One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Federal agents' use of force during Chicago deportation operations "shocks the conscience," the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility," and a Border Patrol official lied about tear gas use, a judge ruled Thursday.

“There’s a battle in Chicago for one part of the American population,” said Nick Cull, a professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, “and there’s just police and paramilitaries bullying people for another part of the population.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

i'll be on @wbez.org this morning at 9am going over yesterday's daycare detainment, the impending court decision on feds' use of crowd weapons (and the Broadview TRO), a judge ruling against the Trump admin’s conditions for transportation funds and a new suit over loan relief for public servants.

A daycare teacher was detained by immigration agents on the Northwest Side of Chicago this morning. Video shows her saying, "Yo tengo papeles," meaning she has documentation. She was taken into custody anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrq...

Incredible kicker www.404media.co/whats-the-di...

good @thedextriarchy.bsky.social take www.theverge.com/policy/81406...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Stars. They're just like us.

“An inanimate object is not inherently lethal or less lethal. It’s the intent of the operator ... If I take a 40 mm [rubber baton] and shoot you in the face with the intent of killing you, is that less lethal launcher now a lethal launcher?” The weapons feds use in/around Chicago (by Bob Chiarito)

Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Broadview ICE facility a ‘black box’ where immigrants denied access to lawyers, medicine: lawsuit Story by @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.

Breaking news: A group of Democratic attorneys general sued the USDA to make billions of dollars in contingency funds available as SNAP, the nation’s primary anti-hunger program, is on the verge of running out of money.

There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles. Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8

U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is at Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday for a status hearing as part of an ongoing lawsuit over the feds’ treatment of protesters during the ongoing immigration blitz. 🔴 LIVE updates: trib.al/Y0WEg3j

U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is on the witness stand in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. He is wearing his typical Border Patrol uniform. "Good morning, your honor," he says.

Sign of the times in Chicago: At the laundromat to wash our comforters before winter. Brought my press pass in case ICE arrives.

“When I’ve seen something with my own eyes and then I see a completely different characterization coming from the spokesperson in Washington … it’s hard to know how to respond to that.” www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Excellent reporting

it is funny how much studio executives dislike making money

Wow.

As frustrating as Silksong is, it's the first game I've played in years that's captured my attention so thoroughly. News and dad duties mean my days are quite long. But by 10 p.m., you'll find me fighting a very hard boss or mining the game's secrets. I'm grateful for games this good.

A week ago, a federal judge forbade agents from using gas and other “riot control” weapons without warning in Chicago as they carried out President Donald Trump’s deportation blitz.

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Breaking News: President Trump is considering an overhaul to the U.S. refugee program that would favor mostly white people, documents show.

Details of what led to the crash remained scant, but dozens of residents showed up near the scene at 105th Street and Avenue N and were met with armed agents guarding the scene. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

It's striking that CBS elevated this story. Speaking as an editor, you could find a handful of unnamed sources who are nervous about probably anything. It says more that The Free Press saw these unsurprising opinions as newsworthy. www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Used to live not far from where this happened

A federal judge in Chicago says ICE violated a consent decree with warrantless arrests. blockclubchi.co/4nGUOQ8

Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

“In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in the statement Saturday.

A woman was shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents Saturday morning on Chicago’s South Side, marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

“This is tyranny, this is absolute tyranny,” David Beale, 39, said. He said he and other onlookers were tear gassed. “My eyes are burning, my skin is burning, but more than that I’m just mad.” chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

Broadview’s mayor and police chief announced three criminal investigations the Chicago suburb has initiated involving ICE agents, and called on the agency to stop using chemical agents on protesters, saying: “We are experiencing an immediate health safety crisis.”

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that DHS sent to the Defense Department which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Agents fired pepper balls into a crowd of about 75 protesters Saturday evening and made several arrests. Steve Held, a Chicago journalist, was one of those arrested. A Chicago Sun-Times reporter was struck by rubber projectiles and tear-gassed. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Trump unilaterally freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid money apparent 6-3 vote with liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social

Apropos of nothing — this remains one of the finest pieces of writing about one of the single greatest comic book creations in existence defector.com/the-judgment...

Immigration agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls at protesters, reporters and photographers at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Uhhh www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Hilarious

The president has said his “blitz” here is meant to make the city safer for its residents. But the rush of federal immigration agents into the area has stoked fears and upended routines. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.

The Illinois Democratic congressional delegation sent questions to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday about deportation operations in Illinois, which they say included arbitrary arrests and detentions without due process.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN chief warns world leaders that humanity has entered 'an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering.'