The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the civil rights leader and founder of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has been hospitalized.

trump's approval among adults falls below 40% for the first time in his second term: fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv... his net rating is -16.4, statistically indistinguishable from his -17.2 rating at this point in his first term: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

BREAKING: Federal judge in Mass. issues a new TRO in the SNAP benefits challenges, this one in the multistate challenge, ordering that — at least — contingency fund payments be released by noon Thursday. She also continues blocking the 11/8 directive that states "undo" full SNAP benefit payments.

U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

Justice:

Yes! apnews.com/article/kans...  Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Here's a story about the family whose 1-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed yesterday by federal agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...

2/ But in September, we dug through Epstein’s inbox and found that she was central. Daily emails. Coordinating gifts and favors. $35K watches, a $71K car, lingerie and cash routed to girls who later said they were abused. Gift link:

1/ Maxwell is now asking Trump to commute her sentence. She’s still telling the same story: that she wasn’t really involved, didn’t see what was happening around Epstein.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. apnews.com/article/supr...

Chicago will join Times Square on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” this year, with Chicago’s New Year’s Eve celebrations televised for the first time on the ABC broadcast.

“The presidential pardons, which would only apply in federal court, are largely symbolic. None of those named are currently facing federal charges, and the pardons cannot shield them from ongoing state-level prosecutions.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The language of this pardon is extremely broad. It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors…”

BREAKING: We just got the First Circuit's ruling in the Rhode Island SNAP case: The petition for stay pending appeal is denied in part. (waiting for the full doc to hit PACER)

!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6 www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...

Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.

A Chicago legend, too.

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Trump administration orders states to pause paying full SNAP benefits

A federal judge, appointed by Reagan, resigns so that he can proclaim Trump is "using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/202...

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Front page headlines today.

"In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview..." blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Before we jump to conclusions about this ruling, please pause to understand what it is.

President Trump pardoned a retired New York police sergeant convicted of stalking and acting as an unregistered foreign agent in a Chinese government plot to coerce a New Jersey couple into returning to China.

I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson. Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.

Religion note: The first plaintiff in this case pushing the Trump admin to fully fund SNAP benefits is the Rhode Island State Council of Churches. By my count, that makes 62 religious organizations (including denominations!) that have been part of lawsuits against the Trump admin this year.

Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

“The funding holdup has left families across the country in a state of agonized uncertainty as they wait for aid. “ Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits

We’ve been trying for 10 months to remove Judge Cannon’s gag order blocking the full release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s mishandling of classified documents. This week, a federal appeals court gave Cannon 60 days to rule. americanoversight.org/appeals-cour...

NEW: The court in the cases challenging the new North Carolina congressional map has scheduled a preliminary injunction hearing for 11/19. #NCPol drive.google.com/file/d/1ZP6C...

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President Trump has pointed to the cost of Walmart’s Thanksgiving meal bundle, which is roughly 25% less expensive this year than it was last year, as an example of the economy experiencing a “golden age.” But the 2025 Thanksgiving bundle is also smaller than the 2024 package.

U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis’ ruling is aimed at protecting the free speech rights of journalists, clergy and protesters in Chicago.

Trump, long fixated on ‘fat drugs,’ announces deal to lower their price

Judge rules Trump administration can’t tie transportation funding to immigration

Jon Stewart signs on for another year at 'Daily Show' during fraught moment for late night TV variety.com/2025/legit/n... via @variety

"Trump’s approval rating in the poll stands at 37%, the worst of his second term in CNN polling and roughly equivalent to his 36% approval rating at this point in his first term." www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

Few places have felt the effects of President Trump’s retribution campaign as palpably as the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, which is deeply enmeshed in the workings of government and has filed criminal cases against the president. nyti.ms/3LsfblX

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"Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do. Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.

I went through all 1,700-plus pages of subpoenas released by Chuck Grassley this week and mapped out how the organizations and people in them connect. That and more in this week's newsletter! Click click click click. www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-web-that...

The Alsip cemetery is the final resting place of Mamie and Emmett Till, rapper King Von, singer Dinah Washington and generations of other prominent figures. trib.al/jWHyOC0

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace was involved in a heated confrontation with airport police and TSA agents at the Charleston International Airport, according to an incident report.

A 61-year-old Tennessee man posted a liberal meme on Facebook after Charlie Kirk's death. A conservative sheriff had him arrested. Bail was set at $2 million. He spent nearly 40 days in jail before charges were dropped. Now he's planning to sue. Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...