Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center. "Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"

There's a livestream (of, frankly, incredibly high quality) here, and you can hear Rev. Black reciting scripture in the background at the moment: www.youtube.com/live/Hjd7pLm...

FYI: I'm not on the ground, but given this reporting, if these protesters remain where they are, it appears they may be risking arrest — including Rev. Black.

[second paragraph from the end] oh btw the premise of my article is false

He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree

Scoop: Nancy Mace went Full Karen on airport police in South Carolina during the govt shutdown. No paywall, since this was from a FOIA request. "She repeatedly stated we were ‘Fucking incompetent,’ and ‘this is no way to treat a fucking US Representative." www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

It is too on the nose for the most beloved bodega cat in the Mission to get killed by a Waymo. It’s a heartbreaking and deeply cliché entry in the annals of San Francisco gentrification commentary. Delete it, please, and try again. ✍️ @emmaruthless.bsky.social

One reason it took me so long to write this @coyotemedia.org essay is I kept trying to find a positive, productive note to end on. All I really got is “fund the goddamn bus.” www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...

On Nov. 1, Chris Carlsson will lead a free, two-hour bike tour on San Francisco’s labor history as part of the Wattis Institute’s six-month-long research program “Labor is on our mind.” Details:

If six people nonviolently protesting outside an ICE facility constitutes a criminal conspiracy, all First Amendment-protected activity is at risk... latest, on egregious fed charges facing @katmabu.bsky.social, @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/29/k...

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

consider this part one of what will be an ongoing series making the case for an imperial congress (gift link)

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

“Some of them said they’re scared because they don’t want their own family members to be taken away.”

Video from today's first gas attack. Saturday morning in Chicago.

“Yazzan, my nine-year-old son, asked me if the war had ended,” @mosababutoha.bsky.social writes, about Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement. “He wanted to know if we could party. ‘Yes, Yazzan,’ I told him. ‘They are just finalizing the deal. Let’s wait.’ ”

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay. Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

The White House's East Wing construction rubble was taken to East Potomac Golf Course. It was reported that the rubble will be used to create mounds on the golf course. Read more: bit.ly/4oa2tXA

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

5. In the meantime… I want to stay connected to folks who care about my journalism. Share your email with me at timdickinson.co — I’d be most grateful.

4. That’s the bitter. The sweet? I have an incredible new gig lined up that I’ll be able to talk about soon!

3. It has been a incredible 20-year run, in the company of brilliant colleagues. And I’m so proud of the work.

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands. My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

1. Friends, I have a major career update. And it is bittersweet. My time at Rolling Stone is coming to a close this week.

Layoffs at the WSJ, NBC News, and Penske Media this week. All the while these companies continue to tout 'record' quarters/years. Funny, that. www.thewrap.com/wall-street-...

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.) Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear. But… no “kids”!

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The real #1 reason to read today's @sfchronicle.com exploration of San Francisco's new perimeter trail: The @jachristian.bsky.social photos. No one captures the city's quiet beauty like Jessica. Gift link for everyone who's here for the photography. 🎁 📸 ⬇️ www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for @nymag.com --> nymag.com/intelligence...

Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) has been on this "far right extremists taking over the Young Republicans" beat for quite a while now. The Politico story adds new facts to the story, but it's hardly a new revelation. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Anyone familiar with the political culture of the Trumpian GOP will not be surprised by this reporting on today's Young Republicans, but all decent human beings will be appalled by it.

A conversation with Jack Smith: youtu.be/DR79GW6SvxE?...

The search on Mar-a-Lago happened in August 2022. Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel in November 2022. Time, how does it work

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Today was a launch of the City 2000 at 25 exhibit. See thousands of photos of the entire city captured 25 years ago. Digitized, processed, described, managed, and access provided by the experts and amazing colleagues I work with. scalar-prod.lib.uic.edu/city2000/index

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists. I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

RESULT: New Orleans has a new mayor. Helena Moreno, a Democrat known as a progressive member of the city council, easily won today’s mayoral race and cleared the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. She’ll replace the retiring Democratic Mayor, Cantrell.

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin have arrived at the Broadview ICE facility.

My latest for @rollingstone.com digs into Trump's $30 Billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democratic states and cities with painful cuts to public transit, energy, and fundamental civil rights protections. The pain will reverberate throughout the economy. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, cancelled a female colleague’s hotel reservation on a work trip so he could stay with her, and they ended up sharing a room after she learned she didn't have a hotel room. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...