BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW. While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Incredible that Abbot is not only allowing TX NG to go to Chicago but tells state that if they can’t enforce peace to get out of the way. Really declaring Texas as an enemy of Illinois. How do we come back from this? Trump is fomenting state v state. Shame on Texas!

Rep. Brendan Boyle: "This is the Republican shutdown. I should be in Washington, D.C. this week...but the Republican speaker cancelled session last week and then cancelled session again this week. He doesn't even want a negotiation."

Kensington Health Sciences Academy’s library used to consist of a single cart that students would push through the school’s hallways. Now, it’s a whole room — “a real library,” junior Christian Toro said last week, shaking his head in wonder.

1. Federal agents from ICE and other agencies are wrongly detaining U.S. citizens, sometimes detaining them for days, on suspicion that they are undocumented immigrants. The raids are done without search warrants or other procedures designed to protect civil liberties.

If I Ran the Media™ Fewer stories on: —How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging —How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY] —How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up More of: —Which points of resistance are actually working —What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of —Real-world tariff/immig effects —ETC

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

Trump’s stupid tariffs killed the top market for U.S. soybean farmers (China). So he’s going to subsidize them. Meanwhile, his Argentina bailout subsidizes soybean farmers there who, thanks to his tariffs cutting out U.S. farmers, are now selling in China. And that, friends, is the Art of the Deal!

Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist

You can feel the bloodlust in every cinematic scene. The full-metal gear. The racing cars. The roar of the Black Hawks. The drawn guns aimed at their targets. Doors blasted open. The residents zip-tied and put into vans. The performative humiliation. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

You need to read this thread 👇

Just like in Chicago, ICE is attacking non violent protestors.

"What kind of monsters grab children and take them outside without clothes? What kind of govt permits its agents to do this?..The answer can only be a fascist regime that has abandoned any moral code as it seeks to intimidate, stoke fear and do violence." www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-t...

20 year DOJ vet lead counsel on critical terrorism case, fired b/c he once worked in career role for Lisa Monaco.They are simply strangling the DOJ. 1/3 of leadership has left. And the cost here has to be reckoned in public safety. Everything gets sacrificed to absurd views of loyalty and revenge.

Our cities are under siege

This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight. But consider this... Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending. Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?

Details like this will be useful when he is prosecuted in The Hague.

My opponent thinks we are suckers. She thinks we don’t see through her smoke and mirrors on the shutdown. It’s easy to skip a paycheck when you’re a multimillionaire like she is. She’s out of touch and out of gas. Let’s replace her with someone who wants to do the work. @wellmanformo.bsky.social

While he lets the thousands of soldiers and federal workers in his district go without pay, Rob Wittman ate $90 steak with wealthy donors. Republicans don't care about you. https://www.virginiascope.com/wittman-holds-fundraiser-as-the-government-shutdown-looms/

ICE attacked the police chief in Broadview, IL. He says his officers are being tear-gassed by ICE and diverted from their duties. Over 20% of U.S. cops are veterans. Kristi Noem and Donald Trump's forces are anti-cop, anti-safety, and anti-American.

TENNESSEAN: UT economic survey found 75% of business leaders reporting negative impacts from Trump’s tariff taxes. Half of respondents said they are passing the costs onto customers. www.tennessean.com/story/money/...

I'm pretty sure the country is not ready for this health care premium apocalypse. This is the time for the mainstream press- especially local news- to talk to people about these disastrous real-life impacts. Food & rent are already too high. Now many will be unable to afford health insurance.

Perfectly said

In a new interview, Howard Lutnick reveals the reason why Trump, Bondi and Mike Johnson have been working so hard to cover up the Epstein files, which we pretty much already knew but now it’s coming from someone who was friends with Epstein. nypost.com/2025/10/01/u...

Fox: Last month, private payrolls fell by 32,000. They were estimated to increase by 50,000. Even worse, the prior month was revised from 54,000 in August to -3,000.

Every Dem should shout this to the rooftops on every medium. Even MAGA would be appalled at Mikes reasoning here.

Every veteran and American citizen should embrace what this letter says.

Here we are in another Republican government shutdown and my Rep is home doing photo ops instead of in D.C. trying to help working Americans. I didn't think I'd have to run to the trumpets again but I am. I'm running for Congress because I'm not done yet and neither are we. youtu.be/OSOAPMl_BSc?...

THE TRUMP ECONOMY: US private sector businesses LOST 32,000 jobs in September, far below the expected gain of 51,000, per payroll processor ADP. August has been revised DOWN by 57,000, to -3,000.

3 weeks ago, we launched this underdog campaign for the US Senate. We set out to build a people-powered campaign that could take on the billionaire mega-donors. In 3 weeks, we raised $6.2 million — all from people, no corporate PACs.

Arrested while covering a protest. Shot in the face with a pepper ball. Shoved to the ground and taken away on a stretcher.  Journalists have repeatedly been injured and impeded while reporting on action by masked ICE agents in recent days.

"at least half a dozen companies vying for a slice of the $45 billion Congress has allocated for immigration detention work had hired Sowell because he had led them to believe his connections to Homan would help their chances of winning government work."

Priorities.

Yup, the financial payoff from Qatar to the Trump family must really be something! By the way, shouldn’t Congress have something to say about this? And I suspect there might be a coalition of Reaganite hawks and skeptical-of-force doves that could defeat it.

Amazing. I’ve gotten to the ripe old age of 77 and never heard that DEI is unconstitutional. Trump is declaring war on blue cities and states. Do people in Kansas really think this is ok?

Just yesterday Trump promised to spend a record $1 trillion on the military — roughly half of which will go to private defense contractors that price-gouge the government. Remember this when Trump or Republicans talk about "sacrifices" that need to be made during a shutdown.

Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life”

It’s so important to check out charities before you give them anything. This is especially important now during the MAGA ages.

If Congress doesn’t pass a spending bill by midnight tonight, blame for the government shut down should fall on one person. Cerin Lindgrensavage explains why White House budget director Russ Vought is the guy who popped the balloon.

Why on earth would Harvard create trade schools? This is not what they are all about. There are already trade schools and community colleges. How about expanding those schools!

Can't be true. I was told that it was alarmist and silly to suggest this could happen.

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

To understand Hegseth’s announcement of impunity for misconduct, you must understand that Eddie Gallagher is the model. This is what he means by “warrior ethos.” Trump may have even selected Hegseth because of his similar appearance to Gallagher. Remember? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...

The access-dependent Washington press corps is ignoring this revelatory Trump quote because it raises all sort of questions about his mental functioning and agency that they would rather not acknowledge. presswatchers.org/2025/09/trum...

In Chicago: "...journalists being shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions and at least one working journalist being taken into custody." blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/29/i...

Jessica: The guy who drove up to the Mormon church… was a Trump supporter. He had a Trump-Vance flag in his backyard… When the shoe is on the other foot and you can't demonize the left for this one, they say nothing.

Gov. Pritzker: None of what Trump is doing is making Illinois safer. 2 weeks ago, a man was killed by ICE in Franklin Park. Shortly after, ICE issued a statement justifying the killing. People nonviolently expressing their ...