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This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.

Reporter: ICE agents followed a woman into a daycare facility and then dragged her out to arrest her while parents were dropping off their kids. ICE says they tried to pull over a car that was registered in her name. The federal agents followed and forced her out in front of the children

Trump literally could not care less if you live or die.

If it's true that RealClearPolitics removed their polling average of the VA Attorney General race because it was wrong, that should really be the nail in the coffin for them. It's GOP polling propaganda that hasn't been rigorous or transparent in a long time (www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-pollin...)

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

The guy on the floor is America.

A milestone: the court order in Chicago today potentially checks America's slide to a secret police state. For the first time, ICE and CBP agents are ordered to wear clear identification: badge numbers or names. Either they comply or this becomes THE issue in which the battle for democracy.

When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent. Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we’re still figuring out how to sustain it.

Do yourself a favor and read through @jonseidel.bsky.social's entire 🧵on this morning's hearing. It's incredible to see the truth about Chicago acknowledged & the rule of law holding firm. "Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."

"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."

Sandwich Guy jurors had a question for the court: “How is injury different from bodily harm?”

 After some debate, Judge Nichols told them that "injury" and "bodily harm" mean the same thing. “Good luck with the continued deliberations," he said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

A good reminder that anyone who quotes Trump & the rest of the admin directly without context or fact checks is just helping them spread vile propaganda. #chicago

Judge Sara Ellis this morning in Chicago: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice-hold of violence." "That is simply untrue," Ellis says." Follow @heathercherone.bsky.social from WTTW- our local PBS TV station- for more details:

Ellis says the Trump administration impermissibly prevented members of the media (including @peoplesfabric.com & @blockclubchi.bsky.social) from reporting on Operation Midway Blitz.

Trump’s economy suuuuucks.

Incredible findings by Judge Ellis today: "More telling,defendant Bovino admitted that he lied." ‪ "[Bovino] admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village." "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

Not pursuing criminal charges against Boeing, like not pursuing criminal charges against any of the banks/bankers who drove the financial crash of 08, is just a huge fucking mistake.

After reading Carl Sandburg's "Chicago' poem in full in open court this morning, Federal Judge Sarah Ellis says this about our city: It should go without saying that is she correct & Donald Trump is lying. #chicago

If you’re not following along as Judge Sara Ellis reads her opinion in Chicago Headline Club v: Noem, I suggest you start immediately.

The headlines from Chicago today are vile: '"Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care" 1/ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

"...editing out the “tears and screams of the children & families” helps DHS meet its goal of “normalizing” the militaristic activity" Good analysis from @chicago.suntimes.com about the Trump administration's made-for-TV propaganda efforts in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

F*ck off. Here's the latest drivel from our boy Ross. The 'too many female vets' part made by head explode. "the feminization of veterinary medicine has not led to the collapse of society, and is unlikely to do so. I think it’s basically fine, but ——" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is inseparable from the economic carnage he's unleashed. Tariffs, DOGE bloodbath, federal worker firings, killing of NY-NJ tunnel etc are *abuses of power* that *also* hurt the economy. Dems can say both these things. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2027...

"It was the highest level for any October since 2003 and has been the worst year for layoffs since 2009."

Trump is making salmonella & Ecoli great again: Read this new @propublica.org piece about how Trump's DOGE cuts are now impacting inspections of food from other countries. It's scary stuff. "Basic regulatory oversight functions have been decimated" www.propublica.org/article/fore...

Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Incredible reporting from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social about a school Mark Zuckerberg opened on his Palo Alto compound and operated for years with no permits, permissions, anything at all

New in PN: Dem victories you missed while celebrating Mamdani's win "Guess everyone got tired of waiting for $2 gas & decided to skip right to transgender for everyone! But across the US, there were dozens of significant down-ballot races where Dems cleaned up in ways that bode well for the future"

This is upside down. The resistance was already revitalized. 7 MILLION people in all 50 states went to #NoKings rallies in OCT. People furious with Trump's overreach & higher prices made these election wins possible & this movement is only just getting started.

We are not the frogs in the pot any longer open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

"...Detainees described being forced to sleep sitting upright or on urine-soaked floors next to clogged toilets under bright lights. “It was too much,” one person said while crying on the stand." “Broadview is a black hole, and federal officials are acting with impunity inside its walls”

This is my neighborhood and the day care center is on one of my walking routes. This morning I spoke with a grandmother of a 4-year-old girl who goes to that day care center. She’s appalled that federal agents in tactical gear grabbed a teacher and apparently went into rooms, traumatizing children.

There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office. Democrats swept all 13. That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular). They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.

LATEST: An ICE agent in the Chicago area for "Operation Midway Blitz" has been charged with DUI after leaving his shift at the Broadview facility. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...

“DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin disputed that the woman was arrested inside the school, saying she was detained in ‘a vestibule.’”

Axel Springer staffers confronted chief Mathias Döpfner over the publishing giant’s rapid embrace of A.I., which many fear could cost them their jobs, according to a video of the meeting leaked to Status. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/axel-sprin...

Relying on another government to feed US soldiers because Donald Trump and Republicans have shutdown the US government is so f*cking disgusting ...

Armed and masked immigration agents sped down Northbrook street, grabbed man as schoolkids watched. Northbrook is a tony little suburb. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/a...

Here’s a deeply tragic story: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation after being held without her meds now missing in Mexico. By Meredith Colias and Kate Perez www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/t...

keep an eye out for the growing crowd of deep thinkers who embrace this folly. in reality, it was a very bad day for trump. anyone not suffering from twitter brain or ournalism access worries, knows that and will say it out loud.

speaking in a public setting but his words are always for an audience of one

8+ weeks of ICE/CBP induced chaos in our city. Chicagoans are furious.

“Throughout its immigration crackdown, the Trump administration repeatedly has referred to drunken driving as a justifiable reason for non-citizens to be detained and deported.”

NEW: Judge Gettleman just ordered ICE to improve "serious conditions" inside its Broadview facility in Chicago. Yesterday, people testified in court that they were crammed into overcrowded and filthy cells for days, with little access to lawyers, and pressured into deportation.

WHAT THE HELL

im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.