Well that's not how appropriations work at all *WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

Members of Congress say they will reintroduce the Wadee Resolution to protect immigrant and refugee children. It’s named for Wadee Alfayoumi, who was fatally stabbed in October 2023 in suburban Plainfield in an anti-Muslim hate crime. trib.al/HGSe7iL

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE. This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never. May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

Godspeed

“We’re having to kind of prepare for the fact that there’s just not going to be enough food, and having to be clear with setting the expectation that we’re doing everything we possibly can,” projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

"Uihlein hasn’t contributed to Bailey’s campaign or any other candidate in the race." www.dailyherald.com/20251004/ill...

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames time.com/7323442/sout...

Texas proudly invading Illinois. It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

“What’s happening is anathema to everything we’ve ever stood for in the Department of Justice" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Gov. Pritzker on news that Trump is sending Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other places: “We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion.“

He beat Messi and CR7 to 300 goals. As much as I really really really hate to say it, he might be the best ever.

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

BREAKING: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says President Donald Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other states. @wttw.bsky.social

“The budget shows the misplaced priorities of this administration, where they are cutting health care and cutting vital programs for people across the country, and putting all of this money into a domestic terrible force,” - Brandon Lee of @icirr.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

In light of Judge Immergut's ruling, there's a lot of noise today coming from the President's advisers and supporters about courts not having the power to provide prospective relief against domestic uses of the military. Via "One First," me on the rather significant early precedent to the contrary:

Tweet less; research more.

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

“They have the right, right to say, ‘Y’all gotta leave, arrest them.’ But they didn’t. They chose instead to be violent and, like, push us and throw us to the ground and drag us.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"The American Federation of Government Employees... accused the administration of going to "unprecedented lengths" to use government infrastructure to 'shift the public debate in its favor.'" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

“To put it bluntly, it was a nauseating display. … You lied, sir. You lied. You did not have to.” capitolnewsillinois.com/news/7th-cir...

“'We believe this destroys the credibility the public has placed in us as reporters and editors,' the journalists wrote." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

Back in Chicago. The last time I remember seeing this many helicopters flying overhead I was in Kabul

“You only have one residence for voting, and you can’t choose where you vote based on convenience or politics,” slate.com/news-and-pol...

"Broadview officials have repeatedly called on ICE to 'stop making war' in the west suburban village after agents have deployed pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters at the facility." news.wttw.com/2025/10/03/l...

An FBI agent was reportedly fired for refusing to arrange a “perp walk” of the bureau’s former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras

The Supreme Court’s majority has — in a total of five paragraphs over two orders — allowed Noem’s effort to end TPS for Venezuelans to proceed in opposition to seven rulings from seven judges, amounting to 227 pages of opinions. No, numbers and pages aren’t ultimately what matters. But ...

Another blatant abuse of the “shadow docket” open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...

BREAKING: A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that blocks President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. The president can't rewrite the 14th Amendment with the stroke of a pen.

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was handcuffed and briefly detained by federal agents inside a hospital on Friday while asking about a patient's ICE arrest warrant. Fuentes said “We have constitutional rights,” as the agent repeatedly states “No.” https://to.wttw.com/3Kvoilz

President Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.

BREAKING: Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin will pay a $30K fine to resolve charges brought by the Board of Ethics alleging she violated the city’s government ethics ordinance by firing whistleblowers and improperly using city resources, records show. @wttw.bsky.social

"In all, 208 infants in Cook County died suddenly and unexpectedly while sleeping between 2019 and 2023, with 99% of those deaths occurring in sleeping situations that are considered unsafe for babies" We can solve this problem if we choose to. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/01/s...

"The approved proposal will 'position trained and certified community justice workers' in legal aid and other non-profit organizations to offer assistance under the supervision of an Illinois-licensed attorney." www.lincolncourier.com/story/news/s...

sure. why not. www.404media.co/earth-is-get...

"Friday is expected to hit 84 degrees and be sunny, according to the National Weather Service, while AccuWeather is predicting a high of 89 degrees. That’s significantly warmer than the high 60s that are average for Chicago at this time of year" blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/c...

yikes www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-r...

"The Department of Energy said this week it is canceling another tranche of funding, this time a total of 321 awards worth up to $7.5 billion... every single canceled award was for a project in a Democrat-led state." www.latitudemedia.com/news/scoop-t...

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

Federal law doesn't recognize the concept of a "domestic terrorist organization." That hasn't stopped President Trump from trying to use the concept to authorize investigations of (and necessarily suppress) lots of constitutionally protected speech, protest, and advocacy. Me in today's "One First":

Seen in Albany Park this morning.

Chicago has journalists. We and others have been documenting ICE attacks on our communities for months. If you're going to parachute in, the least you could do is acknowledge the work already being done here, and demonstrate care for the community being terrorized.

"Forty-three percent of Americans think the current Supreme Court is too conservative." news.gallup.com/poll/695759/...

"[J]ust 47% say the Trump administration has had a positive impact on the economy this year." www.axios.com/2025/10/02/g...

"The Trump administration is trying to scare, intimidate, cajole, and harass a wide array of non-governmental (and non-profit) organizations into self-censoring—lest they risk triggering the investigations and potential prosecutions the memorandum threatens." www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-180-...

"Illinois is no longer one of the worst states in America when it comes to funding K-12 schools, an improvement that may have helped it weather some of the COVID pandemic’s disruption to student learning" www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

"A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work," www.propublica.org/article/tom-...