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Good for Andy Pages on getting "championship saving catch" in as a career defining moment before the world heard about "unknowingly foiling gambling plot by swinging at extremely obvious ball"

The drop in gun violence in DC following the Federal deployment starting in mid-August has more or less completely subsided.

SNAP Cuts in Big Tax Bill Will Hit a Lot of Trump Voters Too More than 40 million people relied on the food-assistance program in 2024, or about 12% of the population. Many are located in red districts represented by legislators who support gutting the aid.

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After ICE Raid, Vendors Push for Safety at Swap-O-Rama A chaotic federal raid left vendors at the longtime South Side flea market shaken. Now they’re demanding stronger protections.

From the most recent edition of @southsideweekly.bsky.social
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This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it.

But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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Everything You're Entitled to When Your Flight Gets Delayed or Canceled Here’s how to always get the most money possible from a canceled or delayed flight.

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Do Moderates Win More Elections? | On the Media | WNYC Studios Why moderation might not be the silver bullet Democratic strategists seemed to crave.

Hadn't heard @gelliottmorris.com talk in media much, but damn this is like a clinic of how to do radio. Incredibly clear and systematic.

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis called the the Trump administration's depiction of Chicago as besieged by violence "untrue" and "simply not credible."

Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/06/h...

Starbucks' union workers planning strike unless company agrees to a contract The strike would begin on Nov. 13, which is the day Starbucks plans to distribute free, reusable red cups.

Starbucks’ union members have voted to strike next week at the company’s U.S. stores, including ones in Chicago, unless it finalizes a contract agreement, the union said Wednesday.

Shutdown halts $4 billion program to help poor people heat their homes Millions of Americans apply each winter for help with their energy bills, but the funding is in limbo.

If I were a DNC strategist, I'd be cutting ads highlighting all the things government does to have ready when people say government doesn't do anything for the people....

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

These Black Chicagoland organizations are stepping up to fill the gap of the SNAP freeze • The TRiiBE Federal rulings provide hope for food stamp recipients, but benefits will be delayed.

These Black Chicagoland organizations are stepping up to fill the gap of the SNAP freeze thetriibe.com/2025/11/thes...

From Chicago To LA, Neighborly Solidarity Fuels Resistance To ICE Volunteer patrols, mutual aid efforts and immigrant defenders are driving the anti-fascist movement against ICE and countering the “crime-ridden” fear narratives about their cities.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/f...

ICYMI Chicago Area Mutual Aid Map and Directory: www.communitykitchenchicago.org/mutual-aid-map

That Democratic post-mortem A report reaches the conclusions it wanted to reach

That Democratic post-mortem
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Orca vs. great white shark: An unusual battle between apex predators Great white sharks have virtually no predators. But newly released video shows orcas flipping great whites and eating their livers near Mexico.

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections from @boltsmag.org boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

This is so incredibly embarrassing.

Toronto Will Never Get Over This | Defector Baseball makes you feel bad. I don’t mean that in a literate sense ripping off Bart Giamatti’s lede, the sense of dreading a sullen winter spent longing for the sensory pleasures of the game. I mean t...

Toronto Will Never Get Over This - defector.com/toronto-will...

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Some context to the viral videos:

Around 9am Friday, ICE/CBP *encircled* several square miles of a safe suburb and *stormed* it using multiple units.

They were in cars, on foot in alleys & gangways, and in helicopters. They demanded papers, threatened residents, pointed guns, kidnapped people.

Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country The new prices make it official: Americans will need to pay more for insurance next year if extra subsidies are allowed to expire.

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These Republicans oppose DEI, but also cuts hitting Hispanic-serving colleges Six Hispanic Republicans who opposed diversity programs are now asking for funding to be restored to Hispanic-serving institutions poised to lose millions.

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note how the messaging has shifting from "we're targeting criminals" to "we're deporting everyone"

Food Pantries Brace For Huge Increase In Need As Feds Cut Off SNAP Funding “It’s making a big impact, choosing between bills and foods," said Charlene Echoles, a Humboldt Park mother of three who is trying to figure out how to survive without SNAP during the shutdown.

Food Pantries Brace For Huge Increase In Need As Feds Cut Off SNAP Funding blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/30/f...

Feds unseal felony indictment against Chicago-area political figures and hopefuls • The TRiiBE Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, 40th Ward Chief of Staff Catherine Sharp and others now face felony impeding and impeding conspiracy charges, stemming from a protest at the Broadvi...

NEW — The DOJ claims the six surrounded a vehicle operated by an ICE agent as it approached the Broadview ICE facility “with the intent to hinder and impede [the agent] from proceeding to the [Broadview ICE facility] and discharging the duties of his office.”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/feds...

Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?

TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want

Millions will be impacted by pause in food stamps and other forthcoming changes to SNAP program   • The TRiiBE As the pause in SNAP benefits dominate conversations, the Greater Chicago Food Depository is informing residents about program changes made by the Trump administration.

Millions will be impacted by pause in food stamps and other forthcoming changes to SNAP program   thetriibe.com/2025/10/mill...

I haven't spent a ton of time working through this, but it draws heavily on national party insights to make recommendations for Dem candidates... who are already doing these things?

Over three-quarters of Ds discuss economics, healthcare etc....

campaignview.org
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

just went to @stathead.com again. shohei tonight is the only guy ever to record 12+ total bases and 3 walks in the regular season or playoffs. it has never happened before in major league baseball