A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

An oldie. But a goodie.

Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico). In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

Border Patrol propagandists filming their operation yesterday 📸 @mkaplanphoto.bsky.social

One commenter replied, “based song choice,” which was liked by the Border Patrol account. Another commenter wrote, “if you know you know.”

One factual tidbit from last week’s SASC confirmation hearing for the nominee to be Army GC. Senator Reed: “In fact, one of the attacks, the missile strikes, were followed up by a helicopter using .50 caliber machine guns to shred whatever was left.” Confirmation helicopter used in one attack.

If you read the precedents Abrego Garcia is citing in seeking release from detention, you begin to realize the unreported horrors Trump's DHS/ICE is quietly committing throughout the country. Take Zavvar v Scott, for instance. ... 1/7 law.justia.com/cases/federa...

"Federal agents had just exited the fortified facility and appeared to be chasing a protester when the protester and officer collided with band members, most of whom were wearing banana costumes." www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Unfortunately, reality is only apparent *after* elections.

Statement of Cardinal Cupich on the Moral Imperative to Uphold Both Security and Human Dignity.

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

A message from the frog resistance youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso

In the last 70 years, federal jobs fell from 4.5% of all employment to below 2%. Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.

I defining feature of the moment is profound institutional cowardice amidst incredible individual bravery. Business owners and college Presidents flirt with accommodating tyranny (or outright support it) while workers and students, sometimes at great personal risk, reject it.

This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed. youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Straight-up racial profiling.

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.

Absolutely brutal.

Thread. Read the preceding background to understand this better.

We came so close

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

You break it, you own it. Kudos to @akalhan.bsky.social.

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again. Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden. Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Kavanaugh stop.

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

It's kind of amazing to me that everyone is hyperventilating on a daily basis about how the large 🇪🇺 country in economic crisis is....🇫🇷

This is terrifying! ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents) This is Trump’s America.

Without comment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation. It methodically goes through each problem in the review. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism

With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray. No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye. Thank me later, An actual expert

Did DOGE save us $2 trillion? “Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/tari...

Thune and Johnson are flat out lying this morning. In quantity. Wholesale and retail. Every word that comes out of their mouths is a lie. How do you know when they're lying? When their mouths are moving. They must be removed from public office.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social. ICE thugs.

9. Civil rights leaders, orgs, and individuals can practice steps to keep themselves safer from domestic surveillance. Such individuals and orgs should practice digital hygiene, use password managers, two factor authentication, keep apps upgraded, and use tools like Signal. Find EFF's guide here:

4.The survey, part of Pew’s broader examination of LGBTQ+ experiences, shows how isolated many trans people remain within their own families. While 58 percent reported acceptance from siblings and an equal share said the same of their friends, parental support lags dramatically behind at 31 percent.

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.” www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

Watch the video and spread it far and wide

Trump promised to lower costs on Day 1. 9 months later, families are paying more for groceries and electricity, and soon they’ll be paying DOUBLE for health care premiums. House Republicans must report back to work and negotiate a compromise to prevent a health care crisis.

Kavanaugh search and seizures