Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

Just moments ago, detainees transported from ICE’s Broadview facility this morning were loaded onto an Avelo Airlines plane in Gary, Indiana.

A smaller point, but it annoys me to hear the Magnificent Mile called the “Miracle Mile.” It’s an area, not a “shopping center.” Sending in troops is insane in any event, but that much more so when the person behind it has such a poor grasp of basic facts.

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom 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”

Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...

"Among their demands: That federal agents be banned from university property without judicial warrants and that the university’s emergency alert system be used to notify people of immigration enforcement on or near campus."

#Boston area pet food pantry, via @mspca-angell.bsky.social . whdh.com/news/mspca-a...

Looking forward to speaking at the @balsillieschool.bsky.social on November 27th about universal human rights & the way ahead. If you are going to be in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, hope you can join us. It's free, registration details below.

Huh. Look at that …

Improve the community?

Healthcare is a human right. They are taking away our healthcare. Caving is complicity.

Democrats were overwhelmingly united on their shutdown demands. Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame. Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump. Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.

Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting. Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

“This is the president, purely by fiat, saying that the U.S. is in conflict with these undisclosed groups without any congressional authorization," said @bcfinucane.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...

At 11:54 p.m. ET, the First Circuit *denied* the Trump administration's request for a stay pending appeal in the SNAP case. #SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.

The arrogance of a Senator who is not even running again to take the lead in undermining the Caucus and the voters.

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

Tonight was a very bad night.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

'No to Bill 2': Thousands of doctors pack Bell Centre for massive protest against health-care law montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

No one is seeing the silent suffers in this. A pet is family. A lot on snap budget what little money they have to make sure their pet is taken care of. It would break my heart to see shelters overwhelmed because of this. I also fear what happens when it gets desperate. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country. Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right. The solution: Medicare for All.

I insist that you read it. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

My God.

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:

It is the likely massive disruption to Thanksgiving holiday air travel, not the loss of vital SNAP food benefits to 42 million, that might lead the GOP to compromise to re-open the government. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...

Remind us again why the Democrats are to blame? “The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Important research from the University of Alberta about why women are disproportionately affected by Long Covid. Implications: do everything you can to not get COVID and to not spread it to others. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Here's how you can help your local food pantry. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/food-pantry-donations-chicago/ 

Human Services is also reminding people with benefits left on their cards from previous months that those benefits can still be used.

I’ve long thought Trump is good at picking fights that benefit him politically but the fact he’s fighting right now to starve Americans is making me reassess

Turns out we needed a Federalist No. 86 that warned against the dangers of the rare vigorous executive willing to starve the people

For months, I have been clear: If you want my vote, we have to do something to address the cost of health care. We can open the government today with a simple, one-year extension of healthcare.gov subsidies to keep Michiganders' health care from spiking before Jan 1.

The food is cheaper because the baskets are smaller. But there's more unemployed and SNAP is not here. So... apnews.com/article/fact...

Here's the promised longer explainer: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

Trump administration immediately appeals to Supreme Court following First Circuit denial of request for stay.

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

The same guy who "doesn’t want to hear about affordability" posted about his new marble bathroom 7 times last week.

I confess I haven’t learned about lists on this app. But I will do a recommendation the old-fashioned way. There are a lot of great accounts on here, but I just want to especially recommend Aaron Rupar, whose coverage is consistently excellent.

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

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