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BumRushDaShow's JournalTop Border Patrol official accused of violating judge's use-of-force order by throwing tear gas at Chicago protesters
Source: CNN US
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2025, 3:29 AM ET
Senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is accused of throwing at least one tear gas canister into a crowd of protesters in a Chicago neighborhood Thursday in a potential violation of a judge’s order restricting federal agents from using aggressive crowd control tactics during anti-ICE protests.
A new court filing against the Department of Homeland Security alleges Bovino “apparently threw tear gas into a crowd without justification” during a protest against federal immigration authorities in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.
The notice of alleged violation was filed by a combination of media groups, individual protesters and Chicago-area clergy members who earlier this month obtained a temporary restraining order from US District Judge Sara Ellis after suing DHS and Trump officials over federal agents’ tactics against protesters.
The filing cites a Facebook video post that shows Bovino throw an object toward protesters Thursday morning. The video, which CNN has viewed, does not show clearly what happened in the minutes leading up to the alleged incident or if any warnings were given. “Defendant Bovino appears to throw either one or two tear gas canisters over the heads of armed federal agents in front of him and in the direction of a crowd of individuals protesting, including an individual filming the encounter,” the filing from Thursday states.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/us/gregory-bovino-chicago-immigration-tear-gas-hnk
Link to FILING (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487571/gov.uscourts.ilnd.487571.88.0_2.pdf
Social Security Administration announces 2026 COLA benefit increase of 2.8% -- what it means for you
Source: CNBC
Published Fri, Oct 24 2025 8:48 AM EDT Updated 7 Min Ago
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 2.8% in 2026, the Social Security Administration said on Friday. Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $56 per month on average starting in January, according to the agency.
The COLA provides an annual adjustment to both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income to help ensure those benefits keep up with inflation. About 75 million people receive benefit checks from those programs. But for beneficiaries who rely on those payments to cover essential expenses, the size of this year's COLA might not ease their struggle with higher prices...
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is in line with expert estimates that had projected a 2.7% to 2.8% boost to benefits.
Over the last 20 years, the Social Security COLA has averaged 2.6%, according to The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan senior group. The cost-of-living adjustment was 2.5% in 2025.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/social-security-cola-2026-benefits-increase.html
From the source - Social Security Announces 2.8 Percent Benefit Increase for 2026
(most of the Senior-focussed site estimates I had seen were assuming around 2.7%, so a tiny bit better)
Article updated.
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The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 2.8% in 2026, the Social Security Administration said on Friday.
Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $56 per month on average starting in January, according to the agency. The COLA provides an annual adjustment to both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income to help ensure those benefits keep up with inflation.
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is in line with expert estimates that had projected a 2.7% to 2.8% boost to benefits. Over the last 20 years, the Social Security COLA has averaged 2.6%, according to The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan senior group.
The cost-of-living adjustment was 2.5% in 2025.
Inflation rate hit 3.0% in September, lower than expected, long-awaited CPI report shows
Source: CNBC
Published Fri, Oct 24 2025 8:31 AM EDT | Updated 2 Min Ago
Prices that people pay for a variety of goods and services rose less than expected in September, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday that keeps the door wide open for another interest rate cut next week.
The consumer price index showed a 0.3% increase on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.4% and 3.1%. The annual rate reflected a 0.1 percentage point uptick from August.
Excluding food and energy, core CPI showed a 0.2% monthly gain and an annual rate also at 3%, compared to respective estimates of 0.3% and 3.1%, the latter being unchanged from a month ago. Core CPI on a monthly basis had posted 0.3% gains in both July and August.
The CPI reading is the only official economic data allowed to be released during the government shutdown.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/cpi-inflation-september-2025.html
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8:32 AM · Oct 24, 2025
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Prices that people pay for a variety of goods and services rose less than expected in September, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday that is the only official economic data allowed to be released during the government shutdown.
The consumer price index showed a 0.3% increase on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.4% and 3.1%. The annual rate reflected a 0.1 percentage point uptick from August.
Excluding food and energy, core CPI showed a 0.2% monthly gain and an annual rate also at 3%, compared to respective estimates of 0.3% and 3.1%, the latter being unchanged from a month ago. Core CPI on a monthly basis had posted 0.3% gains in both July and August. A 4.1% jump in gasoline prices was the largest contributor to a report that otherwise showed inflation pressures fairly muted.
Food prices showed a 0.2% increase. Commodity prices overall rose 0.5%. On an annual basis, energy was up 2.8% and food rose 3.1%. Shelter costs, which comprise about one-third of the weighting in the CPI, rose just 0.2% and were up 3.6% from a year ago. Services excluding shelter costs also were 0.2% higher. New vehicles saw a 0.8% increase, but used cars and truck prices fell 0.4%. The report provides a glimpse into the state of the U.S. economy at a time when all other data releases have been suspended.
Prices that people pay for a variety of goods and services rose less than expected in September, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Friday that is the only official economic data allowed to be released during the government shutdown.
The consumer price index showed a 0.3% increase on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.4% and 3.1%. The annual rate reflected a 0.1 percentage point uptick from August.
Excluding food and energy, core CPI showed a 0.2% monthly gain and an annual rate also at 3%, compared to respective estimates of 0.3% and 3.1%, the latter being unchanged from a month ago.
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The annual inflation rate was expected to be 3.1% in September, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.
