We working on verifying and documenting reports of multiple journalists assaulted, arrested and other press freedom violations while they covered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in and around Chicago recently. Here's what we're tracking so far:

Our friend @ericmgarcia.bsky.social is my go-to on Autism issues, and does a great job here on Canada's Forum Daily News youtu.be/du5AeRvHvDs?...

If you are concerned about the piece Eric is quoting, please read Eric's thread. Eric is a real journalist, he knows the Hill extremely well. I trust his analysis AND it matches what I'm hearing from the Hill.

the one constant in mass shootings is the prevalence of misogyny/domestic violence/hatred toward women: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

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Why, in this one brief lifetime that we all get, would anyone waste a second caring about the gender or sexuality of people they will never meet? Or even people that they do meet?

If you're in the Midwest and have been contemplating a train trip, tickets on the Borealis are ridiculously cheap right now for some dates in October

D'oh! Yes — @alyssachen.bsky.social's interactive graphics are intuitive, clear, all the things!

I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org. Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky

Huge public service from @mwhitler.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com: An analysis of test scores from 2019-2025 found that <1 out of 8 Minnesota school districts have returned to pre-pandemic proficiency rates in [math and reading] since students were pushed into online learning in March 2020. 1/

A committee tasked with guiding the federal government's strategy on #autism has been out of commission for most of the year, but there are now signs that it could soon be revived. #disabilities

LONG SHADOW: RISE OF THE AMERICA FAR RIGHT explores how the U.S. government failed to confront the threat of domestic terror and how a movement, with its roots in the Ku Klux Klan and America’s centuries of white supremacy, became a central animating force of the modern Republican Party. Listen now.

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe. Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.

Six Republican justices are speed-running our collapse into a dictatorship and they don’t even have the integrity to explain why. (But we all know why.) slate.com/news-and-pol...

Goodnight, friends. The poet Dylan Thomas wrote about approaching death, urging his father to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." There are many kinds of death, not just the corporeal kind. May we find the courage required to rage against the dying of the light. I love you.

This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police. Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.

This. Is. Terrible. News.

And during all of this, we have fewer disability reporters at national publications than when we started the year.

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

Can we note that nearing 1:00 am ET Chris is supplying context — and not off the cuff. With links and past original reporting.

Because we all need a little break...

When we agreed to let Walters use our studio for his interview with FOX national, we made clear we were going to talk to him afterward. Instead he avoided my questions. (Video coming) In the meantime, his new position is posted online.

The group he is going to be heading up — the Teacher Freedom Alliance — has added a “breaking news” bar and pop-up ad announcing his move.

BREAKING: Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters says he is resigning. (Of course, he announced this on Fox News.) www.koco.com/article/ryan...

Disability advocates are lining up against a bipartisan bill that they say would direct tens of billions of dollars toward institutionalization all while community-based services are likely to face cuts. #disabilities #Medicaid

Via @jvl.bsky.social "the answer isn’t to stamp out neurodivergence or “cure” people of being who they are.4 It’s to widen our arms and be more inclusive so that they can find their place in the world a little more easily. www.thebulwark.com/p/autism-mah...

EXCLUSIVE: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will halt abortions in October in response to the GOP budget "defunding" provision It's the first known PP affiliate to drop abortion services in the wake of the law:

"Let’s be clear: This is not accidental.... Year after year, families at [Minneapolis] schools made up of predominantly Black, Indigenous, and other students of color send their children to classrooms with the newest educators in the district, the most staff vacancies, and the fewest resources."

Research conducted by @transjournalists.org “identified 43 outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast running with the disproven stories of a ‘trans shooter’ and ‘trans bullets.’”

At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing xtramagazine.com/video/anti-t...

After dozens of educators nationwide were fired or suspended for social media posts about Charlie Kirk, several have now filed federal lawsuits, saying these schools violated their First Amendment rights www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Nexstar clearly trying to find the "next star" amirite bsky.app/profile/benm...

also talked about consolidation, the right-wing takeover of the MSM, and the knotty state of media ownership in the year 2025, with both @nharnie.bsky.social (www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sta...) and @maryharris.bsky.social:

reupping for the occasion of Kimmel's triumphant monologue and the persistent rage directed at Nexstar and Sinclair

Yeah, Kimmel is back. And Trump made him much stronger. This was excellent. 410K views on YouTube in the first 30 minutes. youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY

As I was saying…

Kimmel: "The President of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs. Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he cannot take a joke."

He nails it. Touching, funny, directs people to pay attention to the attacks on the press even more so than attacks on comedians. It's all the same thing, really: www.youtube.com/@jimmykimmel...

Minneapolis's zoning reforms are addressing housing affordability by increasing supply. Researchers found that the reform lowered housing cost growth to 16% to 34% lower, while rents were 17.5% to 34% lower. Please Read. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

Trump and RFK Jr. have scared the families of #ActuallyAutistic children so much that they are afraid of getting their children diagnosed. But that carries tons of risk and preventing autistic kids getting the services they need. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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THIS @ericmgarcia.bsky.social piece on what's at stake for autistic people right now renders the moment heartbreakingly clear. 'These ghost autistic people will be the legacy of RFK Jr. that haunts America for generations.'

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

I appreciate that this NYT chat features an autistic journalist and author — and gives him the room for full-throated responses! And of course @ericmgarcia.bsky.social crushed it. gift link

As the LGBTQ Youth Population Doubles, Number of Bills Targeting Them Triples @the74.bsky.social @bethhawkins.bsky.social #EduSky www.the74million.org/article/as-t...

New from me @the74.bsky.social , via @mapresearch.bsky.social & its partners: 'As the LGBTQ Youth Population Doubles, Number of Bills Targeting Them Triples' Some cool interactives in here, people!