Mike Ludwig

Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord Nine tenants organized by the Debt Collective are refusing to pay back rent, hoping to inspire others to do the same.

Tenants Launch US’s First Ever Rent Debt Strike Against Corporate Landlord

Remember Debt Collective, the group that helped start the student debtors movement? They've announced the "EQR Nine," who are refusing to pay back rent to the nation's fifth largest landlord.

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"Anarchists run Portland" seems to suggest a lack of understanding of what anarchy actually means.

The Bezos-mandated right turn at WaPo is on full display. On October 7, what's left of the editorial board praises Israel, no mention of Gaza civilians above the fold.

There's also a nice profile of a grinning conversion "therapist" who says being queer is just like having an eating disorder.

Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.

Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants

As Trump sucks up more of our data, ICE added online activists to its target list, demanding Meta hand over personal info attached to Instagram accounts for StopIce.net and more.

My report includes tips on how to protect yourself!

Actual quote from Secretary of War (grrrr) Pete Hegseth, addressing the top US military brass during the unprecedented meeting today:

"No more beardos. The era of rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles is done.”

Trump Wants to Open Up 45 Million Acres of Roadless Wilderness to Logging A push to repeal the Roadless Rule that protects the few ecosystems that remain truly wild faces mass public opposition.

On top of everything else, the Trump admin is pushing to open the last remaining truly wild wilderness up for logging and development.

Ag Sec Brooke Rollins gave the public little time to comment on the proposal -- and 99% are opposed. Will the forests be saved by the admin's sheer incompetence?

Top Senator Says Pentagon Has “No Evidence” to Legitimize Caribbean Boat Strike “There is no evidence — none — that this strike was conducted in self-defense,” said Sen. Jack Reed.

Sen. Jack Reed has said that the Pentagon has provided Congress with “no evidence” to back its claims on the legitimacy of the boat strike that killed 11 people who experts say were civilians. “They have offered no positive identification that iits crew were members of Tren de Aragua.”

This Back-to-School Season, Teachers and Parents Are Fighting Back Against ICE The Trump administration is on the defensive as educators demand action to protect students from immigration police.

“ICE has been reported outside of schools, at bus stops, and in neighborhoods where children are walking to and from class. For immigrant students, simply walking into school can feel like stepping into danger.”

Sending love to everyone who's doing what they can, where they can, across Chicago right now. I love y'all. ❤

I love @truthout.org and read them daily. Follow them and these other great resources to stay on top of how people are fighting back and you can too.

RFK Jr. Faces Widespread Calls to Resign in Wake of Heated Senate Hearing Democrats see RFK Jr. as a weakness in Trump’s cabinet — and a clear and present danger to public health.

RFK Jr. Faces Widespread Calls to Resign in Wake of Heated Senate Hearing

Experts say RFK Jr. does not seem to understand his job. Democrats see him as a weakness in Trump’s cabinet — and a clear and present danger to public health. Key Republicans are losing patience too.

RFK Jr sounded exactly like Darth Vader breathing into the microphone during the entire Senate Finance Committee hearing this morning. I'll have an in-depth report tomorrow...

YouTube video by Vaush The Dark Money Drama Situation Is Getting VERY Bad

chorus creators are really being defensive (kinda like they just got caught with their hands in a dark money cookie jar)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s92r...

Black Louisiana Community Coated in Toxic Fallout After Explosion at Oil Plant “We need help over here and we’re not getting it,” said a resident of the city where 90 percent of kids live in poverty.

Last Friday, a catastrophic explosion erupted at a major lubricant manufacturing facility in a predominantly Black town near Baton Rouge. Oily droplets spattered from the smoky sky as far as 20 miles away, coating rooftops, cars, and lawns in a slick, shimmering film that glistened like tar.

These Billionaires Have Already Spent $19 Million in a Bid to Defeat Mamdani Michael Bloomberg and anti-DEI pundit Bill Ackman are just two of the many billionaires showering cash on Cuomo.

These Billionaires Have Already Spent $19 Million in a Bid to Defeat Zohran Mamdani

Billionaires and the companies they own (think AirBnb and Doordash) are spending big on the NYC mayoral race. My latest is a collaboration with LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social check it out!

Judge Blocks Kristi Noem From Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda — for Now Critics say Trump is putting Abrego Garcia “through literal hell” and that efforts to deport him amount to a power grab.

Judge Blocks Kristi Noem From Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda — for Now

Critics say Trump is putting Abrego Garcia “through literal hell” and that efforts to deport him amount to a power grab that puts everyone at risk of being disappeared by the state.

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True. Also works at eviction court!

Trump’s EPA Delayed Pollution Safeguards Ahead of Deadly US Steel Explosion Residents of steel communities say fence-line monitoring for dangerous air pollution must be mandatory.

I was visiting Braddock PA outside of Pittsburgh when reporting this story about the US Steel coke plant that exploded in nearby Clairton -- and the pollution monitoring demanded by residents that Trump nixed.

I could see how benzene can settle in the river valley!

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“Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

the republican party's model for response to a natural disaster is katrina www.texastribune.org/2025/07/31/t...

Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.

The company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline were the fossil fuel industry’s top contributors to a super PAC supporting President Donald Trump during the first half of 2025, making a combined $25 million in contributions to that PAC alone.

There's some really good analysis on NATO buried in there, from anarchists in Ukraine. This is from right before the invasion, it's part of what informing me at the time.

War and Anarchists: Anti-Authoritarian Perspectives in Ukraine Anarchists from Ukraine explore the 2014 Maidan protests, the ascendancy of fascists, civil war, and the threat of war with Russia.

I hope you both completed my reading assignment from Twitter. Here's another one: crimethinc.com/2022/02/15/w...

Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Attacks on Vaccine Access By firing all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine panel, RFK Jr. has imperiled vaccine access in the US, critics say.

Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Attacks on Vaccine Access truthout.org/articles/ber... via @truthout.org @mludwig.bsky.social

OIC you are trolling me and putting words in my mouth, please don't do that

Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab “When you can’t win fairly, you cheat, and that is exactly what this is,” a civil rights advocate said of Trump’s ploy.

Trump is publicly pressuring lawmakers in Texas and beyond to preemptively meddle in the midterm elections to preserve the GOP majority in the House of Representatives.

I was quoting (back in 2022) my Ukrainian source's views on NATO, not mine, he's a pacifist with very different politics than the anarchists taking up arms -- I later learned that anon source was actually a Russian expat/anti-fascist who died fighting in Bakmut.

What didn't age well? The war?

This Palestinian’s Story Undercuts Claim That IDF Doesn’t Target Civilians “What we are going through cannot be justified — it is literally a genocide,” says Reem Zidiah.

Frustrating to hear liberals use "misinformation" as an excuse for being so late to realizing that the genocide is a genocide, or at the very least a terrifying attempt at ethnic cleansing (ahem, The Atlantic).

Palestinians have said this for years now. You didn't listen. This is from 2023:

Oklahoma officials examined Ryan Walters' office TV. Here's what they found A memo from the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services provides insight into the early stages of an investigation into Ryan Walters.

Ongoing investigation of **porn** seen on a TV in the office of Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters, an ultra-MAGA Christian Nationalist who mandates Bibles in classrooms and has supported the anti-queer book banners at Moms for Liberty. Walters denies any wrongdoing.

Wow watching Trump & Co. get eaten alive by the same propaganda machine beast they've been feeding red meat to for years is awesome

"Look over here, it's Brazil! Hey what about some Coca-Cola with real sugar (but not Mexican) golly what do you worthless idiots want from me??"

hahahaha 🤣