The reason 42 million Americans are on SNAP is because employers aren’t paying living wages.

The Torres family reunited. Photos by chris sweda of Ruben Torres, Ofelia, Sandibell and Nathan.

“.. the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion .. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

When you have a $14B surplus and you admit out loud that it’s not that you can’t help Georgians, but that you just don’t want to.

wait but Speaker Johnson said there was no contingency fund? 🤷🏼

Punchbowl here really captures how much DC insider speak operates within GOP spin. Assumes GOP argument and then looks for explanations for why public doesn’t seem to agree. Must be that Trump/GOP hasn’t attacked them enough.

Joy is resistance. HandsOffNYC.com.

Crazy. Guy who makes 34 Million Dollars a year thinks Democrats are the problem. Amazing.

I'm just glad a solid, Murrow-esque 'journalist' like @jaketapper.bsky.social wouldn't have given Eva here a spot on his sho... Oh wait, Tapper had her on.

Stephen Miller’s wife threatened to have a naturalized citizen deported because she didn’t like what he said during a TV debate. www.rawstory.com/katie-miller...

BILLIE EILISH TO BILLIONAIRES: “If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? Give your money away.”

FAA ISSUES GROUND STOP FOR WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT CITING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER STAFFING

Mike Johnson makes it clear that he sees poor people not as unfortunate Americans who need to eat but simply as leverage in his political fight with Democrats. Mike Johnson is the fakest fake Christian in America.

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

"the FBI director used taxpayer funds in a government shutdown to fly his country singer GF to sing at a Hulk Hogan-founded wrestling event aired on Fox Nation" is not the flashiest Trump-era headline but pound for pound it can compete with any contender

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

A brave young woman asks JD Vance: “When you talk about too many immigrants here, when did you guys decide that number? Why did you sell us a dream? You gave us the path and now tell us we don't belong here? Why do you have to be Christian to be American?” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DQapzQi...

lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight

Indoor trick-or-treat events. Candy dropoffs. Neighbors patrolling with whistles. This is how Chicagoans are helping kids have a safe and ICE-free Halloween this year: blockclubchi.co/47qJSzi.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

every day a new rubicon is crossed

#JDVance is a bigot. The Voce President of the USA is a bigot.

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

To the craven "comedians" who are STILL not speaking up: The manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory was arrested by ICE. They filed no charges, he's a US citizen, and his family doesn't know where he is. They are coming for all of us. Grow a fucking spine and say something while you still can.

The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown. The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files. They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.

SCOOP The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” I got the memo laying it all out www.propublica.org/article/vete...

POV you’re still not married and your grandparents just found the nicest boy with a good job they want you to meet

For those who are here, it’s felt clear that the administration is using Chicago as testing ground for how immigration removal tactics could be applied across the nation. And now, this is even clearer. If you’ve not followed closely, it’s time to catch up. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/think-ice-...

Who the f**k are these 99%?? Line them up, right now. They're non-existent asshats who put ketchup on their hot dogs.

Trumpers want Street fighters like Border Patrol thug Greg Bovino -- who models himself as slimmed down Ernst Rohm -- to amp up the gratuitous and lawless brutality of Trump's War Within America; hence last night's purge of ICE officials. 1/

Three men — Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined. They own the media. They own the algorithms. They own politicians in both parties. The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

Follow this. Trial of the "commander" of the "Operation Midway Blitz" kidnapping racket in Chicago, who dresses up like an SS officer in his social media, directly violated a court order, in front of his "troops," by throwing a tear gas canister for someone walking close to him and criticizing him.

Mayor Brandon Johnson called for a general strike, and it went viral — but could it actually happen? Other progressive leaders are on board, but critics say the country isn’t ready. blockclubchi.co/4oGf9Fs

Bovino has left the courthouse. At least this time they managed to depart without leaving tear gas in their wake.

From the Editorial Board: If you are radicalizing the Chicago guy with the poop bag and making kids in wizard hats rub their eyes, then, Madam Secretary, you are not doing your job very well.

Ellis brings up this encounter: When “one federal officer, who was not wearing a body camera or any obvious visible identification shot … Enrique Bahena in the neck from five feet away with a pepper ball,” according to the court filing.

"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.

Taking notes 😆

One year ago

Totally, not conspicuous behavior that would normally be a total fucking scandal... But hey, the president is a crime boss

Damn. @wsj.com $UPS www.wsj.com/business/log...

Trump is fabricating a crisis that could end American democracy. If he succeeds, our streets will be militarized, and our courts will become places for political show trials. That’s why what’s happening in Chicago matters to everyone. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Lake Forest company sells arms to injure fellow Illinoisans. Fuck #ICE Fuck United Tactical Systems

They've used Chicago as a testing/training ground for this roving army of BP dipshits after doing the same in LA. Feels pretty crucial that everyone not in Chicago continue paying attention to Chicago to know exactly what to expect when they move elsewhere.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”