Caitlin Montclair
@cmontclair.bsky.social
PME. Scholar. Badass warrior. Not happy with the current state of affairs.
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A person I interviewed for this story told me her 8th grader recently read Night by Elie Wiesel in school and observed “it’s sort of like what’s happening here right now” in case you’re wondering how things are going for Chicago’s kids.
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A person I interviewed for this story told me her 8th grader recently read Night by Elie Wiesel in school and observed “it’s sort of like what’s happening here right now” in case you’re wondering how things are going for Chicago’s kids.
What is happening in Chicago (and elsewhere) is absolutely un-American. Despicable.
On the occasion of Halloween, @newrepublic.com asked me to write about what’s going on in Chicago and I wanted you all to know what randomized terror feels like. And also that as the federal government fails our kids, everyday Chicagoans are showing the courage of trying to protect them.
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween—and Parents Are Fighting Back
Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.
newrepublic.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
What is happening in Chicago (and elsewhere) is absolutely un-American. Despicable.
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This is why we’re seeing cracks. Their bullshit propaganda blaming democrats isn’t working. By large margins.
New WaPo/ABC poll:
45% of Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for the shutdown. 33% blame Democrats.
By a 2-to-1 margin, Independents blame Trump and Republicans over Democrats: 46% to 23%.
45% of Americans blame Trump and congressional Republicans for the shutdown. 33% blame Democrats.
By a 2-to-1 margin, Independents blame Trump and Republicans over Democrats: 46% to 23%.
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is why we’re seeing cracks. Their bullshit propaganda blaming democrats isn’t working. By large margins.
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Ooookay, found my favorite. 🥹💙💛❤️🔥
#50States4Ukraine
#NewYorkBattalion
#NoKings
www.help99.co/patches/new-...
#50States4Ukraine
#NewYorkBattalion
#NoKings
www.help99.co/patches/new-...
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ooookay, found my favorite. 🥹💙💛❤️🔥
#50States4Ukraine
#NewYorkBattalion
#NoKings
www.help99.co/patches/new-...
#50States4Ukraine
#NewYorkBattalion
#NoKings
www.help99.co/patches/new-...
How nice that some members of the current administration have discovered something that has been obvious for many years.
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
wapo.st
October 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How nice that some members of the current administration have discovered something that has been obvious for many years.
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Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
October 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.
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Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
More "concepts of a plan," coming up on 9 years later.
CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?
REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table
REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table
October 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
More "concepts of a plan," coming up on 9 years later.
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Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Oversight Democrats have one message for Speaker Johnson: Stop the Shutdown, Release the Files!
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September 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches
September 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches
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How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
Moral courage, defined.
Opinion | I’m a Conservative Evangelical. I’m Done With the Army.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Moral courage, defined.
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Excellent response to see on fox news
Excellent response to see on fox news
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
youtube.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Excellent response to see on fox news
Engaging some reading that, honestly, feels a little bit like self-flagellation: reading Tapper and Thompson's "Original Sin." We knew. We did. More importantly, the insiders really, really knew.
May 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Engaging some reading that, honestly, feels a little bit like self-flagellation: reading Tapper and Thompson's "Original Sin." We knew. We did. More importantly, the insiders really, really knew.
ICYMI: NOT cool...at all. Are we indoctrinating students at the Naval Academy or are we educating them? #PME
www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
www.navy.mil
April 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
ICYMI: NOT cool...at all. Are we indoctrinating students at the Naval Academy or are we educating them? #PME
www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
www.navy.mil/Press-Office...
I am currently frustrated and heartbroken that I am reading an absolutely outstanding paper by a student of mine who is from USAID who recently found out they're being RIF'd.
Brilliant USG employee with decades of experience. And RIF'd for what? Nothing good for USG. #PME
Brilliant USG employee with decades of experience. And RIF'd for what? Nothing good for USG. #PME
April 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I am currently frustrated and heartbroken that I am reading an absolutely outstanding paper by a student of mine who is from USAID who recently found out they're being RIF'd.
Brilliant USG employee with decades of experience. And RIF'd for what? Nothing good for USG. #PME
Brilliant USG employee with decades of experience. And RIF'd for what? Nothing good for USG. #PME