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Avoiding the horrors by reading horror.
I like comics and movies and books and history. I don't like politics but it's happening to me anyway.
Warning: bad at social media.
I like comics and movies and books and history. I don't like politics but it's happening to me anyway.
Warning: bad at social media.
Pretty wild that the GOP has made Obamacare work exactly the way they (falsely) claim progressive taxation works
🚨 IMPORTANT:
If this is your situation (Household with 2 people earning slightly over $85,000/year):
IF YOU CAN LEGALLY GET YOUR 2026 MAGI INCOME DOWN BELOW $84,600 YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES.
In this case, over $2,600/month.
If this is your situation (Household with 2 people earning slightly over $85,000/year):
IF YOU CAN LEGALLY GET YOUR 2026 MAGI INCOME DOWN BELOW $84,600 YOU'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIES.
In this case, over $2,600/month.
If anyone doubts this check on covered California for zip 93401. Income $86k compare 2025 vs 2026.
(We will cut income but will need to cut spending)
(We will cut income but will need to cut spending)
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pretty wild that the GOP has made Obamacare work exactly the way they (falsely) claim progressive taxation works
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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What remarkable pieces of shit these people are. 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 3:56 PM
What remarkable pieces of shit these people are. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Subtext: Reading is fake and shameful, outsource all your thinking to AI instead.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Subtext: Reading is fake and shameful, outsource all your thinking to AI instead.
I would amend this to say both sides view pissing off the Dem base as a *positive good* - Republicans because of sadism and Dems because it shows they're "serious".
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I would amend this to say both sides view pissing off the Dem base as a *positive good* - Republicans because of sadism and Dems because it shows they're "serious".
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A baby was pepper-sprayed by CPB here in Chicago this weekend. A BABY. DHS says it never happened but here's the video evidence. It shows: "a masked, helmeted man pointing a pepper-spray gun through his open window and firing into the car."
youtu.be/vfChp4E_bzk?...
youtu.be/vfChp4E_bzk?...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal ‘blitz’
YouTube video by Chicago Tribune
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A baby was pepper-sprayed by CPB here in Chicago this weekend. A BABY. DHS says it never happened but here's the video evidence. It shows: "a masked, helmeted man pointing a pepper-spray gun through his open window and firing into the car."
youtu.be/vfChp4E_bzk?...
youtu.be/vfChp4E_bzk?...
Curse of the Demon as part of my Halloween watch.
Amazing how modern it feels, like a precursor to It Follows and The Ring. Jacques Tourner really was a foundational horror director.
Amazing how modern it feels, like a precursor to It Follows and The Ring. Jacques Tourner really was a foundational horror director.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Curse of the Demon as part of my Halloween watch.
Amazing how modern it feels, like a precursor to It Follows and The Ring. Jacques Tourner really was a foundational horror director.
Amazing how modern it feels, like a precursor to It Follows and The Ring. Jacques Tourner really was a foundational horror director.
There is a bald eagle flying around the city Trump's goons have blanketed with tear gas and pepper spray in the face of massive resistance by the populace.
This feels a little on the nose.
This feels a little on the nose.
Friends come in many shapes. Like a good Chicagoan, Emilia keeps an eye on the community.
Morning, watcher of the skies. Let's get to it 🫡
Morning, watcher of the skies. Let's get to it 🫡
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There is a bald eagle flying around the city Trump's goons have blanketed with tear gas and pepper spray in the face of massive resistance by the populace.
This feels a little on the nose.
This feels a little on the nose.
Tbh the choreographed nature of the vote is arguably *worse* for the party because it leaves it unclear who actually supports the cave.
If we don't know who supported it, we kind of have to assume most/all of them did, and they're just lying to you.
If we don't know who supported it, we kind of have to assume most/all of them did, and they're just lying to you.
the Democrats have lost MattY, Chait, even fucking Chris Cilizza on this cave
as far as I can tell the entire list of people in or around Democratic politics who think this vote was a good idea consists of the people who took the vote and whoever else in the caucus silently supported them
as far as I can tell the entire list of people in or around Democratic politics who think this vote was a good idea consists of the people who took the vote and whoever else in the caucus silently supported them
"Democrats could have held the line on the shutdown, and spent weeks watching Trump’s approval ratings fall," writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Instead, he argues, they're making a mistake by giving in:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Tbh the choreographed nature of the vote is arguably *worse* for the party because it leaves it unclear who actually supports the cave.
