ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers. The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

Politicians who accuse their critics of Hating America…hate America.

Don’t forget.

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

Time to step down

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents? MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

@npr.org had already refused

This is the way.

If Congress doesn't act, costs will rise on premiums for health care plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Here's what to know about the politics and real-world impact of this issue.

SO, you aren't noticing that the Speaker calls No Kings a "hate rally" And that administration officials are turning out to say something similar? And, that highly regarded Conservative legal scholars are also questioning what the SCourt is doing... using academic language?

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor. “He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said. Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Congrats to Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern in IL, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A notice from @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social. Will run in newspapers across the nation.

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

Speaker Johnson: We have free speech in this country. Maligning protesters is very un-American

After Gov. Greg Abbott sent hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois and Oregon, a new “Governor Abbott Boycott” has taken off online—naming companies like Tesla, Southwest Airlines, and Exxon Mobil. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Trump gets some help closing his umbrella while boarding Air Force One

"I can't remember the quotation exactly, but it's like 'when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and wearing the cross.' Mike Johnson's the real embodiment of that." - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Trump’s takeover of America." www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

Conservative scholar: "warned against...legalizing the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/originalism-trump-supreme-court-unitary-executive.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE8.jO-O.wjNITYmQ1q4F&smid=bs-share

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has indicated that he wants to do something about [ACA subsidies], and he wants the government open. Well, we want this fixed and we want the government open. So why is there a problem here?"

The so-called peace President has doubled the government expenditure for pepperballs and non-lethal rounds to be used against Americans exercising their First Amendment Rights. #NoKings

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought. "By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

Trump’s National Guard deployments are “un-American, unconstitutional actions,” warns @agdanrayfield.bsky.social. “It’s a very dangerous time here in America.” #Velshi

True bravery!

“Border Patrol agents, along with other federal agents, conducted a military-style immigration raid of an apartment complex in Chicago. Video showed agents indiscriminately bursting through doors. ‘All the evidence suggests egregious violations of rights…’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

just saying any crazy thing now...

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen? VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer B: But this was a WH decision

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

@govpritzker.illinois.gov @ramirez.house.gov @npr.org @nytimes.com @steveinskeep.bsky.social @cnn.com

Video shows feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park this afternoon as they reportedly detain one person.

Northside ICRR update. 11:23am

A SECOND COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS "NO DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD"! Last evening the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, upheld the part of Judge Perry’s TRO barring Trump from deploying the National Guard in Chicago. Thx Anne P Mitchell Esq.

Just saw an announcement from a kids soccer group that ICE agents have been spotted in the area, so it’s OK to skip today’s games if people are scared. The MAGA assault on our community is intolerable and has nothing to do with making people’s lives better.

Mali has announced that US nationals visiting the West African country will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens. www.bbc.com/news/article...

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

Jim Jordan after he's played clips from videos of ICE brutalizing people, including American citizens: "I don't know the specifics of those examples you gave. What I do know is these ICE agents are under tremendous pressure ... I think they're doing a good job."

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

Saturday, October 18. Everywhere. Find your local event at nokings.org. #NoKings

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin. When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon! I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

“This is setting us up for the Insurrection Act,” Dr. Jason Stanley warns of Trump's authoritarian tactics in cities across America. “I think we are facing the moment in which a coup is happening. This is the moment.” What’s needed now, he adds, is full-scale nonviolent resistance. #Velshi

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal. Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000 Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings