YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol Timothy Snyder on the Trump Administration at Home, and What’s at Stake in Ukraine

SPECIAL: We got this conversation up as fast as possible because Tim Snyder's analysis of the Trump administration's agenda and methods is so important. Also: Why No Kings matters, and what’s at stake in Ukraine. This is, if I may say so, a must-watch.

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An AI deepfake was submitted as evidence in a California court.

This appears to be one of the first instances - but likely won't be the last.

Think about the repercussions: people could be wrongly convicted.

We MUST regulate this technology before it destroys lives.

Nearly Half of Fortune 500 Companies in 2025 Were Founded by Immigrants or Their Children - American Immigration Council In 2025, more than 46% of Fortune 500 companies—a total of 231 out of 500—were founded by immigrants or their children.

Immigrants aren’t taking jobs, they are creating jobs for millions in the US.

From the 2025 Fortune 500, 46.2% of companies (231 out of 500) had an immigrant founder or a second-generation immigrant founder.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/

Scammy text appeal seeking donations for the "No Kings Act" which will be "500% MATCHED"

PSA: The No Kings PAC is not affiliated with and had no role in putting on the 10/18 mobilization. If you get a spammy text from them claiming your donation will be 5x matched, know that it's not from anyone involved in the No Kings protest (and please direct your angry emails to them, not us)

A research zodiac over a coral reef with a diver down

A scuba diver from above, researching a combined wetland-coral habitat

Research diver in the water, handing research equipment over the side of the boat

While Shedd Aquarium and the Coral Restoration Foundation are leading coral transplantations and associated coral spawning research in the Dry Tortugas, Wet Tribe is performing a regional ocean acidification study. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoralResearch #OceanAcidification

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How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)

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Illinois is truly in the Middle of Everything, with a tourism industry that's booming like never before.

With yet another record-breaking year, we really have something for everyone as a world-class destination — and we are proud to welcome visitors from across the globe.

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What's comes after the largest peaceful protest in American history? Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

Now we build on the momentum. ezralevin.substack.com/p/whats-come...

#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

Not being even vaguely sarcastic:

At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

www.cnn.com/2025/10/17/p...

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

So glad it’s you - thank you!

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Amen, Governor Pritzker!

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

It’s Getting Worse. The Trump administration’s assault on the rest of us is intensifying.

"We do ultimately depend on the common sense and common courage of the people. “No Kings” is an expression of protest. But it is also an affirmation of responsibility. We the people ordained and established our free government. It’s up to us to keep it."

www.thebulwark.com/p/its-gettin...

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

Bryan Stevenson is amazing. I heard him speak at our large (mostly white) church, then read his incredible book. I’m grateful for his strong voice of reason. There is so much to learn.

Bryan Stevenson is amazing. I heard him speak at our large (mostly white) church, then read his incredible book. I’m grateful for his strong voice of reason. There is so much to learn. Thank you for gifting this article!

Worth reading.

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.