Renaldo Migaldi

This is how it’s done!

FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)

Adiaphora Orchestra. Logan Square Comfort Station, Chicago, Thursday 29 May 2025.

Murder in DC: Toward a World Where All Lives are Grievable The shooting death of the two Israeli embassy workers in Washington DC this past Wednesday evening was tragic and horrific. All human life is precious – there can be no conceivable justification fo…

"The man who perpetrated these murders is no hero; in addition to the lives he took and the grief he caused their families, his action has only served to harm – not help – the Palestinian people."

L-R: Mark Feldman, Russ Johnson, Devin Gray.
Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery, Chicago, Saturday 24 May 2025.

Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

The lying liar lies again, as usual.

No cause justifies gratuitous street murder.
(No sympathy for the Luigi guy either.)

Jeb Bishop Quintet (L-R: Mai Sugimoto, Jason Roebke, Russ Johnson, Isaiah Spencer, Jeb Bishop). Hungry Brain, Chicago, Sunday 18 May 2025.

YouTube video by 2025 Sagaing Earthquake Archive First fault rupture ever filmed: M7.9 surface rupture filmed near Thazi, Myanmar

Fascinating security-cam footage of fault rupture in magnitude 7.9 earthquake. At 0:11 the shaking begins, and at 0:14 you can see the earth beyond the gate suddenly SHIFT ABOUT SIX FEET (2m) RIGHTWARD along the fault line. Note also structures toppling in the distance. (Video, 26 secs.)

Israel’s ‘no hunger in Gaza’ narrative flies in face of obvious evidence Justification for Israel’s blockade is hard to sustain amid photographs of clearly malnourished people

The blockade and air strikes continue. People are eating animal food, grass, and weeds. Children are dying of malnutrition.

Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky.

A 13-year-old second-hand plane the Qatari royal family is dying to get rid of, which would require renovation and maintenance costing US taxpayers far more than the plane is worth. Donald not only is shamefully dismissive of the Constitution, but is the prisoner of an outdated world view.

Thanks to DOGE’s spending freezes:

-EPA labs have halted critical research
-Social Security staffers are rationing paper and can’t pay translators
-NOAA has lost internet and phone services
-National Park workers can’t buy medicine for visitors or rangers’ horses

"Efficiency."

Is this picture real, or AI?

Australian election 2025: Liberals left reeling after defeat Peter Dutton has been ousted from parliament after Anthony Albanese's landslide win.

Australian voters have now rejected Trump-style politics much as Canadian voters did. The center-left Labor Party gains seats, defeating the right-wing Liberals in a landslide. And Liberal Party leader Dutton loses his seat in Parliament, just as Conservative Party leader Poilievre did in Canada.

L-R: Ausberto Acevedo, Dave Rempis, Tyler Damon, Robbie Lynn Hunsinger.
The Hideout, Chicago, Tuesday 15 April 2025.

May Day Chicago 2025

YouTube video by NBC Chicago Gov. Pritzker blasts Republicans and ‘do-nothing Democrats' in fiery speech (FULL)

Illinois Gov. Pritzker, to Dems in New Hampshire, April 27: “Stop thinking we can reason or negotiate with a madman. . . . Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now.” A speech worth hearing in its entirety. (Video, 30 mins.)

May 4 is Kent State remembrance day, not "Star Wars" day. Grow up.

Two things about this New York Times lead:
1. Use of the word “tizzy” is insulting and trivializing at a time when people have rational concerns about Trump’s intimidation.
2. Why would anyone believe what the Trump regime says?
NYT lacks the seriousness required in this crisis.

No Kings Chicago, Saturday 19 April 2025.
Crowd seemed about half the size of two weeks ago.

Trump Impeachment Urged by Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member According to longtime columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Trump's on-again, off-again tariff threats almost makes it appear he wants to be impeached.

Longtime member of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board calls for Trump's impeachment and removal from office as the only way to "restore America’s standing with creditors and trade partners” and preserve the status of the US dollar as the world's de facto reserve currency.

Osnat Netzer and Ben Zucker.
The Hideout, Chicago, Tuesday 15 April 2025.

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin people actually called the frivolous stunt participants "a team of explorers." What the hell were they "exploring"? They were barely even looking out the windows. Too busy taking selfies and promoting themselves. More depressing pop-culture crap.

Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."

By the time major media agree that it's a dictatorship, it will be so far along that they'll be afraid to call it a dictatorship.

"European security cannot be left in the hands of ignorant voters from Wisconsin every four years."
—.Jean-Yves Le Drian, former French foreign minister and defense minister, arguing for EU military buildup

Ballister (L-R: Dave Rempis, Paal Nilssen-Love, Fred Lonberg-Holm).
Constellation, Chicago, Wednesday 9 April 2025.

I don't say "DEI." I say "diversity, equity, and inclusion." No one should forget what it means, or allow racists to control people's thoughts by controlling the language.

Regarding the viral rumor that Trump may invoke the Insurrection Act on April 20: The same act was invoked once by Eisenhower, three times by JFK, three times by LBJ, once by Reagan, and twice by Bush senior. The last time was in May 1992, during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.

The Insurrection Act was invoked once by Eisenhower, three times each by JFK and LBJ, once by Reagan, and twice by Bush senior. The last time was in May 1992, during the Rodney King riots in LA.