Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons. "ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

Ooh look. Now they're trying to sell you Thiel's electronic collar because "China bad".

How many people are they gonna arrest for praying? I might like to test that out blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.

It was always obvious that the Biden White House-- which had openly discussed charging Putin with war crimes and genocide over Ukraine-- privately discussed Israel's genocidal intent in 2023/24 and decided to lie about it. The belated confirmation is still important. www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...

Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.

This morning, in Broadview, 14 suburban women were arrested during an act of civil disobedience calling for an end to ICE/CBP’s kidnappings throughout the Chicago area. “We want to encourage other people who feel strongly about ICE’s actions to step off the sidelines and take our cities back.”

I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Abolish Border Patrol.

“He’s having a seizure and they’re trying to rip the baby out of her hands”

"But with Tuesday’s stunning election losses crystallizing the risks to downballot Republicans...there are growing signs that lawmakers are contending with the facts of their political lives: He’ll be gone in just over three years, while they’ll still be around." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

NEW on CNN: Inside the “absolute shitshow” at the Heritage Foundation. Where staff are in open revolt, a major donor bailing, and resurfaced deleted tweets from Kevin Roberts show him praising Pence and seemingly bashing Trump on Jan. 6th. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

Breaking news: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for SNAP benefits by Friday. The ruling comes after the partial funding disbursed had yet to reach those who qualify for the benefits.

I have a new article out about US-China bloc formation, climate change, and war

The model of downwardly mobile members of the PMC energizing/leading a detached, discontented mass to the left is fully in operation here. And it's nothing to apologize for.

Great piece by @schooldaves.bsky.social on the straightjacket the bond market imposes on municipal socialism. thebaffler.com/latest/payin...

Here’s a map of the vote on the housing proposals, districts voting Yes in green. (For proposal 2, but 3 and 4 are the same.) What’s noteworthy about it is this: It’s almost identical to a map of districts voting for Mamdani.

Dems did little to clarify this. They spent more time and energy attacking Trump for being weak on the border

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

A Border Patrol agent who shot a woman five times on Chicago’s Southwest Side later bragged about his shooting skills to friends: “I’m up for another round of ‘f--- around and find out.’” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

really important element of this basically total victory is that it puts the fear of god in republican incumbents and may bring the redistricting push to a total halt

BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.

score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"

The most idiotic subset of people are the types on Twitter who think China has done or will do anything for Palestine. Even if you put aside the fact that Chinese indifference to MENA is actually in China's material interests, China is a significant partner in Israeli arms trade.

Kansas doesn't have the votes to redistrict, Sharice Davids' seat won't be touched. apnews.com/article/redi...

Schumer should have endorsed Cuomo. To thine own self be true

Can't denounce racism when you yourself are Islamophobic. That's the bottom line re: both Gillibrand, Schumer and many other Democrats.

RIP Dick Cheney For @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/mamd...

What could Karp possibly mean by "ontology"? Wrong answers only

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

Since Q is a boomer who doesn't understand technology I have done you all the favor of posting this insane footage

"Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday urged Anwar and his cabinet to resign, saying the trade deal made Malaysia a vassal state bound to US interests." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Biden’s attempt to restrict China’s power failed, leaving the US weaker and the world a more dangerous place. But much of the foreign policy world still yearns for an irreversible escalatory spiral. For RS, I ask whether Trump can break with it. responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-biden-...

Two big questions now: 1) Will Trump rein in the hawks in his admin who are constantly undoing each truce, so genuine negotiations can finally commence? 2) When will China act against the China exclusion measures the US is forcing on third countries? ft.com/content/399a... 2/2

If Schumer voted for Cuomo maybe that's for the best

In a surprise move, U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is not seeking re-election, leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff, the only Democrat to file for his seat on the last day to do so. trib.al/Z6twS77

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Foreign trade missions and the lobbyists and PR firms working for the Andurils of the world are single-handedly propping up the DMV's escort market right now

Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.

The Supreme Court’s decision in the Trump tariffs case could shape whether the use of emergency powers to bypass Congress becomes routine. bit.ly/43OZTxQ

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

I had heard rumors about this—indeed the US threatened to revoke foreign officials’ visas if they voted in favor of the green shipping rules at the IMO. Utterly thuggish behavior

Darfur genocide took place at peak early 2000s American primacy, current Sudan genocide being done by forces backed by top US ally UAE, but sure let’s blame it on “post-American world” SMDH

Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard. There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.