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I dunno…. Nicole Wallace offering far too much grace for people holding up “mass deportation now” signs just a year ago sure still gives me the ick.

It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.

My thoughts exactly

As a nine year old?????

Some libraries have coats and ties available for job interviews. Might not be your look/ be stuffy, but worth a check

1. Plaintiffs filed a motion for expedited discovery to compel Defendants to produce all video footage responsive to Plaintiffs’ requests for production Nos. 2 & 5 as ordered by the Court for the incident October 23, 2025 in Little Village, Chicago, where Defendant Bovino himself deployed tear gas munitions into a crowd. Dkt. 152. 2. As Plaintiffs motion pointed out, Defendants have posted video montages of this incident to social media. Id. ¶¶3-4. Plaintiffs pointed out that Defendants social media included what appears to be body worn camera footage “as well as drone footage” from the October 23rd incident in Little Village. Id. The two cited DHS social media videos a relevant to this suit. One Calls the events in Little Village a “riot,” id. n.2, while another purports to depict a rock being thrown at Bovino, id. n.1. 3. The court granted the motion, and required Defendants to produce “both BWC and drone footage” from the “use of force incidents on 10/30/2025 in the Little Village neighborhood” by 9pm on October 29, 2025. Dkt. 159. 4. Defendants refuse to comply with this Court’s unequivocal order. Specifically, Defendants have simply refused to produce drone footage from Little Village, despite the Court ordering its production and despite the fact that the Defendants have used it in their social media to support their contentions that the violence in Little Village (and throughout this District) is justified.

Plaintiffs in the Chicago Headlines Club lawsuit claim that DHS is outright refusing to provide drone and BWC footage from a recent attack on peaceful protestors.

DHS is refusing to provide ANY drone footage which ... huh.

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Two of the media organizations that have really "met the moment" in national coverage are Teen Vogue and WIRED.

Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.

The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.

there was a time i never thought i could hate a politician more than i hated that guy. in retrospect, very naive of me

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

The only solution to this is for communities to respond with force. No American is obligated to accept this lawlessness from the federal government. Mayors and governors should say so.

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JUST IN: Feds explain how CBP vehicle involved in collision that led to woman being shot & criminally charged was moved from Chicago to Maine and then partially repaired while it was evidence in a criminal case. Doc www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Screenshot of ruling by Aileen Cannon: "The Court now proceeds to evaluate the four statutes cited by the Special Counsel as purported authorization for his appointment—28 U.S.C. §§ 509, 510, 515, 533. The Court concludes that none vests the Attorney General with authority to appoint a Special Counsel like Smith, who does not assist a United States Attorney but who replaces the role of United States Attorney within his jurisdiction."

Screenshot of Pam Bondi appointing order: On September 22, 2025, I exercised the authority vested in the Attorney General by 28 U.S.C. § 546 to designate and appoint Lindsey Halligan as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. See Att'y Gen. Order No. 6402-2025. For the avoidance of doubt as to the validity of that appointment, and by virtue of the authority vested in the Attorney General by law, including 28 U.S.C. § 509, 510, and 515, I hereby appoint Ms. Halligan to the additional position of Special Attorney, as of September 22, 2025, and thereby ratify her employment as an attorney of the Department of Justice from that date going forward.

Left: The statutes Aileen Cannon analyzed when declaring unconstitutional Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel: www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

Right: The statutes Pam Bondi cited when retroactively reappointing Lindsey Halligan as special attorney: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site

Another one bites the dust.

Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness.

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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

@teenvogue.com this is gross.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

A 2020 study found that Amazon—which shares owner Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post—is one of the largest employers of people on SNAP.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Shocking account of maniacal ICE raid in the heart of Washington, DC’s Georgetown neighborhood, followed by building owner’s mass eviction of those Spanish-speakers not already abducted.

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street. People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization. As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show. Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away. Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

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.

Also: Even in the context of 9/11 and with the imprimatur of the 2001 AUMF, lethal strikes were authorized only for “senior operational members” of al Qaeda and associated forces

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

This Man Is the Face of the Future Greg Bovino is next.

"Bovino wants the community to see him as an occupying military commander. Going out of his way to look like the driver of a military operation is part of the attempted subjugation. This is how fascists behave during the consolidation phase of their drive to power."
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Advocates allege ‘inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility in new lawsuit Illinois advocates have sued federal authorities over alleged inhumane conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility.

BREAKING: Illinois advocates sue federal authorities over alleged “inhumane” conditions at a Chicago-area ICE facility.

This is fucking amazing

So, if that's true, is there some kind of shot you could take, to help prevent autism?

Hundreds protest outside ICE building in Durango after 2 children, father detained Federal agents used pepper spray, rubber bullets on peaceful protesters. The family was detained on their way to school, according to local nonprofit

Things are pretty grim here in Chicago, but we at least have the advantage of getting a lot of national coverage. There are other places that aren't... like this case in Durango, CO.

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