Trump did his little show ... and now Israelis continue their murder spree.
Al Jazeera. 22 Oct 2025.
Israeli forces have killed at least one person in north Gaza’s Tuffah, adding to dozens more killed since the ceasefire took effect.
Palestinians in Gaza tell Al Jazeera
that they see no real change in their lives since the ceasefire, as Israel continues sporadic attacks and keeps blocking aid.
Punishing maggots with reading ... I guess that's fine, but there was a black woman in Texas who voted when she didn't realize she wasn't supposed to ... she got prison.
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A Minnesota woman convicted of filling out and submitting a mail-in ballot for her deceased mother in support of Republican Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election was ordered by a judge to write an essay and read a book about voting’s importance to democracy.
What makes it worse is that the money the administration is spending to deploy federal agents to patrol outside of elementary schools could genuinely make a difference in Chicago Public Schools. An estimate from the National Priorities Project found that a National Guard deployment to Chicago, currently blocked in federal court, could cost roughly $1.59 million a day. The latest Republican spending bill added $29.9 billion to ICE’s enforcement budget — a boost that nearly triples the $10.25 billion operating budget for the entire Chicago public school system, which includes 630 schools.
“Our school budget was slashed by two-thirds here,” said Kathryn. She pointed out that ICE is offering “$50,000 signing bonuses for people who are willing to kidnap other people,” while she finds herself telling kids: “Sorry, you can’t join the band right now because I don’t have enough instruments.”