Reuters gives someone anonymity tonight to say that plans will be submitted “soon” to the National Capital Planning Commission. (I cited and included Engineering News-Record’s reporting on the lack of such plans having been submitted in my report earlier today.) www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

🚨 "Erez Reuveni: And Ensign says to Boasberg, I don't know. Now Ensign was at the same meeting that I was at the day before, where we were told in no uncertain terms that planes were taking off over the weekend, that those planes needed to take off no matter what." ⬇️ www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Trump ordered a show of force on Oct 18th, directing the military to fire rockets over a California highway to intimidate US civilians. A rocket malfunctioned & detonated, damaging JD Vance’s security detail. Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's decision to close the highway saved lives.

What exactly was the reason we needed to fire artillery shells over I-5? So JD Vance can feel like a real boy? Couldn’t he and Hegseth have just done some pushups together?

I have never seen such a perfect image

I know folks have been litigating the value of these protests all week, and I would remind those who have been eyerolling that one VERY important part of mass dissent is making it impossible to round up all the dissenters. They see the crowds and have to reevaluate gulag plans

#NYC #NoKings 👑

No Kings rally in Durant, Oklahoma, population ~19,000.

Chicago - no kings

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

The protest in Atlanta, Georgia is growing by the hour, joining millions nationwide. The people say no to the Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

This pic from Chicago today made me ponder how we see many enormous post-election rallies against Trump, but we never see enormous rallies *for* Trump. Sure, we see a score of people on the roadside with flags every so often, but nothing like this. Maybe he's just not as popular as he thinks he is.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Do you know what a group of frogs is called? AN ARMY

Happy No Kings Day, America. It couldn't happen at a better time.

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring. Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

“While thousands of federal workers are furloughed - or fired - and trying to stay afloat without paychecks, the ones responsible for the shutdown are literally, and figuratively, eating cake.” 😡 Let them eat cake. #NoKings tomorrow, Oct 18. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities. Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

Let's get this straight: Speaker Johnson canceled session and refuses to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 218th signer of the discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein files. Bring us back in session, release the files, and let's open the government.

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

“In the Third Reich, Hitler’s will replaced German law. Whatever he wanted, he did. If anyone was perceived to threaten the Nazi project of a fascist ethno-state, no legal protection could save them. Fraenkel called this realm the ‘prerogative state.’ >1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This Is Fascism

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey. I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

This is a great read and a spectacular ad!

Around Portland on a rain-tinged day. In some ways as close to a US Amsterdam as I've experienced. (Which means not ostentacious, great public transpo/ bicycle culture, walkable neighborhoods, abundant culture, great food scene, lots of public art and imagination, family friendly, etc.)

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE “Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection. Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

Let’s make today about who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, not who wasn’t. The Committee awarded it to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Imagine that

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a legitimate body.

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis. apnews.com/article/clim...

It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.

👋 !! 🌊 !! 💙 !! hiya! Less than a week til @lenniesaurus.bsky.social joins us with poyums annaw - grab last few tickets here + we’ll see you there www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/a... @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 235: Stop equating wealth and fame with your value as a writer. Some of the writers we now admire were unknown in their lifetimes; just as many once-bestselling writers are now forgotten and unread. Making good art is not the same as making good money.

The regime keeps losing in court because what they’re doing is illegal

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

Shoutout to @nicollewallace.bsky.social for not sugar-coating anything and saying on the air that an ICE agent said “fuck them kids” while handcuffing them naked in Chicago after an apartment raid.

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already... www.nokings.org

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW: (Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122 (Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831 Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336 I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.