“There was a lot of tension that was created from the fact that there were military vehicles, jeeps, trucks and personnel kind of almost setting up camp on the campus,” Mr. Cleary said. “That created a tension between the students and the guardsmen.” These same tensions permeate US cities today

Getting into strength training two years ago was one of the best decisions I ever made. No one can claim you are weak when you know you are strong

Horrific thread detailing conditions inside Broadview ICE Detention Center in Chicago. Coming from the international human rights world, I can't help but think of how we'd be talking about this if it were happening in, say, Russia.

Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”

FWIW this daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of New York Jews (not my fault I was born in MA) is happy about the results of the mayoral election. Congrats to New Yorkers on electing a mayor with an affirmative vision of a thriving future!

I'm on the ADL's mailing list, and they sent a letter calling for an special emergency briefing on Mamdani being elected mayor of NYC last night. They did not do this when Tucker Carlson hosted a neo-Nazi and was defended by the think tank that is staffing the entire Trump administration.

This statement is true, and Steve also knows what I‘m about to say, so this is just additional commentary not a correction: This is not new. Cops have been doing this for ages. Talk back to a cop and they’ll rough you up. They have been doing this and getting away with it for a very long time.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

The president who hosted Nick Fuentes for dinner

Another quote that had it come from any other president would have been a weeks-long scandal. Instead, it's just Wednesday.

1. Yes, this is exactly what you think it is 2. Knowing what I know about the Troubled Teen Industry, I am not surprised Utah is at the leading edge

Getting underway now: @brianneknadeau.bsky.social hosts a roundtable on D.C. government coordination with federal entities or joint enforcement activity that may violate D.C. human rights laws.

Hell of a thread from my colleague, covering a court appearance by a Trump border official in Chicago. The admin clearly revels in the excessive use of force & will push as far as the courts let them, and perhaps further.

Yes, this is the "your body my choice" guy from last year 🤮🤮🤮

The two soldiers say they're speaking out to warn the rest of the country. "Today it's Chicago. Tomorrow it could be somewhere else."

In my Chicago neighborhood this weekend: candy drive for kids who can't safely go out to trick or treat because of ICE; big visible letter-writing campaign at an outdoor block party; low-flying Blackhawk helicopter over a children's baseball game; whistle brigades everywhere. #chicagostrong

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

What does this video of two unicorns and a T-rex having a dance-off at DC #NoKings have to say about the role of humor in pro-democracy movements? A lot, actually 🧵

Updating my LEGO White House

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

one of the interesting thing i have seen in the platner discourse is a refusal to confront a thing on its own terms. to his pundit supporters, platner isn’t a novice candidate with perhaps questionable judgment to be evaluated on his ability to win, but a symbol to wield against rivals

“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”

For days, I’ve been talking to a woman whose loved one has disappeared into ICE system. The torture of not knowing where this person is and what’s going to happen to them - it reminds me of covering the parents searching for the bodies of their missing kids in Mexico. No answers. No good answers.

"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return." @shteyngart.bsky.social is absolutely correct here.

Once again, @aselrod.bsky.social is on point. He's also one of the few men who I've seen write consistently about how violent misogyny is a fundamental component of MAGA and the broader far right. Fascism, as the famous dril tweet says, smacks of gender

Government of the trolls, by the trolls, and for the trolls

This video of reporters flooding out of the Pentagon after refusing to sign Hegseth’s authoritarian pledge that would force them to have the DOD review all their articles before publication is one of the most satisfying things I’ve seen in a while

I grew up in Moulton's district. Teens in my Jewish youth group (myself included) were bussed to AIPAC events with no context. No matter what you think of Moulton's decision to challenge Markey, this is a big deal.

It goes without saying we could all use a laugh right now. And laughter might even help us defend our democracy. For Democracy Without Exception, I wrote about how organizers around the world have leveraged humor to grow movements, make regimes look silly, and build resilience for the long haul

And if called on it, Ted here would say that in no way could he be antisemitic, he's Israel's greatest defender!

Columbia Heights is a vibrant, diverse community at the heart of DC. That diversity has made it a target as the administration attempts to enforce an idea of America that's never existed. tarasunvanacore.bsky.social writes about how she and her neighbors are fighting back

Republicans: in order to guard the Jews in universities, we are going to eliminate free speech and defund them. You are welcome Jews! Republican (group chat): We love Hitler! Gas Chambers were awesome! Vance: Haha! Me, as a Jew: I don't think pro-Hitler people are looking out for my interests.

not a problem, pete will just text them the state secrets directly.

"The 13-year-old’s mother said her son has called her crying from the Virginia facility, where he’s sleeping on concrete with an aluminum sheet as a blanket...she’s worried about his physical health because he’s in pain, and he said he had little to eat."

These protests show how the regime is weaker than it appears. Laugh at the regime. It’s the one thing fascists can’t stand.

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Because g-d forbid a Black woman holds him accountable

The total disconnect between this and Democrats saying “Mr. Trump, we miss you and want to do bipartisanship”

Shameful and disgusting and unfortunately, a sign of the times. All solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social

I recently reported on an ICE officer who was publicly reprimanded and “relieved of his duties” after shoving a woman to the ground in an NYC immigration court. Well, he’s back. DHS did not respond to a request for comment. Original story: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... Photos: Carol Guzy

President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Portland is off — for now. Last night, Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of ANY federalized National Guard forces in Portland. 1/7

This is the point. The difference between 2024 and now is that Trump is in office and the secret police, masked kidnappings, militarization of cities, state censorship of TV personalities, corrupt investigations of enemies, etc are all around us and getting shoved down people's throats every day.

Journalist Mario Guevara has been deported. He spent three-plus months in ICE custody after livestreaming a protest, before being flown out of the U.S. on Oct. 3. In a recent post, he wrote: “My dedication to my work cost me my freedom.”

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

Reminder that support for war crimes on TV was Hegseth's only qualification for the job; it's the only reason Trump knew he existed. Secretary of War Crimes is the job he was auditioning for during his career as a drunken talking head on Fox.

So it seems my prediction of a reality television elimination round spectacle might just be bearing out...

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

The defining lesson of this first year of Trump authoritarianism is that kowtowing & capitulating yields zero permanent benefit and only emboldens the admin to come after you more. This critical lesson was first documented in the landmark political science treatise “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”