Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

Damnit, don’t you dare, you rotten timeline. 🚫

If Chicago wanted to make those Texas soldiers feel at home, they'd wait for a blizzard, then turn off all the power and go to Cancun for the weekend.

Bottom line, Bondi is not an ethical person. She is not a trustworthy person. She is not even Trump's first choice among the universe of unethical Floridians. All her responses should be heard in that light.

I would also point out that we had to fight to force the release of the Gaetz ethics report over the objections of noted protector of child predators Mike Johnson.

Two things to keep in mind as you watch clips of Pam Bondi today in the Senate: 1. As Florida AG, she dropped her investigation of fraud at Trump University after Trump gave $25K to her election campaign. 2. She was Trump's second choice for federal AG after Matt Gaetz.

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Every Congressional Dem should escort her onto the floor, demand she be recognized and sworn in, and force Johnson to get security to remove them. And then do the same thing tomorrow. And the next day. The days of triangulating rules are over.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info. SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...

Kennedy: We filed TRO based on California deployment here, then after that we received notice of the Hegseth memo re: Texas deployment. So now in position to need to broaden the relief to include deployment of national guard of an state and District of Columbia....

Illinois is literally being invaded in an act of aggression by its own federal government and Texas soldiers. We’re entering a civil war. Your state can and will be next. Stand up now ffs.

This is effectively an invasion of Illinois.

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.

During search and rescue operation in Lviv region following a Russian airstrike, a kitty was pulled alive from the rubble. And just like that, the world is a little better.

🇨🇳 Three Chinese reconnaissance satellites flew over the Lviv region 9 times today from 00:00 to 11:30. The satellite was also detected in the morning over Dnipro. Earlier, intelligence had already warned that China was providing Russia with satellite data for missile strikes.

French blogger Xavier Tytelman spotted Ukraine on an 18th-century map at the French National Library Museum.

Lmao, this deserves an Oscar! Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth, SNL.

🇺🇸🇨🇺🇺🇦 US says up to 5,000 Cubans are fighting in Ukraine war — Reuters According to US estimates, between 1,000 and 5,000 Cubans are fighting in Russian forces. Washington has urged its allies to avoid cooperation with Havana at UN meetings, citing its ties to the Kremlin.

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

Trump promised an infrastructure bill for 4 years in his first term. Said it was coming in 2 weeks many times. Never delivered one. Democrats then delivered critically needed funding for crumbling infrastructure. Now Russ Vought is taking that away. But only in blue states.

I am once again calling on state governors to mobilize their National Guards to escort congressmembers into ICE facilities so they can DO THEIR LAWFULLY ASSIGNED FEDERAL DUTIES

Breaking on MSNBC: An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey. This news was first reported by Reuters.

This is apparently being fast-tracked. A die of the $1 Trump coin has reportedly been circulating within the US Mint's Bureau of Engraving and Printing this week. defector.com/treasury-departm...

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Director of the Danish Defence Intelligence Service Thomas Ahrenkiel: “It is our assessment that Russia is currently waging a hybrid war against Denmark and the West.”

Still thinking about this by the way paragraph in the Sun Times piece on the apartment building raid. Full story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats. Version of original on left, updated on right:

Had dinner tonight with a friend who goes every day with a bunch of other septuagenarians to be “observers” at the immigration courts. ICE thugs routinely throw them out out of public courtrooms, and then public hallways, and then public waiting rooms as they grab immigrants who did nothing wrong.

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that? MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

NEW: Italy’s largest union says it is calling a general strike for Friday in protest over treatment of Gaza aid flotilla.

❗️❗️Chornobyl NPP blacked out due to Russian shelling, critical situation has arisen, — Ministry of Energy

BREAKING: Global Sumud Flotilla have been intercepted and kidnapped by Israel.

Have the minority whip swear her in. It’s not like anyone is following the law on the other side.

She can just take her seat. It’s what Trump would do. She should just go to DC and walk into the House and take her seat. Bo bold and check Johnson’s crap. See what happens.

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Not that it makes much difference, but do we think he really believes every Dem city is a war zone (because FauxNews/Miller/etc tell him so) or do we think he actually knows otherwise and this is purely lie? If it’s a spectrum, I’m leaning towards the former.

This is not going anywhere good. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...