We all owe Judge Wolf a major debt of gratitude for his willingness to resign his lifetime tenure as a federal judge in order to stand up for the Rule of Law with his full voice. Judge Wolf was appointed by President Reagan. #RuleofLaw #CourageIsContagious www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I asked Georgetown law prof David Super wtf is going on with this latest demand for states to claw back benefits already sent out. He says the law doesn't allow for this, and if the USDA is mad that states already sent out SNAP money, too bad—they were following USDA's own guidance. Full comments:

Yesterday at the farmer’s market I saw a vendor quietly give food to someone whose EBT (SNAP) card didn’t have enough money on it. People helping people because the president and his administration refuse to. Even when court-ordered.

“Liberty once lost is lost forever.” - John Adams www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/is-the-aut...

In the category of "things that will not age well" when this cruelty chapter comes to a close. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

How To Find Food — Or Help Neighbors In Need — While SNAP Is Paused blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/h...

An idea: what if Members of Congress who are being paid taxpayer dollars *not to show up to work* were to give their pay -- or a chunk of it -- to food banks to help feed people being denied federal benefits during their shutdown? Could be a nice non-partisan way for Members to come together.

Asking the Supreme Court for permission not to give people the chance to eat. As Thanksgiving approaches.

Chicago business, civic and faith leaders join together to call for end to immigration raids abc7chicago.com/post/united-...

"The use of force shocks the conscience." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

💯. And on top of that, courts saying it needs to get done. People should not be going hungry *as a choice* in America. Food benefits should run out just in time for Thanksgiving?

"There is yet life kicking in this broken democracy." - Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Leo underlined that scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: “How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening.” #Pinks apnews.com/article/vati...

Elections (still) matter. We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026. SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.

Happy Election Day, America!

Setti Warren, the director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics and former mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, has died. He was 55. Warren’s death was announced on Sunday by Harvard. He was also an adjunct lecturer in public policy at the university's Kennedy School.

The closer the source, the stronger the trust. 70 percent of Americans say they trust local news compared to just 56 percent for national news. via @pewresearch.org Learn more: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

The cruelty is astonishing. Setting aside everything else, I refuse to believe straight up cruelty to other humans is good politics in the long run.

Thank you to @economist.com for the chance to write this week about philanthropic freedoms -- the freedom of expression, the freedom to give, the freedom to invest. These rights are enshrined in the First Amendment. They have been bedrock for more than 2 centuries. And they are now under attack.

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

#BREAKING: In the Illinois National Guard case, #SCOTUS is asking for additional briefing on one of the key substantive questions (and one flagged by my Georgetown colleague @martylederman.bsky.social in an amicus brief): Among other things, this means no ruling until *at least* the week of 11/17.

“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing Tuesday morning. “They just don’t.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/28/j...

The paperback edition of #OnFreedom is out today. It preserves a positive argument about how to build a better country and has been updated to account for what has happened in 2025. timothysnyder.org/on-freedom

“Why do I have to explain to my 4-year-old why he can’t play baseball in the backyard?" blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/28/a...

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

"American citizens are living in fear of a government that is sworn to protect their liberties and keep them safe. They have reason to fear." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...

"It is, quaintly and truly, the people's house, paid for by taxpayers and enduring over centuries."

An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

Praying for the Jamaican people tonight. www.nbcnews.com/weather/stor...

Misty Copeland took her final bow as an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer on Wednesday, a role she's had for the past 10 years.

NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants. "What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

I talked with Sébastien Philippe (@sebphilippe.bsky.social) about winning the MacArthur 'genius' grant, nuclear war, and academic freedom for @thebulletin.org. #MacFellow #NuclearPolicy #ArmsControl #nukesky @uwmadison.bsky.social @princeton.edu @palfrey.org

Oh wow

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23

There is a lot of Chicago Pride right now despite the onslaught. People are standing up, speaking out, coming together.

I have the idea that some news outlets that have underplayed what may prove to be the largest peaceful protests in American history -- or surely among the very largest in any event -- may come to rue their editorial decision making in the last few days. Will see.

Photos: 'No Kings' protest in downtown Chicago www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/18/p...

I am marveling that in my paid-up news apps, ranging from the Chicago Sun-Times to the Wall Street Journal, the peaceful demonstrations across America are the lead story--whereas in my New York Times app, the same story is running 5th today and has not risen higher at any point in the day.

We in philanthropy have also found that the only way forward is together. #FreedomtoGive #FreedomtoInvest #CourageIsContagious #UniteInAdvance

In the "creative response" category. youtu.be/uysaLibdBeQ?...

A growing number of people and institutions standing up, speaking out. Not a moment too soon. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

"Only 24% of Americans — including 47% of Republicans and 4% of Democrats — say Trump would be justified in directing the Justice Department to go after his political enemies" today.yougov.com/politics/art...

Tulsa’s local news ecosystem recently lost 7 reporters, but it’s more than jobs. Local news is a bridge, turning neighbors into a community. Without those who produce local news, community identity fades. But, we can still turn this around. Learn more: thepickup.com/tulsa-doesnt...

"In unison." Amen. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

Humans created AI, and we can still shape its future. That is why @macfound joined a broad coalition of our peers to launch Humanity AI, a new initiative to keep people at the center of our AI future. Learn more: humanityai.ai

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

Instead of manipulating his way to popular support, Trump could be pivoting to consolidating power by force alone. In this week’s IfYouCanKeep.It briefing, we dive into our 3 theories for the administration’s endgame. https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/whats-the-endgame-here