Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.

There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago. Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months. Disabled lives matter too!

The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.

Glad I saved this piece for this morning to read and sit with. A grounding and uplifting way to start my week.

Judge Wolf’s decision to step down so he can be freed to speak candidly about this Administration’s attempts to undermine democracy and our court system is incredibly important. It would be amazing to see more, respected senior judges join forces. Now feels like the right time.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.

Congratulations!

Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Autumn is a beautiful time in Wisconsin. There is something so pleasing about these fall colors....🍂🍃🍁

A dozen ways US has shifted toward authoritarianism under Trump: (1/2): Curbing free speech Using gov against opponents Ignoring Congress Using military inappropriately Defying courts Faking emergencies Marginalizing groups Controlling media www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I encourage people to read this. In addition to matching the witness videos that have been shared online, it refutes the allegations coming from ICE, CBP and DHS. Grotesque and reckless abuse of force. From Evanston Roundtable. evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...

a little taste of fall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 🍁🍂

"Gloria" shares, "We've been spending the past weeks harvesting marigolds to be sold for #DiaDeLosMuertos altars. It’s an honor to get these flowers ready to be used to honor our loved ones that have passed."

ICE detained a Virginia mom while she was driving her 16yo daughter to school bc she couldn’t recall her SS#. “The agent got flustered and lunged at her,” said her daughter. ICE arrested her even after she showed proof of legal status. “I want this video out there because I want my mother home.”

The mechanism is they’re going to pull funding from other housing programs to pay for this concentration camp, which is a guaranteed way to create more homelessness which can then be converted into cash in the form of capitated payments that extracted from people forced into the place.

We’re conditioned to believe our smallest contributions wont make a difference. That our $5 wont help. That a couple cans of veggies wont help. That one coat & a pair of shoes aren’t worth donating. It all counts. This is a reminder to myself as well.

“.. Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: ‘We have to be good or ICE will get us.’” @apnews.com #Chicago apnews.com/article/chic...

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

#Sudan: We are deeply concerned about the situation in El Fasher. As fighting intensifies, thousands are trapped with no safe way out. The Rapid Support Forces have announced that they have taken control of the city.

Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

Inevitable and tracks with the cycles of regimes

Wisconsin schoolchildren are becoming a 2026 campaign issue in the worst possible way, writes @rconniff.bsky.social in a commentary on the politics of the "grooming" scandal wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/25/w...

"We'll be looking everywhere for our 'enemies' . . . not paying attention to thousands who die not at hands of terrorists but because of the profit system, the 'free market.'" -- #HowardZinn @zinndigital.bsky.social on USA Patriot Act Act signed by Pres. Bush #tdih 2001 #TeachOutsideTextbook⬇️

“This is ethnic cleansing,” civil rights icon Dolores Huerta says of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. “We have never seen such horrific, horrific attacks on our people.”

It was only while talking to a family member from Milwaukee that, by chance, I learned about Joshua Glover and the Milwaukee crowd who broke him out of jail. Teaching these histories helps people understand what's possible

A Wisconsin bill aims to stop antisemitism. It outlaws valid criticism of Israel instead | Opinion www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...

At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.

Resistance is possible, and it’s happening right now.

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper? Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.

This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get. -if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—

A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them. That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...

I can’t think of what to say. The Speaker of the House will say he hasn’t heard anything about it. No one will ask John Thune anything.

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were. The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

The number is impossible to measure since Congress let lapse a requirement that ICE report how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants are in custody.

For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill. Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.

It's important to track how many citizens are kidnapped by ICE. But I'll keep hammering the point that it simply does not matter if someone is native-born or undocumented — NO ONE deserves to be brutalized by glorified rent-a-cops in a fascist state. There are no "innocent" victims. Just victims.

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

When incompetency rules and cowardice allows it, example #832,472

Please believe me when I tell you: Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now. You are going to need it. And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing. The thing that sustains and nourishes you. That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others. More present. More:

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

A needed moment of zen for all humans 🌊🌊

Just continuously reminding myself, and out loud here in case it's of any help to others, that bravery is not the absence of fear but rather a determination to act despite fear.

Artist Olek's huge crochet murals, temporary installations honouring various women including Harriet Tubman, Nina Simone and here Marian Anderson, as part of the series 'Love Across the USA' #womensart

i’ve gotten to give out 17 $50 venmo “buy yourself a bag of grocery” gifts to Indigenous folks who could use it today $50 can really make someones day want to help do more?