Michael Phillips
@MrPhillipsPart2
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They are cancelling naturalization ceremonies now. This isn’t about illegal immigration . It’s about LEGAL immigration: One Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Eludes Their Grasp https://t.co/7zRhT7Q8KQ via @NYTimes
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Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have resulted in the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies, the last step in the process of becoming a citizen.
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Hope to see you there tonight!
🎬 Tonight, the final film in the Siskel & Ebert at 50 series at @ChiCulturCenter, presented by @ChiFilmOffice & @ChicagoDCASE: LONE STAR, plus a live podcast with @filmspotting & @MrPhillipsPart2 following the film🎙️ RSVP for FREE: https://t.co/FRtBqYEUMB
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Just another example of Trump's cruelty rampage. Yet I honestly wonder: Could the recent Mamdani/Trump meet-and-greet lead to a (temporary) relationship where the right political newcomer slips an supremely gullible bully some useful advice on how to lead like less of an asshole?
CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
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Chicago, the lion-hearted!
Greg Bovino & his ICE minions came into this grocery store in Little Village & no sooner than they did they were denied entry! This shop owner said you can turn right around & leave because you’re on private property & if you don’t have a Signed Judicial warrant get out. They did
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This is illegal folks. Federal agents cannot treat people this way. Keep recording their illegal behavior and posting it.
A disturbing video has surfaced from today’s ICE/CBP operation in Avondale. An officer pushes a woman to the ground, prompting bystanders to react angrily and throw what appears to be a rock at a moving unmarked vehicle. https://t.co/v15qxbgCLV
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Here’s the guy in charge of Border Parrol in Chicago. Yesterday he threw gas at peaceful protesters. What does he resemble to you?
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I don’t sense any Congressional Republican objection to a third term, or any sign of alarm among the Supreme Court’s committed MAGA apologists.
Steve Bannon: Trump is gonna get a third term and people ought to just get accommodated with that. At the appropriate time we’ll lay out what the plan is, but there’s a plan and President Trump will be the president in ‘28 https://t.co/1xfic2c92a
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What has become of the embattled profession of film criticism? Join us November 1 for a Free Talk about the state of the art with an illustrious panel: @rilaws, @MrPhillipsPart2, @kelli_weston, @alissamarie, moderated by @reverse_shot. Thanks @TheNSFC. https://t.co/iFsl0XuAwC
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To HELL with these overpaid, undertrained, license-to-dismantle-Constitutional-democratic-American-laws-and-common-decency goons. Keep pushing back.
These are ICE agents wearing Military Fatigues trying to look like The National Guard walking through the Mount Pleasant,Illinois neighborhoods trying to see if they see anyone that looks brown enough or black enough to snatch! This is something we never expected to see now! 😡
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Mount Prospect resident Lisa Porter screams at federal agents and tells them to leave as they sit in their SUV along East Busse Avenue. @WescottImages is an amazing photographer @chicagotribune
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While we're on the subject of compensated opinions in American culture: Thanks to the excellent @skornhaber for handing me the last word in his piece for @TheAtlantic, non-paywalled here
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archived 17 Oct 2025 16:18:01 UTC
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4:30pm Nov. 1, at @MovingImageNYC: I've joined panels on this topic here and there for years. But in the words of the great basketball critic Michael Jordan, this time it's personal. Hope to see you there.
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It’s become distressingly rare for arts journalists of all kinds to maintain staff jobs. For this free event, the Museum invites an illustrious panel to discuss the embattled profession of film...
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If this $172 million in taxpayer dollars were used not to buy luxury jets for Kristi Noem but instead restored money cut from USAID, the money would save approximately 34,400 children's lives.
In their never-ending quest for "efficiency," the admin has bought not one, but TWO luxury jets for $173m so @KristiNoem can travel in style to her next media event! All this, while they raise health care premiums on tens of millions of working Americans. https://t.co/csBtMsHOr9
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A beautiful, beautiful film
Turns out Michael Mann is a huge fan of French director Alice Diop. He saw her movie Saint Omer (Venice’s Silver Lion 2022) multiple times and invited her to his tribute at the #Lumiere2025 festival!
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This administration's damage, Chapter 97,662.
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For Englewood residents, proximity to vehicle traffic exposes them to pollutants linked to higher rates of asthma and mortality.
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The latest in the Dept. of People Who Don’t Belong in Chicago Detaining People Who Do.
A Chicago woman who was adopted carries around a copy of her passport but was still detained by federal agents who didn’t believe that was her last name bc she’s Latina. Latest dispatch from @royalpratt: https://t.co/mq2FaVddra
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. https://t.co/c9C7Zm4wsn
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During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before...
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"My U.S. citizen sister gets dragged out of car with guns drawn—after Chicago ICE crashes into her," explained Chris Figueroa. "My sister is fresh out of surgery cleared for work only a month ago." "These people held her in detention for hours—after they brutally dragged her
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