Louisiana — the red state that Mike Johnson nominally represents — has the second highest percentage of residents enrolled in SNAP in the nation.

They’re pushing this fantasy about these being “Democrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.

I love this!

We've got you 👍

And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.

Perfect. 60 Minutes edited out an important part of its Trump interview in which he boasts about extracting millions from its parent company on an utterly meritless claim . . . that 60 Minutes selectively edited its Kamala Harris interview.

The image shows a mountain landscape in Saint-Barthélemy Valley (Italian Alps) with snow-capped peaks and a larch forest that turns golden/orange in autumn before losing its needles. In the foreground, a plateau partially covered in snow. A blue sky can be seen between the clouds.

Grimpant jusqu'à la cime
seul, libre
dans le vent d'automne
[Riōkan]

#Autumn 🧡
#MountainMonday #Alps
Happy new week 🍀

Explosion at Harvard Medical School NBC News 'Intentional' explosion at Harvard medical campus under investigation 1 day ago The New York Times 'Intentional' Explosion Took Place at Harvard Medical School, Officials Say 1 day ago ABC News Explosion at Harvard Medical School appears to have been intentional, authorities say. No on... 1 day ago The Guardian No one hurt after 'intentional' explosion at Harvard medical campus, officials say 17 hours ago

When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.

Christophe Jacrot — color photo. Rooftops dusted with snow in foreground. The buildings have colorful windows and doors (red, green, blue). Dramatic, angular rocky mountains in misty background, dusted with snow.

Christophe Jacrot

Daniel Crawshaw, 2021, Oil on canvas, 22 × 18.5 cm. — distinctly realistic painting of a sky with clouds, at right a bright cumulus, darker indistinct cloud layer above

Daniel Crawshaw, 2021, Oil on canvas, 22 × 18.5 cm.

Ørnulf Opdahl, 2018, oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm — spectral painting, view from above (from a plane?) at night, lights densely dotting the landscape to the horizon. Gauzy clouds, some gently illuminated, black at the horizon line

Ørnulf Opdahl, 2018, oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm

Thomas Moran, 1874, The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, chromolithograph — lovely blue pool in front left, geysers spouting from built-up cone beyond it at left. Steams, mists and then in the background, a treeline and clouds above

Thomas Moran, 1874, The Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, chromolithograph

color photo of western sky nearing sunset. Along bottom of frame, an illuminated solid bank of clouds. Above them a brif streak of a vapour trail. Above that a cluster of scraggled cumulus. Sky a rich early evening blue.

Just now. Chicago.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Yesterday afternoon. Chicago. color photo of a line of cloud over a reddish building with a short chimney. Above the cloud bank are some wispy cirrus clouds.

Yesterday afternoon. Chicago.

remarkable to see someone actually appeal to us (because he is one of us)

Color photo of paved pathway through lovely, subtly colored prairie plants in autumn transformation on either side. Beautiful trees on right. Sky with 2 horizontal banks of clouds with a few clouds strung between them.

This morning. Chicago.

Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement

can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

color photo of halloween decorations in a front yard — 4 tombstones saying “in loving nemory — SCIENCE,” “gone but not forgotten — DUE PROCESS,” “R.I.P. 1776-2025 — FREEDOM OF SPEECH,” “always in our hearts — EDUCATION”

Seen in Chicago

"We are African. We are New York City. And we are voters."

Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.

Salt Lake City mayor, council leaders broadly condemn ICE airport arrest in ‘gateway to our state’ “There is so much about ICE operations that create a sense of fear,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall said in a statement after video of a woman being arrested by ICE agents at the Salt Lake City airport Wednesd...

A woman was grabbed, screaming, by plainclothes men from the Salt Lake airport.

Reporters asked ICE if it was their arrest.

At 9:48 am, ICE emailed to say no, it wasn't us.

Then, in a 3:16 p.m. email, they confirmed, 'This was ICE.'"

No explanation for the arrest.

www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

CBS News kills its climate unit David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.

A scoop that I’m not happy to report:

CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.

heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

The only thing wild here is you attempting to frame Kat’s correct declination to discuss an ongoing case as something outrageous. Terrible, unprofessional, ignorant move on your part.

ABANDONED THE TODDLER IN THE BACKSEAT

Arrest these motherfuckers for child endangerment

Carved turnip with eye sockets and a red mouth with teeth

I know it's harder and more dangerous to carve a turnip but the effect is so much more disturbing, and thus in keeping with the season

Chicagoans are starting to do exactly this.