But for now, while we need to remain vigilant, support our neighbors & do what we can to support folks who are preparing in other cities, I hope folks here in Chicago will also take a breath, hug each other, and take some pride in how we've shown up for each other. This is who we are, and I love us.

I cannot stress enough that men, who believe they are dying when they have a cold, should never speak about women's menstrual pain.

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

The Epstein emails lead the news in London this evening. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A MAGA influencer with a distinctive “Mar-a-Lago” face is wanted in London after racist abuse and assault. Melissa Rein Lively, known for her bright blonde hair and gleaming white teeth, and Philip Ostermann are now wanted by the British Transport Police (BTP) following the attack on 11 October.

The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.

Rupert Murdoch hates California so much that he's made it his permanent residence and decided to recreate his New York Post in Los Angeles. www.status.news/p/california...

ICE, National Guard Deployments Just the Beginning open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

This is a really powerful article. Everyone who does not understand the complexities we face should read this article. We have a dumb ass running the nation and the consequences will wreak havoc on future generations. It’s not just about “groceries” there is so much more at stake.

The World Turned Upside Down open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

The people that adore this moron are some of the most unintelligent citizens I have ever encountered! The saddest part is: once it gets posted...they believe it also!? No pushback! No research! No critical thinking! Just Sheep!

Whoaaaaa

"The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy."

"Trump has said he would use various branches of the standing military for the same purpose. Given his actions so far, why do so many people seem to shrug this off as idle talk?" www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/09/t...

Well no shit Sherlock. "But every country that has lived through [US led regime change] knows the truth – it instead brings death, dismemberment, and despair." original.antiwar.com/mbenjamin/20...

Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles. Release the #EpsteinFiles.

#Water www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed. Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon. Here is more background ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

“The big tent goes both ways,” she said. “When we’re building a big tent, yes, it means welcoming people who are in the center or to the right of us. But it also means welcoming people who might be to the left. The center of our party has used purity politics to cancel or exclude progressives"

This Veterans Day, we thank our military heroes for selflessly protecting our freedoms and American way of life. California is committed to supporting the roughly 1.5 million veterans who call the Golden State home.

electronicintifada.net/blogs/eli-ge... Yes, we will elect more leaders who won’t be owned by Israel. We dissent.

The far right billionaires are trying to destroy and asset strip the BBC

In #Syria and the region, UNRWA continues to make a difference in the lives and futures of Palestine Refugee children. UNRWA runs 100 schools in Syria with over 51,000 boys and girls. #UNRWAworks

On the Tapajós river, women of the Munduruku Indigenous people experience the unspeakable: their bodies condemn their children in utero because of the high mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining. --Eliane Brum @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Paul Pogba and Hakim Ziyech join letter saying that venues should not welcome 'a regime that commits genocide'.

It’s good to see this Climate Protest march on Saturday, 15 November gaining traction. Groups including USI/AMLE, @trocaire.bsky.social and @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social and many more are promoting it. It would be great to get climate on the agenda again.

🚨UN experts call for human rights-based climate action at #COP30. Highlight fossil fuels as the main driver of climate change and its impacts on human rights. 🕛The time is up for fossil fuels and leaders at this COP must prioritise a just transition. Full statement: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Trump says Americans are stupid! TRUMP: You have to bring in talent. INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America. TRUMP: No you don't. No. #cdnpoli

If I could just gently encourage everyone to try and think about what materially changed when Scott Morrison set a Net Zero by 2050 target for the Coalition, back in 2021 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

About 500 children are also in their torture camps🆘 Ishrael never had problems killing children, many children been shot cold blooded on the streets. That Ishrael is lying nonstop, no News❗ ISHRAELS WANT TO EXECUTE CIVILIANS- LOOK AT THE #Westbank #Gaza #Palestine THOUSANDS BEEN DETAINED ILLEGAL⚠️🆘

Historical note that’s potentially of interest: in antebellum the South grew pretty twitchy about growing indicators showing the north was booming while they remained stagnant. Indicators included mileage of railroads, how much finished cotton they bought from the north, and yes, literacy.

Btw I don’t think we should have let them go either. They had a couple major moral issues. The better known one was slavery. The lesser known one is that they intended to conquer the whole Carribean specifically to make more space states.

Your employees showed up to work today after eight weeks of work from home. But that one file has been sitting on their desk in the US House of Representatives the whole time. The file marked Epstein.

Why is Sarah Kendzior banned?!

Another country is giving us the finger….

Chuck Schumer Should Be Humanely Euthanized* open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

My thoughts on the Invertebrate Eight washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/10/d...

“Considering that Trump has done nothing for Latinos, but done plenty to Latinos, don’t be surprised if Latino embrace of Trump proves short-lived, and the gerrymandered Texas map becomes a humiliating own goal.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/07/l...

🚨YouTube exposed: Secretly deleted 700+ videos documenting Israeli war crimes In a massive act of digital censorship, YouTube has quietly wiped out the archives of three major Palestinian human rights group, US journalist Ana Kasparian reveals. Via @geopolitics_prime (Telegram)

Via english.almayadeen.net I'm told #ApartheidIsrael believed the seeds were "CHaaasMMass" english.almayadeen.net/videos/gener...

It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde

“We still have time to shape it.”

🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

On Veterans Day, Barack Obama surprised an entire aircraft full of veterans.

Nailed it!

Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people. Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people. We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.

A Non-Binary System is More Inclusive

So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...