Molly Parr

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.

The great thing about the Trump endorsement is that even before his terms as president and all the misery attached for blue-state America, there was no more disliked celebrity in New York. Donald Trump was known to New Yorkers as a constant chisler and self-aggrandizing vulgarian.

Mazel tov, Andy.

Won "beat Rivers Cuomo costume" at a Halloween covers show tonight, except I was just wearing my normal clothes.

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court permanently BLOCKS the administration from implementing part of Executive Order requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration application.

A BIG VICTORY for our clients--DNC, DGA, DSCC, DCCC, Sen Schumer and Leader Jeffries--and all voters!

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

There is a Season with Molly Parr: A spectacular pair: These two dishes are fist-banging-on-table good together - Daily Hampshire Gazette We’ve gone small for our Jewish events this fall. Lilli’s bat mitzvah, at her request, was under 40 people. Following her lead, I didn’t have Rich schlep up the fold out tables for Rosh Hashana and ho...

A neighbor came up to my husband and told him how much she enjoyed my column this week where I talk about my sukkah. Said her daughter had returned home for a graduate degree and was encountering antisemitism in the labs. She was so grateful for my pride in my Judaism. gazettenet.com/2025/10/24/t...

One of the defining features of this era is millions of people truly believing that their material and emotional well-being depends on cruelty to others

There is a Season with Molly Parr: A spectacular pair: These two dishes are fist-banging-on-table good together - Daily Hampshire Gazette We’ve gone small for our Jewish events this fall. Lilli’s bat mitzvah, at her request, was under 40 people. Following her lead, I didn’t have Rich schlep up the fold out tables for Rosh Hashana and ho...

This rutabaga and blue cheese savory custard did not disappoint. My latest There is a Season column for The Daily Hampshire Gazette: There is a Season with Molly Parr: A spectacular pair: These two dishes are fist-banging-on-table good together - Daily Hampshire Gazette share.google/I5SW952Jl3d4...

Terry The Razor Rozier, because he's so good at shaving points

Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.

morgan spector in gilded age

andy byford

what they think of when they hear train daddy vs. what i think of

This is super gross, but "give us safe injection sites to do crack" is also hilariously dumb.

Joel Embiid in this game is like the French government: non-existent

Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.

U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles, officials say

Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.

Mass. faces grim reality of fewer international students - CommonWealth Beacon Massachusetts’s schools have recruited higher proportions of international students than colleges and universities almost anywhere else because of a demographic decline and the comparatively high cost...

ICYMI: Mass. faces grim reality of fewer international students

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

154,000 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year, a Record Number

Nearly 1 in 7 students in NYC experienced homelessness last school year. In some neighborhoods, more than 1 in 5 school children were homeless.

This is an emergency.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/n...

Wow!!!

Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms.

Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says

Focaccia day

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

The Trump admin is in the midst of laying off 1,100-1,200 HHS staff. The CDC's outbreak responders, gone. The office producing CDC's weekly journal MMWR is gone. CDC staff securing sensitive data, gone. Worker safety, gone. Immunization group, gone.

Instead, Congress watches RFK "make the proof"

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

When I was reporting in Sudan several years ago, a driver warned me not to tell government officials when I was leaving because the airport is where they stop and detain writers.

So, yeah, this is a very bad sign. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

He's turning the US Mint into the Franklin Mint

White House fires much of the National Council on the Humanities The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

The White House abruptly terminated a large share of the council members advising the National Endowment for the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency, retaining only four Trump appointees.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Republicans want to double health premiums for millions of Americans next year.
 
Democrats want to extend coverage & ensure Americans can afford health care.
 
It's really that black and white.