NEW: Trump admin ordered to distribute SNAP benefits, using contingency fund. A pair of rulings both found the effort to suspend SNAP payments is likely illegal, with one judge issuing a TRO on Friday. Also: Appeals court rejects court's Bovino check-in order. Today, at Law Dork:

How many voters need to scream at these people that what they want is not “moderate” policies but SOMEONE WHO ISN’T TRANSPARENTLY A FUCKING COWARD

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

More than a couple of handfuls of elected Democrats should be talking like this. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy.

“The panel, he said, will track and scrutinize the administration’s actions with an eye toward future efforts to hold federal officials and employees accountable.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/i...

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.

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Wyandotte stopped fluoridating their water some years ago without telling their residents, and now that community is fighting to get it back. This is such and important and scientifically proven step to help reduce cavities and dental problems in our children!

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

I was just saying this at a meeting this week!

This is interesting. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Speaker Johnson officially keeps the House in recess for yet another week. The chamber hasn’t been in session since Sept. 19. @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social was elected on Sept. 23 and still hasn’t sworn in. She will be the crucial 218th signature to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week. The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

One of the rare times you’ll see me disagree with Justin, but I have to utilize AI a fair amount. I’m not a fan. I hate predictive text, I hate AI summaries, I hate ChatGPT, AI created graphics, AI Phone assistants, AI claims and billing tools, AI in my accounting. I’d prefer not to use them.

Truly bizarre

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

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"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.

"The Supreme Court has made clear that it will allow Trump to violate every constitutional prohibition, removing any obstacle in his way, and crediting the most farcical legal argument."

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a TRO in the Northern District of Illinois (including Chicago and the Broadview ICE facility), providing protections for protesters and journalists covering the protests. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Some of the key elements:

Masked agents snatching people at work, church, their child’s daycare. A return of family separations. States are lining up to run their own detention centers. Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology. We report from inside the American gulag.

Janise O’Neil Robinson is running for State Rep, HD 28 in MI. If we want to reclaim the House, we HAVE to flip these Downriver seats. We need a blue trifecta to stand strong against Trump. Talk to your friends, family, & neighbors now about how important 2026 is. secure.actblue.com/donate/commi...

ICE attacks praying priest

Jimmy Hoffa is next.

My son will be graduating in May with a double major in English and Statistics, and he’s heading to grad school for Biostatistics. We are looking for a statistics internship for the summer that’s in state or remote, as it’s currently unsafe for him to travel. Please share any leads you might have!

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.” “That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause. thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

I’d like see this broken down by region. Because this can’t be true in the Midwest. I cannot think of a single person I know who doesn’t have at least one team. We all follow all Detroit sports, as well as Michigan and the local HS football, plus our Alma Mater’s.

You credulous, walnut brained bastards. You could have led the way on linking him to this BEFORE the election, you could be pushing the Epstein files, calling him out for ICE terrorism, illegal proceedings against legal residents. Instead you’re sitting here shocked that water is wet.

Dems in Disarray

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’” It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

“Both parties dug in” You are the problem @cnn.com

And the government is shut down. No new spending plan was passed as of midnight, and the governor has signaled that she's keeping to government open, but has yet to issue an executive directive doing so. Also, that appears to buck the the tenets of the state's Constitution. @michiganadvance.com

JUST IN: The federal government shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on — and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next. Read more: https://cnn.it/3VJAlhm

55-45, Senate GOP short-term funding bill FAILS. 52 Republicans + Fetterman (D-Pa.), Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and King (I-Maine) vote YES. 44 Democrats + Paul (R-Ky.) vote NO. It needed 60 votes to pass. Shutdown hits at midnight.

OMG this William G. Young opinion that just dropped (12:30pm) in AAUP v. Rubio. It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?" WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"

The alleged shooter in Michigan. Weird that Vance and Patel haven’t tweeted out this info. 🤷🏽‍♂️👇🏽 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Lue Yang and his family must be reunited. We are urging Governor Whitmer to expedite and grant his pardon request and bring him home to Michigan! Bit.ly/BringLueHome #BringLueHome www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

🚨This is a big deal: suburban chicago police launch an investigation into an ICE attack on local CBS news journalists.

#BREAKING: Authorities identify suspect in Grand Blanc Twp. church shooting. Authorities named Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old man from Burton, as the suspect accused of setting fire to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We need gun control now.

Nikole Hannah-Jones, going straight to the point, as ever. Racism is not a policy perspective to be debated. It's hate speech.

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.