Jason Westrope

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

This is awesome. States which support democracy should strive to build the society they envision and want (and not just resist the anti-democracy onslaught) - show us all what a democratic society can be.

Awesome line of questioning

Chicago what’s up? Be present. #NoKings

@megwilcox.bsky.social thanks for the follow!

My favorite thing about Bad Bunny is that he doesn’t spend time on recrimination. He just lives his inordinately successful life with prolific exuberance.

Bad Bunny will present a powerful and salient exhibit of what Latinos mean to and the scale of their contributions to the broader culture. Essentially this is like Jesse Owen’s exhibit of prowess in 1936.

ICE is bad for business

Man Noem and ICE would be stupid to sit down and eat in a restaurant in Chicago…. That would not be good. I suggest they pack a lunch….

2025 Fiscal Year Among the Deadliest in ICE History for Detained Migrants Nearly all of ICE’s detention centers are run by privately owned companies and have been criticized for overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions.

71% of immigrants detained by ICE have no criminal convictions.

These are mostly private, for-profit prisons that put their bottom lines over health and safety. We see the results — immigrants are dying. It is absolutely outrageous.
www.notus.org/immigration/...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

Woman shot by ICE has been released from custody, body cam footage revealed an agent saying
"do something bitch" while holding his rifle at her

What apt words

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

Some good news

"The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system"

All I see here are a few Medal of Honor candidates

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I set up a small recurring donation

I’m gonna have to tell my wife.

All of this 👆

Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Espaillat, and Goldman lead a letter demanding transparency on ICE detention of school-aged children.

Letter signed by Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Espaillat, Goldman, Clarke, Latimer, Meeks, Meng, Nadler, Tonko, Torres, and Velázquez.

ICE is using your tax dollars to target children.

A child in my district was deported days before the start of the school year.

We are demanding answers on why K-12 students are being arrested and whether the Department of Education is fulfilling their obligations to students in custody.

Photojournalist shot with pepper balls, threatened at Illinois ICE protest An unidentified photojournalist with the Chicago Sun-Times was struck in the legs with pepper balls after being threatened earlier by …

A @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalist was hit with pepper balls and threatened with a Taser while covering an ICE protest in Broadview, Illinois, on Sept. 26.

IL Gov. JB Pritzker says he has asked TX Gov. Abbott to refuse to allow Texas National Guard troops to be deployed to IL.

Pritzker says Bonvino and ICE have brought violence to Chicago. Points out that Bonvino admitted that ICE is detaining people based on what they look like.

No, you haven’t.

And it made the U.S. amazing

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...

Fuck yes. Impala man and skirt woman are heroes! Those guy were super bumbling idiots and agree with other comments they had no warrant and no probably cause. Pure profiling.

It’s the best!

The military is constantly getting punked by their Commander in Chief. I hope they see it.

This is true

Exactly

That’s why their customers have to care