Montgomery said that as agents pursued Garcia, they aimed their guns toward other residents . . . The agents told residents their target was dangerous and that they were protecting neighbors. “Well, he’s never pointed guns at us,” Montgomery retorted. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/i...

“As a previous winner, my strong advice is to say no to everything. Get home as quickly as you can. Lock the door.” wapo.st/4nRYBcX

"My joke is how do you radicalize middle-aged white women?” she asked. “You throw tear gas at them.”https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/chicago-immigration-ice-resistance/

Final from Gampel UConn 99 FSU 67 Banner night complete!

Here's an idea: admit Nigerian Christians as refugees. But something tells me Trump won't do it. wapo.st/3JECubO

You know the world has become fucked up when a growing number of older people, like myself, are now saying "I'm glad I'm so old I probably won't live to see the culmination of this trend."

My latest for @theunpopulist.net: www.theunpopulist.net/p/jb-pritzke...

Trump is unpopular even in OKLAHOMA

Mamdani is a democratic socialist, but he will do less to empower government and meddle with private markets than Trump has.

"This year, more than half of the Republican spending on ads in the [Virginia] governors’ race was devoted to anti-trans messaging. Spanberger rebutted the attacks skillfully, and indeed framed the issue as one of bigotry and turned it against her opponent." www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...

Good YIMBY news: "Voters approved a measure that will make it much harder for a single city-council member to block new housing projects. . . . Voters also approved two proposals to speed up the approval process for affordable housing and modest projects." www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

My latest for @chicagotribune.com: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/c...

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Trump should demand that they rename it the Nobel War Prize

Thank You, Baseball open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

I gotta be real, I did not suspect we would reach "roving mobs of white folks chanting "shame" at ICE" within 9 months, and it really feels like a sign of how much more horrifying it must be on the ground than those of us not there can even imagine.

Gave a kid about 8 a couple of pieces of candy, including an Almond Joy. “I don’t like that,” he said, and GAVE IT BACK

"Since 2018, in the same 45-day period The Post analyzed, only six shows had fewer than half of their seats filled. Five of them — all orchestra concerts — were this year." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

The great majority of SNAP recipients do work, and most of those who don't are disabled, over 65 or serving as caregivers for family members.

Just slightly disproportionate: Hamas allegedly gave back the wrong remains and killed one Israeli soldier. In response, Israel killed 104 Palestinians. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/i...

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

get you a job where you can singlehandedly destroy the company’s brand and they’ll still reward you with a literal trillion-dollar pay package

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. It’s striking that Mr. Trump is so worried about a TV spot featuring a President who left the White House nearly 37 years ago. .. Perhaps Mr. Trump fears he’s going to lose the tariff case, and maybe he also knows his tariffs are unpopular ..” www.wsj.com/opinion/reag...

“'Look at us as we kill people and break things' might as well be their motto. The comparison has probably already been made, but this behavior is more akin to a serial killer taunting the police than it is to the leaders of a government waging a war." open.substack.com/pub/daniella...

At the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville

Trump has been dumping shit on Americans for all his time in office. Now at least he admits it

It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle. And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.

Imagine sucking so bad that millions of people take to the streets to say how much they hate you

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Antifa mob terrorizing Bardstown, KY

⁨Congress has not authorized military force against Venezuela. But the Trump administration has made it clear they may not stop at boat strikes in the Caribbean. We must stop the U.S. from being dragged–intentionally or accidentally–into full-fledged war in South America.

The administration at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the student newspaper and barred the publication from putting out a print edition. The dispute has left student journalists and press advocates accusing the university of censorship.

Ah, yes, the double standard. Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it. Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk. Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy"

China Bought $12.6 Billion in U.S. Soybeans Last Year. Now, It’s $0. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

8. Bezos' ex-wife, McKenzie Scott, has donated more than 4x as much as Bezos since their divorce.

The first thing I do when I check into a hotel room is put out a tip for the housekeeper. That way I don’t have to worry about forgetting when I leave.

Progressive prosecutors seem fine. www.nber.org/system/files...

I’m old enough to remember when football players didn’t wear shorts

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

American politics in a nutshell.

Christopher Caldwell says Hegseth is right to get rid of inclusive policies that hinder military effectiveness. How many examples does he give of the harms they cause? ZERO. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

This Texan used to think living in Illinois was some protection against Greg Abbott’s lunacy

The Strategic Costs of the Gaza War open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

If Dems win in 2026, we need hearings to publicize the abuses by federal law enforcement. Then pass a bill creating a path to sue for those abuses. Trump will veto it. Let him. Let the public see these videos & hear from victims, & then learn there's no way to hold the abusive officers accountable.

Cities with a higher violent crime rate than Chicago: Houston Dallas Lubbock Amarillo San Antonio Corpus Christi

Mississippi State has a black punter. I can’t remember seeing one since Reggie Roby, who retired in 1998, except at HBUCs