Chris Wallenberg

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

Scenes from immigration court in New York’s Federal Plaza. Till Eckert spent two weeks reporting from the twelfth-floor hallways, where ICE agents have had charged encounters with immigrants and reporters.

“These are scenes I was not expecting to see in the US. You have detentions in Germany, but …they’re certainly not carried out by people who are wearing masks. There’s no comparison to that in Germany”

—German journalist reporting from outside an NYC immigration center
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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months

I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

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I interviewed Pittsfield native Deirdre “Didi” O’Connell about her Emmy nomination for her fierce, emotionally harrowing turn in “The Penguin.” It’s a role that’s thrust the beloved O’Connell into the spotlight at age 72 after long and respected career on stage & screen. #EmmyAwards #Emmys2025

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions

You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.

It seems that people online are collectively providing a pretty clear picture of the killer's very specific personality/ideology/online type, and people in the press are just baffled by the references (I say as someone who is baffled by the references).

He didn't bridge disagreements. What he did with "Prove Me Wrong" was the debate equivalent of creating a wrestling persona--watch me take on, and take down, all comers! Nothing he did suggests that he was honestly open to persuasion by others or to tempering his numerous ugly, bigoted stances. >

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"

anyways, great news! (1/X)

"There is an ideology that has steadily been growing in this country which hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful and celebrates everything that is warped, twisted and depraved," White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wrote Thursday on X. "It is an ideology at war with family and nature. It is envious, malicious, and soulless.“

To someone who learned history at a German school this reads frighteningly familiar.

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

Probably worth noting that the people turning on Trump over Epstein represent the most unhinged and dangerous wing of the MAGA movement

Andry José Hernández Romero

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 119 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

“When we talk about ‘What do we want in our community?’ — hard-working, of course. They go to church, and not just participating. Jackie is the worship director at the church,” Lettunich said. “(They) are collaborating with community outreach and things like The Salvation Army. … Their kids are in Christian school, and they are involved in all kinds of different activities and sports. They just won a music competition, just a few weeks ago, and a trip to Disney. I think about how their community is sending them to Disneyland, and our government is sending them to detention.” Read more at: https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politics-government/article310497985.html#storylink=cpy

"I think about how their community is sending them to Disneyland, and our government is sending them to detention.”

Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility The kids and their mother have been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, their lawyer says.

Jesus Christ...

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Heartbroken by the news of playwright Richard Greenberg’s death. For the past several years we’ve been deep in collaboration on his gorgeous adaptation of Holiday, Philip Barry’s great American play—premiering at the Goodman this February. A profound loss mid-process.

A man in a Trump shirt standing next to an Alligator Alcatraz sign

A woman in a Trump shirt standing next to an Alligator Alcatraz sign

Floridians are taking pictures of themselves next to the sign for their new death camp

As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible

The 2025 Tonys Are Actually Worth Watching This Year and Here's Why Broadway is back, baby!

I preview tonight’s #TonyAwards
All the Reasons It's a Must-Watch Show This Year
Who’s Presenting, who’s performing, what to look for in the #Hamilton reunion, who are the leading contenders in the top categories, and how might history be made.

Listening to @theyoungcenter.bsky.social attorneys in this webinar talk about getting referrals from attorneys getting fired because of their org's cancelled govt funding, desperate for the children they're representing--who may have court dates 24-48hrs away--to have someone with them in court.

In stage roles like a gambling-addicted nun attempting to seduce a slot machine in the spoof “Disaster!” or the dry-witted evil Stepmother crooning a deranged version of Britney Spears’s “Toxic” in “Once Upon a One More Time,” Simard is Broadway’s reigning queen of the droll, deadpan delivery.

New Hampshire native Jennifer Simard brings trademark deadpan to Tony-nominated run in ‘Death Becomes Her’ - The Boston Globe The actress credits her mother for her "devious" sense of humor: "She was the funny one."

Link to article here.

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Jennifer Simard has never met a line of dialogue or song verse that she couldn’t underplay with wry comic timing, bring to new life with a sardonic swivel, or give an idiosyncratic spin with a demented vocal fry. My story on the #TonyAward nominee for #DeathBecomesHer! @deathbecomesbway.bsky.social

Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters — including a former GOP Congressman and two reality TV stars. 

He's also dropped or halted 100+ enforcement actions against corporate offenders — including 34 companies that funded his inauguration.

Is this being "tough on crime"?

Twitch star HasanAbi says he was detained, questioned by border agents Hasan Piker, a left-wing political commentator who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, says he was asked about his political affiliation, opinion of Trump and whether he had connections to terrorist ...

A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump.

Terrible.

“I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’”

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‘A mockery': Trump bulldozes all ethics, accepts luxury aircraft as a gift from Qatar Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Department Reporter and Marc Elias, Voting Rights Attorney and Founder of Democracy Dockett join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the news ...

Trump is trampling the Emoluments Clause with his crypto biz, & he’s doing it again with the Qatari plane

It’s a pattern—he gains $ while the American people lose trust

I’ll discuss today at 10am with @anacabrera.bsky.social

Boston-connected productions that nabbed #TonyAwards nominations this morning include “John Proctor Is the Villain,” which was staged in a wonderful production @huntingtontheatre.bsky.social in Boston last year, and “Real Women Have Curves,” which the American Repertory Theater produced in 2023.

Helen J. Shen getting snubbed for a #TonyAwards nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for “Maybe Happy Ending” is a travesty. Her performance was sardonic, funny and deeply moving. #MaybeHappyEnding