Some disabled journalists to follow amid the gutting of OSERS:
@slooterman.bsky.social @juliametraux.bsky.social and @bethhawkins.bsky.social (among others)

I have always loved @propublica.org's mission statement. It speaks to method as much as mission, and does not shrink from describling their journalism as a moral undertaking. www.propublica.org/about/

PHOTOS: Views from this afternoon outside the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview.

By popular demand, @aceckhouse.bsky.social and I have put together a deep-in-the-weeds explainer on SB 79. Enjoy!
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Your reminder—or maybe no one ever told you—that complications from a measles infection include immune amnesia (where you lose immunity to everything), vision and hearing loss, brain damage, and a fatal brain disease called Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis that can show up years later.

Am I just being a Puritan?

I think it’s bad enough that the MLB allows betting advertising in between innings, but putting up an ad with the betting line or whatever in a graphic on screen during play?

Given the prevalence of problem gambling it’s IMO inexcusable.

A federal judge ordered federal agents last week to issue two warnings before using tear gas.

Witnesses said they heard no warnings and none can be heard on videos, @chicago.suntimes.com reports

Two feelings:

This is a truly fucked up version of the US we’re living in right now

Chicagoans, as always, are standing up

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

I love the Chicago Marathon!

Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.

And not just any reporter. Radley Balko's reporting has gotten an innocent man off death row. He's broken multiple major stories about huge scandals. He goes in-depth on the ground with tons of local sources. Dismissing his detailed debunking as Weiss did is something no serious journalist would do.

The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?

Finally realized what the freakout over Mamdani becoming mayor reminded me of, and it's the freakout over the first black mayors in southern cities.

New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS:

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

"The question becomes, where, at what point, does the Illinois attorney general and the Illinois governor run out of legal cards?" said veteran Democratic political consultant Pete Giangreco. "I think we’re rapidly getting to that place.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/12/g...

Video of what looks like tear gas deployment just days after a judge blocked the use of tear gas by federal agents

another day of border patrol and ice terrorizing chicago—and of spontaneous community resistance.

they tear-gassed community members on a residential street in albany park. they pulled a gun on a rapid responder in rogers park.

they abducted people from alleys and parking lots and train stations.

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

Illinois football has lost to the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the country but beat No. 20. So obviously that means we’re unranked.

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
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