The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.   American citizens are being detained & brutalized.   This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Congress continues to fail at providing the checks & balances the Constitution intends on the executive branch, but Senate Democrats are working hard to try and get it there. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

BEHN: “Feed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.” TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech

LIVE: Hot air balloons fill the skies in New Mexico youtube.com/live/yNQ2y_3...

Why would Russia, the single biggest source of cybercrime, promote an international agreement against cybercrime? Alexander Seger looks at the Hanoi Convention, which countries will begin signing later this month. www.justsecurity.org/122000/russi...

David Gelles -- Dirtbag Billionaire "This is the inside story of one of the most extraordinary brands in the corporate world [Patagonia], the rare company that is driven by environmental activism instead of cutthroat capitalism." youtu.be/RUdrJaHXRuU?...

"“I have great faith that Pope Leo, as I stated in the letter I sent him, will help Venezuela preserve and achieve peace and stability,” Maduro said during his weekly show on state television." apnews.com/article/vene...

MTG BREAKS RANKS: “When the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE” Marge posts she is open to working out a healthcare deal for “Americans only.” Reality setting in as Dems hammer away!

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker threatens to withdraw from the National Governors Association if the organization doesn't speak out against Trump's use of the National Guard in U.S. cities. Watch Gov. Pritzker discuss with Rachel Maddow:

When my dad was 56, he lost his job – and our health insurance with it. Then, just months before becoming eligible for Medicare, my mom had a heart attack. Their hospital bill was equivalent to the value of our home. (1/4)

Trump Administration Lowers Wages for Guest Farmworkers civileats.com/2025/10/06/l...

"[The opinion] ...appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review." www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

🎁 GIFT 🎁 "It was not clear what was behind Mr. Ellis’s taking personal control of making legal judgments for the agency while continuing to help lead it, but the move raised alarms among some current and former intelligence officials." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

On top of ripping away Americans' health care, Donald Trump is using this shutdown to hurt federal workers. Federal workers like this one, who told me her story after being needlessly fired earlier this year, deserve so much better.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.

Breaking MSNBC: A top prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues she plans to decline to seek charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James — resisting intense pressure from Trump, according to two people familiar with her discussions. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

IL Gov Pritzker briefing starting shortly: www.illinois.gov/about/live-v...

"The Justice Department cannot uphold the rule of law when it carries out the President’s retribution campaign and protects his allies..." www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

Sean Spicer, Rahm Emanuel are among the first guests on C-SPAN's new political show "Ceasefire," which debuts on Friday.

“Deference” implies giving the president the benefit of the doubt. But where there is no doubt, there can be no benefit. Immergut refused to credit assertions with no basis in the record. She didn’t grandstand or sermonize; she simply applied the law to the facts. newrepublic.com/article/2013...

A coalition of unions, employers and religious groups filed a lawsuit in California federal court seeking to block President Trump's bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers. Subscribe: reut.rs/4aBvwvO

She’s been in ICE detention since MARCH for sending money to her family in Gaza. Leqaa Kordia’s story needs to be heard. Read more: interc.pt/4gQG3aV ✍️ @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social 📹 @jordanuhl.com

NEW: Illinois's lawsuit against the Trump admin to block the deployment of the Texas National Guard there has been assigned to Judge April Perry, a Biden appointee.

The term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border

Update: We did get the second written TRO. “Defendants are temporarily enjoined from deploying federalized members of the National Guard in Oregon.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The new term of Court starts today. Here’s what I am paying attention to. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized. We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon. She issued that order

Republicans in Washington took away the ACA Enhanced Premium Tax Credits, raising costs for ALL Nevadans.   A family of four making $64,000/year will see their health care premiums SKYROCKET by $2,500 annually.   I’m fighting to protect these tax credits and lower costs for hardworking families.

Here’s the longer version of this thread: www.stevevladeck.com/p/181-courts...

The specific provision is section 2 of the Calling Forth Act of 1792: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... For more background on the judicial review provision, and on how President Washington expressly relied upon it in putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, see: www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/427_pa9s...

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

NEW: Join @annabower.bsky.social @klasfeldreports.com and me LIVE on Substack NOW to discuss what just happened in court over the national guard deployments to Portland! Free to listen. muellershewrote.com

you! are! a! lawyer! I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed

BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying any National Guard troops in Oregon.

JD Vance wants to use the 25th Amendment to become president. Stephen Miller wants to exploit Trump’s dementia to run the country himself. Call it the new checks and balances.

3/ The new Temporary Restraining Order bars the deployment by the Trump administration of any federalized National Guard -- eg California or Texas National Guard -- in Portland.

Judge Immergut in Oregon v Trump now: "I grant plaintiffs second motion for a TRO." Federalized Texas and California Guard to Portland is a "DIRECT CONTRAVENTION" of court's TRO from Saturday. Both on 12406 statute and Tenth Amendment grounds.

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

Dude, the mandate has been revoked. People fucking hate you. Your guy is more unpopular than Biden when he got out of the race last year. They’ve rejected every part of your agenda. You’ve been losing elections all across the country this year. You’ve lost your mind. Stand down.

#Oregon asking same federal judge to block #California National Guard troops after Trump 'circumvents' order www.kgw.com/article/news...

There are a few of us "waiting for your host to join" right now for this hearing... Hi @muellershewrote.com and @klasfeldreports.com and @annabower.bsky.social

LATEST: CA joined OR's existing lawsuit, broadening it to cover both Trump deployment of OR Guard & new deployment of CA Guard to OR. Broadening doesn't need Judge Immergut's approval, but a new TRO to cover CA Guard does. w/@kyledcheney @jonesblakej www.politico.com/news/2025/10...