The New York Times is bothsidesing the illegal destruction of half of the White House beyond parody

But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout

Rand Paul should name names.

Byron Sigcho-Lopez, a Chicago alderman, screamed at Bovino during a protest this week that using tear gas would violate a court order. Worth watching the video in full to see how militarized the government response is, and how tense these scenes have become: www.instagram.com/reel/DQKEP_p...

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc

A federal judge ORDERS senior Border Patrol officer Greg Bovino—the face of Chicago's Operation Midway Blitz — to attend in person at a hearing she just set on Tuesday. He's accused of violating her order by lobbing tear gas into a crowd. More on Bovino www.allrisenews.com/p/general-sc...

Monthly DoD payroll is ~$16 billion. This supposed "gift" would cover less than 1% of that amount. If split evenly among active duty service members, each would get just under $100. Reporters who don't challenge on this are committing egregious malpractice.

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay. Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

NEW: Rev. Bautista spoke with @haydenroyster.bsky.social about his harrowing experience being shot in the face with a pepper round by IVE. “I immediately felt burning pain,” he said. “I was in shock, disoriented and terrified that I might stop breathing altogether.” religionnews.com/2025/10/24/a...

ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers. "What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder. "The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back. Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.

Latest: Florida scrubbed arrests of U.S. citizens from an online immigration enforcement dashboard after a reporter for the @miaminewtimes.com asked about it reason.com/2025/10/24/f...

"The utmost refined ugliness has become the beauty ideal" Adolf Ziegler, President of the Third Reich Chamber for Fine Arts and plenipotentiary for ‘Degenerate Art’ 1936. Nazis blamed the "weak" Weimar leaders for promoting "so-called modern art," "so-called" so much they called it Entartete

For the record, on this day and every day I’m a proud Block Club reader. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/24/f...

This is Jim Crow shit.

Ladies and gentlemen, the _hypothetical_ present exonerative tense.

From the January 6th Final Report (www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...)

This is brilliant. search.app/8BgNd

It sounds like he’s talking about a toddler.

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing. (📸 Getty Images)

On Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi suggested that those who break the law should be held accountable, even if those people are federal agents. On Thursday, AG Pam Bondi said she’s launching a DOJ investigation into the House speaker emerita. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Last month, playing tape of Charlie Kirk's words was enough to get people fired for the new category of anti-Kirkist hate speech. This month, playing tape of Ronald Reagan's words is enough to spark a presidential tantrum and diplomatic breakdown. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Absolutely no one spends $350 million on a remodel to a house they plan on leaving in three years. No one!!!

This is the most harrowing thing I have read since the last time Alabama did this. It's cruel and horrifying and a nightmare and we keep doing it.

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

I hope the construction company and everyone who so much as picked up a sledgehammer is sued into oblivion.

There is absolutely nothing he could say or do that would get 67 Senators to remove him. NOTHING.

Puts him firmly in the Comey category -- the career professionals have said there's not a case there, while political hack Ed Martin Jr keeps pushing for an indictment. www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...

Trump is furious because Canada went over his head and just made their case with Americans directly. It’s what everyone should do.

Here's the full radio address from Reagan in 1987. He talks a little about how he needs to impose tariffs on semiconductors from Japan but it's clear he's singling them out as something that should be rarely used. The Reagan Foundation suggesting they might sue over the ad is hilarious.

The whole world is at the whims of a madman.

Actuarial math might impede third-term plans — but if we suppose Trump *does* secure a third term as president somehow, do we also suppose he’ll be president of all 50 states? Because I have some questions about that.

Amen. There was no one unified and tidy movement, but rather multiple overlapping ones with rival leaders and disparate constituencies, generational and sectional tensions, arguments over strategies and tactics, wildly different attitudes to capitalism and religion, focal points all over the map …

Pritzker on Fox: "He's challenging the integrity of the next election by sending troops into our cities. It isn't about fighting crime. He said he's going after the worst of the worst. That's not what they're doing. They are literally after black and brown people because of the color of their skin."

We already know that cruelty is this regime’s perverse joy.

#SCOTUS denies a stay of execution to Alabama death-row prisoner Anthony Boyd, over *quite* a dissent from the three Democratic appointees, written by Justice Sotomayor, about the problems with nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

NEW: Senate just invoked cloture on nomination of Rebecca Taibleson to serve on 7th Circuit. Her confirmation will mean that Trump has appointed more white judges to the 7th Circuit (6) than judges of color who have EVER served on the court in history (5). patrickryne.substack.com/p/the-sevent...

JUST IN: Rep. Ronny Jackson's lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom over California's redistricting effort was thrown out today by Judge Matt Kacsmaryk. Jackson failed to show he faced a cognizable injury from CA's redistricting plan, Kacsmaryk says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"When I email DHS for comment about things like the detention of U.S. citizens, I'm given statements contradicted by clear evidence."

BREAKING on MSNBC: The federal prosecutor in charge of investigating whether Sen. Adam Schiff should be charged with mortgage fraud has told her bosses in Washington she did not think the case was strong enough to move forward — via @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social @carolleonnig.bsky.social

These kinds of posts designed to scare LGBTQ people (and they do make my heart stop) into engaging really piss me off. This just means the Supreme Court has scheduled the day it will consider whether to take this along with *MANY OTHER* potential cases. It doesn't mean they're hearing the case.

To the kids with disabilities deprived of a teacher's aide—Trump thinks it's not a problem. To the parents fighting for their kid to be treated equally in the classroom—Trump thinks it's not a problem. To the teachers in need of resources—Trump thinks it's not a problem.

Greg Bovino returned to Chicago this week. Almost immediately, he was accused of personally violating a court order. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Florida’s Suspected Unauthorized Alien Encounters Dashboard recorded arrests of 21 U.S. citizens and another nine encounters with law enforcement.After the outlet reached out, the figure vanished. The Times reported the dashboard now shows U.S. citizens have had two encounters and only one arrest.

It is impossible to imagine people allowing this to go on (or even participating in it within the government) if he was ordering the murder without any process of French citizens or Brits or Australians on boats no matter what they were alleged to be doing.

Letitia James's attorneys accurately describe @annabower.bsky.social as "polite" (they omit "a joy to be around," but legal analysts argue that it's implied)

BREAKING: New suit seeks TRO blocking Trump's White House ballroom project and further destruction of East Wing. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This Supreme Court is going to overturn Obergefell. Just be prepared and plan for it accordingly.

Just 12 days before the general elections of 2025. Are you watching it all? I guide you thru nearly 190 elections I'm watching, & why: governors and lawmakers, ofc, but also judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & many ballot measures. Explore & save, icymi: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

This is the kind of clip that will have legs in our current economy.