Illinois state police should arrest him for assault.

Drone show and fireworks in Burnaby for Central Spark tonight 🦇🎃

Spurred on by local supporters and backed by their union, four laid-off journalists established a workers’ non-profit co-op to create a new community-focused publication. Freshet News launched its website and weekly newsletter last week. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

ACA Tax Credits give so many families in Nevada the support they need to afford health care. I’ve heard from so many southern Nevadans who worry that they’re only one policy decision away from losing everything that’s keeping their family afloat…

I think the Reagan ad is most effective not by the topic but by reminding everyone that presidents don't have to sound like insane morons.

“At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.” It’s hard to wrap your mind around it because of how callous it is. But that’s what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt actually said. Out loud. To press. Proudly.

"The Structure of Intersectionality: A Comparative Politics of Gender" - @slweldon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment. The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult. It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history. Until then, they're all to blame.

literally no need for this the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems. I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.

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I am going to re-up this a third time: Please read this excellent piece by Lincoln Caplan about why John Roberts—more than Mitch McConnell, more than Stephen Miller or Russell Vought, more than anyone else—owns the destruction of Constitutional order. www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

Good for them: it is a violation of the Hatch Act that limits the use of public assets for partisan messaging. Orgeon has its own version of that law, and covers those who run the airport. Other airport administrators should look to see if they are in the same position.

Happy #NationalComingOutDay! Today, we recommit to building a world where everybody can live authentically, proudly, and without fear. No matter where you are in your journey, know that you are seen, valued, and loved.

Are you affiliated with UPenn (faculty, staff, student, alumni, or parent/guardian of a student)? If so, please consider signing the petition calling on President Jameson to categorically reject the Compact for "Excellence in Higher Education." actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th” 👉👉 nokings.org

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

This is a very good column by Peggy Noonan in weekend WSJ. (No sarcasm.) www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

This victory supports what Oregonians already know: we don’t need or want Donald Trump to provoke violence by deploying federal troops in our state. I’ll keep working to stop Trump from fulfilling his perverse fantasy of making Portland the center of his assault on U.S. cities.

I don’t think I understood that American democracy would be held together by chewing gum, a handful of judges, and a piece of scotch tape.

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her. Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

Trump has been trying to shut down this government from the moment he took office.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

Chicago journalists are doing a helluva job staying on top of the ICE incursion here.

Great guide to what’s on the ballot in November - including three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court up for retention

This is quite terrifying. Someone needs to stop this guy

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As working families brace for a government shutdown, Trump cancelled talks with Democrats leadership, threatened to unlawfully conduct mass firings, and Republicans won’t even return to Washington to negotiate and pass a funding bill. In a Republican-controlled Washington, this is their shutdown.

This 1984 knockoff has really jumped the shark.

I'll say this once more: @kairyssdal.bsky.social, of public radio (APM vs NPR), giving daily lessons on putting things clearly and honestly. Enough of this "falsely" and "without evidence" and "departure from norms" wiggle talk. The man lies. Is deluded. Steals. And constantly breaks the law

Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen

Selling out democracy when they could easily win the fight

I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

If you are not too familiar with the history of Central and Eastern Europe, this would be a good place to start - one of my fave books, an eye opener for those not from this corner of the world:

This is censorship in action. The FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Kimmel’s comments. Hours later, he’s off air. It’s dangerous and unconstitutional. The message to every media company is clear: Adopt the MAGA line or the Federal Censorship Commission will come after you.

Academics, journalists, lawyers, judges, and now late night comics. Anyone who can serve as an independent voice of truth is a target.