Stephen Soldz

A progressive member of the Chicago City Council was detained Friday after pressing federal agents about the due process rights of a detainee being held in a hospital within her ward.

Immigration Agents Handcuff Democratic Lawmaker at Hospital E.R.
Federal agents handcuffed Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes as she stood in the emergency room, not resisting.
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Still waiting for it to trickle down...

He could’ve fought, but he faked bone spurs. So someone else had to go in his place - most likely a working class kid whose daddy couldn’t afford to bribe a doctor. Now he’s talking shit about how it should’ve been fought.

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Opinion | Trusted Vaccine Guidance Has Collapsed — Along With the Rule of Law Government independence, transparency, and legal integrity must be restored

Trusted Vaccine Guidance Has Collapsed — Along With the Rule of Law

"These are not mere technical oversights. They are breaches of the most basic requirements of law and good governance."
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/the-...

The new MAGA Post Opinion Page.

Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults This randomized clinical trial assesses the effectiveness of acupuncture needling (both a standard course and additional maintenance sessions) for older adults with chronic low back pain.

Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults

A new study provides evidence of lasting benefit. (See: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...)
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Study Author on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy This Medical News article is an interview with epidemiologist Brian Lee, PhD, about his study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders...

Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy—Study Author Explains the Data

"The trend that seems to emerge is that the studies that have better control of potential confounders, especially those that do sibling analyses, tend to find no evidence to support a causal association."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I would remind folks that among the reasons Stephen Miller is saying crazy crap on Twitter is because he's losing in the courts, both judicial and public opinion.

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Inside Trump's big bailout bet on Argentina Trump’s bailout of Argentina is a fresh demonstration of his willingness to pick winners and losers — not just in corporate America, but among countries

“Evidently, the hedge fund that will benefit is the one that has Treasury Secretary Bessent’s good friend managing it,”said Sen. Warren referring to Rob Citrone, the co-founder of Discovery Capital Management. Citrone and Bessent were once professional associates in the investment world.

If you think ICE won't come for you, you're wrong. I live in a building in Highland Park of mostly retired white people and they still knocked on our door and wanted entry. Will they stormtrooper our building like the one in Chicago? I don't actually know. But they COULD. We are ALL targets now.

A few hundred officers and some videographers can't come close to controlling a city. But they can produce content. Which seems to be the primary goal (along with violating rights and hurting people for the sake of violating rights and hurting people).

Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.

More details, including links to survey questions and the crosstabs is available here: jacobin.com/2025/09/new-...

What Americans Think of Democratic Socialism A new national poll shows democratic socialism has made enormous strides over the last decade. But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and...

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2. The image of democratic socialists is improving, but more work needs to be done.

3. Speak out on polarizing issues — but with care and strategy.

4. Economic populism is the immediate route to building support for democratic socialism.

jacobin.com/2025/09/demo...

What Americans Think of Democratic Socialism A new national poll shows democratic socialism has made enormous strides over the last decade. But to grow beyond blue strongholds, its champions will need to continue to anchor campaigns in bread-and...

A recent survey found major support for Democratic Socialism, including among folks otherwise sympathetic to the (supposed) 'ant-elite" ultra-right. Major findings:

1. Democrats already like democratic socialism — others are movable....

jacobin.com/2025/09/demo...

Get ready! Be there!

Darkened galleries and ominous signs on a walk through embattled Smithsonian museums - The Boston Globe Delayed or incomplete exhibits seem troubling signs in light of Trump's aim to purge "improper ideology."

An essential national cultural resource is being systematically deconstructed and transformed into a bastion of White Supremacist propaganda by the regime.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/a...

Britain to dramatically reduce the right to protest.

Trump Administration Live Updates: California National Guard Sent to Oregon, Newsom Says

The Regime is using a technicality to try and get around a clear court order and invade a US city.
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LOL.
Well, just some humans.

The 4 French elected representatives in Israel’s detention

Israel has kidnapped 4 French elected officials in international waters — including MEPs Rima Hassan and Emma Fourreau.

Their “crime”?

Bringing baby formula to starving children in Gaza.

They are STILL illegally languishing in Israeli dungeons.

Still no peep from Macron

The judge is a woman.

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Using massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud.

i think anyone taught by ilan wurman ought to ask the university of minnesota law school for their money back

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)