“Mercy deaths.” “Special wards.” Nazi medicine cloaked mass murder in euphemisms. The first gas chambers weren’t built at Auschwitz — they were built in hospitals.

All that to say, if you haven't, you should subscribe to our newsletter. That's one of the things we can guarantee you will receive. No pressure.

The Northwest Side Rapid Response Team posted this community alert a short while ago. It describes how a resident in Albany Park was lured by a phone call that indicated they had won a prize. Another was lured to an address to pick up scrap metal. Both were detained by ICE upon arrival.

1. The Trump admin has demanded New York City to ban trans kids from bathrooms. Mayor Adams has come out in support of Trump's proposal. NY Law protects trans youth, and Adams has no power to implement it. Meanwhile, Mamdani has slammed Adam's comments. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Protest in White Bear Lake, MN, today. Loads of supportive honks!

NEWS: The Congressional Progressive Caucus — which represents nearly 100 members in Congress — has just voted to endorse the Block the Bombs Act, to block weapon sales to Israel. First time any major congressional caucus has backed legislation to end US aid for Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

The Green Party of the United States has endorsed the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international grassroots effort working to break the illegal siege on Gaza and deliver aid to the Palestinian people, in solidarity with their struggle for liberation. www.gp.org/gpus_endorse...

As the federal government escalates its attacks against immigrants, university campuses have become a focus of political repression. ICE is targeting non-U.S. citizens on campuses due to their political speech and beliefs. Read on to know your risks and ways to fight back!

Report: ICE Placed More Than 10,000 People in Solitary Confinement

Republicans just pushed a resolution to "honor the life and legacy" of anti-LGBTQ+ rights leader and extremist Charlie Kirk. Half of the Democrats voted in favor, including transgender representative Sarah McBride.

The bill declares that Kirk "engaged in respectful discourse," "always sought to elevate truth," "was a model for young Americans," "worked tirelessly to promote unity," "was a defender of life and liberty."

One can't be disappointed in the National Democratic Party. The expectations are below ground.

A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.

I think even more than this is that they know that if Democrats nominally take power in the future - it will be DEMOCRATS who will let them off the hook and start bleating on about bipartisanship as they kick their own voters in the teeth. What is there for the GOP to fear? NOTHING.

Even the vote Blue no matter who crew knows this is true.

Democratic congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social was thrown to the ground by some DHS goon which protesting ICE ⚾ Literally "thrown". Now let's get members of Congress to have the spine to do this as well. www.newsweek.com/ice-detentio...

Worksite raids are often framed as a crackdown on unlawful employment practices. But instead of punishing employers, the administration is doubling down on hurting workers as a tool for mass deportation.

Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Take Part in Demonstrations in France

After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison. They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

BCCLA condemns the Liberal government’s unfounded, biased, and authoritarian decision to bar Irish-language rap group @kneecapceol.bsky.social from Canada, preventing them from performing their October shows. Email your MP and tell them to Reverse Kneecap's Travel Ban! bit.ly/ReverseKneec...

At the Broadview ICE "processing facility" outside Chicago. Earlier today, federal agents unleashed chemical weapons on protesters, elected officials, a local congressional candidate, and a local mayor. Defiant anti deportation activists remain. Another protest is planned for 7pm.

Failed Admiral tries to pretend that trans people are the real problem. TWIBS by @alyssaur.bsky.social

BREAKING: The U.S. attorney who is under pressure to charge Letitia James in a mortgage fraud investigation is resigning, AP sources say.

Gosh, it's like they're all the same piece of shit, wearing a different coloured tie. Fuck everybody who supports this "remembrance" of a racist, misogynistic bigot who celebrated children dying so he could dry hump his guns

“… while Cox neither tolerates nor encourages violence, he has helped undermine democracy through one of the state’s most divisive political controversies: partisan gerrymandering.” Cox also signed a restrictive voting law in March despite conceding the fears of voter fraud justifying it were bogus

"The historic precedent of effective artist action during apartheid South Africa and the apartheid, war crimes and genocide now being committed by the state of Israel renders the No Music for Genocide campaign imperative." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Harris didn't want those votes. Otherwise, she would have made an effort to earn them. As it is, plenty of the strangers you're blaming in place of a billion dollar DNC campaign have been telling you how to "fix it" for years. Start listening.

There is a lot happening today — from free speech censorship to racist violence to deportations. To defeat fascism, we will need all hands on deck. Google "general strike 2028" and start reading. Share it with your friends. Share it with your coworkers.

““Every day you wake up and there's still uncertainty, if not more, and I think that's what a lot of people are feeling,” said Brian, the father of a 10-year-old trans girl in Arlington, Virginia. “It’s not easy to just up and move and get a new job. You kind of feel trapped more every day.””

Not gonna lie, I was kinda hoping Jane would be as nervous as I was about running this the day after my Charlie Kirk piece and agree to delay it a week or two. But I was not about to censor her just because I chose to throw a bomb the day before her piece was scheduled.

Under Trump, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been transformed into a "grievance apparatus for white, straight, Christian people.”

BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.

Hundreds attended funeral services Tuesday for 31 Yemeni journalists who were reported killed in Israeli airstrikes last week in the capital of Sanaa.

Taliban leader bans WIFI in an Afghan province to ‘prevent immorality’ apnews.com/article/afgh... #Occupy #Anonymous #Afghanistan

Cis person from another minority group who completely agrees here. A resistance can match the capabilities of a fascist regime with professional combatants if each member trains for exactly one skill (e.g. marksmanship) & perfects it to the level of a professional. The thread below summarizes that:

For years now, conservatives and liberals alike in this country have been having an aneurysm about completely imaginary leftists with “blue hair” while ignoring actual fucking fascists standing right in front of their faces. Every day those people sound more pathetic, idiotic, and delusional.

It is shocking how much decent legislation comes up when there is no chance of it passing. When dems have the house, senate, and presidency, all they do is bail out the banks and give us republican legislation

The two dismissed murder charges required the prosecution to establish that Mangione committed "an act of terrorism," which the NY judge concluded the prosecution had failed to do. (Mangione still faces a NY second-degree murder charge and a federal prosecution.) www.nycourts.gov/legacypdfs/p...

That man is not talking about you, is not considering your perspective or your humanity. Keep it moving...

I am so proud of this getting the audience it deserves, and I hope to do it again.

we need more western leaders with this moral clarity

Charlie Kirk's allies have called for revenge against all kinds of groups, including trans people and the "radical left," even as the motivations of the alleged shooter, who was reportedly raised in a Republican household, remain far from clear. Their newest target? Colleges and universities.

Podcast recommendation: The @eff.org Podcast "How to fix the Internet" talks with @brewster.kahle.org, founder of the @archive.org about the Wayback Machine and the Internet Archive. Enjoy: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... #podcast #internetarchive #eff

NEW: Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer spent almost no time at a traditional university, but the killing is fueling renewed attacks on higher education from the right. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hmmm.

given what we know now - the scale of anti-trans legislation, the coordinated campaigns at every level of government, and the real-world violence that follows - i don’t see how we can keep asking a marginalized group to stay defenseless.

Fear will try to convince us to isolate, to hoard resources, to avoid community, to build the least threatening campaigns making little impact. A grounded risk assessment will move us closer to each other, it’ll remind us of that we are millions, it’ll make our work more bold and more brave.

It would have been nice to live in a world where men like Kirk weren’t rewarded for being the worst versions of themselves, or a world in which they reconsidered their actions and made reparation for the harm they’d caused. That is not this world. What else would have stopped him spreading hatred?