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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Primary every last member of leadership.

This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

The level of normie involvement and investment in Chicago in what is essential a city-wide* decentralized grassroots mutual aid program of resistance to ICE/CBP — it is truly a remarkable inspiration in these otherwise awful times.

Texas is suing a school district for obeying the Constitution and not posting the Ten Commandments. Attorney General Ken Paxton wants schools to choose between breaking state law or the First Amendment. It's the Texas version of Christian Nationalism. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-sues...

OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.

I insist that you read it. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

This sure looks like purges as part of a larger effort to politicize the military. Hard to overstate the seriousness. A professional, non-politicized, civilian-controlled military is one of those historically amazing things 2020s Americans take for granted. The alternative is considerably worse.

“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”

There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago. Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months. Disabled lives matter too!

Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By Andrew Carter @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...

Chad’s wife is a federal judge who was appointed by Trump and confirmed despite a Not Qualified rating from the ABA. She issued a nationwide block on Biden’s public transit mask mandate and also struck down a ban on guns in post offices. No complaints about activist judges from Chad then?

In case you haven’t heard: Legit food banks in your local area get the most food for your donated dollar. You can buy one can of beans or one bag of pasta with $1. They can buy double, triple, quadruple that for the same $1. So look into food banks, and consider setting up a monthly donation.

Reminder that Republicans don't really believe in religious liberty. Religion is a tool for enhancing their political power, and any expression of faith to the contrary must be suppressed.

morning thought: one of capitalism's *greatest* claims can now be that the world's first trillionaire has already murdered an estimated 600,000 people and toll is excellerating. such a direct ratio of profit & debit is rarely calculated. & such superlatives in self-enrichment & mass murder!

Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

And that's a permanent injunction from U.S. District Court Judge Immergut preventing the National Guard from being deployed in Portland. The judge says the president exceeded his authority. The opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.

BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.

THIS IS VERY BAD.

Other national sandwich chains, you know what to do if you want to up your brand recognition: Make some well sauced, highly throwable limited edition menu items and release them in ICE-occupied cities. It's legal now.

Guys, Trump did it. All of it. You know because if you were being accused of raping underage girls, you would move heaven and earth to release every last shred of evidence to prove you weren’t. You wouldn’t care about optics or who else it hurt. Meanwhile Trump is actively covering up these files.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying with a federal court order issued Thursday, reports @fischler.bsky.social.

ICYMI: Via @henry-redman.bsky.social, Immigrant advocates, ACLU criticize Marathon County ICE cooperation

People should do check in's with themselves about what things they are not saying or doing because they are afraid of conservative backlash, including threats and bombardment You need to pay attention to how you are being worked on and how fear is being used to govern you

Breaking News: Moe's Tavern reached an agreement with the Fat Tony that would protect Moe from getting his legs broken. Moe's expected to pay a $5,000 fine to Fat Tony and to buy $5,000 of beer from Fat Tony's cousin.

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

The 21st century’s very own blacklisting.

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They just love corruption and fraud so much when it comes from right-wing psychos.

The Trump admin is making the planes run on time in the same way that Mussolini made the trains run on time—by not actually doing it, but by pressuring everyone to just say that’s what’s happening.

Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries. No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

Our attorney @kevinok.bsky.social is spot on: “ICE will find hiding from FOIA harder than simply pulling on their balaclavas, which tend to be frowned on in court.” Read more about our latest FOIA lawsuit, in which we are represented by Free Information Group, here:

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

This year it looks like the Badgers are going to go 2-10, which is a record I think Gov. Evers could match or beat while still doing his regular job.

Abolish Border Patrol.

This would be a winning platform.

Truly the trashiest taste on this planet.

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

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