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every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”

NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.

Protesters demonstrate outside new ICE detention building in Milwaukee • Wisconsin Examiner Protesters gathered to denounce construction of new ICE facility in Milwaukee on Saturday on the Northwest side.

Protesters demonstrate outside new ICE detention building in Milwaukee. Via @isiahholmes.bsky.social.

Cairo Santos getting game ball in locker room

AI Anxiety Hits ‘SNL’ A memorable sketch tackled what happens when cutting-edge technology ends up disappointing Grandma.

Without overdoing it, last night’s “SNL” captured something fundamental about the growing cultural resentment surrounding AI, writes Michael Tedder:

Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.

One person was deemed a national security risk, another had a narcotics conviction, and five more had been accused of various forms of battery, including two involving guns, the records indicated.

No one had any convictions for murder or rape.

Letter from Epstein survivors to Congress:

"Your primary duty is to your constituents. Look into the eyes of your children, your sisters, your mothers, and your aunts. Imagine if they had been preyed upon. Imagine if you yourself were a survivor. What would you want for them?"

It's a revealing moment...

J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.

The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.

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BASH: If someone is watching now and worried they aren't going to be able to afford insurance at the end of the year, are you making a promise that the president and Congress will make sure they can?

DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this

(Not a yes!)

Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."

I don't think the president should accept gold bars from foreign governments

Morning Chirps: Vanacker restores OHL goal lead, NHL injury news The Chicago Blackhawks weren't the only team to get bad injury news on Saturday.

Before you Bear Down, get your hockey fix in!
🚨 Vanacker back on top in OHL
🚨 Mustard ties career-best
🚨 Devils trip to Chicago proves costly
🚨 Oilers get a big boost to their lineup

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MICHELLE OBAMA, on whether a woman can get elected president:

“.. sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like: don’t even look at me about running ‘cause you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. We got a lot of growing up to do ..”

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Nothing to worry about, just the chief regulator of the media pressuring a television network to fire a critic of the president.

They’re all just looting the treasury now

The Renaissance, which was famously about opposing education, study, and higher learning

Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.

Clyburn calls out Bessent for trying to take credit on a project in his district initiated by Biden.

Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.

The Department of Homeland Security has claimed since the outset of the operation that they were going after the “worst of the worst,” including convicted murderers, rapists and other violent offenders who were allegedly taking advantage of Illinois’ sanctuary policies to terrorize the citizenry.

James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.

You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires

Illinois lawmakers press feds for $3B in stalled lead pipe replacement funds

A group of Illinois congressional delegates is calling for the release of $3 billion in withheld federal funding that’s meant to help replace toxic lead service lines that supply drinking water to homes across the country.

a very grumpy little brussels griffon with black and tan fur and big ears is laying in a fluffy dog bed and absolutely scowling at you. his mouth is a downturned arch that would be classified as a rainbow shape in any more positive context, and he’s squinting directly at you, challenging this unnecessary disruption. the green dog bed he’s laying on looks (probably coincidentally?) exactly like the fur of oscar the grouch.

This is Carl. He was just woken up from a nap. Hopes for your sake the house is on fire. 12/10 (IG: grumpus.steve.carl)

People who did not grow up here will never understand the tears that just erupted seeing TOM SKILLING's name on this

“Sorry we went to the Supreme Court to block your food stamps. We were busy moving $500 million.” 🤡

“.. we want you to know that what’s happening here is not normal. .. It is not law enforcement; it is terror.

“.. It’s eroding all of our rights and should be a warning to other cities that find themselves enveloped in an ICE storm.”

@chicagotribune.com
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Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all. Plaintiffs are in the process of hiring an IT contractor. Plaintiffs’ contractor will meet with the government’s ESI Liaison (with attorneys on the phone) to attempt to work through issues concerning the missing video, including whether any content is able to be retrieved. While Plaintiffs intend to explore the issue of missing footage,

An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:

ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.

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You know us. For years, you watched and listened to our coverage of the Chicago area. As journalists, we did our best to bring you accurate, objective information about the people, events and issues that mattered. We hope we gained your trust. So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong. The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done and what they may do in other cities. We are retired, but our colleagues who are still on the job have shown you a brutal and illegal campaign against fellow Chicagoans, mainly Latinos: violent abductions, gutting families, using tear gas around children, roughing up witnesses, ramming cars and even taking a day care teacher from her school.

"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."

Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"

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