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A federal judge just slammed the government for "sending threatening letters on a Saturday night" demanding states "undo" SNAP payments.
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
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"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
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November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A federal judge just slammed the government for "sending threatening letters on a Saturday night" demanding states "undo" SNAP payments.
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
"It's hard to see how this is not being used as a leverage point," the judge said. "People are hungry right now."
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
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I don’t know how you reform this. I genuinely don’t.
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I don’t know how you reform this. I genuinely don’t.
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Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality.
In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.
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A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A felon freed by Trump in his first term is sentenced again, this time to 27 months after a judge found that he sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse and dodged tolls in his Lamborghini and Ferrari. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
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You want to go back to “business as usual” with a man who this very morning pardoned anyone involved with his planning and execution of an attack on the nation’s Capitol to overturn a fair election?
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
You want to go back to “business as usual” with a man who this very morning pardoned anyone involved with his planning and execution of an attack on the nation’s Capitol to overturn a fair election?
The trials of these criminal traitors cannot come soon enough. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The trials of these criminal traitors cannot come soon enough. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Understand what it is to be Chicago.
To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone.
To rehearse every day how to calmly refuse entry, how to identify a judicial warrant, how to film and narrate an assault.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone.
To rehearse every day how to calmly refuse entry, how to identify a judicial warrant, how to film and narrate an assault.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Understand what it is to be Chicago.
To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone.
To rehearse every day how to calmly refuse entry, how to identify a judicial warrant, how to film and narrate an assault.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
To carry a whistle and have the ICIRR hotline in your phone.
To rehearse every day how to calmly refuse entry, how to identify a judicial warrant, how to film and narrate an assault.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
@durbin.senate.gov NO END TO THE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACA FUNDING. Republicans are liars and we don’t trust their “promise”. This is the only leverage we have to save healthcare for millions.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
@durbin.senate.gov NO END TO THE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACA FUNDING. Republicans are liars and we don’t trust their “promise”. This is the only leverage we have to save healthcare for millions.
@duckworth.senate.gov NO END TO THE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACA FUNDING. Republicans are liars and we don’t trust their “promise”. This is the only leverage we have to save healthcare for millions. You and Dick need to vote NO.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
@duckworth.senate.gov NO END TO THE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT ACA FUNDING. Republicans are liars and we don’t trust their “promise”. This is the only leverage we have to save healthcare for millions. You and Dick need to vote NO.
And yet retired air traffic controllers have called Duffy’s restrictions useless and a political stunt intended to hurt customers.
Sean Duffy claps back at Schumer criticism: 'This is strictly safety'
Sean Duffy claps back at Schumer criticism: 'This is strictly safety'
The Transportation Secretary accused Democrats of "putting a mess" on his lap as concerns over air travel safety rise
dlvr.it
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
And yet retired air traffic controllers have called Duffy’s restrictions useless and a political stunt intended to hurt customers.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The cruelty is the point
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 3:37 PM
The cruelty is the point
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
According to DHS, who has repeatedly lied about encounters with protesters in Chicago and has a vested interest in retroactively justifying their use of tear gas in defiance of a federal restraining order.
BREAKING: Shots were fired at U.S. Border Patrol agents during immigration enforcement operations in Little Village Saturday afternoon, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Shots fired at Border Patrol agents in Little Village: DHS
Shots were reportedly fired at U.S. Border Patrol agents during immigration enforcement operations in Little Village Saturday afternoon.
wgntv.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
According to DHS, who has repeatedly lied about encounters with protesters in Chicago and has a vested interest in retroactively justifying their use of tear gas in defiance of a federal restraining order.
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ANOTHER UPDATE: Photo sent to me from a faith leader on the ground outside the Broadview ICE detention center this morning shows several buses now parked outside the facility.
This, the leader says, is an unusual occurrence.
Also: a magistrate is set to visit the facility next week.
This, the leader says, is an unusual occurrence.
Also: a magistrate is set to visit the facility next week.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
ANOTHER UPDATE: Photo sent to me from a faith leader on the ground outside the Broadview ICE detention center this morning shows several buses now parked outside the facility.
This, the leader says, is an unusual occurrence.
Also: a magistrate is set to visit the facility next week.
This, the leader says, is an unusual occurrence.
Also: a magistrate is set to visit the facility next week.
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Every time this stuff happens, my thought process begins to consider what kind of justice will be required in 3 years for these people.
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Every time this stuff happens, my thought process begins to consider what kind of justice will be required in 3 years for these people.
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“All of a sudden, my eyes were just burning and I couldn’t breathe,” a Chicago mom told @nbcnews.com
Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“All of a sudden, my eyes were just burning and I couldn’t breathe,” a Chicago mom told @nbcnews.com
Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area.
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area.
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
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again I ask, what is the upside of this technology
“When Sora finished generating those videos it sent us notifications like ‘Your choke scene just went live, brace for chaos,’ and ‘Yikes, intense choke scene, watch responsibly.’”
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
again I ask, what is the upside of this technology
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It’s been 6 weeks since Adelita Grijalva won her election & she’s not sworn in
Congress is being paid as federal workers work for free & Americans go hungry
There’s no incentive for the GOP to end the shutdown
They’re funding ICE. They’re funding themselves. They’re funding Argentina
It’s a coup
Congress is being paid as federal workers work for free & Americans go hungry
There’s no incentive for the GOP to end the shutdown
They’re funding ICE. They’re funding themselves. They’re funding Argentina
It’s a coup
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It’s been 6 weeks since Adelita Grijalva won her election & she’s not sworn in
Congress is being paid as federal workers work for free & Americans go hungry
There’s no incentive for the GOP to end the shutdown
They’re funding ICE. They’re funding themselves. They’re funding Argentina
It’s a coup
Congress is being paid as federal workers work for free & Americans go hungry
There’s no incentive for the GOP to end the shutdown
They’re funding ICE. They’re funding themselves. They’re funding Argentina
It’s a coup
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So in one day, Trump has (1) released a known Russian military intelligence agent from prison; and (2) pardoned a Chinese espionage agent. He appears to seek to actually promote foreign espionage operations on US soil. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump pardons retired New York cop convicted of acting as Chinese agent
The former NYPD officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April on charges he stalked a New Jersey couple as part of a Chinese government plot.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
So in one day, Trump has (1) released a known Russian military intelligence agent from prison; and (2) pardoned a Chinese espionage agent. He appears to seek to actually promote foreign espionage operations on US soil. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...