MS NOW Presents Rachel Maddow in Conversation with Timothy Snyder @Harris Theater #CHICAGO

Some beautiful fall flowers, and it's beginning to feel a lot like Thanksgiving!

Since the 1930s, virtually every Democratic president with a significant social-welfare expansion has been called a socialist by the Republican Party. The most frequently and consistently targeted: Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. Somehow we survived.

What a lovely evening with wonderful friends. Call me a lucky fellow. #GibsonsItalia #Chicago

“Americans are not paying for the Tariffs … They are being paid for, compliments of China.” “We’re going to be a tariff nation. It’s not going to be a cost to you. It’s going to be a cost to another country.” “These tariffs are paid for by the abusing country, NOT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER.”

Pretty, pretty. #Chicago

Just a little bit of snow. No complaints! #Chicago

CHICAGO WAITING FOR WINTER STORM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MONDAY: Dangerous to impossible travel conditions, intense lake effect snow. Snow rates in excess of 3" per hour, total accumulations in excess of 12", northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph. #Chicago

Tale of two headlines. Whatever happened to the Occupy movement?

A man cries in desperation outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. His wife of 5 years was taken into its walls by the Trump administration. The couple was following the legal process, showing up for her court case, when ICE took her to another room and disappeared her. #Chicago #ICE

Deserving or not, I treated myself to a salmon burger and fries for lunch. Why not?

Photo of a nice evening. #Chicago

This is Greg Bovino. He’s the leader of the masked goon squads terrorizing Chicago. Two thoughts: (1) It hasn’t been cold enough for that coat, and (2) He may think a 1930s Hugo Boss look is a subtle wink-wink to MAGA Republicans, but it’s not. We all get the History Channel. #Chicago

Google "Mississippi monkeys." Just do it. Only in America.

In the Loop this morning: 5 protesters, 5 cameras and 6 police across the street. No ICE goons anywhere in sight. #Chicago

Nice night for a stroll. #Chicago

Trump's 90k sq ft ballroom is so large it could seat 7,500–9,000 people, depending on staging, service aisles, etc. For centuries, presidents have managed diplomacy without a space the size of a convention hall. This will be a monument to his ego. It will be costly to maintain and sit mostly empty.

#NOKINGS #CHICAGO

Feels so good, I feel like I should thank somebody.

Hey, Bluesky, just ignore him.

I fell down the stairs at this subway station a few weeks ago. I'm off the crutches, but not ready to take the stairs again. Instead, I'm taking this elevator, which smells like the name of a 2001 Broadway musical I've never seen. #Chicago #JacksonStation #CityLife

A dear friend of mine found out I'll be traveling to Lisbon in January, so she printed out a map, marked it up with all her favorite haunts and dropped it off at our building. How sweet is that!

Mission accomplished. Weekend chocolate secured. #Chicago #Weekend #Chocolate

Cute pooch in tonight's traffic jam. #Chicago

Our crime-ridden, war-torn little shithole wins again.

Seriously?

#Chicago #Resist

This.

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.? #Chicago

Just because it's a lovely evening. #Chicago

Lovely dinner with lovely company. #gibsonsitalia #Chicago

Since I'm in Illinois, I'd like to clarify this is Champagne, not Champaign. What's in your basket?

This is not a normal communication from a leader of a developed nation, much less the President of the United States. I can't believe our country is living through this. #Chicago #FUCKyouTRUMP

Our block has a new name. #HiBob #Chicago #EdgewaterBeach #BobNewhart

This is for anyone who's a fan of fire trucks and stations or "Chicago Fire" or The Chicago Fire or firemen and firewomen or even Mrs. O'Leary's cow. #Chicago

They're putting up fencing around the federal buildings downtown. I'm guessing this means they are expecting something bad to happen. Imminently. #Chicago

Realized summer is almost kaput and haven't been to Fireside yet. Fixed that. #Chicago #Fireside

Sunset at Berwyn. #Chicago #CTA #RedLine #Berwyn

Well, what do you know. Hell has a new asshole.

These stormy evenings keep giving us lovely sunsets. #EdgewaterBeach #Chicago

Seriously nice new train station, if not a touch brutalist. #BrynMawr #RedLine #Chicago

Cooled off and clouds moving out. All around nice evening. #EdgewaterBeach #Chicago

"Trump is smashing up things on a scale that is almost unimaginable, and he seems completely untroubled by the daily hardships and widespread suffering he is leaving behind. And the president is hardly done."