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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

No health care, no deal.

Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people. Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

We are doing a pilot survey about how prospective PhD students in PSYCHOLOGY make decisions about applying to grad programs. If you are thinking of applying to a program in the future, and have 2-5 minutes to spare, could you take this survey? 🫶 northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

“This weight presses on me every day. I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help.”

New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk

Telling states NOT TO feed people is vile.

Re. Durbin, who's rightly listed below: His office doesn't take voicemail. So if you're reaching out to him tonight, fill out this web form instead: www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email

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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments. My response ⬇️

They don't seem like they are leaving... 🤷‍♂️ defector.com/lets-check-i... 🎁

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Earlier this year, we showed Trump built a remarkable “plutopopulist” coalition in his campaigns, drawing money from both wealthy elites and an unprecedented surge of small, first-time donors. With Tuesday’s elections, though, that coalition seems to be fraying. What happened? 1/ cup.org/4cfm0Az

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

outcome: Judge Ellis orders agents to only use force when it is "objectively necessary to stop an immediate threat of the person causing serious bodily injury or death to another person", requires them to wear "conspicuous identification" in two separate places, and to activate bodycams.

Ellis: "those are the factual findings that I'm making to support this preliminary injunction." "This conduct shows no sign of stopping," Ellis says.

No evidence that a man thrown to the ground in Evanston on Oct. 31 by agents who had his head "bashed into the ground" and was punched at least twice in the head "grabbed the genitals" of a federal agent, Ellis says. "Nor would such force have been appropriate even had that been true," Ellis says

Ellis is now moves to Oct . 24 in Lakeview: No evidence that anyone tried to deflate the tires of a vehicle carrying federal agents. Video captured by body-worn cameras recorded one agent mocking the crowd as tear gas was deployed, saying twice, “have fun!” and laughing as they fled, Ellis says

Ellis: Federal agents described a number of protestors as "professional agitators" based on their use of whistles, in part. "Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."

Ellis is painstakingly details what happened to Juan Munoz, a trustee on the Oak Park Village Board, who was arrested during a protest at the Broadview immigration processing facility in early October. Munoz was "used as a prop for Department of Homeland Security videos," Ellis says.

Federal agents tried to claim a flash-bang grenade they fired in Little Village was fireworks thrown by protestors, Ellis says. Agents also lied about what happened in Albany Park on Oct. 12, Ellis says.

"I find the defendants' (the DOJ) evidence simply not credible."

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs. Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social

Working paper alert 📢 Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... I was very fortunate to be part of this impactful research on the science of protest. This is one of those projects where the sum truly feels greater than its parts.

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

“It has really become a prison,” [Judge] Gettleman said on Tuesday. “The conditions would be found unconstitutional even in the context of prisons holding convicted felons, but these are not convicted felons. These are civil detainees.” 🎁

A difficult thing to explain to a 12 year old is the existence of a facility like broadview-- that our neighbors are being kidnapped daily off the street and held there in conditions that do "irreparable harm"

"As federal immigration authorities sweep the Chicago area, the order likely puts a limit on how many people can be held in the facility overnight" On the temporary restraining order on the broadview facility, which has been a human rights disaster: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...

Over at @therumpus.net, I am so happy to publish an essay by @hebagowayed.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani and the radical idea that Muslims are human! therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Know this, I will be saying "bring the flavor to the rice" for the next, oh, 5 years

With rising economic inequality, cross-class interactions are relatively rare because of just how segregated we are in daily life. We discussed the consequences of rising economic inequality + class-based segregation with @mwkraus.bsky.social. #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality

Reminder! We have an upcoming Special Issue at Developmental Psychology. LOIs are due to the guest editors by November 30. @apajournals.bsky.social

LOOK AT THE COMMONWEALTH

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

It's time to take the administration to court: dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/29/o...

How does social class create unique cultural patterns? @mwkraus.bsky.social highlights how experiences of socialization in distinct social class environments create class-specific cultural patterns (i.e., norms, values, & expectations) of how to be a person. Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality

In case your news sources aren’t covering this story adequately.

Very proud to live in Evanston, IL. Watch and listen to these folks standing up to ICE. (And follow the local reporters on the scene, like the reporter linked here from @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social )

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

Again, it's encouraging to see middle-aged white men screaming in the faces of these thugs.

There are basic issues of democratic legitimacy when armed and masked men are defying the wishes of neighborhoods and cities of America.

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.

Listen to @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social and I chat about inequality. We talked about: -the ways social class impacts our psychology -the importance of scientists speaking clear and true to the public about what is happening in the world Listen here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...