Edwin Eisendrath
@eisendrath.net
It's the Democracy, Stupid.
Radio: WCPT/ @heartlandsignal.bsky.social
Video podcast: @lincolnsquare.media
Substack: https://edwineisendrath.substack.com/
Long ago: Chicago schoolteacher, alderman, CEO Chicago Sun Times, etc.
Radio: WCPT/ @heartlandsignal.bsky.social
Video podcast: @lincolnsquare.media
Substack: https://edwineisendrath.substack.com/
Long ago: Chicago schoolteacher, alderman, CEO Chicago Sun Times, etc.
Pinned
America is done with Trump but he is not done with us
We should expect stepped up election subversion, further weaponize the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization their ethnic cleansing policies.
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America is done with Trump but he is not done with us.
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
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America is done with Trump but he is not done with us.
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
America is done with Trump but he is not done with us
We should expect stepped up election subversion, further weaponize the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization their ethnic cleansing policies.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
America is done with Trump but he is not done with us.
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
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This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
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I think this is called a robbery.
ICE Agents Arrest Man on Christmas Eve—and Then Steal His Groceries
Trump’s immigration agents are doing whatever they want.
newrepublic.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I think this is called a robbery.
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NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it.
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Cut Their Lifeline. Months Later, They're Still Fighting Like Hell To Survive.
A small organization powered by the people who need it most has found a way to save lives abandoned by the Trump administration.
www.huffpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it.
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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"I can't stop thinking about Rob Reiner and the tragic irony of the one day I ever spent with him." He worked to save kids, but couldn't save his son. My latest at @thebulwark.com, on politics, parenting, and lessons learned.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
How Rob Reiner Made Children His Issue
Pushing for greater investments in early childhood development, he improved the lives of countless kids.
www.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"I can't stop thinking about Rob Reiner and the tragic irony of the one day I ever spent with him." He worked to save kids, but couldn't save his son. My latest at @thebulwark.com, on politics, parenting, and lessons learned.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rob-reiner...
America is done with Trump but he is not done with us.
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
America is done with Trump but he is not done with us
We should expect stepped up election subversion, further weaponize the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization their ethnic cleansing policies.
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
America is done with Trump but he is not done with us.
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
In 2026, we should expect stepped-up election subversion, further weaponization of the justice system to weaken their opposition, and the industrialization of their ethnic cleansing policies.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
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“'The bottom line is that removing the 935,000 Venezuelans and Haitians would cause the entire economy to contract by more than $14 billion,' said Michael Clemens, a professor in the Department of Economics at George Mason University."
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum... cc @piie.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum... cc @piie.com
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025
WASHINGTON — Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million immigrants have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due t...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“'The bottom line is that removing the 935,000 Venezuelans and Haitians would cause the entire economy to contract by more than $14 billion,' said Michael Clemens, a professor in the Department of Economics at George Mason University."
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum... cc @piie.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum... cc @piie.com
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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).
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This from Iowa journalist @laurarbelin.bsky.social is so good. Belin - an actual journalist with years experience including covering Russia(!), spells out what it's really like trying to get the govt to comment for stories & why Bari Weiss screwed up.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
On "fair" reporting and what happened at "60 Minutes"
Laura Belin: I was alarmed (though not surprised) when CBS News boss Bari Weiss intervened to stop “60 Minutes” from airing a segment.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This from Iowa journalist @laurarbelin.bsky.social is so good. Belin - an actual journalist with years experience including covering Russia(!), spells out what it's really like trying to get the govt to comment for stories & why Bari Weiss screwed up.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
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NO, NYTIMES, IT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
December 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
NO, NYTIMES, IT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html
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All men are created equal is an idea. Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, is an idea.
Great replacement theory is an idea. So is the unitary executive.
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Great replacement theory is an idea. So is the unitary executive.
Subscribe to read the latest from @eisendrath.net
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December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
All men are created equal is an idea. Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, is an idea.
Great replacement theory is an idea. So is the unitary executive.
Subscribe to read the latest from @eisendrath.net
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/grand-juri...
Great replacement theory is an idea. So is the unitary executive.
Subscribe to read the latest from @eisendrath.net
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/grand-juri...
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Will Johnson Make It Through the Year as Speaker? Sit down with @sjdemas.bsky.social & @eisendrath.net to find out!
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www.lincolnsquare.media/p/will-johns...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Will Johnson Make It Through the Year as Speaker? Sit down with @sjdemas.bsky.social & @eisendrath.net to find out!
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www.lincolnsquare.media/p/will-johns...
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net sat down to discuss the latest test to Congress’s latest test of its backbone - enforcing the law of the Epstein Files Transparency Act…
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/will-johns...
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Will Johnson Make It Through the Year as Speaker? | Susan Demas & Edwin Eisendrath LIVE
The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files shows open contempt for the law, transparency, and survivors. It's not a bureaucratic stumble.
www.lincolnsquare.media
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICYMI: @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net sat down to discuss the latest test to Congress’s latest test of its backbone - enforcing the law of the Epstein Files Transparency Act…
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/will-johns...
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This is a tour de force from a congressman who knows his job and gets it done. Bravo.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is a tour de force from a congressman who knows his job and gets it done. Bravo.
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This decision will cause Americans to die. This is exactly why I raised the alarm earlier this year when RFK Jr. fired actual experts on the panel in charge of recommending vaccines.
Science is real. Vaccines are safe. Don't let them fool you into thinking otherwise.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Science is real. Vaccines are safe. Don't let them fool you into thinking otherwise.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
C.D.C. Vaccine Committee Ends Recommendation That All Newborns Receive Hepatitis B Shots
In a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee decided to delay the shots for babies of mothers who test negative for the virus, reversing…
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This decision will cause Americans to die. This is exactly why I raised the alarm earlier this year when RFK Jr. fired actual experts on the panel in charge of recommending vaccines.
Science is real. Vaccines are safe. Don't let them fool you into thinking otherwise.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Science is real. Vaccines are safe. Don't let them fool you into thinking otherwise.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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It is obscene.
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It is obscene.
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Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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I'm coming on soon!
It's no surprise that it's been a hellish year. Saturday on WCPT 820AM/ @heartlandsignal.bsky.social, we'll take a look back plus look ahead to 2026 with:
+ @normeisen.bsky.social
+ @mjtoma.bsky.social
+ @froomkin.bsky.social
+ @klasfeldreports.com
🤳Stream 1-4 CT bit.ly/3DAcG8s
It's no surprise that it's been a hellish year. Saturday on WCPT 820AM/ @heartlandsignal.bsky.social, we'll take a look back plus look ahead to 2026 with:
+ @normeisen.bsky.social
+ @mjtoma.bsky.social
+ @froomkin.bsky.social
+ @klasfeldreports.com
🤳Stream 1-4 CT bit.ly/3DAcG8s
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December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm coming on soon!
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Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
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Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mass deportations don’t protect working people—they weaken labor standards, silence organizing and empower bad employers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers. @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social
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This is awesome
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is awesome
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NEW: After months of the government telling the court under penalty of perjury that the US Attorney alone made the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego with a crime, there is now EVIDENCE tying Todd Blanche to the decision. More to come on Substack... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#272 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Defendant's Supplemental Brief on United States' Motion to Quash (Redacted) by Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (Hecker, Sean) (Entered: 12/19/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NEW: After months of the government telling the court under penalty of perjury that the US Attorney alone made the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego with a crime, there is now EVIDENCE tying Todd Blanche to the decision. More to come on Substack... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...