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.
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In case it's not obvious, none of this is true. He's either innumerate, or lying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
In case it's not obvious, none of this is true. He's either innumerate, or lying.
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That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That old metaphor about the frog and the boiling water isn’t true: If you put a frog in a pot of water and slowly raise the heat, the frog will jump out before it gets boiled to death.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
The question now is whether American journalists are smarter than frogs.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bluesky, a reintroduction!
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out gpratt@chicagotribune.com or Signal grp.27
Former Senator Jon Tester knows a thing or two about agriculture and he says what the Trump administration is doing to farmers is political malpractice. I talked to Tester and his co-host Maritsa Georgiou of the @groundedpodcast.bsky.social:
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Former Senator Jon Tester knows a thing or two about agriculture and he says what the Trump administration is doing to farmers is political malpractice. I talked to Tester and his co-host Maritsa Georgiou of the @groundedpodcast.bsky.social:
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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at a basic level a huge amount of the actions of the federal govt amount to shitposting channeled through executive power. sounds like a snark. it’s not. it’s the language and impulse these people know. a mixed of bad humor and aggression driven by impulse.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
at a basic level a huge amount of the actions of the federal govt amount to shitposting channeled through executive power. sounds like a snark. it’s not. it’s the language and impulse these people know. a mixed of bad humor and aggression driven by impulse.
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"Even those passengers who successfully reach their destination are encountering long departure delays, extended tarmac times and highly unpredictable arrival times; many flight crews are timing out...or missing connections." - Airlines for America www.airlines.org/news-update/...
Latest Data Shows Huge Impact of the Government Shutdown on Airlines and Our Customers – Airlines For America
www.airlines.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Even those passengers who successfully reach their destination are encountering long departure delays, extended tarmac times and highly unpredictable arrival times; many flight crews are timing out...or missing connections." - Airlines for America www.airlines.org/news-update/...
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ICYMI: Hosts of @groundedpodcast.bsky.social Jon Tester & @maritsageorgiou.bsky.social joined @eisendrath.net on It's the Democracy, Stupid to discuss the collapsing MAGA credibility and moral fatigue shaping the electorate.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ICYMI: Hosts of @groundedpodcast.bsky.social Jon Tester & @maritsageorgiou.bsky.social joined @eisendrath.net on It's the Democracy, Stupid to discuss the collapsing MAGA credibility and moral fatigue shaping the electorate.
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The REPUBLICAN run House. REPUBLICAN.
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The REPUBLICAN run House. REPUBLICAN.
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Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
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Federal judge cracks down on Bovino & his thugs, while surfacing the lies coming from him, DHS & DOJ.
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
The incoming preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in early October that was set to expire at 11:30 a.m.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Federal judge cracks down on Bovino & his thugs, while surfacing the lies coming from him, DHS & DOJ.
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
From the Chicago Tribune. Gift link.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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The inspiration we all need, as always from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The inspiration we all need, as always from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
After Tuesday’s election, instead of reading the room and mending his ways, Mr. Trump blamed everyone else, told Americans to go hungry, threw a party for his rich friends, met with Orban to give a gift to Putin, and left Washington to go play golf. New from me:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
Trump plays golf while Americans line up at food banks
Americans want government to do its job, and we want the folks we elect to step up and get it done.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
After Tuesday’s election, instead of reading the room and mending his ways, Mr. Trump blamed everyone else, told Americans to go hungry, threw a party for his rich friends, met with Orban to give a gift to Putin, and left Washington to go play golf. New from me:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
A terrific week for Democrats & a lousy week for Trump. We'll talk about that plus the latest on ICE/ CBP in Chicago Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with:
+ @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
+ @royalpratt.bsky.social
+ @davidnir.com
+ @jbendery.bsky.social
🤳Stream 1-4 CT bit.ly/3DAcG8s
+ @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
+ @royalpratt.bsky.social
+ @davidnir.com
+ @jbendery.bsky.social
🤳Stream 1-4 CT bit.ly/3DAcG8s
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A terrific week for Democrats & a lousy week for Trump. We'll talk about that plus the latest on ICE/ CBP in Chicago Saturday on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social with:
+ @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
+ @royalpratt.bsky.social
+ @davidnir.com
+ @jbendery.bsky.social
🤳Stream 1-4 CT bit.ly/3DAcG8s
+ @jillwine-banks.bsky.social
+ @royalpratt.bsky.social
+ @davidnir.com
+ @jbendery.bsky.social
🤳Stream 1-4 CT bit.ly/3DAcG8s
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UMICH: “.. This month’s decline in sentiment was widespread throughout the population.”
