“ … Johnson’s refusal isn’t just political pettiness—it’s an attempt to prevent and delay the American public from learning the truth about one of the most prolific sexual predators in modern history,” writes Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

An Oak Park attorney who was arrested near his child’s school says federal agents pointed a gun at him, had “Chiraq Team 2” group chat. He had been whistling and honking horn to warn people of their presence. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/o...

It's war. Secret police, troops, sieges. It's war.

Give ‘em hell

wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.

“Once you elect or appoint someone who has no moral core — who then appoints people with no moral core and fires those who do — nothing else in the system of checks-and-balances turns out to matter.”

Andrew Cuomo and everyone on his political team are virulent gutter racists. This is disgusting trash. Eternal shame.

"It's OK, they were 14" is getting really tired.

1. Protests at Fenway have erupted this week, and further ones are planned. The protests are in response to the capitulation of the institution to the Trump administration. They have ended trans youth care. The latest from writer S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This is a viable lane for a 2028 Democratic presidential candidate. They'd have to openly declare that corruption isn't just a Trump issue - it is instead an endemic problem. I'm not sure any Democrat has the guts to go McCain 2000 style & seriously campaign on it - but it's a VERY viable path.

The bloodbath is global. Everyone hears about layoffs at English-speaking sites like Polygon, but every other language just gets reported locally. Jovem Nerd is big enough to get a cameo NPC & quest in Cyberpunk 2077. When they fired their game journalists, only Brazilians heard about that... :/

Does the Mayor of New York always need to have robust foreign policy positions?

the islamophobia being flung at zohran by the other candidates while the moderators just allow it…it’s fucking disgusting

Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"

Replies here confirm that Bluesky has the sports juice.

this *is* the story, this is the *whole* story

The chances of that ballroom being half finished and embroiled in lawsuits and stop work orders is... 100%

Thanks so much to @tkingfisher.com for taking the time to speak to me about two amazing upcoming releases!

Because he’s doing his job…reporting. Because we still live in a free country with a First Amendment and a free press.

The reckless, indiscriminate violence displayed by ICE and CBP, led by Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, is dangerous and puts our communities at risk.

You can know intellectually that an empire needs to die, but, goddamn, is it ever a bummer to experience.

no like does the universe understand that i can't be mad and anxious all the time because i have funny books i need to write

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

Yesterday, Stephen Miller questioned details re 170+ Americans detained by immigration agents. “Abject lies,” he wrote. Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases. Because...we do our homework. propub.li/4o2eeiL

just looking around at politics everywhere and a HUGE advantage Mamdani has is that he isn't obviously a fucking freak

Generally speaking I think if you haven't run for office, don't make US Senate your first bid. Specifically speaking I think if you have a Nazi tattoo, fuck right off.

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

It's also hard to convey just how much ICE is *everywhere*. The city, the suburbs, in and out in the blink of an eye. A crew doing smash and grab jobs across a massive expanse of distance. Part of the reason whistle distro is so important is because you will never know where/when you will need it.

“Federal agents detained at least four people — two of them U.S. citizens — as they wound through Little Village on Wednesday morning, officials said.” “They caused at least two car crashes…”

Every rapid response chat I’m on is going berserk — forty ice agents indiscriminately capturing people if you can get down to Canal right now, please go!

Earlier on Canal Street, as agents attempted to disperse, one who I recognize from the courts pulled out a taser and threatened protester with it. @thecity.nyc

’bout time www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Please listen to this driver's testimony about the entire incident (too long to embed). She says she has no idea how they knew who her passenger was, they never produced a warrant, and she isn't sure they even knew his name: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMHSkAKr/

Back in 1998, discussing a political scandal of the moment, a smart person told me, "It's not the thing itself that I think makes him unqualified for office. It's the stupidity and lack of foresight in how he's responded to it." And yeah. That's still a measure worth looking at.

@nytimes.com expands its antitruth campaign

There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.

There are so many ripples beyond the awful headline disappearances and violence: I assume there have been conflicts with people falsely accused of being ICE. So many hours of people's precious time spent on rapid response. Even just the background stress and distraction, making it hard to function.

Rogers Park Free Store canceled open hours out of an abundance of caution. People then go without. So many impossible decisions being made by so many people every day.

People monitoring the Home Depot at Addison/Kimball this week were asked to leave the property by a staff member bc they didn't want them "protesting" there

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Nazis have problems when they invade in the winter.

The new pictures of federal immigration units in Chicago show them wearing cold weather gear - hoodies, turtlenecks, etc. They're not from Chicago. It's still in the high 50s, the people they're detaining are wearing long sleeve t-shirts. Chicago Winter is going to suck for them.

The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation.

Archdiocese of Chicago condemns Trump's immigration crackdown: "Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear—the church stands with migrants."

last i checked having a "large tent" doesn't mean including nazis

all these motherfuckers have exactly the same face — like a cheeky cartoon piglet brought to life by a witch

ICYMI: Senator Merkley has been on the Senate floor defending democracy and the rule of law against Trump’s authoritarianism since 6:30 PM LAST NIGHT. He is doing what every elected official should do: demand accountability for Trump’s authoritarian tactics.

Time to re-up one of the great quotes of all time...while the Totenkopf is in the discourse. www.huffpost.com/entry/attemp...