Yep I think about what it took to get a PhD (let alone a job) for my cohort compared to previous ones, and about how my own kid is doing stuff in elementary school that I didn’t touch until high school

For a long time I have been praying for this for DT and JD V. That they might have a revelation of God, a true spiritual awakening, and then leave us to go to a mountain hut or desert commune or something to meditate in a faraway lands forever.

Where is the president?

“I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.”

The sort of people the administration calls 'terrorists' : "[the 84 year olds] were rushed by federal officers “for no apparent reason.” She said her husband was leaning on his walker and wearing his Vietnam veterans cap as he was pushed to the ground."

If you're in Illinois and facing criminal charges from protesting ICE, or if you were attacked by ICE or law enforcement supporting them, I might be able to represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Important visceral reminder that every inappropriate detention (illegal detainment or kidnapping) radiates harm to wide circle of totally undeserving people. Cruelty is their point. (Disgusting and un-American)

The Conservative Men Who Are Scared of Cities have escalated to gassing civilians for being rude to them.

This is a declaration they will use federal resources to deploy violence against judges, prosecutors, and attorneys general. There's no other coherent interpretation of the phrasing, including "only remedy," "legitimate state power," and connecting those people with "terror networks."

And @publicenemyno1.bsky.social doing a medley including Fight the Power (we see you @chuckdpe.bsky.social) youtu.be/aKV1UQqxQN0 — I can’t help but think that some minds will be blown at what people were saying with their chest 35+ years ago.

The Sun-Times *is reporting these were live rounds* fired at a vehicle. There's been much confusion in the immediate aftermath of this about whether whether they were that or pepper balls, and whether person in vehicle was hit by them. This is the most current info we have *at this time.*

2/2 The man who was choked by a CBP agent in the video above is seen on a gurney going into an ambulance. CBP agent who choked him is standing next to the gurney with what appears to be a smile on his face. Posted by: Luis Islas [source: www.facebook.com/groups/12087...

U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a woman on Saturday morning in Brighton Park marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month, the @chicago.suntimes.com reports

There is a simple and basic truth here which is that this is not how legitimate law enforcement agencies in a democratic nation state behave. It’s simple and basic, so much so that it bears repeating again and again lest it slip away through the open Overton window.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

We can still see it.

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tear gassing neighborhoods, driving recklessly, treating people like rabbits to be hunted.

This is a good list.

To understand the chaos in Chicago, here are some must-follows: @unraveledpress.com @thetriibe.com @blockclubchi.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com @katmabu.bsky.social @bencollins.bsky.social @dansinker.com @wttw.bsky.social

Unidentified drones reported over Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. Flights diverted.

NEW — So, there are multiple things happening today in Chicago. • Pritzker says Trump intends to send 300 troops here in the coming hours • Protestors are going off in Brighton Park, where federal agents shot a woman. thetriibe.com/2025/10/trum...

Probably worth noting. The feds and cpd aren't coordinating as much as the feds are trying to start a riot and cpd appears to be in their way

AND trump SNEAKS out to go golfing The country is in trouble and he goes GOLFING and we HAVE to PAy for it www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...

Locals, CPD, press, a few protestors and legal observers remain on scene but the feds are gone. Air is still foul from all the chemicals. One protestor found one of the gas cannisters feds were deploying into the crowd

Remaining feds left the scene in a large caravan, deploying more tear gas straight into the crowd - and right at my feet - as they left.

Read the entire thread in the shared post. This is Chicago today.

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

DHS doing what appears to be content creation in Broadview.

Weird stuff happens all the time but I do have to say I’m pretty skeptical that federal agents were “rammed by 10 cars” and somehow none of them were injured? If that’s true, surely it wouldn’t be too hard to track down 10 busted vehicles?

With alt text, please use alt text

I keep going back to this, but one of the reasons South Korea has an incredibly effective protest culture is because they have *decades* of organizational experience through daily/weekly protesting. it helps a lot to do the routine stuff to be able to pull off the big stuff.

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

On Friday, ICE agents used tear gas outside of a hospital in Chicago’s Humboldt Park before fleeing the scene.

One of the things that sucks about this era is having to think about the racists all the time, because they’re so boring. They have like, three tools in their toolkit, so we get to say things like “oh look, they’re using the hammer again”

They are not, you know, actually sincerely against showing contempt for America or its values or its peoples. That’s the essence of their movement. What does MAGA mean other than America is no longer great? No, the demand for obeisance is only directed at certain people.

Why did DHS conduct this insane apartment raid in Chicago, kicking down doors in the middle of the night and zip-tying US citizens in vans? To give them footage for this action-movie montage where Latinos are led out into the street by heavily armed thugs, replete with slow-motion pyrotechnics.

They wouldn't negotiate when the government was open. They won't negotiate now that it is closed. Thune's "strategy" is to make Democrats cave on health care. This is political extortion. They own this shutdown!

Solar panels & windmills do not explode.

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

A family destroyed. All of it is amoral. Just damn.

Full NBC article is worth reading www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

So much to mourn here. ICE shot and killed a single father just after he has dropped his two kids off at daycare. Their justification for stopping him was traffic violations form 12 years ago. Their justification for shooting him was that he was driving away. A completely needless tragedy.

History repeats.

Meiselas: So if this 17 trillion he keeps talking about exists, what account is it in? Did he steal the 17 trillion? Subramanyam: I’d love to see his math on that. I’d love to know why it’s not being returned to the American people if that’s the case.

Would you like some golden yellow from nature to fill your eyes for a moment? Here you go! (And open full screen if you are feeling brave.) 🌿 #FlowerReport

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

White man whose brand is crying about how tough he had it growing up in the poorest part of the US* wants Black woman to be grateful she also got opportunities from an America he works hard to destroy every day, somehow without using the word “uppity” *he’s from suburban Dayton though