The Fugitive Slave Act legalized bounty hunting. It’s crystal clear what Make America Great Again really means.

Relatedly, it's worth highlighting how outrageous it is that when Trump threatens to punish New York if it elects Mamdani, Cuomo's own impulse is to try to use that to score cheap political points against Mamdani, rather than to call out Trump for the threats. He's all opportunism, all the time.

Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy. It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Food banks were already struggling to keep with demand. Then, Trump slashed $1 billion from crucial USDA programs supporting them. Now, thanks to his shutdown, food assistance for millions of Americans is about to try up. The perfect storm of cruelty.

Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do. Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.

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"But Her Emails" he cried softly

Outside Chicago— State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear. A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection. Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.

Trump posts crazy stuff like this at times where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention and wants people to start talking about him again. It’s deranged, narcissistic behavior.

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” It’s who our government is for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires — or for the rest of us?

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An introduction to six fundamental core processes that will make your conference a better conference, including links & additional resources www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #agreements #TheThreeQuestions #fishbowl #PairShare #PersonalIntrospective #GroupSpective #eventprofs

Here are Jerry Weinberg's Ten Laws of Pricing. If you like them and want to know more, do yourself a big favor and buy his book! www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/un... #consulting #pricing #SettingYourPrice #SecretsOfConsulting #JerryWeinberg

Part 3 of my IMEX America 2025 saga—The BAD and The UGLY. What worked, what needs fixing, and why Las Vegas made it harder than it had to be. #IMEX #IMEX2025 #LasVegas #Vegas #eventprofs www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/me...

A transcript and video of my fascinating hour conversation about peer conferences with The Meeting Doctors: Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #events #PeerConferences #interview #FishbowlSandwich #eventprofs

Three centuries of conferences built on 19th century learning styles coupled by 20th century leadership models fused with 21st century technologies www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #conferences #history #leadership #learning #eventprofs

For the funeral of my wife's beloved Tai Chi teacher, I was asked to facilitate connection with distant friends & students. Here's what I did. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/co... #meetings #EventDesign #MemorialService #TaiChi #eventprofs

Many conference sessions aren't accurately described by their program blurb. Here are six ways you can avoid wasting attendee time. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #events #program #accuracy #eventprofs

How you program conferences depends (or ought to) on your answer to the question: Do conference attendees know what they want? www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #sessions #choice #ParticipantDriven #events #eventprofs

How can you continuously improve your work life? Designing and conducting a regular work life review can work wonders. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/pe... #WorkLife #review #ContinuousImprovement #GettingThingsDone

It's tempting and understandable to concentrate on trying to manage change. But never forget to work steadily on *what* to change. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/fa... #ManagingChange #WhatToChange #leadership #injustice #StatusQuo

Providing downtime during any meeting is important, but scheduling breaks during online meetings is especially important. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #OnlineMeeting #ActiveLearning #movement #eventprofs

A win! Trump administration ordered to pay SNAP benefits during shutdown. Thank you Judge John J. McConnell!

Satisfying wants and needs at conferences is important. But whose wants and needs? And how do we determine them? www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #events #satisfaction #WantsAndNeeds #eventprofs #assnchat

Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/so... #mission #environment

Faith Family Academy is one of eight Texas charter school districts on track to be shut down at the end of the year after receiving an “F” rating. Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years. With @texastribune.org

Hey, so as a veteran and incident responder I need to warn you to pay attention to something in America. The human brain is resilient. While you're watching kids get dragged away from the parents and people being beaten in the streets, you're accumulating trauma but also being desensitized.

On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests. Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.

A scoop that I’m not happy to report: CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution. heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...

This is the country we’ve become under the Trump administration.

Part 3 of my IMEX America 2025 saga—The BAD and The UGLY. What worked, what needs fixing, and why Las Vegas made it harder than it had to be. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/me... #IMEX #IMEX2025 #LasVegas #Vegas #eventprofs #newpost

I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.

A 61-year-old Tennessee man posted a liberal meme on Facebook after Charlie Kirk's death. A conservative sheriff had him arrested. Bail was set at $2 million. He spent nearly 40 days in jail before charges were dropped. Now he's planning to sue. Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

IMO democracy becomes impossible in the absence of any social or political norms against lying.

I can’t stress this enough. They want to do inside the US the kind of extrajudicial murders they’ve been doing internationally. This has always been about normalizing the ability of Trump to smite his personal enemies without suffering legal consequences. Trump’s testing for compliance & resistance.

An R state judge in Minnesota – whose previous claims to fame included being a Tea Party town councilman, beating his daughter, and wanting to carry a gun in court – was removed from the bench for "egregious" misconduct So he tried to change his name to "Judge" www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

Hey, meeting planners! Yes, you, you know who you are. Are you obsessed with conferences? Well…hopefully less than George Meyer… www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/hu... #conferences #obsession #humor #eventprofs

I'm happy to announce that a free 9,000-word update to my book Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love is available! www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #EventDesign #FreeUpdate #download #events #eventprofs

Some old news: "The job you'll be doing in the future hasn't been invented yet." That's been true for me since 1978! www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/li... #FutureOfWork #career #consulting #jobs

Today, the term "social listening" is so synonymous with social media it's easy to forget what it once meant. Here's how to implement social listening at a conference. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #listening #PlusDelta

Chase allowed someone to open an account — online, without providing ID — under the name of a Boston garage. That account was then used to solicit hundreds of thousands of dollars from fraud victims around the U.S. (Published June)

Small is Beautiful: Conferences As If People Mattered www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/un... #meetings #events #small #beautiful #eventprofs

No there isn’t you Vichy bastards

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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

The social media platforms we once relied on for authentic connection are disintegrating. Here's how you can make a difference. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/so... #SocialMedia #enshittification #federation #connection

One corrosive effect of commissions on the meetings industry: trade associations won't support intermediaries. Let's learn from travel agents' adaptation to airline cuts. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #events #commissions #agents #travel #hospitality #eventprofs