Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

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#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

'Outrageous': 21 arrested and four officers injured in protest clashes at Chicago-area ICE facility

#TrumpAdministration #ProtestClashes #ArrestsMade #OfficersInjured #ChicagoProtests

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/broadview-chicago-ice-protest-arrest-b2865799.html

Lots of journalists have searched through the 26,000 Jeffrey Epstein documents that were released earlier this week, but if you want to do so yourself, here's data journalist @micahflee's guide.

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#JeffreyEpstein #DonaldTrump #USNews #TrumpAdministration

'Outrageous': 21 arrested and four officers injured in protest clashes at Chicago-area ICE facility

#TrumpAdministration #ProtestClashes #ArrestsMade #OfficersInjured #ChicagoProtests

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/broadview-chicago-ice-protest-arrest-b2865799.html

Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

https://flip.it/cWTTxH

#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

Lots of journalists have searched through the 26,000 Jeffrey Epstein documents that were released earlier this week, but if you want to do so yourself, here's data journalist @micahflee's guide.

https://flip.it/IE7zgJ

#JeffreyEpstein #DonaldTrump #USNews #TrumpAdministration

Trans troops sue Trump administration over revoked retirement benefits: 'Betrayal of the sacrifices made'

#TransRights #TrumpAdministration #Discrimination #EqualityNow #Betrayal

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/transgender-military-retirement-benefits-trump-lawsuit-b2863203.html

@TheConversationUS Given the massive amount of money currently being spent on ICE and US Customs & Border Protection, they failed miserably keeping this out of the country.
ICE Barbie is more worried about buying private luxury jets for herself.
#KristiNoem #ICEBarbie #ICE #HomelandSecurity #CBP #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #USPolitics

Trans troops sue Trump administration over revoked retirement benefits: 'Betrayal of the sacrifices made'

#TransRights #TrumpAdministration #Discrimination #EqualityNow #Betrayal

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/transgender-military-retirement-benefits-trump-lawsuit-b2863203.html

What is it like to be a progressive in Trump country? Photographer Isabelle Zhao traveled from Alaskan outposts to the pine woods of East Texas, and discovered something unexpected: hope.

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#USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #MAGA #RepublicanParty #USA #UnitedStates

What is it like to be a progressive in Trump country? Photographer Isabelle Zhao traveled from Alaskan outposts to the pine woods of East Texas, and discovered something unexpected: hope.

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#USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #MAGA #RepublicanParty #USA #UnitedStates

In January, Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, and did his best to strong-arm newsrooms into using its new moniker, the Gulf of America. Nine months, and many executive orders later, how is it going? Nieman Lab's Joshua Benton says the new name hasn't stuck in media, or in general use — to the extent that a Trump-loving retirement community in Florida refused to rename Gulf of Mexico Drive to Gulf of America Drive. Here's more.

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#News #Media #Journalism #TrumpAdministration #GulfOfMexico #GulfOfAmerica

"The 42 million Americans who rely on nutrition assistance are in danger of going without benefits to help them afford #food if the #GovernmentShutdown drags on after November 1. But that’s not because the government lacks the money to fund benefits. It’s because the #TrumpAdministration is flouting the law by refusing to release the funds."

https://prospect.org/2025/10/29/trump-illegally-withholding-food-from-needy-families-snap/

#SNAP

New York declares state of emergency to issue food banks $65m amid shutdown https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/new-york-food-banks-emergency-shutdown #USfederalgovernmentshutdown2025 #USfederalgovernmentshutdowns #Trumpadministration #Foodpoverty #DonaldTrump #Virginia #NewYork #Oregon #USnews #Food

New York declares state of emergency to issue food banks $65m amid shutdown https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/new-york-food-banks-emergency-shutdown #USfederalgovernmentshutdown2025 #USfederalgovernmentshutdowns #Trumpadministration #Foodpoverty #DonaldTrump #Virginia #NewYork #Oregon #USnews #Food

Back in July, Sidney Reed was recording law enforcement in Washington, D.C., when she was arrested and charged with assaulting law enforcement, because an FBI agent got scratched during the arrest. But it didn't quite work out the way the authorities anticipated. Three times, prosecutors failed to secure an indictment on the federal assault charge, which carries a potential eight-year sentence. Then they switched to charging Reid with a misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty, went to trial, and was acquitted, with one of her public defenders telling the jury: “You should be livid that the government brought this case.” Here's more from Adam Klasfeld of @allrisenews.

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#USNews #USLaw #WashingtonDC #TrumpAdministration #JeaninePirro #JudgeJeanine