Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

"Mr. Trump has escalated his campaign against his perceived rivals in recent weeks, pressing publicly for the U.S. attorney’s office to pursue Ms. James and Mr. Comey." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

"On May 7, Taher and his wife watched their baby take his final breath. Their other children began to scream." apnews.com/article/myan...

“Did you see that A.I. picture of Reba and me?” Dolly said. “Oooh, lordy. I mean they had Reba at my deathbed. And we both looked like we need to be buried.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

"The two-month campaign...is aimed at purging content that incites “excessively pessimistic sentiment” and panic or promotes defeatist ideas such as “hard work is useless,” according to a notice from the agency." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

i want to remind people that the free press does not publish "journalism" in the way that someone who works in an actual newsroom would understand it

I'm very impressed by our journalism colleagues in Chicago. @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com and @blockclubchi.bsky.social are out in the streets alongside people, doing such important work. Journalists value transparency, accountability and democracy.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org

Nice use of public data requests by @gretakaul.bsky.social and @jeffhargarten.bsky.social to shed light on what's happening on light rail trains.
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The Buffalo News Guild says "It seems to be the latest mad dash from Lee to cut costs as fast as it can because its own executives once again botched the company’s financial projections and budgeting." share.google/yXlqfZC1GP9E...

“You have a son who is going into media, a father who is close to Trump and acquiring the most addictive social platform we’ve ever seen,” said Palomba. “These are very smart people, and none of this is accidental.”

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The regime is deporting an Atlanta journalist and being pretty open about the fact that it‘s in direct retaliation for his coverage:

“An immigration judge granted Guevara a $7,500 bond in July, but the government filed a stay, claiming that his reporting on law enforcement activity was dangerous”

They "ultimately generated between 100 to 200 reports on protesters, Hatch said, with many of the names coming from Canary Mission. Some came from Betar US, a militant Zionist organization that the Anti-Defamation League considers an extremist group" and DHS.

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"Like other comedians...who said they felt muzzled by American political correctness, Mr. Chappelle...overlooked an eight-year crackdown that has led to many of the country’s writers, businesspeople, activists, clerics & social media influencers being arrested" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...

"The efforts are part of a wider strategy by the Trump administration and the Pentagon to ferret out officials deemed insufficiently loyal or who provide information to reporters."

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The judge "assailed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for wearing masks, which he argued was a tactic “to terrorize Americans into quiescence” and evoked “cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

"The judge expressed his frustration with what he saw as Ms. Lake’s noncompliance with his April order. He again warned her and other Trump officials that they were risking contempt for failing to continue Voice of America’s news broadcasting across the globe." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

“We need refugia now for the human spirit where we can come and remember what it is to be human, remember that basically, inside of us, the best of us is kind and generous and compassionate,” said Sister Lynne Smith, 71... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

As the Pentagon summons hundreds of top officers to a single location for a meeting, the military is also imposing a new policy, demanding that reporters only gather information that officials want to release.

"Even at the one- and two-star level, the secretary’s team is scrutinizing old relationships, and what officials have said or posted on social media, as they determine whom to send forward for a higher rank or assignment." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

90% of the time when you're mad at a news org's tweet it's a poorly written tweet for an article that's mostly fine.

Charges allege Duterte is responsible for “instructing and authorizing violent acts including murder” in a war on drugs that "killed thousands of suspected criminals and drug dealers across the Philippines, drawing widespread international condemnation..."
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"Leominster police arrived at the scene, recovered the child and returned her to the family." www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...