AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you." ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

Looking forward to when the next #NoKings protest in Portland looks like this

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Authoritarian countries that were once normal and free. #pinks #resist

they can see the polling

Paves the way for the Monster Under the Bed Act

This is the flip side of grievance culture. On the one hand, we lose our minds over a mid-tier restaurant logo, on the other hand, maybe you should not exist.

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild. A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy! (Paywall free link below) www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

“When in our history have we tolerated unlawful riotous assemblies night after night around FBI buildings, or ATF buildings, or DEA buildings?” Miller said during an interview on CNN. “This is the textbook definition of domestic terrorism.” Really Stephen?

Here's what people don't understand - This has NOTHING to do with getting convictions against the James or Comey - it's a warning shot to anyone that dares to do anything towards Trump. The indictments are the point.

The guy responsible for trying to provoke a civil war via extreme violence on elders, women, children, journalists, clergy, elected officials, workers, longtime residents, and refugees wants a Nobel Peace Prize. The same guy ordering them to murder people in boats in the Caribbean.

The warzone nobody wants to talk about.

A military spouse caller on C-SPAN today directly begged Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a bill to ensure U.S. troops keep getting paid as the government shutdown drags on, condemning his “audacity” for saying he doesn’t support doing it. www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-j...

Video: ICE clash with cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines River “Zip ties behind our backs, shackles on our ankles. We were just in custody until they came with the transport,” said one worker. “If this happened to me, a US citizen, who’s to say what they’ll do to somebody else?”

Idaho families could see premiums jump from $611 to $2,083 a month if Republicans refuse to work with Democrats to save the health care tax credits. That's an increase of $1,472 a month for the SAME plan. Republicans won’t talk about it but Democrats refuse to let that happen.

Nobody ever loves the secret policeman :(

Ohio Republicans want public schools to teach positive impacts of Christianity on history ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...

Here's one of the explanations DOJ gave for needing to invade Chicago. A picture of LA (which it doesn't ID as such). Bring noisemakers, it says. INVADE FOUR MONTHS LATER WITH TROOPS, Trump says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

feels like it should be a big deal that the president is directing the invasion of american cities based on what are almost certainly AI videos shown to him by his staff maybe one of our ostensible news organizations could track down exactly what it is that he's seeing

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He says tourism and travel to DC in recent months has devastated many restaurants in DC. So, yes, Trump is lying. Again.

Retreat! Run away from the big frog who’s dancing!!

My dearest Martha, This evening we shot pepper balls at a man clothed in a frog costume. It had no effect. He continued to dance and taunt us. We retreated before he could charge our lines and commit unspeakable horrors against our boys. I fear this war will never end. Yours, Silas

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second. We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

I’m shocked.

Gestapo

gift article. wapo.st/3VTALll

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility. Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying. All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

"The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo."

I've made this observation a few times

Who torched Judge Diane Goodstein's house in South Carolina, and why? Is this the result of her being targeted by the MAGA horde? We need answers. time.com/7323442/sout...

Of course they did

There’s just not enough attention being paid to how unqualified, psychologically unfit, and dangerous so many of these new ICE hires potentially are. If we had a Congress, there’d be investigations & oversight into this.

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

It’s not even 10 a.m., and so much has unfolded in Chicago: – Illinois sues Trump over the National Guard deployment – Mayor Brandon Johnson bans city property use for immigration enforcement – Journalists and protesters sue the feds over Broadview violence

This, to me, is so telling. When proven wrong, Bari Weiss invites her critic on a podcast. The rotten fruit of the "debate" tree, the fetishization of debate as a conversation in which one "wins" or "loses," "owns" or is "owned." A side-effect of capitalism's anti-intellectual higher ed arms race.

Goons shooting from rooftops into a peaceful protest. This is no longer America, the land of the free. We are under siege. The Trump administration has declared war on Americans.

Absolutely NO LIES TOLD.....

Trump deploys 300 National Guard troops to Illinois, violating the Posse Comitatus Act.

Jared Kushner is going to the Middle East to negotiate a deal on behalf of the U.S. government days after Kushner announced a $55 billion deal between his private equity fund and the Saudi government One of the most brazen conflicts in history.

That time the Secretary of State shut down a Republican administration's plans to start using polygraphs on government employees: "The minute in this government I am told that I’m not trusted is the day that I leave." www.nytimes.com/1985/12/20/u...

All the journalists who rushed to lionize Kirk and decry political violence are gonna get right on this, right? Right?

Donald Trump and Kristi Noem are using every lever to provoke our communities and incite chaos. If Trump and Noem wanted to help Illinoisans, they would work with us — not against us — to protect public safety.