will be available at doctors’ offices to any adult who wants it, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health directive. In addition, licensed health care professionals working at pharmacies and other medical settings will be able to administer the vaccine. The state is recommending that children aged 6 to 23 months receive the vaccine as well.

Vaccination is also recommended for children aged 2 to 17 years old who are at high risk of severe COVID-19 illness, live in long-term care facilities or other congregated settings, have never been vaccinated against COVID-19 or who live in a household with others at high risk of severe illness.

But even if a child doesn’t fall into any of those categories, parents in Illinois will still have the option to vaccinate their children, according to a news release from the state. Public health officials are also recommending that pregnant individuals and those planning to get pregnant receive the COVID-19 shot.

The updated vaccines arrived at major Chicago pharmacies such as Walgreens and CVS earlier this month. But at the time, access to the vaccine was limited by the Food and Drug Administration to those 65 years or older and people with a high-risk medical condition. The FDA didn’t define high-risk medical conditions, so pharmacies had been using language issued by the CDC in the past.

On Tuesday afternoon, a CVS spokesperson said patients were still being asked to confirm their eligibility, though no documentation was required. The pharmacy giant said it will continue following CDC guidance and expects to soon offer the vaccine to anyone over the age of 7, which the CDC allows but does not explicitly recommend.

Walgreens did not immediately comment on the state’s new order.

Pritzker signed an executive order earlier this month to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccine and other routine shots for children and adults. The Illinois Immunization Advisory Committee met and discussed the vaccines Monday.

“Today’s guidance not only provides answers during a confusing time but helps strengthen disease prevention and immunization practices across Illinois, which are vital components of pediatric health care,” Dr. Michelle Barnes, of the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in a statement.

A trade association of health insurance companies known as AHIP said insurers will continue to cover COVID-19 and flu vaccines through 2026.

The state’s new guidelines also address other seasonal vaccines like the flu — recommending immunizations for anyone older than 6 months — and the RSV shot for all infants younger than 8 months whose mothers did not receive the vaccine.

For non-seasonal vaccines, the Illinois Department of Public Health is recommending doctors follow the CDC’s past guidance — not the feds’ directives from last week.