An annual event, Paddlebuard witches Oregon US #WomensArt (Photo D.Caslick) #Halloween #Samhain

will kim is still in ICE detention

BATTLE STATIONS PATRIOTS, CAESAR THE NO DRAMA LLAMA HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN PORTLAND REPEAT, THE LLAMA IS LIVE AND ARMED

Korean artist Jee Young Lee creates dreamscapes in her small studio #WomensArt

This is fucking amazing

Two years ago, Nick Fuentes was so toxic that, after I reported on a secret meet he had with a top Texas GOP donor, the party was engulfed in scandal and voted to explicitly ban Holocaust deniers/Neo Nazis. Today, Heritage Foundation effectively said that "no enemies to our right" includes Fuentes.

this is, I think, the best tweet

"Local authorities apprehend immigrants. Private contractors deliver them to either a local jail...or a detention site run by a private corporation... turning immigration enforcement into ... a continuous, privatized, and largely unseen system capable of moving detainees hundreds of miles overnight"

The family and friends of Victor Cruz said he presented ICE agents with his ID and valid work permit, but the agents told him, “work permits don’t matter anymore.”

Bunkering down in military housing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food. He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Please note what happened here. By challenging Trump to pause his terror raids for Halloween, Pritzker forced Kristi Noem to come out *for* continuing to traumatize kids. Polarizing these debates draws attention/forces MAGA depravity into the light. newrepublic.com/article/2023...

This is pretty wild. The head of Heritage basically said Nazi ideology is just another flavor of conservatism to be hashed out. Of Nick Fuentes he said: "Cancelling him is not the answer... When we disagree with a person's thoughts and opinions, we challenge those ideas in debate."

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."

Have honestly lost count of how many times Border Patrol has swept up drivers in the O'Hare rideshare lot(s) now. They're back again tonight after being seen there yesterday (and last week on several occasions, and the week before that): instagram.com/p/DQc9wn3DBmu/

for Takes about the Democratic Party, a new source of data: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

a plainclothes federal agent walked into a brighton park barber shop pretending to be a customer this morning. the agent came back half an hour later with two other feds and abducted someone, then threatened to arrest anyone else who stepped in.

this will be extraordinarily harmful. I also do not think the Feds are ready to deal with Philadelphians

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

On Thursday, lawyers for the city of Portland and the states of Oregon and California pressed their case in federal court against a National Guard deployment that they say is unwanted and believe is illegal.

#Printmaker Gertrude Hermes, Bat and Spider, wood engraving, 1932 #womensart #Halloween 🎃 🕸 🦇

This week, we’re in trial in the district court putting on evidence showing that the federal government’s deployment of National Guard is unlawful and unnecessary. Here's what happened on day 1 and what's next:

California’s Prop 50 hugely important. Its approval by voters will not only combat Texas gerrymander but hopefully convince other Dem states to step up & counter Trump’s plan to rig midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

English/French born miniaturist painter Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595 artist who composed 60 miniature books using her that calligraphic skill with paintings, portraits, and embroidered covers #womensart

'Twilight Landscape' by Victoria Crowe, contemporary Scottish painter #WomensArt

A sad update to the story of the 13-year-old Massachusetts boy who was abducted by ICE: He is choosing to self-deport to Brazil because even if he were to win his asylum case, his lawyer says it's possible he could still remain incarcerated.

Oops, I guess?

Reporting in the Guardian corroborated in the Post- "The Pentagon has ordered thousands of specialized National Guard personnel to complete civil unrest mission training over the next several months..." indicating Trump’s effort to send military forces into urban centers could become the norm.

AI makes things up and presents it as truth.

Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.

This is a piece of the Mamdani campaign that I think is really underdiscussed—that in a moment of terror and despair, his premise is that standing up against fascism can be joyous.

Ah yes girls can't understand the true meaning of Frankenstein... Literally written by a 19 year old girl Mary Shelley.

People are not paying enough attention to what the govt is testing in Chicago. “A federal agent pointed a gun at a combat veteran’s face & said “bang, bang” and “you’re dead, liberal”… the agents, including Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino [also threw] tear gas” blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/28/f...

Gov. Tina Kotek is tapping unspent funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to send $5 million in state funding to food banks.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

CBS News endured a “traumatic” day Wednesday, as David Ellison’s Paramount slashed hundreds of jobs in a sweeping round of cuts. @nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-news-l...

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

New Quinnipiac University poll out today and hoo boy. If you can vote in New York or know people who can, then you need to activate. Not liking this Q-Poll trend as the racist attacks have mounted. Oct. 23-27: Mamdani +10 Oct. 3-7: Mamdani +13 Sep. 4-8: Mamdani +16

Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?

A man’s face

SCOTUS buys time in the Chicago case

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There’s a @briancassella.bsky.social shot for this from just today!!

Re-reading Susan Owens' majestic 'The Story of Drawing,' and marvelling at Sofonisba Anguissola's drawing of her brother (c1554) as he is nipped by a crayfish and bursts into tears; capturing for us the everyday drama of her life over four and a half centuries ago.