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ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago for Halloween

Meredith Shiner The New Republic
Parents are fighting back. Fear and a whiff of tear gas hang over festivities this year. In response, even people who aren’t usually politically engaged are mobilizing.

No Kings Rally | Signs and Song

A lot of protest sign photos to the tune of "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band, with music from the cover by Tesla

Friday Nite Videos | October 31, 2025

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Trump's Shockingly Corrupt Donor Network. IL National Guard Members Say They Won't Obey Trump's Orders. Young Russians Ready To Pay a Price To Defy the Kremlin. Zohran Mamdani - Reimagining NYC | The Daily Show. No Kings Rally | Signs and Song.

Block, Build, and Bella Ciao

Peter Olney The New Liberator
Italy’s “Strike for Gaza” has lessons for US labor and the left. he active participation of unions in No Kings and the defense of immigrant workers would heighten their power and build a stronger left union presence in the US.

Tidbits-Oct 30 -Reader Comments: How To Treat Your Neighbor; After No Kings-Can Nonviolent Struggles Defeat Dictators; Migrants Have Always Been Welcome; Study Shows Workforce Needs Migrants; Nuclear Weapons Testing Again; Black Labor Activism

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Reader Comments: How to Treat Your Neighbor; After No Kings-Can Nonviolent Struggles Defeat Dictators; Migrants Have Always Been Welcome; Study Shows Workforce Needs Migrants; Nuclear Weapons Testing Happening Again; 100 Years of Black Labor Activism

Donald Trump’s Plan To Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way

David A. Graham The Atlantic
Our election system is reaching a breaking point. Imagine for a moment that it’s late on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Republicans have kept their majority in the Senate, but too many House races are still uncalled to tell who has won that chamber