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FarPoint

(14,766 posts)
1. I am sensing this move by the dictator going to Chicago....
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:40 AM
Sep 2025

will be the final straw of this immigration abuse..... He wants a fight.....unfortunately he may get something along those lines...

CincyDem

(7,392 posts)
3. Chicago ain't DC. Politically or socially.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:11 AM
Sep 2025

If he send troops to Lincoln Park, I’m sure they have a wonderful visit to the city.

South side or near west side…not so much.

We’ll see but wherever they go, it’s gonna be a different experience.

karynnj

(60,968 posts)
4. Yep and if it's like DC, they might go mainly to
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:39 AM
Sep 2025

the Magnificent Mile and other upscale locations.

FarPoint

(14,766 posts)
5. Yes, this will be different....
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:05 AM
Sep 2025

Hey, where did you get that Bengals Avatar? I didn't see it on the DU choices...

I am in Dayton.

eShirl

(20,259 posts)
8. it's hosted on DU, but I don't see it under avatars you can choose in the Sports category
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 11:19 AM
Sep 2025

https ://upload.democraticunderground.com/user_avatars/287285.gif
remove space in above line between https and :// and it becomes

FarPoint

(14,766 posts)
13. I am definitely a Bengals fan....
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:32 PM
Sep 2025

My friend and his family, they just got a new 10 week old Lab puppy.... Named him
" Chase"....Burrows was the other option...

flashman13

(2,403 posts)
10. Here is the bookend. This song and these events always feel like a gut punch to me.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:08 PM
Sep 2025
&list=RDMN_9VqfVQ9c&start_radio=1

They were our brothers and sisters.

Say their Names

Four dead at Kent State:

Allison Beth Krause

Jeffrey Glenn Miller

William Knox Schroeder

Sandra Lee Scheuer

Two Dead at Jackson State:

Phillip Gibbs

James Earl Green

Arazi

(8,887 posts)
12. I'm hopeful the troops only get positioned in the tourist areas like DC
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:21 PM
Sep 2025

If they go into the gang areas, it will get ugly. I’m not a resident of Chicago but even Im aware of neighborhoods where it’s better to keep a low profile and not provoke.

We’ll see if military leadership grows a spine with today’s court ruling on the clear Posse Comitatus violations in LA, and puts their foot down on the National Guard providing law enforcement protection in Chicago.

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