@cnbc.com #UMich
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
@cnbc.com #UMich
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
UMICH: “.. This month’s decline in sentiment was widespread throughout the population.”
@cnbc.com #UMich
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
@cnbc.com #UMich
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
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The notion that tariffs are being borne by foreign governments is dying — quickly. 🇺🇸
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70.5% OF NEW TARIFFS WERE PASSED ONTO CONSUMERS — PER LENDINGTREE LENDINGTREE DATA SHOW THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF NEW TARIFF COSTS WERE DIRECTLY BORNE BY CONSUMERS, HIGHLIGHTING HOW TRADE BARRIERS ARE DRIVING UP RETAIL PRICES AND ADDING TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The notion that tariffs are being borne by foreign governments is dying — quickly. 🇺🇸
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ICYMI: @eisendrath.net had Former DNC Chair @jaimeharrison.bsky.social on It's the Democracy, Stupid.
Subscribe to watch the full episode & watch today at 1pm EST as Edwin welcomes NBC’s @maritsageorgiou.bsky.social & former senator Jon Tester on the show!
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/freedom-vs...
Subscribe to watch the full episode & watch today at 1pm EST as Edwin welcomes NBC’s @maritsageorgiou.bsky.social & former senator Jon Tester on the show!
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/freedom-vs...
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
ICYMI: @eisendrath.net had Former DNC Chair @jaimeharrison.bsky.social on It's the Democracy, Stupid.
Subscribe to watch the full episode & watch today at 1pm EST as Edwin welcomes NBC’s @maritsageorgiou.bsky.social & former senator Jon Tester on the show!
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/freedom-vs...
Subscribe to watch the full episode & watch today at 1pm EST as Edwin welcomes NBC’s @maritsageorgiou.bsky.social & former senator Jon Tester on the show!
www.lincolnsquare.media/p/freedom-vs...
Today on "It's the Democracy, Stupid" on @lincolnsquare.media we are lucky to be joined by former Montana Senator Jon Tester & journalist Maritsa Georgiou, co-hosts of the Grounded Podcast. We'll talk about the govt shutdown, the Democrats enormous election wins this week & much more.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today on "It's the Democracy, Stupid" on @lincolnsquare.media we are lucky to be joined by former Montana Senator Jon Tester & journalist Maritsa Georgiou, co-hosts of the Grounded Podcast. We'll talk about the govt shutdown, the Democrats enormous election wins this week & much more.
Also, now, typical.
Ridiculous. Cruel. Lawless.
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Also, now, typical.
This week's elections went really well. Big wins for Democrats, and little meddling from Trump. But what about the midterms? @walshfreedom.bsky.social & I talked about today here:
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This week's elections went really well. Big wins for Democrats, and little meddling from Trump. But what about the midterms? @walshfreedom.bsky.social & I talked about today here:
Democrats won everywhere this week and by huge margins. Will the Republicans learn any lessons after Tuesday's huge election defeat? That's one of many hot topics on the latest edition of Unvarnished Politics with @walshfreedom.bsky.social and me. Watch here:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
Unvarnished with Joe Walsh and Edwin Eisendrath
We agree: this week's victory is no harbinger of easy days. Now is the time to double down and let America know the gilded ballroom crowd is fighting for spoils, while we are fighting for people.
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Democrats won everywhere this week and by huge margins. Will the Republicans learn any lessons after Tuesday's huge election defeat? That's one of many hot topics on the latest edition of Unvarnished Politics with @walshfreedom.bsky.social and me. Watch here:
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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The Insider Politics Sheets Are Scurrying for New Conventional Wisdom talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-i...
The Insider Politics Sheets Are Scurrying for New Conventional Wisdom
One of the most important things to understand about politics is the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Insider Politics Sheets Are Scurrying for New Conventional Wisdom talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-i...