Welcome to October, quotes readers!

Fall is here and so is football season and playoff baseball — and luckily for Chicago fans, the Cubs are still in it.

The team managed to pull off a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday, winning the wild-card match and advancing to the National League Division Series. The team now travels to Milwaukee on Saturday for the first game in a best-of-five series against the Brewers, with the hopes of keeping their postseason run alive.

The Chicago Bears also had a good week, beating the Las Vegas Raiders 25-24 Sunday at Allegiant Stadium thanks to a game-saving field-goal block by Josh Blackwell. The defensive back’s heroics earned him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week on Wednesday. With the win, the Bears improved to 2-2 heading into their bye week.

Amid President Donald Trump’s immigration blitz across the Chicago area, dozens of federal agents were seen patrolling Chicago’s downtown streets Sunday afternoon. Agents detained a family in Millennium Park and construction workers near Tribune Tower, more U.S. Customs and Border Protection boats were seen on the Chicago River and video of a cyclist fleeing immigration agents garnered widespread attention online. Top Illinois elected officials denounced the presence of Border Patrol downtown, calling it a “public relations stunt” that “only served to scare people and intimidate people.”

Meanwhile, demonstrations continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview for the fourth week straight, leading state and local authorities to set up designated protest areas around the building. On Friday, protesters, state police and immigration agents clashed again at the suburban processing center, while on the city’s Northwest Side, residents reported that ICE responded to heckling by deploying tear gas on a busy street in Logan Square, and a local alderman was briefly detained by federal agents at a hospital.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also indicated that the federal government is seeking to acquire additional property in Broadview as the agency expands its immigration enforcement efforts in the area, and Gov. JB Pritzker said he received a report that federal officials are looking to deploy troops to the state to help protect ICE personnel and facilities.

In national news, the federal government shut down Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans failed to compromise on health care demands and pass a short-term measure to continue operations. How long the shutdown will last remains unclear, but mass layoffs are looming, some national parks have closed, travel may be impacted and the health of the economy is at risk.

The fallout from the shutdown is also being felt locally, as the Trump administration campaigns against blue cities and states in a maneuver to force Democrats to pass government funding legislation. On Wednesday, Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, announced nearly $8 billion in cuts to clean energy projects in a number of Democratic-run states, including $583 million set aside for Illinois. On Friday, the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal transportation funding for Chicago, putting the Red Line extension project at risk.

On the foreign policy front, President Trump, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, presented a multi-step peace plan to end the war in Gaza. By Friday, Hamas said it accepted some of the steps outlined in the proposal — including giving up power and releasing all remaining hostages. Upon hearing this news, the president ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza to allow for further negotiations.

Also this week, two people were killed and three more were injured after a man attacked a synagogue in Manchester, England on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison following the conclusion of his federal trial and ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan was denied bond pending his appeal on corruption charges.

And Jane Goodall, the trailblazing conservationist, environmental activist and ethologist renowned for her groundbreaking research into chimpanzees, died Wednesday at the age of 91. The Tribune’s Adriana Pérez recently caught up with Goodall while in Chicago for a stop on her U.S. speaking tour. You can read more about that visit, as well as her life and legacy, here.

Well, that’s it for this week. Here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4. Missed last week? You can find it here or check out our past editions of Quotes of the Week. Good luck!

 

 

 

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