Robert Blaszkiewicz

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

I'm skeptical that they can redraw the maps in such a way to achieve their goals. Indiana's 2nd Cong. Dist. used to be a swing district until they put more Dem voters in the 1st. In trying to steal a district they could weaken others enough to lose GOP seats in what could be a wave election.

In Gary, Indiana this morning—

Community members have gathered in protest of ongoing ICE flights.

This small, sleepy airport is where many captives from the Chicago area detention center are transported (frequently in the middle of the night) as the next step in the deportation pipeline.

My family was able to visit the Obama White House in 2016. Visitors entered through the East Wing, where I shot this photo out the window from an area that I'm guessing is now torn down. I remember the solemn atmosphere and respect for history throughout the tour. It was a different era.

"I'm sorry, Hunter. I have no idea who this Dr. Gonzo is, but policy is policy and you're going to have to come into the office."

Ernie Pyle wept.

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.

Just heard that Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8

Lazy, lazy, lazy

Old man yelling at cloud story: When I was in J School, back in the pre-Internet dark ages, we had current event quizzes, and spelling counted. So, you studied the newspaper and memorized the spelling of people like then-Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze.

What's his Wii Fit age? Last time I took a test, it said I was in my 20s! (I'm not in my 20s).

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

CPD has 20+ injured on duty this afternoon, most/all from federal use of gas. Related: no arrests by CPD, no documented uses of force by CPD. (I wasn't everywhere / didn't see every skirmish. And possibly some late-entry TRR forms to come.) Saw two federal arrests, saw one on video didn't witness.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Exactly. I see two ways this can go, and both are horrible for the GOP.
1. Give in to Democratic demands and hand a political victory to a party that's trying to sell its vision to the electorate.
2. End the filibuster, reopen the government and own every single awful, inevitable outcome.

"Don't you hate pants?"

At least everyone here looks miserable.

"Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress has been temporarily interrupted."

I guess the Kimmel news hit the Disney Parks.

New York, November 22, 2006-The Committee to Protect Journalists marked its 25th anniversary by honoring four journalists with its 2006 International Press Freedom Awards in a ceremony Tuesday night which highlighted record-setting attacks on the press in Iraq. More than 850 people attended the benefit dinner which raised $1.3 million. It was co-chaired by Robert A. Iger, president and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, and John S. Carroll, the Knight Visiting Lecturer at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University. Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent and CPJ board member, hosted the dinner.

I’m old enough to remember when Bob Iger, whose company recently paid $16 million to settle a meritless Trump lawsuit, and who just indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Trump administration, was a chair for the **Committee to Protect Journalists** dinner.

Do you know these signs of a TIA? Why you should get checked out before you have a stroke.

https://www.franciscanhealth.org/community/blog/4-things-to-know-about-tias

Thank you for sharing this. Well stated.

Some helpful tips for following the awful news out of Minnesota today.

Bears are going to Bears. It never changes.

I was intrigued until I watched the trailer. Awful. Will not be wasting my time on it.

a cartoon of a woman laying on a couch with a make a gif.com url in the corner Alt: GIF from The Simpsons of Snake's hair jumping out a window.

Is that what went out the White House window?

Can't wait to share this with my son, who is very interested in jawless fish and studies them all the time. Thank you!

10-year-old me in my Walter Payton jersey stares silently.

Starting with oysters, ending with Andor, a beautifully written piece.

I’m not even convinced this would work. In the last redistricting, the GOP put more Dems in the 1st District in order to assure the South Bend district previously held by Democrat Joe Donnelly would be safe Republican.

As someone who grew up on Chicago White Sox baseball, let me say that Nancy Faust is a national treasure.

The authoritarian shit is bad on its own, but let's not lose sight of the fact that this Texas law enforcement officer couldn't keep up with a 61-year-old out for her morning walk.

Like the Nazis, these people are evil and pathetic at the same time. Don't miss any chance to mock them as losers.