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Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...

For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.

For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.

"My mind always goes back to Loretta Lynch getting on the plane with Bill Clinton, who wasn't even president at the time, and this becoming the most world-shattering scandal." Bondi has dinner with Trump the night before the Comey indictment? Eh.

@samsteindc.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

“Trump’s Invasion”: Illinois Officials Denounce Troop Deployment to Chicago as ICE Escalates Raids As Chicago braces for a possible deployment of National Guard troops by President Trump, we speak with Ed Yohnka from the ACLU of Illinois about how the administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown ...

Watch our full segment on how the Trump immigration crackdown is impacting communities in Chicago ⤵️

A major immigration raid in Chicago last week led to dozens of arrests, including of green card holders and U.S. citizens. While the Trump administration has released a highly produced video of the raid, it still has not answered basic questions about the operation.

Donald Trump: “We’re going after the worst of the worst.”

ICE arrests two men at a Chicago area bakery. Workers, not criminals. And this is why they need the National Guard?

MAGA, MAGA.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns." […]

Hospitals must be ICE free zones.

People must not be afraid to access medical care.

ICE recently held a man with a broken leg for 37 days (!!!) handcuffed to a hospital bed.

They put him under a pseudonym so no one could find him.

They should never be allowed in healthcare facilities.

Nearly 10K Palestinians Reported Missing by Families in Gaza, Officials Say This includes 6,000 people believed to be buried under the rubble, though the true count is likely far higher.

Nearly 10,000 Palestinians have been reported missing by their families in Gaza, their fates unknown, with likely thousands more nowhere to be found because they were killed with their entire family unit, health officials have said. About 6,000 people are believed to be buried under the rubble.

MAGA Turns on Trump’s Top Lawyer Todd Blanche discovers that your place is never totally secure in the modern conservative movement.

"Perhaps the strongest defense of Blanche came from former Trump lawyer Alina Habba, now fighting her own battle to remain as the lead federal prosecutor in New Jersey." www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-turns...

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage.

They're selling out their own voters.

i agree.

This is why they need the National Guard ?

They going to raid pre-schools?

These ICE agents are out of control in Chicago. This one’s aiming a loaded weapon at a woman just for filming him as he hunts immigrants in broad daylight. This shit is beyond fucked up—and it’s only a matter of time before one of these losers pulls the trigger.

History won’t praise Democrats for playing by the rules if it’s the reason we lose our country.

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery. A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

Responded to Chait’s take on progressives and the Democrats.

Spoiler: I disagree with him

When the media repeats the phrase "Trump enemies," they do Trump a favor. They're not his "enemies," they're his critics exercising their fundamental right to criticize the president.

@saletan.bsky.social joins @monacharen.bsky.social on Just Between Us, for Bulwark+ members only:

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

The case of virtue signaling

"Così ho predetto l’11 settembre”. Ma Trump non ricorda neanche il nome del suo libro Dopo i lividi sulle mani e le caviglie gonfie, dubbi sulle capacità cognitive del presidente Usa in seguito ad alcune dichiarazioni su Osama bin Laden. “Ne par…

In Italy, they’re writing about Trump’s cognitive state (Google Translate will give the gist.) www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...

ICE’s raids echo Gestapo tactics—fear at dawn, families torn apart, rights ignored. America should never mirror the terror it once vowed to defeat. Compassion, not cruelty, defines true security.

Alt text: A man in camouflage clothing and a face covering sits inside a gray Jeep, pointing a weapon out of the open driver-side window. The gun is aimed directly at the camera. The man wears gloves and a dark cap, and his eyes are visible above the mask. The vehicle’s door and side mirror are wet with raindrops.

ICE is a hostile occupying force that is a danger to everyone.

If this can be proven, is this actionable? Or is it "opinion" or "entertainment?"

25th Amendment, anyone?

Trump May Invoke Insurrection Act to Override Courts That Block His National Guard Orders “If I had to enact it, I’d do it,” Trump told reporters on Monday.

“If I had to enact [the Insurrection Act], I’d do it,” Trump said, stating he might do so if “courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up.” There is zero evidence demonstrating that an “insurrection” is happening in either Chicago or Portland.

Everything Is Awful. And It’s Changing Us. It’s great that Disney is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back—but is it too late?

A populace that is agitated without being informed. A leader who encourages the worst suspicions, fuels the most dangerous lies, and mocks compromise and tolerance. It is getting close to being too late. ICYMI: www.thebulwark.com/p/everything...

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.