That’s assuming the people holding the levers ever give in to reality. Why give in when they can endlessly borrow and wager on our kid’s/planet’s futures and never see the fallout.
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That’s assuming the people holding the levers ever give in to reality. Why give in when they can endlessly borrow and wager on our kid’s/planet’s futures and never see the fallout.
They better pay for their own private emergency services so actual first responders don’t get tied up on the frequent calls here.
Sitting at a family engagement surrounded by MAGA. The ones that have recently been to Chicago for Lollapalooza commenting on the condition of the city “it was actually really nice. Everything was great.” Their spouses on the other table “have you seen how they cleaned up DC?” have never visited.
Watch for an expansion of the 100 mile border zone by the midterms…
There’s always money in the banana stand.
“At least my kids won’t suffer the public shame of struggling to do what others their age can do proficiently…” *Shames kids publicly on social media to sell whatever homesteading/tradwife/survival products in their store.*
Illinois:
Scary that they focus on crime in a focused location over 20 random days from one year to the next and say “Hey, seems like the threat of state violence is really cutting down on crime, let’s try it everywhere” rather than focusing on the corruption within the same area with national implications.
Bring on a Pritzker/Walz and AOC ticket and I’m in. If they need to ditch the DNC or they get railroaded by them (as usual), Pritzker might just be the one bold enough to bet his personal wealth on an independent run, or to help the favored progressive candidate stay afloat.
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🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics. The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
Had Vallas won, I imagine Chicago would’ve been targeted for occupation before NY and possibly LA.
‘Legit and Quit’ was actually the 4th installment in series. ‘The Legit and The Quit’ was the first in the series.
“For John, the big reward was to see a number of the organizations he helped conceive grow into tall oaks — guiding and shaping the public discourse in history-changing ways” www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
When today’s far-right pundits use concerns about natural resource scarcity to push the anti-immigrant “great replacement theory,” they’re using a playbook created decades earlier by environmentalist and white nationalist John Tanton. (Published Oct. 2024)
If you boil it down to the very basics, it’s always about people with the most properties vs the people with the least properties. His constituents can lose everything in a disaster. He’d only lose 1/3rd of everything. So he keeps doing what’s afforded home the other 2/3rds.
Weird. Almost like they’re trying to protect militant separatists that terrorize communities, polling places and our actual domestic national security.
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This feels like a “Mexico is gonna pay for the wall” again, only he’ll definitely choose a dummy corp of his to funnel the money to for the “New Marble Install” that we’ll pay for unknowingly until a Propublica article investigates it.
A reminder that if Chicago didn’t get Johnson elected, they would have Heritage Foundation stooge Paul Valas giving this press conference with a much different message.
🔥 @airborne1970.bsky.social : “When you get rid of SNAP benefits— what’s a poor family gonna do? The middle class has carried this country since Reagan said ‘trickle-down economics’. Time for the billionaires to carry this country. That’s how 🇺🇸 will get great. But not under this regime.”
Steve Bannon drinks the spit bucket.
State Policy Network/Texas Public Policy Foundation. Greg Sindelar/Kevin Roberts. Heritage Foundation/Trump Admin.
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.
Almost like that “string of polls” that he can’t cite were…manipulated? These people aren’t even good at lying?
RFK Jr was not chosen to preside over US public health and science because he had any qualifications. He had a famous family name and Trump needed his endorsement and supporters. We saw it happen live in this call. That’s why we are here.
I’m not sharing this to scare people—though it’s fucking terrifying. I’m sharing it because we all need to be on guard. We won’t be getting reliable data from the CDC anymore. Worse, the guidance could be harmful. RFK Jr. has no medical training, no scientific background…
They’re going to use this case to redefine “cause” in every way possible. Including the 4th amendment. If “cause” is re-interpreted by the regime through the courts, they’ll wield it against the people, starting with their opposition.
This has been elaborated on the Senate floor for countless hours by Senator Whitehouse. He knows what he’s talking about. Until we eradicate this regime from power, they will remain unaccountable for it. This is Organized White Collar Crime, and we are all the victims to it.
That was the last time there was a surge in crime in Chicago. They should all be investigated on RICO charges for coordinated corruption, money laundering and policy peddling to the unsuspecting public. They lie. They twist fact to hold onto false narratives. They’re traitors for their own gain.
Bullshit. 2 years ago, almost to the day…the dark money special interests that keep Mike Johnson paid and passing policies for the regime (Heritage Foundation/Americans for Prosperity/Etc) hosted a multimillion dollar celebration in Chicago for Project 2025 agenda adoptions in the states.
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They can’t be bothered to legislate. They can’t be bothered to listen to constituents. It’s about top-down messaging and the mindless parroting by the voter base. It’s about convincing Americans they care about our military while watching them rake mulch in DC. There’s no other crisis but them.
Curious if anyone’s been tracking how much Airtime the GOP has been gobbling up in the extended recess they had to have to avoid a debate on voting to publish the Epstein Files. Compared to an as-scheduled recess, these people have been in front of the camera probably 3-5x more. That’s the point.
