Caption: Border Patrol agents detain painter Krzysztof Klim while verifying his identification on Oct. 31, 2025, next to Halloween decorations outside a house in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood. Klim, originally from Poland and now a U.S. citizen, was briefly detained and then released. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

U.S. Border Patrol agents watch the street while others question and detain a man they found painting a house in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2025, during immigration enforcement operations. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

The photos in this Chicago Tribune piece… It's a quiet middle-class inner suburb, but these guys look like they're in Fallujah circa 2006.

The uniforms indicate Border Patrol and its BORTAC "special operations" unit.

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

1,400 dead horses: The grim numbers behind the Melbourne Cup

Crikey boils the harm of the Melbourne Cup down in the latest Paint by Numbers.

U-turn at USYD: Uni scrambles after breaching federal requirements

Sydney University was using undergraduate students to teach classes in its engineering faculty until recently, in breach of federal teaching requirements.

Well, they have knackered everyone else

The idiots now have the keys

Albanese campaigned on fixing aged care, then sold out seniors for political survival - Hellocare The new Aged Care Act came into effect over the weekend, willfully ignoring the Royal Commission’s most important recommendation: a levy to fairly fund care. Labor avoided it to dodge political backla...

#AusPol

Aged Care Support At Home, "The government deliberately prioritized political expediency over equitable funding, shifting the financial strain onto the vulnerable". "it is a bear trap disguised as a stepping stone".

hellocare.com.au/albanese-cam...

Turkiye hosts summit on Gaza, says Israel must stop ceasefire violations Top diplomats from Arab and Muslim nations discuss plans for an international force for Gaza, as proposed by the US.

Top diplomats from Arab and Muslim nations discuss plans for an international force for Gaza, as proposed by the US.

Most powerful thing you can do - just stop watching legacy media

The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.

The USA does not have "FREE" Elections. Votes are given to the most highly funded candidates. Now no one in the bottom 50% can get elected Nationally unless there is an unopposed seat.

Yes: As I often say in response to unhelpful climate doomism, the truth is bad enough.

BUT Gates doesn't speak the truth. He parrots fossil fuel industry talking points that downplay the gravity of the climate crisis and obscure, rather than clarify, the way forward: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

This is an excellent idea!!!

Tesla sued by family who says faulty doors led to wrongful deaths from fiery crash Tesla has been sued over a fiery Wisconsin crash that killed all five occupants of a Model S, who were allegedly trapped inside because of a design flaw that prevented them from opening the sedan's doors.

Tesla sued by family who says faulty doors led to wrongful deaths from fiery crash reut.rs/3XeeH5q

Just a reminder, people:

How nice for them, I'm so glad it doesn't affect their sleep

Government playing word games with nuclear weapons - Michael West While a treaty prohibits nuclear weapons stationed in Australia, the Government tries to circumvent it, playing word-games.

In a dramatised moment on the ABC’s 4Corners last night, US defense analyst Decker Eveleth ‘revealed’ US subs rotating through HMAS Stirling may in future carry nuclear weapons - a fact already known to Michael West Media readers. 👇ICYMI👇. #auspol

It seems ludicrous but in England they're arresting old people for holding a sign...

I literally have a slide with a screenshot from Teen Vogue that I've used for talks about climate change and infrastructure all over the world, and I get to give them props for their social and political coverage. Losing it is a loss for all of us, not just young people.

Fascism - wiping out a very identifiable voice and subsequently firing all political staff?

Oh wow. Someone noticed that teen vogue was one of the last liberal publications left in the country. I just hate totalitarianism so much.

Everything decent in the world is crumbling and free speech is being rubbed out

This is such a disappointing management decision. Not just because @leximcmenamin.com and their colleagues are excellent journalists, but because they never, ever underestimated what teen girls might find interesting or care about.

YouTube video by The Intercept The Trump Gaza Ceasefire That Isn't And a Crypto King's Pardon

Trump took credit for the Gaza ceasefire. But the people of Gaza aren’t seeing much of a ceasefire.

Listen on
Apple: interc.pt/4ojFjhj
Spotify: interc.pt/47UI8Qf
Everywhere else: interc.pt/3Lho4Ph

The Pending Disaster of a Skydance-Warners Merger The Ellison family’s aggressive pursuit of the WBD empire would shred news values and further pillage movie and TV production.

My new piece, up @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Leaked emails expose top Tories’ historic relationship with Israel Former Conservative party treasurer told an Israeli diplomat: ‘You still have friends close to number ten!!!’

NEW -- Leaked emails expose top Tories’ historic relationship with Israel

By @martinrw.bsky.social and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

Former Conservative party treasurer told an Israeli diplomat: ‘You still have friends close to number ten!!!’

www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...

Insidious

Israeli committee approves bill for execution of Palestinian prisoners <article data-history-node-id="430997" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-committee-approves-bill-execution-palestinian-prisoners" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-committee-approves-bill-execution-palestinian-prisoners" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli committee approves bill for execution of Palestinian prisoners</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Knesset's National Security Committee approved a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners, local media reported.&nbsp;The committee referred the bill to the Knesset General Assembly for discussion and voting in the upcoming legislative session, reports said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir thanked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his support of the bill, adding that "judges should not be allowed to express an opinion on this law."</p> <p>On Friday, Ben Gvir posted a video of himself standing over a row of Palestinian prisoners lying prone with their hands tied, in which he calls for the “death penalty for terrorists”.</p> <p>In footage shared on his personal Telegram channel, Ben Gvir speaks to the camera while pointing at a dozen detainees face down in front of an Israeli flag.</p> <p>“These guys, the Nukhba who came to kill children, women, our babies. Look at them today,” the far-right minister says, referring to the special forces unit of Hamas's military wing.</p> <p>“But there's still something that must be done: death penalty for the terrorists.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli committee approves bill for execution of Palestinian prisoners - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-committee-approves-bill-execution-palestinian-prisoners

Also the UAE that pays for genocidal armies in Sudan. bsky.app/profile/snel...

This is the person that has her hand up the backs of people like Joyce, Canavan and every other National Party member. Plus now holding One Nation up with the same hand.
What would happen to Oz if these grifters got into power?
#auspol

Dear god, they just will not stop