Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...

www.wired.com/story/hack-e... @wired.com

May your protest today be peaceful and your message loud.

For the generations before you who fought against tyranny and fascism.

For the generations yet to come.

America has no need for Kings and Oligarchs.

ICE is deliberately staging attacks with a cameraman in tow shooting footage for literal propaganda films they are releasing to the public. They shot one two blocks from my home.

If that’s not news worthy of deep, detailed investigation I don’t know what is.

Trying to survive in war zone of Chicago without the Texas National Guard here for our own good. A 🧵

Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.

Everyone ready?

Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

Sorry you’ve been suffering so long and sorry magnesium didn’t help. My friend might be a lucky one. She’s had it for years too.

A friend with restless leg recently told me about the benefits of magnesium supplements for restless legs, saying it worked for her & other friends. She said there’s some evidence for it but I don’t know more.

FWIW I’m on high dose gabapentin for trigeminal neuralgia. A life saver for me.

Labor Day: ‘The March of the Mill Children’ Remembering what it took, across decades, to end the exploitation of children in factories.

“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...

Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)

🇺🇸 here. I’m wondering if this is a meaningless give back to 🍊💩. Makes him happy as a ‘win’. I’m hoping that 🇨🇦 keeps elbows up!

RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating The week beginning Aug 4, 2025 was the most dangerous and tragic week of Robert F Kennedy Jr's tenure yet: a fatal CDC shooting by a gunman distrustful of COVID-19 vaccines, the cancellation of US$500...

Although health & science community must engage & understand what has made this movement so beguiling, nobody should be under any illusions as to what it is—a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt and unscientific wellness industry,
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.

When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers : The Salt : NPR share.google/WBGAuEW9xtbL...

I worked for a co that reported to the BLS. The key data was total # of employees & the # of supervisors, total payroll & supervisory payroll, total payroll hrs & supervisory hrs. Monthly changes had to be explained i.e layoffs or seasonal. We had a lot of part time & seasonal staff.

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

If you read only one thing today please make it this, by the great Vanita Gupta

You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

I worked in Harvard Square,
a lot of celebrities came thru. The best was Julia Child. She lost her parking ticket in her car. I had a pass & got her a new ticket as I came into the garage. I should have helped search her car & spent more time with her. Also sat next to Ken Howard at a bar. Nice.

BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center Montreal entrepreneur Paula Callejas is rotting in an ICE cell and has been for WEEKS...

BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center
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“WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE” and “GET OVER IT” are not great political slogans for the midterms.

+1 for Costco. I’m a long time member and don’t shop at Walmart . Went to Costco today and stocked up on staples - coffee beans, olive oil, butter, etc and a good price on eggs too. The store was very busy. 👍

I remember when you were hurt. I knew it was bad but not the full extent. Wow. Thank you for sharing your story. Recovery couldn’t have been easy but your attitude shines through. It’s an inspiration, befitting your screen name. All the best to you.

New Government Research Seems Designed to Further Damage Vaping - The Daily Pouch UK's £62M youth vaping study sparks bias concerns. Critics say it's alarmist, undermining existing evidence on vaping's reduced risks compared to smoking.

Relentless focus on youth #vaping, at expense of adult smokers who could benefit from switching to vaping, damaging UK public health. For every young person who vapes, there are around 20 adult smokers who could benefit from switching. Scare stories deter both groups. daily-pouch.com/new-governme...

Leading Pro-Vape Academic “Couldn’t Stand on the Sidelines Any Longer” As Dr. Michael Siegel returns to vocal tobacco harm reduction advocacy, he sits down with Filter to discuss his mission and its enemies.

"Vaping is a huge threat to them and their ideology so they have to attack it. They can’t do it with the truth; the facts don’t support their position. So their only resort is to misinformation."

Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and
its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:

Termination of Tobacco Harm Reduction Continuing Medical Education by the Accreditation Council The full scope of tobacco use and related risks to health are misunderstood by all health professionals.   Deficits in health profession...

Professor Brad Rodu developed
a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.

Thank you! I know it’s not what you want to do. We, who don’t have your incredible skills, appreciate you and your efforts on our behalf.

If a health intervention is 100% "efficacious," but no one uses it, it is not "effective." EVIDENCE: The most efficacious AND popular smoking cessation tool is nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"). Strange to demonize them...

Please follow Dr. Alex Wodak. A gem of a man who has devoted his entire career to public health harm reduction.

A "man of many shining parts."

Teen are the tail that wags the dog.

It is astonishing to me, how we ignore 490,000 adult deaths every year from smoking. Teen use can change. Death is final.
(I used to teach Healthcare Ethics)

FYI: US teen nicotine use is now at a 50-year low, so it's VERY weird to obsess on that.

There’s lots of talk about teens. What about all of the adults? They are the ones who suffer from smoking related diseases. There are so many more adults who vape.