= "Millions of individuals were denied paychecks or unable to feed their family or denied SNAP benefits to give children, the disabled and the elderly assistance with their food. That's why I came to the conclusion that we had to try..." = www.sj-r.com/story/news/p...

= “Today we’re sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion,” Trump said, alluding to Democrats’ demand that GOP leaders agree to negotiate policy to head off the expiration at year’s end of health care subsidies for millions of Americans. =

House passes bill to reopen govt 222-209

Not an open seat to be had in the dining room of the Illini Country Club as Mr. Herman approaches the lecturn. Sen. Durbin is among the attendees. #twill #ILNews

Aurora just north of Urbana, IL. My phone enhanced the colors a bit, but they were very visible to the naked eye.

Springfield, Illinois, USA

I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal. If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.

The northern lights are visible in Minnesota on Tuesday night. We spotted the aurora borealis from Watertown and St. Paul. Can you see it near you?

#BREAKING: Over a public dissent from Justice Jackson, #SCOTUS *extends* the temporary pause of the district court’s order that had mandated full SNAP payments for November—keeping that ruling (and those payments) on hold through the end of the day this Thursday:

2/ A counterproductive U.S. policy "For years, the UK, which controls a number of territories in the Caribbean where it bases intelligence assets, has helped the US locate vessels suspected of carrying drugs so that the US Coast Guard could interdict them." Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social

Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now

= [Then-Senate President] Pate was convinced that then-Sen. Judy Baar Topinka was my source, but little did he know that one of his favorites was my main backup (that person is still alive, so I won’t mention his name). = @capitolfax.bsky.social >>

“Nothing in the petition before the court justifies creating a patchwork of state laws excluding some families from marriage licenses in the states where they live.” – Kevin Jennings, @lambdalegalceo.bsky.social via @nytimes.com  (article may be behind paywall)

What a horrible way for the Crew to spend their final 60 seconds of life. @chicagotribune.com >> www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/u...

Russian President Vladimir Putin was confronted by an 11-year-old girl at a ceremony in Moscow marking Russia's Unity Day.

= DHS did not immediately respond to comment about the Friday incident. =

The Wall Street Journal has pleaded not guilty to the allegedly unlawful firing of journalist Selina Cheng, who has accused the paper of sacking her for taking up a union role. In full: buff.ly/5a0tl7q

A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬 DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.

‪According to the order, #SCOTUS’s administrative stay will end 48 hours after the First Circuit issues its ruling, “which the First Circuit is expected to issue with dispatch.”‬

= Power is working [at the city water treatment plant], and water service is currently being restored. However, as a precaution, all customers are advised to boil water for drinking, cooking, and food preparation for at least five minutes before use. = @muddyrivernews.bsky.social >>

= "If you have a tax debt, we are going to track you down," Illinois Department of Revenue Director David Harris said. = @cbschicago.bsky.social >> www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

= [Peabody Energy] will relocate next year to an office off Manchester Road in Des Peres, on a campus that also includes financial services firm Edward Jones... = @fox2now.bsky.social >> fox2now.com/news/missour...

@usdagov.bsky.social confirms it has provided this guidance to all states.

= Campylobacter is a bacteria that can cause diarrhea (which can be bloody), fever, and stomach cramps, according to the release. In more severe cases, the infection can lead to irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. = www.sj-r.com/story/news/s...

Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)

= “We have a really rich history here with State Farm, and I wanted to make sure that whatever we did wasn’t going to regulate it in a way that would make it not friendly for State Farm to be viable here in Illinois,” Chung said in an interview on WGLT’s Sound Ideas. = www.wglt.org/local-news/2...

= Tracy thinks the massive immigration bill that passed will be struck down eventually because it usurps the federal supremacy clause...Senate President Don Harmon has told the media he knows it might face a legal challenge, but celebrated its passage... = muddyrivernews.com/politics/sta...

This playlist is a personal attack. a) WIDB was awesome. I wish I had more time there. b) College radio isn't an algorithm. Better radio memories: WDBX >> www.wdbx.org KEXP >> www.kexp.org (I'm partial to Larry Mizzel, Jr.'s show and Pacific Notions on Sunday)

Nope

Emptying the Veto Session and Veto Session recovery camera roll. #Sorry #NotSorry #GratuitousCapitol #ModerateToSeverlyOKNature #Photography(?)

= “Changing local sales tax rates and transferring cash from the state treasury...is more straightforward than introducing new taxes that would have likely been litigated for years and taken significant time to administer,” said Maurice Scholten, president of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois. =

Their city … ?

Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection

Hedges freezes a video frame on what appears to be a group of people holding TV cameras. "When someone films your officers, without more, do your officers use force against them?" Hewson: "No. … They have every right to be there. Freedom of the press."

Bovino: "I believe that all uses of force that I've seen and all arrests that I've seen have been more than exemplary."

= The high court’s justices focused their questions on the legality of the sweeping tariffs, with both conservative and liberal members asking Solicitor General D. John Sauer about the Trump administration’s justification for implementing the levies. = www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/s...

Open enrollment for #ACA marketplace plans has begun, and without congressional action to extend premium tax credit enhancements, millions are facing steep premium increases for 2026.

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

A spectacular sunrise outside our @wgnradio.bsky.social studios this morning. Enjoy your day!

1) “whoa mamdani defeated the centrist dem in NYC while the centrist ladies won in VA and NJ” is the line a certain wildly popular news podcast is taking this AM … and I mean that centrist dem in NYC has been accused of (a) sexual misconduct and also (b) undercounting covid nursing home deaths

U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. … "It has really become a prison."

An Air Canada flight right now

bo bichette went into launch mode omg

Broadview

Once in a while, a friend will send me something that inspires me to write an entire BN Bears post. Today was one of those days. ⤵️