It's not just bribery. He's now using personal litigation, backed by state extortion, to extract "settlements" which he then puts into an account he created to spend on government work, all entirely outside of Congress taxing or appropriating. It's full Charles I illegal taxation and spending.

it seems really good that the entire american government right now is these two dumb bitches and 1000 evil viziers

wrote about a great writer thealexpress.substack.com/p/kaleb-horton

Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Can’t even laugh at this. The idea of these meatheads skulking around my beautiful, glittering jewel box of a city, looking to tackle every non-white person they see, makes me sick to my stomach. This is the real domestic terrorism.

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

Seven people were just released, greeted with cheers and hugs. @peoplesfabric.com is free.

I’m never going to stop being mad that hedge funds and tech middlemen siphoned off all the money that should’ve let someone like Kaleb Horton have the career he deserved

Journalism is not a crime. My friend Steve has done critically important work here in Chicago and we must stand up for the First Amendment and the public’s right to know.

The State of Illinois is closely monitoring the federal deployments in the Village of Broadview. Public safety is always my top priority, and the Illinois State Police remains in close communication with the Broadview Police Department to monitor and maintain public safety.

Nixon was right to take us off the gold standard—because we never should have left a local bartering and subsistence economy behind. In this essay I will

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

In the last few days, we've assembled independent theatres in LA, New York, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Chicago to air this thing. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile will be in theatres on October 2nd after all, followed by the first theatrical screening of Sex House. It is going to be fun as hell.

lol this is like a Creative Writing 101 prompt about two characters from the same hometown with different motivations

I've really come to think that many people recoil from climate politics, as they did from Covid politics, not *in spite* of the fact that the problem obviously calls for (can only be solved by) solidarity & cooperation, but *because* of it.

Man you do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to Bill Clinton but if he never used the coercive power of the state against Jay Leno no president has any excuse

This is true and deserves a reckoning!

Congressional Democrats voted today to sell out Washington DC and their constituents, as numerous Dems backed bills advancing the Trump takeover of DC. After meeting with our Council and saying nice things, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and leadership *declined* to whip a No vote on the bills

If Klein be Naomi, that's a homie. If Klein be Ezra, that's a remora.

Just to reiterate, the destruction and lockout of third spaces for young people are why we are seeing some young people ending up in online communities that encourage mass shootings

you got understand, CK was a moneymaking operation for republicans and in lieu of him being able to do that they are going to put his name on everything. when you point out that he sucked shit you really threaten their brand. that's really what this is all about

There are a number of people in decision-making positions throughout media, business, and higher education who need to be asked, “when this ends, and it *will* end one way or another, how do you intend to account for the choices you are making now?”

Silksong (2025)

I’ve had enough CK hagiography, so say her name: Melissa Hortman (née Haluptzok; May 27, 1970 – June 14, 2025) “who served as the 61st speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025.” Like UK MP Jo Cox in 2016, Hortman’s assassination received a mere fraction of CK’s.

I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story

Why isn’t every local news broadcast opening with, “What are the ‘Groypers’, and how do you know the signs of your son is part of the deadly gang?”

My non-expert take is this is a kid who was raised around right wingers but didn't subscribe to any particular ideology himself and was brain cooked online and had easy access to guns and just wanted to see if he could do it for the lulz. Access to guns is the x factor. Doesn't happen otherwise.

plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

This is so crucial. When people think about these land comparisons, they don't think about the entire sprawling infrastructure behind FF.

9/11 is a great time to remember that the imperial power will seize on any opportunity to do what it was going to do anyway, especially if it gets to do it under the gaudy pagentry of being the Aggrieved

K*ein saying "politics the right way" in this case refers to being a dumbass from the early 00s blogosphere who gets paid millions of dollars by dark money to be a pundit-class microcelebrity. K*ein believes his job and money puts him above the churn of American violence. Sorry buddy. You live here.

I'm really having trouble processing the relative silence from Barack Obama about a colleague who he'd hosted at the White House, the Minnesota State House Speaker, being assassinated, but rushing to get out a weepy statement about Charlie fucking Kirk.

ICE has launched "Operation Midway Blitz" with immigration raids in Chicago. blockclubchi.co/4m74AcS

Happy Silksong Day to all those who observe.

Now that Texas is undefended, Mexico has a chance to do the funniest thing

Blockade the facility. Don't let them deploy.

Trump has to be alive to prove us wrong every day. We only have to be right that he’s dead once.

I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.) I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.

Two different hikes this week. Yellowjackets getting aggressive are the real hallmark of Fall.

Turns out it’s a thing

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

I hate this fucker so much and I have good normie friends on Facebook posting about how great he is.

Remember how if a kid choked on a little plastic toy they used to stop selling the toy

Finished listening to a Seth Harp interview and I'm retreating to more benign conspiracy theories to cope. American Eagle and Cracker Barell spent 7 figures paying right-wing shitheads to promote bullshit backlash in order to increase brand visibility with the US president getting a significant cut.

There's nothing wrong with a little honest graft.