Thunderdome apologist

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Ken Jacobs (1933-2025)

A great artist, a wonderful teacher, & speaking personally, a close friend for over 50 years. Linking to a piece I wrote to mark his 80th birthday.

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Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

Welp, Bondi thinks she IS Trump’s personal attorney then

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
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They think they still work for Col. McCormick instead of a ravaging, faceless fiscal entity.

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Pair of lawsuits challenging Trump's targeting of Chicago get first hearings The lawsuits challenge the Trump administration's military deployment efforts and harsh treatment of protesters and journalists. More hearings are set for later this week.

NEW: Pair of lawsuits challenging Trump's targeting of Chicago get first hearings.

The lawsuits challenge the Trump administration's military deployment efforts and harsh treatment of protesters and journalists. More hearings are set for later this week.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

Friendly advice to the Trump administration: PLEASE keep putting Steven Miller on TV! Everyone likes him and is very impressed by him, he does not in any way come off as a shrieking little fascist who is naturally repulsive. People love “Steve” and want to hear much more from him! 👍❤️

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

👀 Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying she’s not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” She says GOP leaders don’t have a plan.

Back in the land of reality, here's what one of the Black people whose home was smashed into during the apartment raid last week said about his Venezuelan neighbors: "They were cool people."

Mr. Jones, a U.S. citizen, was dragged out in handcuffs and held outside for hours.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

"The Voting Rights Act is the most important piece of legislation in American history... It is the thing that makes this country a democracy instead of a white, male, apartheid state.

But Chief Justice John Roberts hates it. He has spent much of his career trying to destroy it."

The Supreme Court v. Democracy The Nation's justice correspondent previews the court's coming term--and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

A case to resurrect conversion therapy. A case to kill the Voting Rights Act. A case to further gut campaign finance reform. These are just a few of the cases on the Supreme Court’s new docket.

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Judge Hands Down Second, Emergency Ruling Protecting Portland From National Guard Occupation A federal judge handed down a ruling from the bench Sunday night...

Judge Hands Down Second, Emergency Ruling Protecting Portland From National Guard Occupation talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-m...

John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine

Paramount Buys The Free Press, Ushering in a New Era at CBS News

truly a Hall of Fame grift from weiss here. the frank lucas of bad faith bullshit. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds