They prefer Authoritarianism in all things because it absolves them of accountability. They fundamentally cannot process that people who choose differently from them can be happy because no authority told them how.

If the Trump admin's goal is to foment a Chicago nationalist movement that prioritizes Chicagoan identity above and increasingly at odds with American identity, they're succeedding.

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But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout

ICYMI: Congressman Green Shares Resources for Federal Workers Affected by the 2025 Shutdown

Please stop calling it the Epstein Ballroom. That's disrespectful to the donors. Let's say, "Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Meta Platforms, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, T-Mobile, Google, Blackstone, YouTube, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin are proud to present the Epstein Ballroom."

The Civil Servants Coalition, which authored the letter asking Congress to support a shutdown if the legislation to end it did not include reigning in the illegal actions of the administration, has put together this Google doc of resources. Please share it widely so Feds can hold the line longer!!✊✊

Holy SHIT!!!

“The Illinois Attorney General’s Office, which oversees compliance and enforcement of the state’s sanctuary laws, did not provide comment.”

Your first instinct will be to ask, “what did he do?” People with the privilege to have believed LE only ever goes after people who must have done something need to get over that real quick.

“A friend's son, a US citizen, has been abducted by ICE in Chicago. No charges, no due process, no explanation, no idea where he is now.” Original source r/ICE_Raids:

Most objective observers would probably agree that if Joe Biden had repeatedly said “I don’t know” in response to simple questions about his own administration, it would have been front-page news — and the Democrat’s responses would have played on a loop for hours on end in conservative media.

Days since ICE/CBP violated the TRO: 0

"The Antideficiency Act is explicit that private donations cannot be used to offset a lapse in appropriations," said Bill Hoagland, a former Senate GOP budget aide who is currently a senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center." www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

New: District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago has issued an order this afternoon, commanding Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino to appear in federal court on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Bovino was videotaped throwing tear gas into a crowd in Chicago's Little Village community this past Thursday.

Like I said, Trump literally believes any money received or spent by the U.S. belongs to him, personally bsky.app/profile/atru...

The couple suing "are just people, U.S. citizens, that don’t like their house being torn down without going through proper procedures." Right on, Virginia couple. Thank you for defending our house.

New: "Trump Crypto Partner Suspends CEO With No Explanation After Stock Falls 74%" me, for @forbes.com 1/

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt

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It's clear from today's AP photos that Trump has entirely demolished the East Colonnade—added to the White House by Thomas Jefferson in 1805—and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. The East Colonnade didn't occupy the footprint of the Trump "ballroom"—its demolition was completely unnecessary.

Carney: "We can't control the trade policy of the US. We recognize it has fundamentally changed from the policy in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, & it's a situation where US has tariffs against every trading partner... what we we can control is developing new partnerships, including w/econ giants of Asia"

FFS!!!! Chemtrails aren't real, what a colossal waste of resources when we have other real public health threats to address.

Loyal readers may remember that last month, President Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the NYT so magnificently florid and prolix, and so lacking in actual claims, that a judge told the lawyers to go home and do it again but this time, you know, according to the law n’ stuff. They have!

Good morning and happy Friday!!! Two announcements: The Capital Area Food bank has increased food distributions for DC area furloughed federal workers. Use the link below to find locations. www.capitalareafoodbank.org/dmv-help/ Secondly, we surpassed our fundraising goal without 24 hours

The piece itself tries hard not to comment on current events, but listening to 99% Invisible breakdowns of The Power Broker is so eye opening to what is happening. It is a must listen. Somewhere in this regime is the Robert Moses. They need to be unmasked. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

For anyone who has read or listened to material about The Power Broker, this deal with the East Wing is some straight up Robert Moses bullshit. Right out of his playbook to just start demo. The court cases and public blowback won’t matter if it’s already done. @99pi.org

It has been for quite some time; always thought this was a really good thread (link in alt text)

And wait... how much money did Trump just promise Argentina? How much is Trump spending on his new ballroom? 🙄😡 @firedbutfighting.bsky.social

A very incomplete list of things we wouldn't have done if we waited for the normies to care: - abolish slavery - child labor laws - votes for women - social security - fdic - welfare - medicare - medicaid - desegregation - women's sports

No one wants them here 😐

“.. Villagers said the corpse had burn marks on its face and was missing limbs, as if it had been mangled by an explosion. .. Who were they? Did a U.S. strike kill them? Will more bodies appear on Trinidad’s beaches?” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...

Ummm…

NDAs ???? Man wrap this up www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

President Trump is plowing ahead with plans to build a grand ballroom where the East Wing of the White House currently stands. The plans have not gone through the committee tasked with overseeing such projects.

Chicago is not having it. A clash between locals and federal agents occurred at the intersection of the 26th and Sacramento.

“Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order earlier this month prohibiting federal immigration agents from using city property to stage for raids. But residents in Little Village spotted agents staging in city Water Department parking lot at 3148 S. Sacramento Avenue around 3 p.m. Sunday”

and again targeting rideshare drivers at o’hare. this is the third time since saturday the feds have harassed/abducted uber and lyft drivers in their cars at the airport’s rideshare waiting lot.

Historic preservation be damned— Trump wants a new ballroom (note: Hitler did too). But it’s privately funded! Is that extortion? Pay to play? Why don’t those same corporations help support federal workers who aren’t getting paid? Even better, why not just have them pay a fair share of taxes?

Past week: @wsj.com $TAP $RIVN $TGT

I called on @nationalgrid.bsky.social & @eversource.bsky.social to keep electricity & heat on for federal workers & contractors while they miss paychecks during the GOP shutdown.   Nat. Grid responded with a payment plan opportunity—call 1-800-322-3223 for more.   I'll keep fighting to support you.

Speaker Johnson: What are you hiding? You’re more interested in covering up what happened at the Epstein Mansion than protecting Americans’ health care.

> @dkthomp.bsky.social

THIS!👇🏻‼️

Outside the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this afternoon, fed caravans are coming and going to drop off captives. ICE and CBP are kidnapping people all over the city and suburbs today—our new "normal." As usual, we've seen several vehicles with no license plates enter.

“They believe that on some level, everyone wants hierarchy — that what we really want is a hierarchy with them at the bottom and everyone else above them. This literally is their beef with intersectionality.”

see this brilliant post from @robynelyse.bsky.social from @wonkette.bsky.social today