The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Republicans will say he’s just joking. Media will say it’s just Trump. But if it was any other President, we’d taking him seriously, and we should here too.

prospect.org/politics/tru... Their solution? They seek "to bring in guest workers through the H-2A program at lower wages, potentially reducing wages across the spectrum for all farmworkers, regardless of legal status."

“.. The strong growth usually seen due to shipments of holiday merchandise, “we are not seeing that,” said Dale Rogers .. @cnbc.com #FreightRecession www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/s...

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NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility. Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying. All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

The government is shooting priests in the head with pepper balls. I feel like this is a kitchen table issue.

Detroit Free Press: Henry Ford Health warns anti-vaccine group to stop using info from 'fatally flawed' project Henry Ford Health says the Informed Consent Action Network is spreading "false, misleading, and defamatory statements" about its vaccine research. www.freep.com/story/news/h...

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California. I urge anyone in the state to vote yes. This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

ICE is making fake 911 calls. Making a fake 911 call in Illinois is a felony. Indict them in Illinois. Try them in Illinois. Imprison them in Illinois. The GOP pretends to support states' rights. Let's test that. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

Reported Trump plan to cut more than 750,000 older Americans off disability: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Jack Smith didn't "tap" anyone's phone. He got phone records of potential insurrection suspects via lawful grand jury subpoenas. Just so happens some of those suspected of participating in January 6th were republican members of congress. If you don't want you phone records subpoenaed...

“.. there is the question of how the bond market will react to tariff revenue being redirected away from lowering the deficit.” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/tru...

Chicago has been voted the best big city in the U.S. for the 9th straight year. Truly love it calling it home, and can't wait for NACS to arrive next week!

For reference, Sen. Mike Lee's healthcare comes from the government and is paid for by taxpayers.

Check out this story from Detroit Free Press: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl slot isn't woke — it’s business Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime gig may have riled up MAGA, but Jay-Z and the NFL know that football’s future is global. www.freep.com/story/opinio...

michiganadvance.com/2025/10/06/h... "COVID-era funding forced school districts to recognize how many students face housing instability and shaped a better response."

The revenue is coming from us. We're paying his tariffs, aka taxes.

"The Trump people call it 'law and order.' The numbers call it something else. Nearly 2,000 kids arrested by ICE between January and July. Children dragged from courtrooms, from the subway, from their schools."

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

⚡ A new analysis by KFF’s Jared Ortaliza finds that more than half of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in Republican congressional districts, concentrated in the South. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/48bH774

Since the enhanced premium tax credits were introduced in 2021, the number of people who receive health coverage through the ACA Marketplaces has more than doubled. Learn more about who relies on coverage through the ACA ⤵️

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

bingo

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

“I voted for none of this." Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Fox News staffers working for Sean Hannity and others destroyed extensive email and text messages concerning Smartmatic even after they were warned not to do so by Fox counsel. The destruction makes a substantial damage award against Fox much more likely.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m... GIFT ARTICLE "Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried."

Immigration isn’t the crime story we’re being told Commentary from @michleague.bsky.social michiganadvance.com/2025/10/06/i...

Oof. 🤡 @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/934c...

“.. told federal prosecutors investigating James Comey that he was unable to uncover evidence that would support false statements or obstruction charges against the former FBI director ..” abcnews.go.com/US/special-c...

Trump ran away from Project 2025 when he wanted your votes. But as soon as he was elected, he put the architects into his cabinet, and now he's running the playbook. apnews.com/article/trum...

For all of the (manufactured) passion about the quality of labor statistics, Trump administration has left the BLS leaderless for months, is no closer to a replacement, and has left many of the leadership posts within the organization empty. And no-one is allowed to come to work right now, either.

"Make no mistake: health care costs are going to SKYROCKET under the Republicans’ plan...and your family could be burdened with thousands of dollars in extra costs thanks to their reckless governance." - @scholten.house.gov grandrapidsreporter.com/stories/6756...

The GOP has done nothing on healthcare in the 21st century other than stop Dems from improving it. Literally nothing.

How the Opus Dei court is converting the US into a pariah state. The 2024 ruling in Trump v. United States—an immunity case about a former president’s liability for actions relating to official conduct—has far-reaching ramifications for international justice, Philippe Sands argues.

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

Raids without warrants, kids in zip-ties, and officials who say “F** the children”: this is the moral collapse of the American state. It's time for state authorities to start making arrests... hartmannreport.com/p/americas-f...

This morning: Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein apnews.com/article/supr...

michiganadvance.com/briefs/feder... This ruling is a reminder that our Constitution and the will of Michigan voters cannot be struck down because anti-abortion individuals don’t like the outcome. – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

Nayib Bukele purged the El Salvadoran courts, replaced judges with allies, and made the judiciary legally subservient to him. Elon Musk says we need to the same here, ending ~250 years of an independent judiciary. Stop treating his involvement in US politics as innocent and normal.

No one wants or needs Trump to send National Guard here. Kudos at last to the business community for being clear about this and how bad and counterproductive it would be. www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chi...

By starting with listening rather than persuasion, Sanders revealed that people who appear divided by ideology actually share common desires for dignity and opportunity.

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A. ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why. A judge has ordered his immediate release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...