David Faris
@davidfaris.bsky.social
Prof. of Politics, writer at @slate.bsky.social, @newsweek.com and @thenation. Author, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY. Chicago, in the Medium Bucket. Dad, husband. The alarmists were right. Views are mine alone.
https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris
https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris
The best way to describe the holidays with little kids (during which public schools are closed for -eighteen days-) is whipsawing between moments you know you will treasure for the rest of your life and needing to be committed to a psych ward immediately, sometimes within the span of five minutes.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The best way to describe the holidays with little kids (during which public schools are closed for -eighteen days-) is whipsawing between moments you know you will treasure for the rest of your life and needing to be committed to a psych ward immediately, sometimes within the span of five minutes.
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CHOTINER: So you're delivering toys to *all* the good boys and girls?
SANTA: Yes, I check the list twice.
CHOTINER: The list...that you make yourself?
SANTA: Yes, I check the list twice.
CHOTINER: The list...that you make yourself?
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
CHOTINER: So you're delivering toys to *all* the good boys and girls?
SANTA: Yes, I check the list twice.
CHOTINER: The list...that you make yourself?
SANTA: Yes, I check the list twice.
CHOTINER: The list...that you make yourself?
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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Bank of America
December 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Bank of America
The #1 movie when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
(A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life it’s the only weapon we have).
(A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life it’s the only weapon we have).
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The #1 movie when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
(A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life it’s the only weapon we have).
(A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life it’s the only weapon we have).
jfc
A large CBP presence is back in Chicago this morning, with sightings and arrests reported across the southwest side and Cicero. Bovino is also here.
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
jfc
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sir the rats released another tell-all about the sinking ship
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
sir the rats released another tell-all about the sinking ship
The president is an indefensible human being, the very kind of cruel, impulse-driven, violent and morally debased person that society exists to restrain and, failing that, to shun. Instead, we have twice elected him as our political and symbolic leader.
December 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The president is an indefensible human being, the very kind of cruel, impulse-driven, violent and morally debased person that society exists to restrain and, failing that, to shun. Instead, we have twice elected him as our political and symbolic leader.
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
Will attend at least one Cubs game this summer for the express purpose of booing Matt Shaw.
This looks like a cluttered desktop
If this is liberty, give me death now please :( (So many libertarians are such lost souls.)
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Will attend at least one Cubs game this summer for the express purpose of booing Matt Shaw.
It’s hard to know where the bad faith ends and the double-blink stupidity begins but would someone please explain to the esteemed Lt. Gov of Indiana why it is not possible for more than one party to be represented in the House delegations from Delaware and Vermont?
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It’s hard to know where the bad faith ends and the double-blink stupidity begins but would someone please explain to the esteemed Lt. Gov of Indiana why it is not possible for more than one party to be represented in the House delegations from Delaware and Vermont?
Does anyone have thoughts about whether I should join the class action suit against Anthropic or hire my own lawyer and sue them separately?
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Does anyone have thoughts about whether I should join the class action suit against Anthropic or hire my own lawyer and sue them separately?
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Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
Spent the fall repelling fascist goons and now frozen Planet Hoth conditions have befallen us in Chicago like six weeks early. Send help.
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Spent the fall repelling fascist goons and now frozen Planet Hoth conditions have befallen us in Chicago like six weeks early. Send help.
After 2024 there was much screaming at Dems to get on the right side of “80-20” issues like trans women in sports. Here we have Rs nuking generations of progress on childhood disease at the behest of a literal insane person and his death cult. This issue touches every single person in America and
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
After 2024 there was much screaming at Dems to get on the right side of “80-20” issues like trans women in sports. Here we have Rs nuking generations of progress on childhood disease at the behest of a literal insane person and his death cult. This issue touches every single person in America and
Hmm remind me what Senate Dems did when they had the opportunity to pass the Dream Act in 2021.
Immigration advocate: Pass the Dream Act, and give Dreamers the peace of mind they need. ¡Sí, se puede! ¡Sí, se puede! ¡Sí, se puede! ¡P'alante!
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hmm remind me what Senate Dems did when they had the opportunity to pass the Dream Act in 2021.
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This remains my opinion of the Supreme Court
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This remains my opinion of the Supreme Court
Don’t think it’s a coincidence that Ireland isn’t in NATO.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Don’t think it’s a coincidence that Ireland isn’t in NATO.
Little buddy stayed up way past his bedtime sending 160 insane tweets. It’s hard work.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Little buddy stayed up way past his bedtime sending 160 insane tweets. It’s hard work.
The thing is that every ding-dong in the Trump administration would greatly benefit from reading and learning from the Franklin books.
the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The thing is that every ding-dong in the Trump administration would greatly benefit from reading and learning from the Franklin books.
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Have you ever tried cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner with four kids under the age of 7 underfoot or are you sane?
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Have you ever tried cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner with four kids under the age of 7 underfoot or are you sane?
Yeah everything sucks but try to find a way to love something like my daughter loves Bluey
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Yeah everything sucks but try to find a way to love something like my daughter loves Bluey
I don’t generally sit around headline carping but I really wish the NYT would stop describing the occasional failure of Trump’s outrageous authoritarian escalations as “setbacks for Trump”
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I don’t generally sit around headline carping but I really wish the NYT would stop describing the occasional failure of Trump’s outrageous authoritarian escalations as “setbacks for Trump”
I think Pluribus is an allegory about what it’s like to be a Wisconsin swing voter
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I think Pluribus is an allegory about what it’s like to be a Wisconsin swing voter
Cool story about how courageous organizers chased the fascists out of our neighborhood of Rogers Park.
Grassroots resistance swells in the wake of the immigration crackdown in Chicago
Chicago is no longer the main focus of the federal immigration crackdown. For one neighborhood group, the intense enforcement activity was a test of resistance tactics they developed eight years ago.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Cool story about how courageous organizers chased the fascists out of our neighborhood of Rogers Park.