"Concepts of a plan"

The most dishonest White House in U.S. history (by far) wants us to trust them when they say every person in every boat they blew up was a drug runner. There is no logical reason to believe they're telling the truth. The whole operation isn't even about drugs. It's about stealing Venezuela's oil.

"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...

we got about a jar of giardiniera worth of snow in Chicago

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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire? Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

Even those of us in urban America need to pay attention to the monopolies squeezing the small farmers in rural America. As someone in this video explains, " don't pay attention to what they say, pay attention to what they DO." youtu.be/cl02K72QFS0

Something to be grateful for in US government today: "A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond." 🧵 ...

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Witkoff doesn't appear to want Russia to stop fighting. From Anne Appelbaum: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

here's today's post: "things to be thankful for in these dark times" — let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

WTF?

@WaPo falls for the White House disinformation by stating the lies in the headline: White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats

#ResistanceRoots Pauli Murray was born on this day in 1910 in Baltimore, Md. She was a pioneering legal scholar and activist who helped shape the intellectual foundations of the civil rights and women’s rights movements and became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. /1

Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat. It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here: newrepublic.com/article/2034...

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

Good work, Charlotte!

By Jesse Duquette.

The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.

Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

And Chicago will respond by stepping up solidarity and resistance 10 fold in defense of immigrants and democracy.

Girlllllllllluh

Incredible that Republicans refuse to expand the ACA subsidies but always manage to slip in some cushy little benefits for themselves. Millions of $ to Senators (wonder how R-House reps feel about not being included 😏), and refused to add an amendment protecting taxpayers from paying for a ballroom.

Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.

Khanna: I’ll break some news — we’re talking with Massie now about getting another major press conference with the survivors early next week at the Capitol. There’s going to be so much momentum, left and right, to say: out with the Epstein class…

EXCLUSIVE: Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie plan to hold another major press conference with Epstein survivors early next week at the U.S. Capitol

Khanna: And then it’s awfully convenient that those eight senators happen to be the ones who aren’t up in 2026—and they’re all consulting Schumer. People are sick of this. That’s why I called on Schumer to step down.

I’ll drink to that

"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."

#handsoffchicago #no ice #rapidresponse

#Handsoffchicago #noice

Heads up #Chicago!

If you were looking at a newspaper (or its website) this morning and didn't see this iconic photo, it was an intentional choice to pander.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

I made the sandwich guy pun *wrap* up! washingtonian.com/2025/11/07/t...

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (SOUND UP) DAY 7 NOVEMBER 2O25 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES TODAY USDA is finally paying SNAP BENEFITS 🙏 DEMOCRATS put forth a bill to reopen Govt. if GOP signs on to return Healthcare subsidies for one year They refused Blame Democrats for shutdown Listen why DEMS FIGHT ⬇️

The New York Times says federal agents‘ abduction of a toddler “alarmed immigrant rights groups.” How about “alarmed all decent human beings“?

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Join Indivisible Lincoln Square in getting the word out to businesses about ICE in our area. Our next KYR canvass day is Saturday, November 15 at noon. Details in the mobilize👇 www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

Amazing turnout Nov. 5 in Chicago to protest the kidnapping of daycare teacher at Rayito del Sol by ICE fascists. Diana Santillana was forcibly abducted in front of horrified children and parents. Each ICE outrage is met with greater determination and solidarity! @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.

NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Black River — near total destruction.

Anthony Boyd's execution last night was the longest nitrogen suffocation execution in the method’s history, writes journalist Lee Hedgepeth, who witnessed it.

Members of Congress are in Chicago today to conduct oversight of DHS’s unlawful, unconstitutional, unaccountable actions in Chicago. We are demanding accountability. WATCH:

If Chicago , Cook County, or Illinois have any contracts with these companies they need to break them. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/23/c...

Here's a better one. (Handy to have a wife who works at Symphony Center) #chicago #nokings