Irrational Actor

Homan Square torture and Chicago Police revenge plot allegations linked

A botched CPD investigation following the murder of officer Clifton Lewis led to Angel Perez's alleged abuse in the notorious Homan Square police…

Published on Noir • Apr 10

February 2025

'Ideological,' 'not scientific': Iran polling firm GAMAAN flawed, not independent

GAMAAN has extensive ties to U.S. government-funded, pro-regime change orgs, and employs unreliable survey methods that produce misleading results

Published on Noir • Feb 28

DOJ knew about - and used - notorious Homan Square "black site"

It wasn't just Chicago Police operating the off-the-books holding facility, the site of alleged torture and days-long unlawful detention

Published on Noir • Feb 4

October 2024

Inside the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Chicago and Palestine meeting

The leftist Party gathering took aim at American (and Chicagoan) support for Israel

Published on Noir • Oct 21, 2024

September 2024

Chicago police used Dataminr, controversial surveillance tool

Formerly CIA-funded, Dataminr has been criticized for its surveillance of non-criminal protest activity, and has provided hundreds of thousands of…

Published on Noir • Sep 3, 2024

August 2024

Chicago office building feared pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Feds tasked counterterrorism team to keep watch

DHS dispatched counterterrorism Fusion Center to track potential pro-Palestinian protests despite lack of specific threats

Published on Noir • Aug 26, 2024

June 2024

Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion profile quietly removed from Stanford extremist group list

The government-funded research project's mysterious removal of Azov’s profile was followed by a State Department decision to allow the controversial…

Published on Noir • Jun 20, 2024

May 2024

Before the clearing: Inside the University of Chicago encampment

Students advocate for the University to divest from Israel and weapons manufacturers, and argue for a multi-national, democratic and unified state in…

Published on Noir • May 8, 2024

March 2024

Chicago Archdiocese bungled child sexual abuse investigation, priest says

Fr. Daniel McCarthy said he was never directly questioned about the details of child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him, and one of the…

Published on Noir • Mar 19, 2024

February 2024

U.S. Government Funds Anti-Iranian Regime News Outlet IranWire

Contrary to its claims of independence, the popular dissident Persian news outlet receives the vast majority of its funding from the U.S. State…

Published on Noir • Feb 6, 2024

October 2023

Leader at Anti-Iranian-Regime Media Outlet has U.S. Government Ties

Iran International General Manager, Mahmood Enayat, has several links to the United States government

Published on Noir • Oct 26, 2023

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