Gee, I can’t imagine why…

Nothing screams Marie Antoinette more than taking away SNAP & WIC before Thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall.

The call for an ethics probe follows reporting from ProPublica that revealed a web of past business relationships involving border czar Tom Homan, his senior adviser Mark Hall, and consultants and firms seeking DHS contracts.

"The Republican National Committee’s lead elections attorney, who is a close ally of conservative legal advocate Mike Davis, has joined the White House Counsel’s office to work on judicial nominations" news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Ukrainian drones now hitting Moscow. #explodey

Always told liberals Bill Maher was a racist piece of shit, especially against Muslims and Arabs, and we were ignored for years. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.

It has now stopped in Cambodia — 40 hours — and Laos — 44 hours. If it keeps following the route it did for ICE last month, there will be one more stop in Vietnam. Think about everything you’ve done since about 4am on Friday. That’s how long these people have been shackled on a plane.

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

Never imagined our law enforcement would look like this.

ACLU reporting that “several of the 6 women detained at South Louisiana ICE Center in Basile, LA, & Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, GA were pregnant & have miscarried while in custody.” 0 outrage from MAGAs about these fetuses. They were never about life. They are only about control of women.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, a TN sheriff had a 61-yr-old man arrested for posting a meme on Facebook, which the sheriff absurdly construed as a threat. It was pretty clearly bullshit but I dug into the case using FB & public records and now it looks even worse. My latest @theintercept.com:

Tax the Mellon like it's 1979!

Been thinking about this story a lot. Read it if you haven't yet

Imagine being 17, your little brother by your side, begging to speak to your dad as he’s dragged away. You may never see him again. And this is every day. Soul shattering, nightmarish stuff, never to be forgiven.

Stop overrelying on "AI" for important shit. Like, honestly, stop using it for important shit at all, but definitely stop uncritically trusting it at the level of the GODDAM FEDERAL JUDICIARY.

Pritzker has to put a stop to this.

We should have never thought anyone was coming to save us - we were always going to have to do that ourselves. Right now we should be organizing for the midterms. All of 2026, we need to be focused on get out the vote campaigns and what to do if the administration tries to block voting access. 1/2

As best I can tell, Trump added at least three mirrors outside at the White House.

It’s still hard to grasp that there aren’t 4 GOP Reps (who will otherwise be forgotten forever after retiring & likely defeated next year anyway) aren’t interested in going down in history as all-time 🇺🇸 heroes by caucusing with the Dems & giving them the majority to impeach Trump & save the Republic

“How did you lose democracy? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”

I hope they explained to the Toronto fans that cancer charities are what the United States has in lieu of a functional healthcare system

This ICE removal operated by Omni Air International is now making its second stop, in Sri Lanka. So far, migrants onboard have spent 34 hours in handcuffs, leg irons and a waist chain. There may be more stops. Omni and its parent company were purchased in April by private equity firm Stonepeak.

Another mass shooting at a Homecoming event in the US. Multiple people were shot at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. Two weeks ago there were two separate homecoming mass shootings in Mississippi. 6 people were killed and 12 injured. It’s the guns. It’s always been the guns.

2025: The real horror show, just in time for Halloween.

I spend all this time trying to figure out what the master plan is, and it always hits me: nothing. Just conspiracy brain worms all the way down. And the most smug self-righteousness as Kennedy and cronies destroy over a century of concerted scientific effort and hard work.

Non-essential personnel and families from Naval Base Guantanamo Bay are being evacuated, and right now the track looks like a direct hit on the base. Mission essential and any detainees will presumably hunker down in hurricane shelters (repurposed fallout shelters) until it's clear.

The AG dept has the gal to say “the well has run dry” so hungry Americans won’t get food assistance in Nov? Meanwhile, BILLIONS are being spent on ICE, more American concentration camps, farmer bailouts, an Argentinian bailout, tax cuts for the uber rich & trump’s gaudy ballroom? That’s obscene.

A “General Strike” stopped a fascist takeover in South Korea…👇 America, please take note.

“The reality is that if you have one person whose rights to autonomy, their right to choose their treatment, is violated, it opens the door as precedent to do it to more people.”

Two days ago, Pritzker issued an executive order establishing the Illinois Commission on Accountability. We are gonna document the shit out of every ICE crime and violation and you will NOT have immunity. The bar may be high, but we will meet it. This will haunt your life. I look forward to it.

I mean sure he’s bankrupting me and people like me, but he’s also making immigrants suffer. So as you can see, it’s a hard choice.

Does it matter that THERE IS NO EMERGENCY that justifies Trump’s occupation of cities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Friendly reminder: Some libraries offer a "library of things" This story highlights Maine but they exist in many cities including in the DC MD VA area where fed workers may find it particularly helpful right now share.google/IIbYejt2fmHq...

This is what the Democrats have been raising hell about.

A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.

“the president got mad at a television commercial so now your maple syrup is more expensive” is no way to run a country

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

Trump has arrived in Malaysia.

SHOCKING VIDEO: Anyone know who this ICE agent is who violently throws this woman to the ground in Chicago? This is why they wear masks.

And one more thing: The Washpost editorial fails to mention that Amazon is a ballroom donor. Guess who founded Amazon? Guess who owns the Washpost?

If you want to find a local food bank, you can use the website below. If you’re donating, it’s best to donate money. If you want to donate food, PLEASE donate food you or your family would actually eat, including things like breakfast cereals and snack foods. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

“WASHINGTON - A study from Washington State University (WSU) revealed that firearm-related deaths have surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death for young people aged 11 to 18.” 10/10/25 www.khq.com/tncms/asset/...

Trump entire tariff philosophy is that they are to protect against a national emergency. Hard to see how raising tariffs over hurt feelings helps him make that case.

#Cholera is spreading fast. As for so many infectious diseases, we do have the tools to intervene… but poverty, neglect, disasters, and lack of real political buy-in perpetuate an epidemic ecosystem. @who.int @drtedros.who.int #MedSky #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

1. Reagan’s speech is real 2. It’s public domain 3. Americans pay the cost of the added 10% tariffs, not Canadians 4. Trump keeps lying because he thinks you’re all too stupid to fact check 5. The average family will pay an extra $4900 this year because his tariffs

Everything matters and yes this does too.

An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

Trump chose to eliminate aid to the poorest people in the world and estimates are that close to 600,000 people have already died from his greed and malevolence. bsky.app/profile/publ...