Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

This shutdown happened by design.

We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away. We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”

TW for some scary transphobia, but yet again have to share Erin’s reporting because it’s absolutely crucial.

FWIW, when I left the Post, Karen checked in on me. She's been a consistent friend of mine and I miss working with her. She risked her life and career to stand up after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun. Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found. WSJ owes a full retraction and apology. Subscribe to support our journalism.

The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.

NEW: @nytimes.com: a senior official said the report from ATF saying the rifle that killed Charlie Kirk "expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" had not been verified by ATF, did not match other summaries, and might turn out to have been misread www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Guy at my rally: “comparing DT to a king makes me feel bad for KINGS. At least kings can project some ✨MAJESTY✨ - has anyone ever seen majesty out of this guy?” 😂 #NOKINGS

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

Biggest protection racket ever

There was a time when this would be considered false advertising.

It's funny because it's true

TLDR: Temple Grandin has no comment on politics, but lumps autistics into either ‘just nerdy geeky kids’ or “regressives”.

The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.

If anyone can share the the post below, comment, or even like it, that would be great. I’m getting no traction with this and my brother really needs money to save his cat. So far he just has my donation. ☹️

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In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of ice cream, puppies and happiness. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.

This.

Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"

The VP of El Salvador repeatedly told me "the ball is in your court" when it comes to bringing Abrego Garcia home — making clear Trump is violating a 9-0 SCOTUS ruling to “facilitate” his return. I said this in my recent letter to Trump, and here's the video to back it up:

No, you’re not crazy. They are deporting brown people and importing white people.

I think autistic people are often mistaken for being argumentative or needing to be right when, in reality, it's more about FEELING right and needing the other person to understand WHY.

I will literally rephrase my point a thousand ways until I feel like you understand where I'm coming from. I'm not being argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. I'm desperately trying to get on the same page as you, but my brain literally won't let me drop it until I feel understood.

Just hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement

AOC says "The math is not adding up." "Why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their health care?" Reminder, that 13.7 is not just Medicaid, it's also including temporary subsidies for Obamacare. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

I can’t stop thinking about that commercial where a guy uses AI to design a sneaker before having it write a bedtime story for his kids. Is he okay? Because who passes off the coolest parts of life to a computer? And how did he get a job designing sneakers to begin with?

A reminder that a 30 percent tariff on China is still higher than the tariff before Liberation Day

It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit.

“The men were not allowed into offices and left soon after, the employee said, adding that the Library of Congress is a legislative branch agency, and has not yet received direction from Congress on how to move forward.” What a scary time to be a public servant who bravely follows the rule of law.

Excellent NYT graphic. In the space of about 3 months, tariffs on China: -- doubled; -- went up ≈ 2.5X from there; -- roughly doubled again; -- went up ≈ 40% from there; -- and now have dropped ≈ 80% from the peak -- but are still 3X what they were in February. www.nytimes.com/article/trum...

Art of the Deal!!

This is one of the most brazen powergrabs in the last 100 days, and that’s saying something. Kudos to the reporters for saying the administration ‘attempted to fire’ Dr. Hayden, since they have no authority to do so.

“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy, where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.” - Dr. Carla Hayden We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚 🧵 1/2

Dr. Carla Hayden is a trailblazer who spent her tenure working to make the Library of Congress accessible to all Americans. It’s no surprise this callous President fired our nation’s librarian. Another attempt to shut our country out from history, progress, and learning.

We are not under invasion. There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights. Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.

The firing of Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress is a blatant act of political retribution, aimed at transforming one of our most respected institutions into a propaganda machine.   This heavy-handed political interference sends a chilling message: bend to the President’s will, or be removed.

Sense can be made of it: a small man threatened by a giant of a woman. But how dreadful! Dr. Carla Hayden is simply Champion–of literacy, freedom to read, of diversity equity & inclusion. The loss of her leadership in the LoC is immense. Dr. Hayden, may you land where your light continues to shine.

Bet your bottom dollar that the Librarian of Congress replacing Dr. Carla Hayden will be one of those book-banning ‘moms for liberty’.

Are we all doing the thing where we all stand in complete and utter support of Carla Hayden (newly sacked by 47)? Damn right we are.

Our backslide into autocracy has become a full-blown tumble.

It’s the Library of Congress, not the Library of President. Does Trump even have the authority to fire Dr. Carla Hayden?

Even Fox News knows why the Librarian of Congress was fired: “Hayden’s firing comes as the Trump administration has been purging officials seen as not aligning with the president’s agenda – from the Justice Department to the Pentagon and beyond.” www.foxnews.com/politics/dem...

To be clear: THIS is government censorship. THIS is what freedom of speech is supposed to protect us from. If you’re only in favor of free speech for people who shout the n-word and do nazi salutes, you don’t love free speech, you just love racism.