A federal judge this week found the Trump administration's targeting of pro-Palestinian students to be an illegal suppression of free speech. Mahmoud Khalil, who spent months in jail and still faces possible deportation, says the campaign was clearly designed to make people "afraid of speaking out."

They’ve turned everyone in Chicago into extras in Stephen Miller’s villainous, unconstitutional, authoritarian fantasy

Stephen Miller declares Trump-appointed Judge Immergut an insurrectionist for upholding the constitution — keeping him from mobilizing Oregon’s national guard without them

Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, JFK and FDR are all on US coins. But none of them put themselves on the coins, that was done to honor them after death. Trump, on the other hand, now plans to put his own face on coins next year. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

White House Struggling to Deny Stephen Miller Murdered Boats of Fisherman www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/03/w...

BREAKING: Sec'y of Defense Pete Hegseth announces deadly strike on "narco-trafficking vessel," killing 4 people off Venezuela

America enters a new, dark chapter: "Kavanaugh Raids" on entire buildings and neighborhoods, a chapter surely to be remembered as infamously as we now view the "Palmer Raids" of the first Red Scare. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

It took Trump less than 24 hours to “turn a government shutdown into a weapon wielded against the civil servants he once praised and the opposing party he has long derided,” Toluse Olorunnipa and Jonathan Lemire report.

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

The Jane Goodall Institute runs programs across Africa. She changed how we think about animal rights — in March, she co-wrote this powerful Opinions piece.

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that? MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

Read “The Complete Robot” by Isaac Asimov. www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

Classic

So sad.

Pope Leo called first of all for respect for both sides, but he also pointed out the seeming contradiction in such debates. https://to.pbs.org/4nPjGpf

We’ve lost another great one.

In the history of mealymouthed disingenuousness in American politics, few have come even close to this annoying puritanical pixie.

"ICE goes masked for a single reason—to terrorize Americans into quiescence. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history, we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police."

If they claim they haven't heard the quote, play it for them and ask for a response. If they claim it's being taken out of context, play a longer version and ask for a response. If they try to sidestep the issue, play it over again and ask for a response.

September 30, 2025

Journalist Injured in Chaotic Scene at New York Immigration Court “His camera was next to him — it was still on,” she said. “He was covering his face and he was moaning in pain and he was unable to move.”

Good examination of the most bizarre and embarrassing event in the US’ current Age of Bizarre and Embarrassing.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel shared stories on each other’s late night shows on Tuesday and talked about their recent turmoil, and some criticism of President Trump.

Donald Trump and his lapdog Republicans just shut down the federal government after refusing to protect Americans from an imminent spike in health insurance costs. This is what the GOP stands for.

🗣️THIS is the message!! Brava, Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social!!

Newsom reposted a video of Hegseth's remarks on X, accompanied by a photo of Trump removing his jacket at a McDonald's.

They’re the two hottest names in Kentucky politics. Why won’t any of the major U.S. Senate candidates talk about Rand Paul or Thomas Massie?

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

Mike Johnson is delaying the certification of Adelita Grijalva’s victory in Arizona’s special election last week. This move prevents Democrats from securing the final signature needed to force a House floor vote and release the Epstein files.

Erasing history.

From an inside look into Frankfort lobbying to the 2026 Senate race, delve into Kentucky politics with these stories.

From its beginnings, Lexington was a city of education, arts and business. These industries shaped the city we live in today.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: “Trump likes winners, so he sided with Ukraine. “The war in Ukraine will end like World War I, when one side runs out of resources.”