@lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove. It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto. The story only gets wilder from there.

In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world. This week, with our friends at @revealnews.org, we join 13 other news outlets to expose the secrets of a global surveillance empire.

illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/a... Kwame Raoul -- Illinois State Police are not protecting protesters or the rules of established law. The are assisting and enabling ICE against citizens who are protesting legally.

How about you and the Governor stop the State Police from beating the fuck out of protestors? That might be a good start, sir. It makes me ashamed of my home state. You guys TALK a good game, then you sicc the state police on people who are protesting peacefully, so spare me this bullshit.

"In Vought’s vision for the U.S. government, an all-powerful executive branch would be able to fire workers, cancel programs, shutter agencies, and undo regulations that govern air and water quality, financial markets, workplace protections and civil rights."

The raid at 7500 S. South Shore Drive became a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s militarized effort to deport immigrants. But to understand why this happened, you need to rewind to 2022, when Gov. Abbott began busing migrants to "sanctuary cities" to protest Biden's immigration policies.

If not Nazi why Nazi shaped?

Breaking !!!

Ground beef is $9/lb, a dozen eggs are $6+, insurance premiums are skyrocketing, farmers have rotting fields of soybeans, SNAP benefits won’t be available in November… How’s it going, MAGA?

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks. This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

Wow! Read the damn room, Republicans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Much good sense here. #NoKings on Saturday. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-kings-no-...

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days. They have worked 12 days in 3 months. Epstein Shutdown.

Mamdani: "We will make buses free by replacing the revenue that the MTA currently gets from buses. This is revenue that's around $700 million or so. That's less money than Andrew Cuomo gave to Elon Musk in $959 million in tax credits when he was the governor."

📌"By convincing Mills, 77, to run next year, Schumer and the squeaky, rusted, antiquated Democratic Machine somehow spit somebody out who will make the stodgy, 72-year-old Susan Collins seem young, vibrant and energetic by comparison." So a question: Just what in the hell is going on here?

Read this on the plane. Really strong work, drawing connections for people too overwhelmed to keep track of the many important narratives. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It is unclear how the city will find the money to make the payments approved Thursday by the City Council, since it has already exhausted the $82 million officials set aside to cover police misconduct settlements and judgments in 2025. https://to.wttw.com/4qchysW

“Not talking about PURPOSELY”!?? 🤬 How the hell does he expect to keep that a secret? It’s not like he can just beam the National Guard into some cities at a moment’s notice. Even if he doesn’t manage to surprise some cities, it will not stop the protests.

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

PEN America condemns Indiana University’s decisions to order that student newspaper editors “print no news in the paper” and then fire its student media adviser Jim Rodenbush after he pushed back against the administration’s order. pen.org/press-releas...

Luis Kevin Islas says lately the Rogers Park neighborhood is like a “ghost town.” In recent weeks, the area has seen an increase in federal immigration agents and raids. But in spite of that, the community is fighting back. https://to.wttw.com/4ohqHPc

For Zohran: 🎂

It’s weird how the “young” Republicans are actually full-grown men and JD Vance treats them as children who shouldn’t face consequences for their racism, misogyny, or xenophobia. But pregnant 12-year-old little girls are treated as adults and must literally bear the consequences of rape and incest.

Videos of US citizens being mistreated by immigration agents have filled social media, but there is little clarity on the overall picture. The government doesn't track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So @propublica.org created its own count.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go." The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Damn, talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Republicans are trying to kill a program their own voters depend on. 77% of ACA marketplace enrollees live in Trump states. This shutdown is a healthcare hit job on their own base. #TrumpShutdownBadForUS

republican family values....

This did not all of a sudden happen. Their ancestors groomed them. Russians Nazification program groomed them. NRA groomed them. Evangelicals groomed them. All to hate their fellow human being, and only to adhere blindly to trigger words. In sociology we call that conditioning.

Shouldn't have to be noted but the Confederacy were insurrectionists.

republicans = Christian values....

Here's the study they scrubbed from the DoJ's website: web.archive.org/web/20250911...

Yep

Talk about indoctrination…

Heard about this earlier, and my jaw didn’t drop. You know who else isn’t surprised? Pretty much every Republican. As someone who’s been a frequent target, none of this shocks me. I don’t expect real consequences from the right because I doubt today is the first day they heard about it.

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts

Agent lobs a gas canister into a residential neighborhood in Illinois for no discernible reason, gassing dozens of neighbors including a baby. The comfort with which they deploy weapons of war is unreal. Source: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

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While Trump was busy doing nothing to lower grocery prices, he used the presidency to double his family’s wealth. He was never going to help you. He was always going to help himself.

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

A group of frogs is called an Army! True story! Let’s get our Army out there on Oct 18! 🐸 #NoKings

documentaries are exposing moms for liberty book bans as white christian nationalist censorship. not parental rights. not protecting kids. control. why aren't more people calling this what it is?

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But after, he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

According to PEN America, Florida is No. 1 for book removals and restrictions in public schools for the third year in a row. "There are no upsides to banning books ever," says PEN America Florida Program Coordinator Sophia Brown www.wlrn.org/the-florida-...

California voters, are you paying attention? North Carolina Republicans are redrawing the map to hand Trump another seat. They’re bragging about locking down Congress for him. Prop 50 isn’t optional, it’s how we fight back. #YesOnProp50

Political Profile: Russell Vought https://theonion.com/political-profile-russell-vought/

Republicans in plain sight:

Even FOX told Pete Heseth no. www.axios.com/2025/10/14/f...