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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.

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killings The African nation denied that Christians are being persecuted.

“Christians and Muslims are killed in Nigeria’s security crises… victims are… determined by their locations and not… their religion… Hayab, a former chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, also dismissed claims of Christians persecution being carried out.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The cruelty is the point.

🇫🇷 The Paris Catacombs will close to visitors for six months of renovations. The underground galleries that are the final resting place for millions of bodies will be modernised, with better ventilation, lighting and an improved layout.
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O'DONNELL: What does that mean -- 'send more than the National Guard?'

TRUMP: Well, if you had to send in the Army or the Marines, I'd do that in a heartbeat. We have a thing called the Insurrection Act. I could use that immediately & no judge can even challenge you on that. If I wanted to I could

The lies are endless. Pardoning Zhao helped boost the Trump family crypto business. Everything is a grift.

With the president’s blessing, Skydance merged with Paramount, gaining control of CBS News. Now the giant might eat up Warner Bros. Discovery, which includes CNN

Trump is surely hoping to accomplish what Orbán’s regime has done, controlling some 80% of Hungary’s media market trib.al/DQtQpsA

LAPD on horses charge at and beat guests standing in line to the Short Stop in Echo Park. @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103

“Selma van de Perre, a valiant Jewish secretary who during World War II covertly transported suitcases bulging with cash, seditious newsletters, identity cards and ration books to Dutch resistance agents, even penetrating Nazi headquarters in Paris, died on Oct. 20 in London. She was 103.”

ICE and Border Patrol’s use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law Federal immigration agents say chemical agents are needed to disperse violent protesters. But videos also show them firing at people in aggressive and ‘unorthodox’ ways.

Federal immigration officers are using chemical irritants to disperse protesters in ways that violate American policing norms and test the boundaries of use-of-force laws, video footage from Chicago shows.

The deeply unprofessional masked goons are now going to subcontract their bounties to completely unprofessional armed goons. Awesome.

I forgot to note that this was a thread, so: Here is a 🧵🧵 on the direct connections between Heritage Foundation, Nick Fuentes and the far-right Texas billionaire who is fueling the rise of Christian nationalism. If you do not already know a lot about Tim Dunn, I recommend changing that.

From @wonkettemedia.bsky.social: “🇺🇸’s Stupidest Overreaction To Kirk’s Murder came to an end as the Perry County DA dropped a felony charge against a retired cop who never threatened mass violence anywhere, but whose politics the local fuckhead sheriff didn’t like.” www.wonkette.com/p/tn-man-fin...

How-To - Polidashboard How to Use PoliDashboard to Find Deceptive or Suspicious Advertisers Deceptive and suspicious ads have proliferated on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and others, par...

Check out our how-to page for examples of how we and others have used @PoliDashboard.org to identify malicious actors who use paid ads on Facebook and Instagram to deceive users. polidashboard.org/how-to-use-p...

We are working on a more detailed PoliDashboard how-to for journalists. #Staytuned.

Katie Miller is threatening the citizenship of a critic | Arwa Mahdawi Threatening to deport your critics, even those with US citizenship, seems to have become Maga policy

Katie Miller is threatening the citizenship of a critic | Arwa Mahdawi

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...

Graph showing life expectancy trends in 23 higher income countries between 1980 and 2024. Life expectancy increased over time in all countries. In 1980, the US is in the middle of the pack, but their life expectancy gains were slower than that of other countries, and by around 2002, the US had the lowest life expectancy of all countries. Over the next 20 years, US life expectancy increasingly tracks away from the trajectories of other countries, as their life expectancy stalls while other countries life expectancy continues to climb

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"

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During a press conference this week in Gary, Indiana, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem brazenly claimed no US citizens have been detained or arrested by ICE, and labeled any reporting to the contrary is “simply not true”. But Noem is ignoring the facts.

IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers In dozens of photographs at four locations, Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists documented federal officers failing to wear the “visible identification” needed to hold individuals accountable during the ongoing immigration “blitz.”

Dozens of photographs of uniformed immigration agents shot by Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists in four separate locations since the court order show how the feds have fallen short. trib.al/XP5Wq9T

Order on Motion to Unseal Case – #44 in In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas to the Office of the New York State Attorney General v. United States (N.D.N.Y., 1:25-mc-00019) – CourtListener.com OPINION & ORDER granting # 2 NYOAG's Motion to Unseal Case, with the exception of Dkt. No. 38 . USAO shall refile all papers at Dkt. No. 38 (including exhibits) with limited redactions of all non-publ...

New opinion just dropped, granting Letitia James’ motion to unseal their motion to squash DOJ subpoenas against her office

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More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.

Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.

Mark Trozzi pinned tweet, Feb 28, 2024: Covid Genetic “Vaccine” detox and survival brief: Intermittent fasting every day, occasional 3 day water fast, Nattokinase 100 mg orally twice daily, Bromelain 500 mg orally once daily, Curcumin 500 mg orally twice daily, NAC 600-1200 mg daily; plus ivermectin 12-24 mgs daily some weeks then possibly tapering down to once or twice weekly. More info drtrozzi.org/2023/07/21/cov… @P_McCulloughMD @FreeWCH @twc_health @Covid19Critical #COVIDVACCINE #mRNA

Trozzi is connected to Peter McCullough and The Wellness Company. His pinned tweet gives a good sense of the grifts he's involved in.

Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

Happy Halloween

Matthew D. Taylor: Render unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power A Service of Word with Dr. Matthew D. Taylor, senior scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies. Taylor's sermon was titled Matthew "'Render unto Caesar': Preaching the Gospel...

Matthew D. Taylor: Render unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power
“The propaganda that is driving our nation mad is theological.” -beginning of Q & A session
Contra Markan priority: The Gospel of Caesar came first. @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social
candler.emory.edu/video/matthe...

Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.

Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters:
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

FOX: Can you explain why SNAP funds can't be released?

BROOKE ROLLINS: There is a contingency fund at USDA, but it is only allowed to flow if the underlying program is funded

wait but Speaker Johnson said there was no contingency fund? 🤷🏼

DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.

JUST IN: The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship, raising concerns about privacy and accuracy. www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...