WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows. The Dezers made billions on Trump-branded condos. Now they're cleaning up with no-bid contracts to fly prisoners to foreign concentration camps.

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

Today in Politics, Bulletin 226. 10/10/25 … Pete Hegseth announced that the Qatari Air Force will now have a base in Idaho and their military fighter pilots will be training over the US: “I’m also proud that today we’re signing a letter of ac...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 226. MAGA meltdown over Trump’s Nobel snub, Qatar air base in Idaho, China trade war escalates bigly, House GOP calls No Kings protests terrorism, and that’s only about 10% of the madness today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Does this kill the tiktok deal, which China still hadn't approved?

Here's the reality: On any given day the President might impose an effective embargo on trade with China. This is the second time he's done it *this year*. They may patch it up again, but the pattern has been set, and it will shape expectations for the rest of his term.

Far-right grifters are determining the “reality”’of the most powerful man in the world. What could go wrong? 🤷‍♂️

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

Decimating the alert system for critical infrastructure so as to provide for more raids of Home Depot parking lots

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

Jack's Not For Jersey Jack's not for Jersey. He's for himself.

Great resource #votenj
h/t @mutsy67.bsky.social
www.jacksnotforjersey.com

WATCH: "People at a deep level understand that what they are seeing in Chicago is wrong. They know that they are free citizens of a free country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the backlash to Trump's takeover in Chicago.

Apparently the Texas National Guard is being deployed at the Chicago ICE facility tonight.

I hope everyone stays home, and the Guard is bored and feel foolish for being there.

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

"Who?"

He’s so cooked. Anyway about that “routine visit” to Walter Reed tomorrow…

First, Texas buses thousands of migrants to Chicago as a political stunt. Now, Trump sends the Texas National Guard to "manage" the situation they helped create. The audacity is breathtaking.

Weird how Antifa never asks me for money. Everyone else does, but Antifa is very quiet.

They want this.

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges Read more here.

NEW: A right-wing group known for pushing states to purge their voter rolls wants SCOTUS to turn a landmark pro-voter law into a weapon for mass voter removals.

If SCOTUS agrees, anti-voting groups could be empowered to sue states into aggressive purges with ease.

"We took the freedom of speech away." Use this in every single ad.

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

Has a single “journalist” in mainstream media asked Trump, Mike Johnson or John Thune why they haven’t used their Senate majority to override the 60 vote threshold and reopen the government?

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

Trump doesn’t like data or facts. He wants investors and consumers — and everyone else — to be in the dark, because then he can lie without fear of factual contradiction. He can create even more of a fantasy world and pretend that he’s been wildly successful even when he’s been a terrible failure.

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.

"The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post."