This has officially become my most read self-produced piece this year. Thank you all.

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker But I am losing faith, rapidly. Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Do you like Zohran's goals of universal childcare + free buses? That means you want New York State to tax the rich. It also means you disagree with Governor Kathy Hochul, who's telling state agencies to reduce services. Hochul is facing a primary next year; let us make #TaxTheRich the main issue.

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

the republican majority leader with a clear vision for the democratic party

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning. A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

I'm not sure if screaming "there's a rally on October 18th" is going to help your cause, Mike

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)

They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who supports and praises Trump’s extrajudicial execution of Venezuelan civilians?

Curious if folks are getting the impression that those around them are unaware antifa is not an org? We know this admin is dead set on pretending it is & many media are uncritically perpetuating that. Feels like we’re watching an elite disinfo campaign move in both a rapid and absurdist fashion.

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

Holy shit, they finally did it (for those who don't know, this has been used as the legal justification for a SHITTON of unrelated stuff since)

Pope Leo is spitting. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW). The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish. Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us

a very under-the-radar thing happening in Mississippi this fall:

May the other states take note.

“We were so far, and we had done so much work, and we were so hopeful, because it looked good,” says a survivor of domestic violence who was convicted of helping kill her abusive husband. “But the climate right now is for punishment.”

Last week, Trump declared “Antifa” a domestic terrorist organization. This is why the far-right in the US & Canada see it as an obstacle that has to be cleared in order to carry out their smash-and-grab of the political establishment. 👇 🧵 www.antihate.ca/trump_lying_...

Between this and Miller’s “plenary authority” word vomit mishap, they’ve really given the game away this week

"What is fascism?"

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I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility. Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying. All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

There are at least three protest actions scheduled today in the Chicagoland area. Two in the Loop, and one in the suburb of Broadview at the ICE detention facility. (Instagram link for BV since I don't have a flyer) Broadview: www.instagram.com/reel/DPhIdFP...

Feds were actively arresting people just a few miles away while he was giving this interview.

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city. They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

I’m. So. Tired. I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

ICE is using your tax dollars to target children. A child in my district was deported days before the start of the school year. We are demanding answers on why K-12 students are being arrested and whether the Department of Education is fulfilling their obligations to students in custody.

BREAKING: Illinois has filed suit to block Trump's deployment of the military to Chicago. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

FDA quietly approved a generic abortion pill ahead of shutdown www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

scroll up — this thread was a BANGER. the judge was NOT happy that the DOJ tried to run around her previous order barring nat’l guard troops in oregon.

The No Kings stuff on the 18th needs to be really big. If it is too cringe for you, do therapy or deep breathing or something and then grow up

we simply do not have a union anymore if the president is using troops from one state to invade others entirely on the basis of political disagreements

This may be a tad Pollyannaish, but I have noticed that the Trump admin is more inclined to violate court orders if they can find a too-cute way to rationalize an improbable loophole. They're less likely to violate one that eliminates loopholes like this second one. Fingers crossed, anyhow.

Judge: Based on the conduct of the defendants and now seeing TX National Guard called up, I am going to grant alternative TRO requested. Let me ask plaintiffs—I'd prefer not to modify original TRO, but I am troubled to hear of CA and TX NG being sent to OR, in apparent violation of my order

DOJ: CA NG is already federalized Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with? DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker Judge: You're a lawyer

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.” www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Connect with your people offline. Take the chats to signal but also take your close relationships offline entirely. We need to be connected when they shut this all down. What’s your organizing plan if things go dark? Where do you meet? Who picks up what work? How do we communicate?