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Philadelphia has now SURPASSED the historic 2008 turnout numbers in the 2020 general election
2020(from the city site as of 11/17/20 as of 6:52 pm EST - https://results.philadelphiavotes.com/ResultsSW.aspx?type=FED&map=CTY)
Earlier OP title - Philadelphia now close to the historic 2008 turnout numbers in the 2020 general election with the below previous data -
2020
(from the city site as of 10:09 pm EST 11/16/20 - https://results.philadelphiavotes.com/ResultsSW.aspx?type=FED&map=CTY)
2008
(from the state site - https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Philadelphia&ElectionID=17&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0)
2016
(from the state site - https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Philadelphia&ElectionID=54&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0)
2012
(from the state site - https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/CountyResults?countyName=Philadelphia&ElectionID=27&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0)
Right now (as of the 11/16/20's update), they are just 1,975 short of the historic 2008 voting numbers, which leapfrogs over the 2012 AND 2016 numbers. And this was during a pandemic with a Postmaster General knee-capping the hell out of postal sorting/distribution centers in targeted blue areas including here in Philly.
Philly has been insulted, kicked, and thrown under the bus time after time after time. But we are still here. I don't expect the Philadelphia Inquirer to retract this bullshit -
by Jonathan Tamari, Chris Brennan, Sean Collins Walsh and Jonathan Lai, Posted: November 15, 2020
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/philadelphia-2020-election-turnout-biden-trump-20201115.html
Nothing "happened" assholes except the votes are still being counted.
I have been running the city's Election's canvassing live stream (being done at the PA Convention Center) literally 24/7 on a convertible laptop, since it started up at election time, and peep at it often. Yesterday afternoon (Monday 11/16/20) there was a flurry of activity as they were processing ballots. I know they have been working through provisionals and military/overseas ballots now (as well as some left-over mail-ins that were set aside), and eventually reported an 8000+ vote tranche last night, as an update to the Sunday (11/15/20) night report.
From what it appears, they are still working on canvassing as batches become available (although not sure what is still left to count but right now at post time, I see a small group set up to get started again), so this number may continue to increase. According to the state's dashboard, there were still 7900+ mail-ins out in Philly as of 11/15/20 -
On 11/13/20, the state had a press release here (noting there were 100,000 provisionals, with 60,000 provisionals outstanding, plus 28,000 military/overseas still being counted statewide) - https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/state-details.aspx?newsid=432
11/13/2020
Harrisburg, Pa. -- Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar today reported that the canvass by counties of ballots cast in the Nov. 3 general election is nearing completion.
"We are extremely grateful to all 67 counties who have been working overtime and putting in an extraordinary effort to count every vote, with so far more than 6.8 million votes having been counted," Secretary Boockvar said. "The counties continue to adjudicate and count the approximately 100,000 provisional ballots issued to voters at the polls on Election Day, as well as the more than 28,000 military and overseas ballots that were cast in this election."
Under state law, county boards of election must individually adjudicate each provisional ballot and assess whether they meet the standards for counting. The counties do so by verifying the voter was registered to vote in the precinct in which the ballot was cast, and that the voter did not cast a mail-in ballot prior to requesting the provisional ballot at the polling place.
Higher numbers of provisional ballots were cast this year due to new laws and procedures created pursuant to two bipartisan election reform measures, Act 77 of 2019 and Act 12 of 2020.
As of Friday midday, approximately 40,000 of the provisional ballots cast have been counted or partially counted, and these numbers will continue to climb over the next few days.
The department also reported that 28,529 military and overseas absentee ballots were cast. November 10 was the deadline for counties to receive uniformed and overseas civilian absentee (UOCAVA) ballots.
Based on the unofficial returns submitted by all the counties to the Department of State, Secretary Boockvar has determined that she will not be ordering a recount and recanvass of the election returns in the counties, as no statewide candidate was defeated by one-half of one percent or less of the votes cast. This includes the following races: President of the United States, Attorney General, Auditor General, and State Treasurer.
Approximately 10,000 mail ballots that were cast on or before Nov. 3 were received by counties between 8 p.m. November 3 and 5 p.m. Nov. 6. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in September that counties should count mail ballots received through 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, if they are postmarked by 8 p.m. Election Day. The court also ruled that counties should count those ballots if there is an illegible or missing postmark, unless there is sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the ballot was mailed after Election Day deadline. These ballots are not of a sufficient number to impact the no-recount determination of any of the statewide races.
Up-to-date election returns showing votes cast as reported from each county can be found on the department's voting website, votesPA.com. Additionally, the new dashboard at votesPA.com/CountingOpens In A New Window provides the numbers of mail and absentee ballots cast, counted, and remaining to be counted in each county; the in-person precincts counted; and provisional ballot counts.
MEDIA CONTACT: Wanda Murren, 717-783-1621
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As of a morning update today (11/17/20) to the state site, Biden is now up by 73,930.
All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak
Source: 6abc
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Governor Tom Wolf announced that all K-12 Pennsylvania schools will be closed for 10 business days effective Monday, March 16. The governor made the following announcement on Friday afternoon:
The administration has been working with school districts as well as state and local officials to gather input on this decision. The Wolf Administration will continue to monitor Covid-19 in the commonwealth, and at the end of 10 days will reevaluate and decide whether continued closure is needed. We understand that these are trying times and recognize the impact of the coronavirus on our students and communities.
First and foremost, my top priority as governor - and that of our education leaders - must be to ensure the health and safety of our students and school communities. As such, I am ordering that all schools in the commonwealth close for the next two weeks. Be aware that no school district will be penalized if it fails to meet the 180 day or school hours requirements. The Department of Education will work with intermediate units and other stakeholders to support school districts with any continuity of learning plans they may be pursuing.
Also, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced today that it received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow eligible schools to serve meals to low income students in a non-congregate setting, such as a drive-through or grab and go, during this closure. We will also work with schools to assist them with those plans.
Read more: https://6abc.com/health/all-k-12-schools-in-pennsylvania-shut-down-for-2-weeks/6009948/
Heard this as a breaking on the local news radio station after they covered the NJ governor's presser.
EDIT - Updates to the situation in PA have been added to this thread
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