It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

Yes Fox News is bad, but Americans are also uninformed due to paywalls. When you search "news" and click through to an article, more than likely you hit a paywall. Folks can't subscribe to several newspapers! CNN is now pushing subscriptions. Exceptions: websites for local TV news, NPR, Wikipedia.

“The rapid, largely unregulated rise of datacenters to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans’ economic, environmental, climate and water security." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good piece doesn't discuss policy solutions but well-written. "1980s, the median age of someone buying their first home was about 29. Today the median first-time buyer is 40 – and can expect their first home to cost twice as much money, adjusted for inflation..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

How dare Israel ban bulldozers to find children's bodies under rubble. IMMORAL "More than 10,000 Palestinians are estimated to be buried under the rubble across Gaza and the task of retrieving and identifying them is almost insurmountable. Israel has not allowed the necessary equipment into Gaza"

Apparently a water main break has flooded Woodley Park metro station. Red line bypassing. www.instagram.com/reel/DR264VD...

Gaza: Israeli strike kills five, including two children, says civil defence agency

The Trump admin & Big Tech are trying to get rid of state-level AI laws. This could lead to a massive rollback of bipartisan efforts that protect people from some of the most obvious harms of AI. State lawmakers across the country are fighting to stop federal preemption.

WINTRY mix update: Temperatures are running a degree or two colder than expected this evening, which may allow for the wintry mix to extend a little farther south and east than previously forecast as it arrives between 5 and 7 a.m. Tuesday. More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

At @prospect.org we wanted to do something different about affordability. Instead of why this good or that service is unaffordable, we wanted to understand the drivers of the cost of living: physically, technologically, even culturally. So we did a whole issue about it.

People can change this, but It takes political will. ⬇️ We need more Congress members like Sean Casten, We need fairer lobbying / campaign finance laws that stop polluting industries from lining their pockets while workers lose out — and our air and water are polluted. #cleanenergy #coal

1. More recess. US students get hardly any outdoor recess now. (We had 2-3 recesses per day) 2. Less homework. Dutch kids do fine without homework until they're older 3. More nutritious food, longer lunch times 4. Less screens in classroom 5. Stop with amplified music in PE class, overstimulating

Incessant helicopters today in Woodley Park/Naval Observatory area in NW DC

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them. NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.

What happens when you don’t have Cassidy Hutchinson running your Leg Affairs

Metro elevator stuck at Woodley Park Metro in DC. First responders working to fix @2:30 pm Nov 24

Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced. Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.

Whatever it may bring I will live by my own policies I will sleep with a clear conscience I will sleep in peace -- Sinéad O'Connor

“For this modern elite, seeming smart is what inheriting land used to be: a guarantor of opened doors.” -Anand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

It’s been over 9 months since 16-year-old American citizen Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim was taken from his bed and detained in an Israeli prison with a record of human rights abuses. His family has not heard from him. The United States must secure his release immediately. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Thank you @civicusalliance.bsky.social for all you do! Honored to be interviewed about the US movement for democracy. lens.civicus.org/interview/se...

I want you to understand that the women around you are not okay. They are experiencing low-level ongoing stress and, for many, trauma triggers every day that Epstein is in the news. thegoldenhour.substack.com/p/what-epste...

When she gets to Gregory Bovino, she finds him completely uncredible, and says he was evasive or outright lied multiple times across three days of testimony — and not just any falsehoods, he was not telling the truth about multiple things which were all captured on video, making it all very obvious.

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden as well as former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris and Mike Pence are among those in attendance for the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney. www.ms.now/ana-cabrera-...

Trump's DOJ confirmed 97.4% of people ICE has been arresting in Chicago have no criminal record whatsoever. The state is using its power to terrorize a community. Worst of all, Chicago is not an isolated example and these abuses are not stopping at U.S. borders. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ice...

How to raise taxes on the rich, via @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social @epi.org www.epi.org/publication/...

“All of the White students were withdrawn from her first-grade class by their parents, and every teacher refused to take Ruby on as a student, with the exception of Barbara Henry, who had just moved to New Orleans from Boston. For the first year, Henry taught Ruby alone..” people.com/where-is-rub...

Ruby Bridges is alive and well. Norman Rockwell’s painting of her brave walk may be in storage in the White House, but our work for racial justice continues.

News editors: Stop featuring photos of Epstein alongside news articles! We don't want to see his face. Like mass murderers, don't glorify, don't traumatize, don't feature.

"If there were three pictures of people hanging on your wall, who would they be?" - "One is George Orwell. He was a man who struggled with the left because of the left’s own inherent intolerance and tendency towards totalitarian thinking." (Joel Pollak, Times of Israel, 2017)

New York Post is launching "California Post" in Spring 2026. Rupert Murdoch owned. Hired Breitbart's Joel Pollak as opinion editor. "Joel joins us at a moment when California is hungry for something different, journalism with backbone and authenticity," said Nick Papps. AUTHENTICITY?

While I've got your attention, people seem to want to hear me talk about my arrest, and interviews are cool, but you can feel free to come to @lakestreetchurch.bsky.social at 10:30AM Central to hear a HOPE-FILLED sermon about yesterday's events. Livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Qi...

Chicagoans are standing up to Trump’s authoritarian and violent grip on immigrants. Mexican people, in particular, have made Chicago great. 🇲🇽 White people. People of color. Rich people. Poor people. People of faith. All fighting for human rights. ⬇️

I am so impressed with the Chicago journalists covering the invasion of their city, and this interview with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social is inspiring. A must read. Brava! pressingissues.org/when-the-gov...

I found Orville Schell’s review of Joseph Torigian’s book on Xi Jinping fascinating @foreignaffairs.com

Bravo Ypsilanti, Michigan! “'The Ypsilanti City Council strongly opposes the Los Alamos-University of Michigan data center due to its connections to nuclear weapons modernization and potential environmental harms...'” Data centers use precious drinking water and drain energy. Citizens speak out.

The BBC - for all its flaws - remains the greatest news and broadcasting service in the world. It is everything Donald Trump and his cabal of nasty little nobodies will never be and we need to defend it.

The BBC better start fighting back.

This is part of a larger trend. Interest and discussion of climate in both parties peaked in 2021/2022. Experts say there's a few things at work here -- Trump drawing attention away from climate, inflation and economic pain. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Yes, this is real. Snow in Chicago on this Monday, November 10th. Photo credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

In Illinois, 1,647,630 people are experiencing food insecurity. I met with Downers Grove Area FISH food pantry volunteers and learned about their programs that help feed members of our community.

I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave. It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.

Shameful Washington Post editorial board. 1. Calls Mamdani the Italian name for a general. 2. Calls goal of affordable housing and child care favoritism. (His "goal is not to increase wealth but to dole it out to favored groups.") They are out of their minds! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

In this week's Civics Roundup: 🤘 Support local bands and local mutual aid! 🪡 A free mending workshop and winter clothing swap ⚖️ How to hold the justice system accountable through jury duty 🌉 A Ward 7 transportation infrastructure update

When you cross the street, don’t look down at your phone. When you talk to someone, don’t look down at your phone. Common sense. Common courtesy.

When I came to Washington, DC after college, there were only 2 women in the Senate and 29 women in the House. And I'm old but not THAT old (57 y.o.) That was in 1990 (101st Congress). Young women looked for role models. Thank you Nancy Pelosi.

From the front lines of travel during shutdown: Southwest terminal(B) at La Guardia. TSA took 5 minutes. Flight on time. Very grateful for the thousands of TSA and Air Traffic Controllers that are working without pay today. Thank you!