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It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.

They don’t even bother denying the corruption and grift.

This runs contrary to everything the United States has historically stood for.

thehill.com/homenews/edu...

Donald Trump’s primary innovation on the presidency is bringing an organized crime approach to the White House.

Keep this in mind when you see the MAGA shit for brains and Repubicles whining about the No Kings protest. These are the same people who are dug in deep to protect a known pedophile.

We Are The United States of America!
#DefendersOfDemocracy

The Day Trump Feared… Today We Make History Together!!! By Ben Meiselas

Today we show the world that in America we are not scared of Trump and his pathetic, vile regime.

Today we show the world that America does not want a tyrant and does not want a king.

Today, let’s make history with the largest peaceful protest ever.

Jen Psaki: The many reasons Americans are taking to the streets for another No Kings protest One quick glance at the news and you can see exactly why so many Americans may be motivated to protest this administration.

The many reasons Americans are taking to the streets for another No Kings protest

One quick glance at the news and you can see exactly why so many Americans may be motivated to protest this administration.
#NoKings

A MAGA Attorney Hired Epstein’s Lawyer for His ‘Valuable’ Experience A firm that represents Pete Hegseth and once represented Donald Trump now employs a co-executor of the disgraced financier’s estate.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

🇺🇸 This is “sleepy” Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at today’s No Kings rally!

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I wonder what in the exonerated-Central-Park-5 trump could be trying to do by making up lies about "child gangsters fighting military in DC"?

Then they got away all Dred-Scott-free in the most heavily policed & camera monitored city in the nation

don't start no blowback, won't be no blowback

#NoKings...

YouTube video by KOCO 5 News SKY 5 shows protesters in downtown Oklahoma City for No Kings protest

Protest in OKC.

youtu.be/gHUsgmgBEAI?...

Head of the Manhattan #NoKings march! Banners. marchers

Head of the Manhattan #NoKings march!

Great day to show what you believe in. Speak your truth. Show you are prepared to fight against authoritarian rule. If you’re marching, having a teach-in,organizing, or resting for future battles, do it with the conviction that we will not give in, that we stand on the side of justice.And stay safe.

No Kings Day Oct. 18 — Anti-Trump 'No Kings' protesters assemble in Times Square, chanting, “Trump must go now!”

The Shutdown Is Stretching On. Trump Doesn’t Seem to Mind.

Link to article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

“I have no doubt that senators are going to start getting calls from people who are saying, ‘Democrats are making a stand on this issue of health care, but I need to pay my rent, my mortgage. I have to buy groceries,’” said Richard Himelfarb, a professor of political science at Hofstra University. “And the pressure is going to ratchet up, not on Trump, but it’s going to ratchet up on the Democrats.”

It's a choice to give the last word to someone who thinks the GOP will benefit from the shutdown.

Unlike past presidents, Mr. Trump appears to feel little urgency to strike a deal to reopen the government. Instead, he has used the shutdown, which began Oct. 1, as an opportunity to further remake the federal bureaucracy and jettison programs he does not like, seizing on unorthodox budgetary maneuvers that some have called illegal.

Euphemism of the day: "unorthodox budgetary maneuvers."

When you pardon George Santos it makes it easier to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. And Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro and lots of Jan. 6 rioters. And so on. And so on.

Prepare for a Protest | Digital Security Checklists for Activists Protect yourself and your community from while protesting or attending any kind of action where arrest risk and surveillance is higher. Here's what you need to ...

Who this checklist is for: Anyone attending protests, direct actions, demonstrations, or events where police presence is expected.
activistchecklist.org/protest

LFG 🇺🇸

#NoKings

What Reliving the 1929 Crash Tells Us About Today’s Stock Market In 1929, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates the euphoria and mania that led to the most famous stock market slump in history.

In his new book, "1929," Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates the euphoria and mania that led to the most famous stock market slump in history.

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-2798 STATE OF ILLINOIS and the CITY OF CHICAGO, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants-Appellants. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 1:25-cv-12174 — April M. Perry, Judge. ____________________ DECIDED OCTOBER 16, 2025 ____________________ Before ROVNER, HAMILTON, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges

The unanimous panel includes two Republican appointees — Judges Ilana Rovner (GHWB) and Amy St. Eve (Trump) — and one Democratic appointee — Judge David Hamilton (Obama).

Per curiam (unsigned) order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The administration argues that the President's federalization of the Guard under § 12406 is not judicially reviewable at all. Alternatively, it contends that the factual predicates of § 12406(2) and (3) are satisfied in light of the deference due the President's decision to federalize the Guard. We conclude, at this preliminary stage and given the district court's factual ase: 25-2798 Document: 26 Filed: 10/16/2025 Pages: 1€ 10 No. 25-2798 findings, that the federal government does not appear likely to succeed on either argument.

BREAKING: Seventh Circuit rejects Trump admin's request to deploy National Guard in Illinois while litigation over the effort continues, holding Trump likely did not follow the law for doing so. The unanimous ruling keeps a TRO in place blocking deployment but allows troops to remain federalized.

They Ordered Propaganda. Airports Said No. American airports are holding the line for Democracy against the Trump propaganda machine. 🔥 Let's help by sharing these awesome videos! 🔥

When Cosplay Kristi “more plastic than brains” Noem tried to turn America’s airports into propaganda screens, public servants refused to bow. From JFK to Portland, they chose law over lies & democracy over fear.
Read how resistance took flight in our latest piece:

open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...