According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

New WaPo poll:   47% of respondents blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the government shutdown. Just 30% blame Democrats.

For kicks, handheld timelapse of tonight’s ISS pass

Vance is a disgraceful excuse for a human being.

Breaking News: A federal judge disqualified Nevada’s top federal prosecutor from handling cases, saying she was “not validly serving as acting U.S. attorney.”

EXCLUSIVE: Vulnerable Republican Rob Wittman was caught fundraising at an expensive D.C. restaurant instead of doing his job to stop a government shutdown. He also claimed Republicans were working today, but they weren’t on the floor.

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Jaw-dropping illegal activity by HUD, violating Hatch Act and First Amendment: using federal taxpayer funded website for ideological purposes. This is not okay, and not of small significance. #txlege

Today’s dangerous speech showed it. SignalGate showed it. Nearly every action he’s taken in this office has shown it. Pete Hegseth is wildly unqualified and should resign.

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

northern lights are out in sitka 🤩

Omg look at this GORGEOUS aurora in Posio, Finland happening right now! Beautiful green and red curtains are filling the sky. Europe is getting absolutely bathed in aurora tonight. Amazing stuff!

A disgrace. Border Patrol “commander” on who gets detained in Chicago. “‘Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?’ he said to the reporter, a middle-aged man of Anglo descent.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

An almost cloudless Colpoy's Bay, Ontario at dawn for #BlueSkyMonday #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin

Stowe Vermont

For #Stunday. It wasn't still when I made this image. The water was full of riffles across the entire frame. But if you sit there long enough and stare, they all even out. Ok, not really, but my camera did that, however. #Longexposure #photography #EastCoastKin #infrared #bnw #blackandwhite

Couldn't get enough of the fall colors last weekend, so came back for more. Definitely at peak this weekend

Maybe guns should be harder to get, and mental health treatment should be easier to get, in today's America. Kind of the opposite of what the Trump administration and the Republican Party want.

Still one of my best images #stunday #atmosphere #eastcoastkin #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #light

Scotland for #stunday! #eastcoastkin #autumn #landscape #color

Moonset at dawn over Golden, BC; a Stunday special mono edition, from my lens to your eyes ᨒ #Stunday #photography #landscape #art #nature #classicmono #mono #monochrome #bw #bnw #blackandwhite #photo #moon #mountains #minimal #minimalism #minimalart #minimalist #PhotoOfTheDay #FineArt #photohour

M17 Omega is like the TEMU version of M42 Orion. It kind of has the same shape and colours but looks like it's been hitting the crystal pipe and has fallen on hard times. Apertura 75Q (Native) QHY Minicam8 + OAG SkyWatcher 100i 35 x 2m R 11 x 2m G (oops) 35 x 2m B Total: 2.7hrs

10% talent/tylenol, 10% effort, 40% equipment and 40% weather/conditions! NGC 6729 - Old Mate Yoda Apertura 75Q (Reduced F4) QHY Minicam 8 + OAG SkyWatcher 100i mount 63 x 2m Red 70 x 2m Green (oops) 65 x 2m Blue Total : 6.6hours #astrophotography #qhyccd #skywatcher

Got my performance review.

Popcorn skies over un-popped-corn fields. #photography

#BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #Photography #GSMNP #Nature #NationalParks #Smokies

Ready for fall #photography #fall

BREAKING NEWS: Nobel Prize committee announces that DonalTrump has been permanently disqualified from all future awards due to his renaming US Defense Dept "Department of War."

Twice a year, the pelicans pass through our area of Missouri — and yesterday I chased them at Stockton Lake which is just north of Springfield, MO. They were pretty far away but still took some clicks 🪶📷 #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueSkyPhotographers #Birds #Waterfowl #NatureLovers

Can you imagine how pissed these experienced, veteran generals are going to be when an incompetent cosplaying drunk who thinks Call of Duty is real life gives them a lecture on being a warrior? I bet the ones who flew in from 7 time zones away are going to love that. What a country!

For my fellow Virginians, I was able to get my 12 year old a COVID vaccine without a prescription at CVS.

This is a classic example of a faculty meeting that could have been an email…or Signal chat.

It's time for your Friday reality check! Trump is so weak and insecure, he had a childish tantrum about an escalator. He is in such severe cognitive decline, he can't pronounce "acetaminophen" or walk in a straight line. He's a rapist, a felon, and a national disgrace. Don't surrender in advance.

Whooooos up for some #featherfriday #birding #birdphotography #eastcoastkin

Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.

An American Barn Owl hunting over a field #birds #owls

Any Boston birders in my feed? #boston #birdphotography #birding #newenglandbirders #bird🪶 I am going to be there a couple months. I would love to find some people to hang with.

Senate Judiciary's Dick Durbin: "The Department of Justice has become a political tool of a vengeful President. President Trump wears his corruption like a badge of honor and defies anyone daring to challenge him."   "Is there one Republican left in Washington who gives a damn?"

The ocean pulls us in with calm streaks of white while the horizon bursts with light. Which mood do you prefer, the cool calm of water or the fiery glow of sky? #nature #landscapephotography

Trump and his allies are calling for retribution after he was forced to walk up an escalator at the United Nations. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Two point on Tuesday's Quantico conclave of the generals: 1. Surely Trump will be featured. Hegseth will be the undercard. 2. The point will be to showcase Trump's power. It won't be to convince the generals of anything. The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public.

It’s my birthday today. Please kindly send Tylenol and donate to Antifa. That is all.

Donald Trump is openly and nakedly trying to weaponize our justice system. In the end, that's going to make us all less safe.