If we don't know who supported it, we kind of have to assume most/all of them did, and they're just lying to you.
If we don't know who supported it, we kind of have to assume most/all of them did, and they're just lying to you.
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Every federal worker who has been clocking in without pay, every protestor who showed up for No Kings, every voter who turned out for Dems Tuesday, every community member confronting SS ICE in our streets - all of us braver & better than these "leaders."
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Every federal worker who has been clocking in without pay, every protestor who showed up for No Kings, every voter who turned out for Dems Tuesday, every community member confronting SS ICE in our streets - all of us braver & better than these "leaders."
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
Meanwhile, this continues to go on in Dick Durbin's state
CBP has been hitting Skokie, outside of Chicago, hard today. At 10:45 today, they jumped out of their vehicles and arrested a man on Lincoln Ave.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Meanwhile, this continues to go on in Dick Durbin's state
Is it excessively conspiratorial to think this is all a reaction to Mamdani's win?
Like Dem moderates ratfucking the party as revenge for beating their guy and a warning to any progressives who are getting ideas?
Like Dem moderates ratfucking the party as revenge for beating their guy and a warning to any progressives who are getting ideas?
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Is it excessively conspiratorial to think this is all a reaction to Mamdani's win?
Like Dem moderates ratfucking the party as revenge for beating their guy and a warning to any progressives who are getting ideas?
Like Dem moderates ratfucking the party as revenge for beating their guy and a warning to any progressives who are getting ideas?
Once in my life I'd like to see the Democratic party treat Democratic voters with dignity and respect, rather than annoyance and contempt
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Once in my life I'd like to see the Democratic party treat Democratic voters with dignity and respect, rather than annoyance and contempt
Demons who take malevolent delight in maximizing the amount of pain they can cause
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 2:41 PM
Demons who take malevolent delight in maximizing the amount of pain they can cause
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A few other photos of feds pointing weapons directly at people from today circulating show pepper ball guns (also not a thing agents should be aiming at people, but).
This is a real one:
This is a real one:
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A few other photos of feds pointing weapons directly at people from today circulating show pepper ball guns (also not a thing agents should be aiming at people, but).
This is a real one:
This is a real one:
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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...
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Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Few people care about this, I know. It's just another way that Black people are USED to grow the prison industrial complex by claiming that we do mainly want more cops. No nuance ever. Just more cops.
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One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
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“Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. Another woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let her put water on his head. The man and the baby had both been hit by pepper spray.”
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. Another woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let her put water on his head. The man and the baby had both been hit by pepper spray.”
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Federal immigration agents have deployed gas in Little Village, on 26th between Komensky and Pulaski, per videos shared online after 11 am this morning.
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Federal immigration agents have deployed gas in Little Village, on 26th between Komensky and Pulaski, per videos shared online after 11 am this morning.
This is...quite an image
As the Handmaid’s, and other protesters here, continue to stand in silence, sheriff’s deputies just advanced toward the “free speech” zone.
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is...quite an image
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the current scene.
state/local police have shut down one of the “free speech” zones and are requiring all protesters to stand on the east side of beach.
the street is entirely closed to traffic yet cops arrest anyone who stands on the concrete barriers or steps into the street.
so many cops.
state/local police have shut down one of the “free speech” zones and are requiring all protesters to stand on the east side of beach.
the street is entirely closed to traffic yet cops arrest anyone who stands on the concrete barriers or steps into the street.
so many cops.
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
the current scene.
state/local police have shut down one of the “free speech” zones and are requiring all protesters to stand on the east side of beach.
the street is entirely closed to traffic yet cops arrest anyone who stands on the concrete barriers or steps into the street.
so many cops.
state/local police have shut down one of the “free speech” zones and are requiring all protesters to stand on the east side of beach.
the street is entirely closed to traffic yet cops arrest anyone who stands on the concrete barriers or steps into the street.
so many cops.
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”