Elected Officials in Chicago Look for Tools to Squeeze ICE Out of Public Spaces I spoke to Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez in Chicago about keeping ICE agents out of courtrooms and alerting community groups when feds come knocking. Being undocumented is civil offense, not a criminal one!

I think once Mamdani is formally the winner of this race people will be more willing to admit it, but the truth is that the real issue isn't the lack of endorsement from Schumer and Jeffries, it's that Schumers, Jeffries, and everyone else has made racially charged unfulfillable demands of Mamdani.

Trump has seized the power of the purse from Congress during the government shutdown, the latest in a long list of unconstitutional oversteps. From @ddayen.bsky.social and Ryan Cooper: trib.al/yC478VP

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.” The cuts: 📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage) 📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage) 📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage) 📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)

North Carolina Democrats can counter some of the damage of Republicans' looming post–Voting Rights Act redistricting by electing a progressive majority to their state Supreme Court. That starts with the reelection of Justice Earls next year.

Trump was shit-posting in every sense of the word.

Happening now: @uconnaaup.bsky.social members & fellow colleagues in #UConnLabor stand together to shift the balance of power in current #union contract negotiations. #TheCTDifference @aft.org @aftacademics.bsky.social‬ @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social‬

Pedro Pascal at No Kings protest ❤

A Republican lawmaker got into a fiery exchange with a CNN anchor, saying "if I could finish" after refusing to answer multiple questions about the government shutdown Monday.

The Academy of Private Life, where young women train to become housewives to the Russian élite, has a large syllabus of classes: Flirtation from A to Z, The Art of Walking Beautifully, and How to Play the Magic Flute: The Art of Fellatio.

adding to thread here...

Independent of his age, this agent is pointing what appears to be a tear gas launcher directly at an unarmed person’s head just a few feet away, which would be lethal force. Bit odd that his age was the main line of questioning here.

Sasha Abramsky argues that there should be a national holiday on October 18 to celebrate those who refused to stay silent when a would-be dictator tried to take a wrecking ball to US democracy.

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Know something that’s never down due to AWS? A gosh dang newspaper.

Fired DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni says hewas fired after refusing to lie & call Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist, & says the DOJ ordered 100+ Venezuelans deported without hearings, saying, “Those planes take off - no matter what.” www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re...

They've been all over so far today. Southwest side again as well, as usual. Outside the city, they're hitting the near west and near NW burbs again: Melrose Park, Elmwood Park, Oak Park, Northlake, Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village.

Southeast/far south RR reporting feds detained two people. They were seen in East Chicago and Hammond, Indiana: instagram.com/p/DQCYFs3DEIK

Border Patrol has absolutely tormented Cicero this morning. Rapid Response is reporting six abductions so far, *possibly* one child taken as well: instagram.com/p/DQCcoIrE0LD/

THERE IS LITERALLY NO REASON TO FIRE LIVE ARTILLERY SHELLS OVER AN AMERICAN HIGHWAY. TOTALLY STUPID, RECKLESS, AND BIZARRE ACTIONS JUST TO MAKE JD VANCE FEEL IMPORTANT.

It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.

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In the first edition of ‘First Draft,’ we cover Trump's crazy authoritarian video, the 'No Kings' fallout, Israel’s violation of the ceasefire in Gaza, and the unexpected return of convicted criminal George Santos.

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the truth is that this isn't a theocracy and jesus isn't my fucking king

“Roblox profited off of our kids while exposing them to the most dangerous of harms. They enabled our kids to be abused,” Uthmeier said in a video posted to his social media. floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/20/a...

If you have some coin, consider tossing some into the plate for trans journalists telling trans stories. The complicit corporate media damn sure won't, so please support the people who do. 💜

💥New from Drop Site: “We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed” Gaza journalist Mohamed Suleiman reports farmers are missing their third olive harvest as Israel’s war devastates the industry. www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-olive...

You can't make this shit up!

Donald Trump: *posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on Americans* Mike Johnson: "You can argue [Trump's] probably the most effective person who's ever used social media."

Signal boost.

🚨🚨Excellent news: After three years of reasoning, pleading and conceding, the EU has had enough. On Monday, the EU's MS are expected to back a new bill that will permanently cut #Russian gas supplies to #Hungary and #Slovakia — whether they like it or not. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

“Put a pillow over your face, and that’s how these coal miners breathe. They smother every day.” Black lung keeps killing America's coal miners. Does Donald Trump even care? [via @insideclimatenews.org]

New York counties thought they had months to prepare to implement SNAP work requirements. Now, they have weeks. nysfocus.com/2025/10/09/t...

ICYMI- "60 Minutes" interview with former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni on the jaw-dropping malfeasance in the persecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Please share, and do your part to "speak up and draw attention" to the grave violation of the Constitution. www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-re... #FreeKilmar

MPs are now considering the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Committee and remaining stages. Watch live ⬇️ parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The right has been building its machine since the Powell Memo in 1971. The left must start today, writes @hartmannreport.com

Good to see from HASC Ranking Member Smith. "They have failed to demonstrate the legality of these strikes, provide transparency on the process used or even a list of cartels that have been designated as terrorist organizations.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

In the end, one felon from Queens has come to the aid of another felon from Queens.

Clock Tower: Rewind is $9.99 on US eShop buff.ly/zfHepqH PS5/PS4/Switch/XSX physical $46 at VGP buff.ly/LU6Bzwk

Wild! This NOAA video shows how quickly fossil fuel CO2 can accumulate. It shows daily fossil CO2 over a 2 year period (2011-2012), starting with a concentration of *Zero*: "By the end of 2012, the entire Northern Hemisphere is red, illustrating a total accumulation of about 9 to 10 ppm of CO2"

What GOP Lawmakers Are Costing the US Economy to Avoid Funding Healthcare talkingpointsmemo.com/news/governm...

Donald Trump on Sunday admitted, once again, that he is treating the ongoing government shutdown as a revenge tour against Democrats, boasting about impeding federal funds for a crucial transit route in the New York metropolitan area. trib.al/2Fus9VS

Todos los días hablaremos de Palestina 🕊️🇯🇴💔

If you bash the ACA from the left because it failed to achieve truly universal health care, please read this thread. The law isn't perfect. (None are.) It still did a huge amount of good and saved many, many lives.

No need to watch manosphere videos to figure this out. Here's the life hack: mv /path/to/source/folder /path/to/destination/

Why is there a concrete crushing factory in the heart of one of the most populous places in Michigan? Corporate greed.

Harvard Law paper: AI data centers are driving up electricity costs for consumers. "The very same utility rate structures that have spread the costs of reliable power delivery for everyone are now forcing the public to pay for infrastructure designed to supply a handful of wealthy corporations."

New: City of Seattle economists are recommending a "baseline," rather than "pessimistic" revenue forecast, which slightly increases the revenues the city will be able to assume in the upcoming budget deliberations (about $6 million a year).