Bart Durham

Do we have a policy other than grievance?

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

Unbelievable how this is happening in America.

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Correcting this: it is $28 billon in funds cancelled in blue states, not $18 billion. So 1.5 Milei bailouts. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-shutdo...

This may be the most un-democratic move by Republicans yet, can you imagine if the shoe were on the other foot?

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents ‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Global EV sales just hit a record, even as automakers tap the brakes A record 2.1 million electric vehicles were sold globally last month, driven by strong demand in the US, Europe, and China.

A record 2.1 million electric vehicles were sold globally last month, driven by strong demand in the US, Europe, and China.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

And he demands to be given the Nobel Peace prize

Never thought I would see the military unleashed on our own citizens, this is disgusting and must be stopped

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Jeffries: "If Donald Trump can find $20b to bail out his right-wing dictator friend in Argentina, it's extraordinary to me that Republicans are unwilling to even have a discussion about how we address the healthcare crisis that they've created."

Foreigners must mourn in the way we tell you to mourn.

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

Defense!

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

Some ticky tack calls on the Bears. Their Offensive line started well, I’m surprised they didn’t run the 4th down play

Neil Young’s “Rocking in the Free Word” is the appropriate anthem of our present era

Les, got this photo of rough green snake through our summer room window taken last month at our Franklin County lake cabin.

The Cahokia mound, located outside modern day St. Louis, Missouri. It is a large hill which is now covered in grass, under a clear blue sky. Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia

For Indigenous People’s Day, I’d like to infodump about the Cahokia mound. Built near present day St. Louis around 1000 CE, it was a vast trade hub with a population of about 20,000. This made it the largest city north of Mexico on the continent, bigger than London and Paris at the time!

Bravo California!

Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel recognizes Mokyr’s theory on sustained economic growth

Northwestern faculty member Joel Mokyr wins #NobelPrize for showing how technological progress has led to sustained economic growth. tinyurl.com/ym3jheft #economics #innovation #Mokyr #northwestern

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

"Widespread dieback of the Amazon rainforest could be triggered sooner than previously thought, with the lower end of the estimated range now at 1.5°C."

#ClimateEmergency

www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people

Rivers are also heating up as global temperatures rise. Darwin Fan/Moment via Getty Images by Li Li (李黎), Penn State When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and…

A spitting image of our Leo as a kitten, thanks for sharing!

Happy #NationalGumboDay! Gumbo is a staple that brings people together, unless we’re arguing about whose is the best (it’s mine!)

Who Is Brooks Barnhizer? All About His Parents, Ethnicity, Career & More - NBA In a league where adaptability is king, Brooks Barnhizer might just be the smooth storm Oklahoma City didn’t see coming. At 6-foot-6 with a 6-11 wingspan, 230

Who Is Brooks Barnhizer? All About His Parents, Ethnicity, Career & More

https://www.rawchili.com/nba/336637/

In a league where adaptability is king, Brooks Barnhizer might just be the smooth storm Oklahoma City didn’t…

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage.

They're selling out their own voters.

Opinion | Trump Disgraces American Justice

Trump Disgraces American Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...