Genevieve Bates

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.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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We are a group of journalists across newsrooms in Chicago, collecting video related to use of force, stop & frisk, and traffic stops conducted by federal agents and the National Guard.

Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago.

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Did he just declare war on Chicago? Knuck if you buck, old man.

A Facebook friend posted this earlier today and as someone from the Chicago area, I felt this in my chest:

Photos capture Chicagoans’ protest against ICE and Trump’s intervention plans CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.

Hands off our city, jagoff

Chicago forever

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

ANALYSIS Trump Sends Mixed Messages With His Newly Rebranded Department of War President Trump's renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his overt campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize. 4 MIN READ ARM Haiyun Jiang/ The New York Times

Pardon the peak Blueskyism, Nate Silver, but I looked to see how the Times was covering Trump’s declaration of war against Chicago and all I found was this.

And my reaction is what the fuck.

Do not come, Donald Trump.

You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.

Thousands sing "This Land is Your Land" during a 'No Kings' protest in Napa, CA.

‘No Kings’ rallies draw huge crowds to protest Trump and his policies Across the country, relatively few disruptions were reported during protests and marches where the mood ranged from joyful to defiant.

Americans turned out en masse in communities across the country Saturday, raucously pushing back on what they see as President Donald Trump’s widening authoritarianism, attacks on immigrants and federal cutbacks to lifesaving programs.

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

Worth bearing in mind that illegal entry is a misdemeanor and being unlawfully present in the country is not even a criminal offense, but a civil one. This is the equivalent of saying we need to torch the Constitution & send in the SWAT team to catch jaywalkers & people with overdue library books.

This is severe, if not shocking, escalation in US hostility toward the ICC.

Keep an eye on the member states. If they stay quiet, it's a five alarm fire sort of deal for the Court and international law.

Joseph S. Nye Jr., political scientist behind ‘soft power,’ dies at 88 The Harvard professor was one of the foremost foreign policy intellectuals of his generation.

The great Joe Nye: “It’s not just a question of whose army wins,” he argued, “it’s also about whose story wins” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done

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Huge congratulations to Susan Crawford on a resounding, well-earned victory tonight. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election demonstrates Musk and Trump have gone too far, and any politician allied with them could swiftly face the end of their political career. My statement:

Yeah and the margins on this are low key offensive…

🎉Congratulations to @underlyforwi.bsky.social for being re-elected as Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction!

Susan Crawford, wearing a blue jacket and jeans, walking outside a polling station. A headline reads: "Susan Crawford’s Win Keeps Liberal Majority On Wisconsin Supreme Court." Photo by Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times.

Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent. nyti.ms/4jbwPWD

🎉 Congratulations @crawfordforwi.bsky.social on a hard-won victory!

Follow Ari tonight (and, you know, always?)