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Protesters march against Trump's Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago on Oct. 19, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's enemies list keeps expanding

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters near Air Force One on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump to reporter: "Be quiet!"

Alex Galbraith
Protests and state leaders push back on the federal deployment of troops into Chicago. Trump touts his dramatic move with an AI-generated online post. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Trump dramatically threatens Chicago

CK Smith
National Guardsmen are surrounded by thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., on August 16, 2025. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon readies Chicago deployment plan

Alex Galbraith
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LA Mayor Karen Bass and other Black mayors push back against President Donald Trump's claims that their cities are now "lawless." These cities are actually seeing major decreases in violent crime this year. (MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / Getty Images)

Black Mayors vs Trump’s “lawless” claims

CK Smith
President Donald Trump departs the White House on July 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump to NYC, Chicago: You're next

Alex Galbraith
Chicago Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson speaks to the press after a meeting in the governor's office on April 07, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Republicans' war on teachers backfires

Randi Weingarten, Stacy Davis Gates
Union organizer and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson speaks after being projected winner as mayor on April 4, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

Brandon Johnson beats school privatizer

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas speaks to supporters on April 1, 2023. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Will Chicago elect school privatizer?

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reacts as she speaks during election night rally at Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council on February 28, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)

Chicago picks progressive over Lightfoot

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Newly elected Kansas politicians Brandon Johnson and Angela Becker (Ashwin Govindarajan/Maggie Smet)

Progressive victories in the heartland

LaRissa Lawrie - Salon Young Americans
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