From tear gas near a Chicago school to live bombs at a presidential “celebration,” today’s headlines show a pattern—fear over facts, cruelty over compassion. We can do better, and we must.
Tag: Chicago
Raids, History, and the Lines We Refuse to Cross
I’m just getting this down. After reading Heather Delaney Reese—and seeing reporting on the Chicago raid—I’m thinking hard about how cruelty gets normalized: raids that humiliate families, detention buildouts, and civil-rights rollbacks. We’re not Weimar, but the warning lights are on. Here’s why, what research says, and where my line is.
Department of War or Department of Defense? The America We Choose Trump’s rebranding of the Pentagon as the “Department of War” and his threats against Chicago and Baltimore aren’t just rhetoric—they’re a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism. Crime must be addressed, but turning troops on our own cities is not the answer. Americans must choose: do we want a country that protects its people, or one that wages war against them?
Trump’s rebranding of the Pentagon as the “Department of War” and his threats against Chicago and Baltimore aren’t just rhetoric—they’re a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism. Crime must be addressed, but turning troops on our own cities is not the answer. Americans must choose: do we want a country that protects its people, or one that wages war against them?
Notes from the edge of the system 