John Dunlevy
@jdunlevy.bsky.social
Chicago ✶ and Berwyn, Illinois. he/him
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But as the “counterrevolutionary” zeal tires out and Trump’s hold over the movement weakens, this doesn’t work anymore. The result: The long-simmering tensions are heating up, MAGA erupts in an ugly civil war over who gets to define the political Right after Trump.
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
But as the “counterrevolutionary” zeal tires out and Trump’s hold over the movement weakens, this doesn’t work anymore. The result: The long-simmering tensions are heating up, MAGA erupts in an ugly civil war over who gets to define the political Right after Trump.
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President Trump’s mass deportation agenda continues to fuel violence and violate constitutional rights, even against lawful observers and elected officials who show up for their communities.
Showering Tucson community members, journalists, and elected officials with pepper spray and tear gas during peaceful observation and protest is another example of ICE and Border Patrol's lawlessness—conduct that is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated anywhere.
tucson.com/news/local/b...
tucson.com/news/local/b...
Feds raid Tucson restaurants in homeland security operation
Two Taco Giro locations were among Tucson restaurants raided Friday by Homeland Security Investigations, officials say.
tucson.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
President Trump’s mass deportation agenda continues to fuel violence and violate constitutional rights, even against lawful observers and elected officials who show up for their communities.
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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If you think cup draws were long before wait until tomorrow when this dude is minute 56 on a racist rant
Story @theathleticfc.bsky.social
President Trump invited by FIFA to speak at the World Cup draw tomorrow upon receiving the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. He has been allocated a couple of minutes in the running order but FIFA unlikely to stringently enforce that.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
President Trump invited by FIFA to speak at the World Cup draw tomorrow upon receiving the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. He has been allocated a couple of minutes in the running order but FIFA unlikely to stringently enforce that.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Trump to speak at World Cup draw upon receiving FIFA Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
If you think cup draws were long before wait until tomorrow when this dude is minute 56 on a racist rant
“…best game of her career with eight saves…, Sophia Sasaki came up huge in the penalty shootout with three saves to keep the Maroons alive, but in the end, WashU came out on top 10-9 in the longest penalty shootout in school history and one of the longest penalty shootouts in Division III history.”
Women's Soccer Season Ends in Final Four on 14-Round Penalty Shootout - University of Chicago
SALEM, Va. -- The University of Chicago women's soccer team saw their season come to an end in one of the longest penalty shootouts in NCAA Division III women's
athletics.uchicago.edu
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“…best game of her career with eight saves…, Sophia Sasaki came up huge in the penalty shootout with three saves to keep the Maroons alive, but in the end, WashU came out on top 10-9 in the longest penalty shootout in school history and one of the longest penalty shootouts in Division III history.”
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That vagueness is already being tested in court. A FL man facing charges for voting twice in 2020 (for Trump, he claims) says he’s covered by the expansive language. DOJ weighed in last week to say Pardon Attorney Ed Martin’s disagrees. But it may not be up to him. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump stretches the pardon power in ways we’ve never seen
The Justice Department is deciding who's covered by extremely vague pardons.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
That vagueness is already being tested in court. A FL man facing charges for voting twice in 2020 (for Trump, he claims) says he’s covered by the expansive language. DOJ weighed in last week to say Pardon Attorney Ed Martin’s disagrees. But it may not be up to him. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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This is evil because: (2) US billionaires have exploited low paid, under-supported overseas workers to moderate the horrifying things people post on US-owned social media sites. That's a trauma-inducing job. Now this administration is banning those people from immigration. Deeply inhumane.
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is evil because: (2) US billionaires have exploited low paid, under-supported overseas workers to moderate the horrifying things people post on US-owned social media sites. That's a trauma-inducing job. Now this administration is banning those people from immigration. Deeply inhumane.
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This is evil because: (1) fascist power depends on social media dispensing disinfo, propaganda, and harassment without limit. Banning people who have experience limiting those terrible things furthers fascism.
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is evil because: (1) fascist power depends on social media dispensing disinfo, propaganda, and harassment without limit. Banning people who have experience limiting those terrible things furthers fascism.
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"You can’t discredit community media the way you can discredit CNN," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @blockclubchi.bsky.social.
"People know their local reporters. They see them on the street. They rely on them. That makes it harder for the administration to control the narrative."
"People know their local reporters. They see them on the street. They rely on them. That makes it harder for the administration to control the narrative."
