Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

#ProudBlue Chicagoland - if you can spare a few dollars to help National Lawyers Guild, Chicago cover their costs in providing legal help to protesters, please consider doing so. 🙏🏻

“The facts do not justify the President’s actions.” The federal courts continue confirming what we all know: there’s no need to deploy military troops in Illinois.

Trump is spinning further out of control, causing more chaos, and lawlessly consolidating authoritarian power. Courts ruled his CalGuard takeovers and local militarizations are illegal. If Trump lived in reality, he'd see crime dropping in SF. Troops don't belong on American streets.

American Troops Needing Food Banks to Survive Chump's Shutdown, is Not A Good Look for Chump And RepubliKKKans......

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation. youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

Look sharp, North Carolina. You’ve got some protesting to do, some phone calls to make, and some voters to register.

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day – a time to honor the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations and robust urban Native communities that continue to enrich our state’s cultural landscape, economy, and heritage.   It was a beautiful morning to celebrate on the shore of Bde Maka Ska.

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown. “We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

Just look at this shit. No uniform. No ID shown. Just a sloppy-looking dude trying to snatch someone off a train under cover of some mystery authority. I will never, *ever* forgive Trump voters for this. Never.

The Atlantic is the latest news organization that refuses to sign the Pentagon's new press pass policy. Editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg says the new restrictions violate the First Amendment and the rights of Americans to know how the taxpayer-funded military is being deployed.

How two lawsuits could expand Citizens United, eliminate campaign donations restrictions, and turn America into a kleptocracy — and how this nightmare can be stopped.

UPDATE -- students in Georgia who've participated in the Reading Bowl have launched a petition to get answers as to why these 8 books were banned. Please amplify their petition and message, as well as the story here. Petition: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

"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

"If you keep pushing the envelope and keep militarizing the streets, sooner or later, you could have a massacre." Watch the latest George Explains with @gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social now.

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

Just as a reminder: This administration has over 30 people who used to work for a network that had to pay $747 million for lying about the 2020 election.

THIS SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO EVERYONE

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

“I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

you're god damned right

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

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."

Good morning to you all, now it's time for #StunDay This week i'm going with a male Bearded Tit with it's 'Splits Pose' using 2 reeds to balance Ninja Style at RSPB Leighton Moss. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding #birdphotography #BirdLife #BeardedTits #naturetherapy

Why would we want clean energy that would power almost 2M homes when we can continue to drill for dirty oil and coal and line the pockets of big business? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica #TrumpIsACriminal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

"What holds this city together is not a frigid fear. What holds this city together is a million different kindnesses every day. That’s what makes Chicago.”

So to summarize: - There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests. - They restore some people after outrage and work by us. - But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.

Yes. This.

ICE Whistles packed and ready to go. If you want to make your own kits, the Pisen Arts & Community House has PDFs you can download and links to whistles (though often sold out, so get creative) linktr.ee/pilsenartsco...

Peaceful (yet powerful) protest in Westerville, Ohio.💙💪 (posted yesterday)

“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

Unimaginable but he is the guy that could handle it!! LFG New York 🗳️

“No Speaker Johnson, The No Kings rally October 18 is not a hate America rally. It’s a love America rally.” - Sen. Bernie Sanders

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org

Exactly.

This whole series is amazing, but this one hits particularly hard in this moment.

Before you hit the streets- join the know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training on 10/15/25 at 7 PM ET. Together, let’s send a clear message: the people will not be silenced. act.aclu.org/a/no-kings-k...

#nokings #freechicago #westandwithchicago

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)

Where are all the other governors? There is power in numbers and they need to speak up NOW‼️

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.