Proud Democrat. Wisconsinite in Illinois, I do my canvassing in Wisconsin :-) Now that we put Susan Crawford on the state Supreme Court, let’s get fair congressional maps for Wisconsin! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇨🇦🇺🇦 Balloon Juice lurker since 2007 :-)
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Here's the response from Paul Bryant, the Black veteran and lawyer whom the govt arrested in part bc he had a legal weapon in DC, to USG attempt to get him detained. It leans heavily into the lack of Body Cam proving he shoulder checked some Guardsmen. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Wake up, MAGAts.
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Popcorn! What’s the point of being an adult if we can’t make foolish decisions that we will later regret?
ICE agents, or the mall cops of immigration, make more than most teachers. How wrong is that?
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
Federal rules restrict who gets COVID shots. New Mexico stepped in—removing barriers so all ages 6 months & up can get protected. Let’s all get on board 💉 #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #EMSky #EMedSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
YES
Senator Smith has been and continues to be a truth-telling warrior for all of us 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
As we all know, the American Revolution was fought to ensure the chief executive could impose taxes without representation.
Really bad news.
thinking about the fast, efficient driverless cars we should’ve had decades ago
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
This is the way.
"January 6 survivor and former MPD Officer Michael Fanone launches a campaign demanding that federal officers remove their masks, advocating for transparency." Check out our new D.C. campaign demanding federal agents take off their mask! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Cutting millions from mental health programs and closing the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, while blaming gun violence on mental health only distracts from the real problem: Easy access to guns.
How much more clearly can RFK Jr demonstrate that his job is to cull the herd? It’s not subtle.
These are the words of a lunatic who does not belong in government, much less as our nation's top health official. It is dangerous to allow him to oversee ALL federal health research and public health infrastructure. It is never too late to do the right thing. Fire RFK Jr.
I diagnosed Robert Kennedy Jr. by looking at the TV. He suffers from stupidity, self-aggrandizement, body odor, and bloating due to eating of uncooked carcasses.
Fucking pitiful weirdo.
This resume is heavy on eugenics.
I will never get over how a handful of tech bros set billions of dollars on fire to build a plagiarism machine that doesn't work and will destroy human society when they could have used a fraction of that money to fund a new golden age of creativity and knowledge.
Taylor Lorenz getting exposed and dragged skinless all over social media is so satisfying. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BbRRSy/
Just try. Signed, Chicago.
Can't believe that in 2025 we have to be telling people that vaccines are safe and slavery was bad.
THANK YOU.
I made an appointment with my local Walgreens to get the new COVID-19 vaccination next week, I’m 60 years old and one of the eligibility qualifiers was having been an ex-smoker which I am. Can’t wait to go in and get that damn thing, and of course my flu shot.
We need a mass civil disobedience movement to protect people being assaulted and abducted by Trump thugs.
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This.
Chicago keeping art alive:
70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists. Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter. We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
Corporate media will continue to promote and protect Trump and Trumpism. Do not buy their product. Encourage others to dump them.
BREAKING: The Texas House just voted to expand the state’s extreme abortion ban by criminalizing anyone who makes, prescribes, or transports abortion medication — even out-of-state. Texas already has poor reproductive health care, and this will make it worse.
Pssst. I’m a woman and many of the people in my life are women and we don’t need you telling us how we feel - THAT is disrespectful. Take your trans hate elsewhere.
Outrageous and sickening. We must prosecute these Trump thugs for their criminal actions.
Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime US permanent resident, has been in ICE detention for OVER one month. The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding Mr. Kim’s release. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-st...
My eldest came of age in the era of school shootings & EVERY nightmare she ever has involves an active shooter. She overheard me talking about the harms of smartphones & schools banning them & said… “YOU CAN’T TAKE OUR PHONES IF YOU AREN’T TAKING THEIR GUNS” So, anyway, fuck the #GOP #ItsTheGuns
"RIP to vaccines; long live Lysenkoism, miasma, and black bile." defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...
Yes.
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
Psychopath.
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
This is the way. Amplify.
Our institutions have been purged of those who take their oath to the constitution seriously and replaced by traitors to our country. Disgusting to hear this.
Trump thugs let loose.
Amplify.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), top Dem on the Senate health committee, on this evening's chaos at CDC: “We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired."
The ousting of Dr. Susan Monarez as CDC Director, followed within hours by the resignations of Dr. Deb Houry, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, and Dr. Daniel Jernigan, mark a collapse of public health leadership with consequences that reach every American household.
The scourge of MAHA grifters will celebrate this opportunity to exploit and harm Americans.
Psychopath.
BOOM! This is a huge win by Dem Catelin Drey in a district Trump won by 11 points. More than a 21 point swing… in Iowa.
This is BIG. Change is coming.
I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
YES.
Pritzker has always been like this. How do you manage to take something strong done by an elected Democrat and turn it into a weapon against all other Democrats? You need to stop doing it. Or at least get paid by the regime for spreading misinformation to demoralize the anti-fascist coalition.
Ok, now I love you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
States have a level of sovereignty that can be used to push back against the federal authoritarian regime. Congress can’t do this. The job of minority leaders in Congress is to whip votes and unite their caucus. Completely different roles.
YES
Our Blue governors are LEADING. Blue states with Dem governors, AGs and Supreme Court majorities are using their power to protect their people from the criminal Trump regime.
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Pitiful. But comical.
Ah, so if a Senator cosponsors a bill, we are to understand that they are secretly against that bill. Fascinating theory. Thanks for your cogent analysis.
A pardon. @wutangforchildren.bsky.social
Corporate media has promoted and protected Trump for many years and will continue to do so. They are owned by rich men who believe a Trump regime will be good for them.
Psychopath. The most dangerous man in the criminal Trump regime.
Psychopath.
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Good news! He’s been working on this for many years. www.warner.senate.gov/public/index...
He’s been working on this for many years, you idiot. www.warner.senate.gov/public/index...
He’s been working on this for many years. Stop posting without knowing what the hell you’re talking about.
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Hey dummy, he’s been working on this for years. Take a minute before you post bullshit.
He’s been working for this for years. How can you not know that?
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
Make Sure Everyone Knows 😊💙 HOLY S**T look at this: Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott just quietly disclosed stock trades a year late – worth $26 MILLION – on companies HE LEGISLATED. 😳 This is corrupt to its core, and he's hoping no one will notice. You know what to do.
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."