sure looks like the HR executive decided to make up “gross misconduct” so he could fire the people he was annoyed with

Immigration judges with prior immigrant defense work make up the largest share of those fired by the Trump admin. NPR identified 70 fired immigration judges. The changes have at least shifted perception of fairness in these courts My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...

DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages. Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.

Friday at last…

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

Some screenshots from itp_chicago IG. You can see how federal agents stake their presence around some of these communities in intersections in the middle of traffic and sidewalks in front of businesses. This feels very particular to the SW Side with Little Village being a prime target for this.

I just spent an hour chasing these ICE jagoffs through Bridgeport. They detained and questioned two old Chinese ladies (clearly dangerous criminals) then let them go. They are terrorizing the entire neighborhood. There have been people abducted this morning. I'm beyond enraged.

This—agents driving around in circles and provoking the community—has gone on for hours at this point with no discernible goal other than to inflict terror. They also just fired pepper balls at someone.

Judge orders release of US Border Patrol head Gregory Bovino deposition videos: Watch them here

#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.

NEWS: A federal judge says Gregory Bovino lied under oath. The Department of Homeland Security has a massive credibility problem. Two federal judges in Chicago have ripped the government’s credibility.

The DOJ accuses Martinez of assulting/impeding a federal agent on Oct. 4, even after an agent shot her. An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case. "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."

ICE deported him anyways. They literally put a man who was at death’s door on a plane to Costa Rica. Doctors there found he had encephalopathy, rhabdomyolysis and the inability to eat on his own. What happened to him in ICE custody to cause this? He died a few weeks after deportation:

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

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Streaming now!

Art points to the government table and says "these defendants should be ashamed of themselves. "It's a disgrace. And one of the great things about our Constitution, is that if that's what we think, we can say it."

Art tells the judge that Greg Bovino admitted, after days of questioning, that he threw tear gas in Little Village "before a rock was ever thrown." chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

"The government is hearing speech it does not like...and calling it a riot, calling it violence, calling it terrorism"

"The government has decided that the best defense is a fabricated offense"

This is interesting, and I haven't seen it reported before: federal agents organized into targeting teams and quick-response teams to provide security. An agent testified to this in court today, in a hearing for the arrest outside the Laugh Factory #chicago

Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

They simply do not give a fuck

hm don't think this is gonna get him much support here

The video now rapidly circulating (which also does not have a date or time marked) does not blur this poor woman's face. Here's one that does: wgntv.com/news/chicago...

If I had to guess right now (and it is premature!) I'd say the Supreme Court is going to strike down Trump's tariffs. All three liberals are clearly against the government. Barrett too. Roberts leaning that way. And we haven't even gotten to tax-hater Gorsuch yet.

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...

doomers vacate

i am participating in "nice and normal november" where you are nice and normal during the month of november

we're hearing "woke" is back

drafting legal documents in chiller font, just for fun

i love this website

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

9:30 am time to start thinking about lunch

Still need more baseball? We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.

GIANNIS WINS IT AT THE BUZZER!!!

GIANNIS!! Nothing like a buzzer beater between two teams that hate each other lmao www.playback.tv/kofiewhy

what if we had the hot dog for when you go vote instead of a sticker, like in australia

Happy national sandwich day to all who celebrate

Don’t believe anything they say. https://apnews.com/article/detroit-michigan-halloween-terror-plot-fbi-patel-d4758edbde0b18c19ca7b38f9e836904

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

NO NOT KRAFT

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them. After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer." www.calonews.com/featured-top...

our neighbor got abducted the other day and the neighborhood is raising money to help out his wife and kids until he gets free. Any help/shares are appreciated gofund.me/7c2338d40

When I drop a Skittle