Whether it be in Broadview here in Illinois or in Portland, Oregon, the Trump Administration is intentionally creating chaos to threaten sending military troops to American cities and suburbs.

Senator Chris Murphy reminds Democrats and concerned Republicans: "we have no moral obligation to pay the bills for democracy's destruction" We need a #FightingCR that safeguards our democracy and protects the balance of power! @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

So glad you asked. Here's the book.

Wine Moms and Soccer Dads, this is our time

History has always been a tool, even a weapon, of elite power. ASALH represents the challenge to the worst abuses of history. The best historians understand how to apply history to dismantle elite power. Some of us are brave enough to do it in the street, away from the halls of empire. #ASALH2025

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

the "abolish ICE" people were right

Join AAUP National even if you don't have a local chapter--your dues go towards the lawsuits they're filing & winning. (also if you don't have a local chapter--start one!)

War-ravaged Portland

Page One in Indy: The tariff/trade war “consequences for US farmers could be catastrophic in the coming years.”

This feels like a serious wake-up call: Walmart says the AI boom “means the size of its global workforce will stay roughly flat even as its revenue climbs. It plans to maintain its head count of around 2.1 million global workers over the next three years.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/ai/walm...

i made a helpful reference

Trump’s attack on George Soros is the next step in the autocrat’s handbook | Kenneth Roth

I'm visiting the iSchool at the University of Illinois. Besides super interesting conversations with the brilliant folks here and the wonderful company of @anuncivilphd.bsky.social I also get to do morning runs on the prairie.

Goodnight, friends. Sending you a big hug, if you need one. I love you.

Teachers: A "tremendous advocate for students, families, staff, and the community" School board: An "integral part of our school community" ICE trash: "Should be a wake-up call ... How this illegal alien was hired ... is beyond comprehension and should alarm the parents of that school district"

I say again, why are we bailing out Milei and why aren’t more Democrats in Congress talking about it?

Assata Shakur exchanged letters with Audre Lorde from prison, and Lorde wrote for her the poem "For Assata": I dream of your freedom as my victory and the victory of all dark women who forego the vanities of silence 👇Here's the whole poem

Goodnight, friends. Sending you a big hug, if you need one. I love you.

Updated local reporting - they don't use the photo on the right. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

Writing is hard work.

Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S. f the nyt gift link

For the first time ever, a doctor won’t be in charge of health care at the VA. Major Gen. John Bartrum has little experience, as his rambling answers at his confirmation hearing showed. From Jasper Craven: trib.al/Jjs7fDF

I’m grateful that action is being taken to address yesterday’s violence at 26 Federal Plaza. When we insistently bear witness, there are limits to the cruelty people will support. Even Trump’s ICE can’t escape that indefinitely.

My beloved, skinny, old Catman got to have a delicious nap in the sun amid the catnip this morning. #cats

A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

Took fire to the face. ICE definitely isn’t aiming at ground and firing at people’s heads again.

The city is proposing a 14.5% cut, and the county is offering an extra $50,000. Both entities will likely discuss budgets at their meetings early next week, Sept. 22 and 23, 2025.

Australian bird of the year! A tiny feathery hiatus from the grim day-to-day

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

Morning walk

Make it crystal clear for everyone in your life.

Inside you there are two wolves. no wait, they're not wolves. they look more like screaming voids of anxiety and dread. I guess you woke up and started reading the news right away.

ICE has erected a gate to keep protesters out. They are blocking a public street, despite the Broadview Fire Department ordering ICE to tear it down. Join us at 1930 Beach Street. 7-9 AM. Tell Broadview to tear this fence down.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

A divide in journalism right now that's worth watching is between reporters who understand how bad things are but are mindful of their reputation and not wanting to be perceived as too extreme or hyperbolic and reporters who feel things are so urgent they have to use urgent, clear language.

I think it's really cute that a government official thinks that any history is "settled" and "final" just by tweeting about it. Bless your heart.

According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.

It’s official! We’re launching the UCLA Department of Labor Studies. After years of building as a small but mighty “program,” Labor Studies has been elevated to departmental status. We’re the first but hopefully not the last of our kind in the UC system.

Alejandra is not overselling this. This executive order, if weaponized by a lawless administration like Trump, could lead to the dismantling of institutional/nonprofit opposition to Trump. It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.

The MAGA monocultural revolution is so thorough that Hegseth made it a priority to honor soldiers who carried out war crimes in 1890.

Most people who disagree with me aren't Nazis. They're just people who don't share my opinions or fundamental convictions. But some people have fascist politics. I will call those people Nazis, because fascist politics should be named, stigmatized, and shamed.

Not even 20 minutes later and I guess we’re doing 50% tariffs on IKEA for some reason. He’s a man with a plan to make life more expensive and he can’t be stopped.

Every day, Trump wakes up and thinks “what product should I make arbitrarily more expensive today?” Truck tariffs means drivers pay billions more for vehicles, companies/consumers pay more for shipping, & the benefits to truckmakers get outweighed by costs to other manufacturers

Goodnight, friends. Remember: hope is a muscle. Practice, train, don't give up. I love you.

Goodnight, friends. Remember: hope is a muscle. Practice, train, don't give up. I love you.

Congratulations to @dylanflesch.bsky.social, @apricity.black and all of the 450 volunteers who made the new library board database possible. It happened because of your labor, time and commitment. And with no money, lol. Thank you all. data.librariesforthepeople.org