How The Feds Used Propaganda To Frame Their ‘War’ On Chicago: 'They're Lying Constantly'
Homeland Security has sought to reshape violent encounters into triumphant narratives — even as judges, journalists and experts said the agency has repeatedly distorted facts, misled the public and at...
blockclubchicago.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"You can’t discredit community media the way you can discredit CNN," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @blockclubchi.bsky.social.
"People know their local reporters. They see them on the street. They rely on them. That makes it harder for the administration to control the narrative."
"People know their local reporters. They see them on the street. They rely on them. That makes it harder for the administration to control the narrative."
“After the institute’s former staff sued, it temporarily regained control of the building in May, after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s takeover was a ‘gross usurpation of power,’ and restored both the building and the fired leadership.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“After the institute’s former staff sued, it temporarily regained control of the building in May, after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s takeover was a ‘gross usurpation of power,’ and restored both the building and the fired leadership.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Ellis: "Are you saying that Operation Midway Blitz, in the manner that it was operating in September and October and early November of this year, is that going to happen again?"
Hedges answers by telling her the plaintiffs are "wrong to allege" that Midway Blitz is over.
Hedges answers by telling her the plaintiffs are "wrong to allege" that Midway Blitz is over.
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ellis: "Are you saying that Operation Midway Blitz, in the manner that it was operating in September and October and early November of this year, is that going to happen again?"
Hedges answers by telling her the plaintiffs are "wrong to allege" that Midway Blitz is over.
Hedges answers by telling her the plaintiffs are "wrong to allege" that Midway Blitz is over.
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DOJ's Elizabeth Hedges notes for the record that Homeland Security "has not left Chicago."
Ellis asks whether DHS is "intending on returning to Chicago?"
But Hedges says "we're not committing one way or another on the future."
Ellis asks whether DHS is "intending on returning to Chicago?"
But Hedges says "we're not committing one way or another on the future."
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
DOJ's Elizabeth Hedges notes for the record that Homeland Security "has not left Chicago."
Ellis asks whether DHS is "intending on returning to Chicago?"
But Hedges says "we're not committing one way or another on the future."
Ellis asks whether DHS is "intending on returning to Chicago?"
But Hedges says "we're not committing one way or another on the future."
Robert Malley: “Part of the problem was misunderstanding the conflict, reducing it to text and treaties. And part of it was self-interest.” 1/2
www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...
www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...
'A conflict for prophets, not diplomats': Digging into the failure of the two-state dream
Robert Malley and Hussein Agha – Once Inside the Rooms Where Peace Was Promised – Talk to Haaretz About Their Book 'Tomorrow Is Yesterday,' in Which They Trace How Decades of U.S. Diplomacy in Israel-...
www.haaretz.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Robert Malley: “Part of the problem was misunderstanding the conflict, reducing it to text and treaties. And part of it was self-interest.” 1/2
www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...
www.haaretz.com/life/books/2...
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
Holy wow, this Al Green cover of REM's "Everybody Hurts" I am hearing right now!: xpn.org/885-countdown/
885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
The 885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown is here. And this page is your hub while you listen. Tune in at 8 am each day (10 am Sat/Sun) to hear the list unfold on WXPN, then come back here and look below...
xpn.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Holy wow, this Al Green cover of REM's "Everybody Hurts" I am hearing right now!: xpn.org/885-countdown/
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It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
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DOD IG report on Signalgate, which notes that investigators had to rely in part on the transcript that we posted, because messages on Hegseth's cell phone had auto-deleted. media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
DOD IG report on Signalgate, which notes that investigators had to rely in part on the transcript that we posted, because messages on Hegseth's cell phone had auto-deleted. media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
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DoD IG confirms the Secretary copied operational details from a SECRET//NOFORN CENTCOM brief into a 19-person Signal chat that included a journalist. This occurred 2–4 hours before U.S. strikes in Yemen.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
DoD IG confirms the Secretary copied operational details from a SECRET//NOFORN CENTCOM brief into a 19-person Signal chat that included a journalist. This occurred 2–4 hours before U.S. strikes in Yemen.
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Fantastic deep dive into Tom Waits' acoustic motel era, including the story of how he took the Pogues to the spot where John Dillinger died. Attention @andrewmale.bsky.social
But wait — there's more! I took a deep dive into "The Chicago Stomping Grounds of Tom Waits" with this new blog post:
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
The Chicago Stomping Grounds of Tom Waits – ROBERT LOERZEL
www.robertloerzel.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fantastic deep dive into Tom Waits' acoustic motel era, including the story of how he took the Pogues to the spot where John Dillinger died. Attention @andrewmale.bsky.social
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
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ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM