JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2014...

I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW. While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ms. Martinez’ lawyer says body cam footage shows the agent turned into HER car and yelled “do something bitch” before firing shots.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement? The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy. At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

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They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.

The Chris Wright agenda.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

@joshuakosman.bsky.social Hey Joshua it’s your old friend Laura Young 👋 from back in the old SFO days! Glad to see you here

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

it is amazing how many of these guys love to make tough boastful statements then at the slightest sign of pushback back away like little bitches

I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.

With credible reports that there will soon be a major increase in federal immigration enforcement activity in Chicago, I want to once again highlight the Family Support Network - a rapid response resource run by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Use it if you spot ICE.

Kid Rock: I will no longer sell my music in California. Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California. Governor Newsom: My policies are working.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "It's the rule of Don, no longer the rule of law. And people need to understand the lines that are being redrawn in Texas are not about party. They're about power. And you've got to meet fire with fire and power needs to be asserted in blue states, not just red states."

The purpose of energy policy is not to consume energy, any more than the purpose of ag policy is to grow corn. It's to make sure consumers have access to affordable, reliable energy. The Trump WH focuses on fossil fuel consumption because they put consumers last. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Chicago performer’s Terrible Portrait drawings have become a hit. Logan Square farmers market attendees are flocking to a table in the boulevard to have their portrait drawn by Jacob Ryan Reno for $5 — and he’s “bewildered” as to why. "I have no plan to get better." blockclubchi.co/46y1smc

EXCLUSIVE: A Naperville woman says she's the victim of impropriety by DuPage County GOP chair Kevin Coyne, alleging a history of bullying, sexual harassment and extramarital affairs. WCCC has obtained material corroborating claims, and Coyne sent the woman a cease and desist to keep quiet. #twill

This country relies on immigrants, yet we demonize and scapegoat them. It's time to speak out against this hypocrisy and the Trump administration's increasingly unpopular immigration enforcement overreach. My op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

/7 This administration, from top to bottom, is ABSOLUTELY capable of getting Maxwell to clear Trump and implicate Trump’s political enemies in exchange for some commutation or pardon of her sentence. If you say otherwise you’re a liar or a fool.

A South Side floral shop operated by young people who pluck flowers from city farms and create vibrant bouquets is the star of a nature documentary premiering this week in Chicago. blockclubchi.co/3TGBTru

BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work. She orders the agencies to stop. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

Today, June 20, is World Refugee Day - and in a rally and march to the White House, refugee advocates, service providers, and faith leaders delivered an Ecumenical Declaration for Refuge with nearly 4,000 faith-leader signatories. (1/4)

PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions. 0 were on the gang member list. 130 had no criminal history. 32 had minor offenses. All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...

The country is being run by drug addicts, reality tv stars and fox news hosts.

Stephen Miller serves a deranged authoritarian who thinks he is all powerful and can do whatever he wants. He is wrong. Our job as lawyers is to stand up to him and defeat him in court. I, for one, will never bow down or seek a deal with Trump. I will stand tall and fight.

BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bdd9...

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well i am sure this administration will take strong action to make sure food safety is a top priority going forwa… hold on i am getting an update

RE the Abrego Garcia case: Pam Bondi’s and Stephen Miller’s emphatic statements that Garcia was definitely a member of MS13 do not appear in any court filings. Why? Because even DOJ lawyers know that if they knowingly assert something false in a court document they can lose their license.

Seventy-five years after Auschwitz was liberated, historians have identified around two-thirds of the camp’s Jewish victims. This map shows where they came from: Source: www.economist.com/graphic-d...

Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me

Get in loser, we're tanking the economy

Trump says he wants opioid deaths to be falling before he'll pull tariffs against Mexico and Canada. But they have already been falling. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...