Why Federal Raids in Chicago Look Like an Escalation

James recounts violent pre-dawn ICE and federal raids in South Shore, describing tactics, community impact, and local responses.

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The gang discuss the government shutdown, War Department plans to deploy troops to US cities, ICE raids in Chicago, new border wall construction, and a National Security Presidential Memo targeting political violence indicators like “anti-capitalism, anti-christianity, and extremism on migration, race, and gender.”

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