Just learned that the memo I wrote for this can be shared, so voila: quick overview of my research on INGO responses to NGO restrictions stats.andrewheiss.com/2025-11_carn...

On top of refusing to fully fund SNAP during the shutdown, the Trump regime has: -Cut $1 billion from USDA programs supporting food banks -Enacted tariffs that have caused food prices to rise -Made the largest cut to SNAP in history -Canceled the annual food security survey Shameful.

Protests are spreading to counties Trump won handily in 2024. Here's the data. @chenoweth.bsky.social @djpressman.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/resi...

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

@nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com immediately revert to tired framing of Democrats as just progressives vs moderates about to fight each other. That's not yesterday's election story.

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Hot take: Democratic landslide

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

Thread. Mamdani's policy content or Mamdani's campaigning and communication skills? The latter are very powerful.

“We have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” Mr. Cheney said. (NYT)

YASSSS 👇

This would be GREAT for housing affordability. Zohran keeping his promises.

What is this unknown "solution"?

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

In honor of Halloween, my favorite essay in the philosophy of candy: 200proofliberals.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-...

"Trump has gone to war with federal government’s independent watchdogs, firing 17 presidentially appointed inspectors general, a breach of historic norms. The [IG's] are watchdogs of [DC's] vast federal bureaucracy, tasked with identifying and stopping waste, fraud & abuse and saving taxpayers" (WP)

Could lead to a total re-making of the tax systems in the US.

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

yes!

"But despite the USDA’s claim of insufficient funds, the agency has access to billions of dollars in contingency funding appropriated by Congress specifically to sustain SNAP benefits during a government shutdown." (Boston Globe)

FREE ALI! Ali Faqirzada, 31, a women's & human rights champion & U.S. ally fled Afghanistan in 2021 & has been waiting for his asylum case to be decided for yrs. On Oct 14, ICE detained Ali just after he had been found to have a viable claim for asylum humanrightsfirst.quorum.us/campaign/Fre...

I did not have "The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel" on my bingo card.

thread.

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

On top of the murder, this comparison is just offensive to the memory of 9/11.

People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.

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You need to see this… Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

My guess: This image is a huge gift to Democratic campaigns for years to come.

The organizers who went out on Saturday to recruit people to join their existing efforts aren't the ones posting on socials about how everything is useless. They are too busy organizing.

Chicago Tribune adding to the number of excellent pieces about the South Shore raid - noting that not a single criminal charge has been laid as a result of the raid: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/19/i...

We had a research team of 10 today! I’ll have some stats soon—refusal rate was higher since many folks reported being scared of being tracked (eventually though our survey is anonymous)

I'm curious to hear the editors of @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com explain why the No Kings 2 rally was/is not the top story. I'm genuinely curious to hear what they'd say. At Post website right now, a higher story includes "Thieves steal treasured jewelry from Louvre in 7-minute daytime heist"

@sanders.senate.gov was close but I'd add two words to be consistent w/US history: "We’re here because we’re going to do everything we can to honor the sacrifices of millions of men and women who over the last 250 years fought and sometimes died to EXPAND AND defend our democracy and our freedoms.”

Reminder: enter your protest signs! The deadline is tonight at 11:59 PT. I've already received hundreds of submissions. Really excited to go through these. Winners will be announced on Monday at 7pm ET across social media and a few minutes before that on my blog.

Yep.

And only in the 19th paragraph does the @nytimes.com note that the US government has not provided evidence for the alleged drug link.

🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...

"A spokesperson for Kavanaugh did not return an emailed request for comment." #KavanaughStops

I don't think people like living in a police state. Now, I will, of course, say that ending masking isn't a big enough ask -- they need to end assaults on cities. The government is literally waging civil war. (Not the most important thing, but they must cost a fortune!)

My report from Chicago on the Trump administration's war on immigrants and how people are pushing back, protecting their neighbors through newly-formed community safety networks, spontaneously confronting ICE agents in the streets & more — at @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/ch...

#ThisBullshitHasToStop 👇

My book is officially here! Today (well tomorrow, actually) is the release date for The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000. If you like the art check out Shakti Kroopkin, whose painting Journey Into Freedom graces the cover. shaktikroopkin.com