NEW from me: I wrote about how the federal staffing reductions & other policy changes are impacting veterans here in Illinois for @crainschicago.bsky.social. Among the most pressing issues facing local veterans are healthcare access, housing, food security & noncitizen veteran deportations

Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”

Just looked at my spreadsheet and I now have 14 articles in varying degrees of progress. There is simply too much news.

“A lot of students have to make these daily tough decisions where they’re wondering, ‘Where am I going to get my next meal from?’ instead of focusing on homework, on classwork." @nadrakn.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

"Among their demands: That federal agents be banned from [University of Chicago] property without judicial warrants and that the university's emergency alert system be used to notify people of immigration enforcement on or near campus." #Illinois #USA #Education #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

"From 1996 to 2018, the state prison system did not allow incarcerated individuals to take photos. The only pictures taken of us were yearly prison ID photos — mug shots placed on the state prison system website."

UPDATE: The administration's appeal to the high court over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program comes despite new efforts to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot.

What happened to Kathy Griffin was a precursor to a lot of what we're seeing.

In a functional party system, this kind of capitulation in the face of authoritarianism could mean the end of the Democratic Party. In our system, it could mean the end of the two party system. Neither party can represent the pro-democracy majority. It's time for something new.

This essay by @winterjessica.bsky.social is so important: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

As one chapter closes in the nearly three-year battle to hold someone accountable in the case of a Virginia first-grader shooting his teacher, another will open in the weeks ahead.

Climate change is the single biggest threat to life humanity has ever faced. Where is the political right on the “right to life” when it comes to climate—when the effects of carbon dioxide & methane are anything but figurative? ray levy uyeda unpacks the youth-led Lighthiser v. Trump climate case.

being a brat is fun, i said no

no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy

Every day, another woman logs onto TikTok or some other app to tell strangers that her husband/boyfriend doesn't do the dishes, doesn't remember her allergies, doesn't care for his kids, doesn't know her birthday, etc. So yes, having a man is embarrassing. Nowhere near a controversial take.

Also if you're like, what what the heck is going on? I got you. I helped put together this timeline of the two dozen stories I've done about the work Trump has done to block funding to SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...

No one needs a trillion dollars. No one.

They panic about fertility rates, say families need to be having more children, then they starve the kids and ensure health insurance is impossible to afford. Plus all the other things that would dissuade people from having kids: houses impossible to buy, diminishing middle class, ICE everywhere.

A jury last month awarded a former California prison psychologist $16.8 million after she reported that an inmate threatened her life and that her superiors turned against her instead of protecting her, according to court records.

“We have rarely witnessed such brutality erupt into public view like it has in Chicago,” writes Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston. “For me, this is a spiritual emergency, and it means putting our bodies on the line in order to stop deportations.”

Fellow Detroiter Iggy Pop inducted The White Stripes Saturday.

And also why you should get your kids the chicken pox vaccine even though “oh we all had it as kids and were fine”!

I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>

There is a theme of folks believeing a black main character absolves movies of gross orientalism

This me, but with Reese's Cups

We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history. We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"It’s taken this long and something as grotesque as Carlson normalizing a Nazi sympathizer for the right to realize what many have been saying all along: that elevating dangerous hatred and lies comes with real consequences." www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...

Have a machine that needs smashing?

The FAA is reducing flights. The federal workers are going without food. The SNAP recipients are going without food. The government won't guarantee that healthcare premiums won't skyrocket. The tariffs are driving price increases on imported goods. It was never about the economy.

It's actually not swindling to tell people what they want to hear if you actually intend on doing those things. Swindling would be something like, just for example, announcing a fake Hyperloop system solely to kill California's high speed rail initiative.

It's the weekend, baby

“We’re losing billions of dollars a year, but at least we’re telling teens to kill themselves”

a big thing that doesn't get acknowledged enough is how many reporters asked Zohran Mamdani about Jewish New Yorkers but very few asked about the safety and feelings of Muslim and Asian New Yorkers, which he would then mention in interviews or campaign events

One of the last columns I pitched Teen Vogue was about young workers having to work multiple jobs/side hustles, etc. to get by and the immense toll that takes.

*Endless* think pieces and stories about how kids today can't read novels, but y'all ass adults can't read fucking microblogging THREADS.

New: "Trump Media Lost $54.8 Million Last Quarter—And Is On Track To Lose Far More" Revenue was $972,900—about what Taylor Swift brought in over 15 minutes on her Eras Tour. with @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

So a judge ordered him to fund the SNAP program, but he's appealing that ruling. Incredible.

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

What to know about which airports are most likely to be affected by flight curbs, whether this will impact international travel and more.

Now's a good time for Illinois residents to take advantage of a unique right we have to be removed from Clearview's database. Scroll down to IL opt-out here: www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...

Among other things, young people are students who are often having to do “critical triaging” around basic needs, parents trying to feed their kids, & human beings who need food for themselves. When you don’t have access to critical resources like SNAP, “it can have ripple effects even beyond food.”

"Protecting incarcerated people's access to physical mail [..] is a feminist public safety issue." "This is perhaps most clearly exemplified by The Fire Inside, a physical newsletter written by, for, and about people in women's prisons." #California #USA #Education #Healthcare #Incarceration

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

HISTORY MADE: Congrats to the next mayor of Albany, @dorceyformayor.bsky.social She will be the first Black mayor in the city’s history.

Not the point at all, but laying off Teen Vogue, CBS & NBC before several major elections feels so... short-sighted. You've discarded the very talent you need to cover these pivotal moments in state and local politics in a rich & meaningful way.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election. DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg. His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority. www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

You ever have one of those days where you can focus on one thing and do some deep work? I finally locked in on something I needed to finish & I feel liberated 🙌🏽 (for now)

NEW: Trump now says he will not pay food stamps in November, even though his admin told a court yesterday it would make partial payments. The benefits are once again in jeopardy, as officials are back at court, seeking to force the release of full aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...