Excellent thread on huge community meeting called after the ICE assault on a daycare center in Chicago today. And, Shawn‬ is a great follow to keep up with Chicago ICE ‪ Follow: @mulchy.bsky.social

Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari

EVERY SINGLE ONE IS FUNNY

"the idea that Mamdani should be feared by voters because he is Muslim, & because of his position on Palestine, is not only acceptable in media coverage & political discourse, but pervades it. There is no similar questioning as to whether Cuomo, who is literally providing support for a war criminal

From the Guardian. Cartoonist Ella Baron.

Honestly, NYC Has functionally not had a mayor in eight months and apparently an unqualified fire commissioner for a year and nobody's really noticed? Greatest city in the world baby.

There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office. Democrats swept all 13. That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular). They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.

Upon reflection, I too know a lot about fire and like fire. I'm available to be NYC fire commissioner.

Who knew that FDNY had deal breaker views about...Israel which is a foreign country I believe. Do they have any other views about any other countries we should know about? NYC Fire Commissioner to Quit Over Mamdani Stance on Israel - Bloomberg share.google/u4nCw8SxcGCX...

Be nice to overnight workers right now. You think youve got it bad with the tome change its now dark from the moment i wake up until i go to sleep. There is no stepping outside to catch some sun or working in another room. Its just dark. All the time.

guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀

Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

top-down taken so literally it becomes satire

Cuomo is running the laziest, most top-down campaign I've seen in my entire life

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

This just happened

#31DaysOfHalloween #Gothtober

There's a lot to unpack, digest and consider here, though some of the solutions they suggest seem unworkable. But it's striking to me that they dismiss @aoc.bsky.social as "AOC at the Met gala," when she is actually an example of a working-class candidate with great communication skills who wins.

There are ten times as many home health aides in the US as there are miners

If you have sick days or vacation days plan accordingly and quickly. This blackout is 7 days. Shop ahead. Don’t buy anything that isn’t local and small business. People will be stopping labor if they can (vacation/sick days). And stopping shopping. An economic blackout for one week.

Sounds like Cuomo's "Muslims Against Mamdani" brain trust of middle-aged uncles told him prostitution is legal for Shiites. This campaign is so committed to the purest form of incompetence

While I would appreciate the traditional birthday gift of a free Palestine and Sudan, I’ll be happy if you sent a few dollars to @designer4hasand.bsky.social instead. www.gofundme.com/f/help-duaas...

With gratitude in our hearts, we kindly ask for your help to cover the remaining amount. Every £25 brings us a step closer to this small but vital goal for our children.️❤️ Your kindness is our strength in the difficult days.🫂

@kelkimac.bsky.social My friends, I haven’t heard anything from my friend Kelki for a while now — she’s completely disappeared. Honestly, I’m really worried about her.💔 If anyone has heard from her recently or knows how she’s doing, please let me know 🙏 I just hope she’s safe and doing well.

This Day in Labor History: October 23, 1995. John Sweeney won the election to become president of the AFL-CIO. Let's talk about this brave but ultimately failed attempted to rejuvenate organized labor through better leadership and a real commitment to organizing!

the real victim of these trying times is Mr. Cool Ice

People are starting to fight back more and more.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Likely murdered this week on Trump’s orders: “Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago who had been living in Venezuela in recent months, told his family he would soon be taking a short boat ride back home. He has yet to return, and now his family fears the worst.“

Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.

You can bribe the president with $2,000,000,000 but he'll apparently still do that dipshit Alpha Male move where he suddenly yanks your arm in a handshake.

Voters still trust Republicans on the economy more than Democrats. I guess waging the same tired old fights on ACA are not changing anyone's mind. Who could have predicted it??? . www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

“Without hunger and thirst among the Gazan population, we will not succeed in recruiting collaborators, we will not succeed in recruiting intelligence, [or]... in bribing people with food, drink, medicine, in order to obtain intelligence.” —Tally Gotliv (Likud Knesset member)

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

and not a moment too soon!

Some folks who preordered are starting to receive their copies of Read This When Things Fall Apart! ❤️ The book is supposed to be published on November 4, but I am so happy some folks are getting it early. It's needed now.

Does this remind you. of anything. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it. Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

redo w/correct link. pls share again! ‼️‼️‼️Sameer Project urgently needs our action. Can we do a $75/mattress-for-babies fundraiser today? The situation: From Sameer Project on on X: “The pediatric department at Nasser Hospital requested our help!! Support: chuffed.org/project/1368...

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Does this remind you. of anything. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

As a federal immigration crackdown ramps up in the Chicago area, a few dozen people gathered on Thursday afternoon in downtown Aurora to protest immigration enforcement activity in the area.

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

This story has been picked up by multiple news outlets, including the Chicago Tribune and the Fox-owned station in the city. You know which Chicago outlet doesn't appear to have a story about this on its website? Brockman's employer, @wgntv.com WGN's owner? Nexstar

Unacceptable! This must and can be reversed! Fight it!

Wow print edition major sucks for that difference. I guess truth is subjective to the print editor.

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.