We’re gonna need to hang every last one of them this time. No free passes. The lies. The damage done. The only way America survives is when we show future demagogues we’re done fucking around with their kind.
Daily Wire reporter is asking this question. They are itching to lock up every trans person in the US and eradicate us.
Wait. Wait. Does it have two sets of teeth?
Q: “Are you worried all this pushback could provoke Trump to follow-through with sending the National Guard?” MAYOR @brandon4chicago.bsky.social Johnson: “As a descendant of slaves, can you imagine if my ancestors had that same rationale?“
To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
Couldn’t agree more with Marc Maron’s take on Bill Maher. He’s always had a good writing team creating some good jokes, but his attempts at staying relevant when the culture has passed him by reeks of desperation. His sneering at “wokeness” and constant punching down turned me off years ago.
I mean. There’s only one very clear end, but nobody wants to have that discussion yet. We’re all just watching as the fascist tumor grows, the cancer consumes the host, spread wide across the whole system to the roots. School boards. City councils. Just graft all the way down.
Do crooks really say “I’m not going anywhere” Nutlick? Cite one example in the history of crime where the criminal says that. It kinda seems like he knows a lot about crooks, almost like he’s surrounded by them and gets wealthier along side them.
So in case you’re wondering, Viagra goes for about $140 per pill. And according to this geniuses math skills here, somehow you’re going to get paid $1,800-$1,950 per Viagra you take. Poppop has left the chat. Sundowning was months ago. This motherfucker is gone, gone.
It’s going to take 1 psychotic accelerationist fanatic to roll into Chicago from Indiana to set it off. That’s all it will take. Not gangland violence. 1 right wing nut, with an AR15 and a few clips, from out of state to ignite federally instigated political violence. Alex Jones has said as much.
State capitalism…the merger of corporations and government…corporatism… Hmmm, what can we call this new ideology. Oh, right: fascism.
The simple fact that he specifically calls Trump out by name and not title says it all. This is an illegitimate regime that’s stolen the resources of the people for the purpose of oppressing the people. And must be stopped.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Easy fix. A few thousand feet of 1/4” to 3/8” braided aircraft cable, a few dozen concrete anchors with some eyebolts. Happy flying. Although at the right speed, probably turns into that scene from Ghost Ship. 🤷🏻♂️ youtu.be/pr-zdkywH1U?...
It’s gonna be really funny when the next President plugs in the Autopen to repeal all of this non-binding bullshit.
Kamala Harris nailed it. We warned everyone the stakes were too high to hand the guy built for Project 2025 another shot — but noooo. Ever have one of those mornings you just want to throw the window open and yell, FUCK YOU ALL? Yeah, that.
Arizona does not vet new voucher schools. Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning. (Published Dec. 2024)
This administration will mobilize every last federal agency -- even those that would normally never be involved -- in order to attack the industries that threaten their donors (in this case, wind): www.eenews.net/articles/dot...
Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
Illinois doesn’t claim University of Chicago. Happy to see it go. We can do just fine with U of I, UIC, NIU (SIU is basically Missouri’s).
The fact that 6+ chuds felt they needed to aid in restraining one citizen with a phone in his hand shows how willing our police forces are to follow the top down orders from the regime.
The problem is, too many people believe “They Want War…” is still too hyperbolic. Meanwhile citizens documenting military presence in their cities are being put in cuffs. Be prepared. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." G Washington to Congress in 1790.
Oh, idk about that. I think they would. Only, they’d spend a day speculating on how it was Antifa/False Flags act of terror before wrapping up primetime with an appearance by Nutlick or Bessent to talk about non-existent trade deals on the two-week horizon.
🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
From an RN to the youngest Black woman ever elected to Congress — it is a privilege and an honor to serve my community and fight for a future where everyone has access to the health care they deserve.
Might I add “Anti-Communists” are using unrestrained capitalism to seize Free Markets with state control by winning electoral victories. All because a few jerkoffs said “Money is Speech and Corporations are People.”
Why are they shouting over what seems to be a restaurant in the background…?
Nice to see our highly militarized, coup attempting, right wing populist, palingenetic, hyper-nationalistic regime with ties to sympathetic paramilitary groups getting infused with some corporatist socialism. I checked in my unwoke history encyclopedia, and apparently this is totally fine.
fantastic lede from sam, and the rest of it ain’t too shabby either
Turns out the Right Wing Rulers have spent Billions on anti-communist messaging while plotting to install a pliable idiot like Trump to guide us right into it.
The people that want to colonize Mars wouldn’t even know how to appreciate this without thinking of how to exploit it first.
George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law…kinda seems like there’s a pattern. Kinda seems like there’s an entire network of trained bad actors to carry out the demands of the ultra wealthy donor class against the public. 🤷🏻♂️ readsludge.com/2019/02/26/k...
He’s speaking to the people in the crowd that ate a meal on the jet into town for this circle jerk while celebrating the demolition of makeshift shelters beneath them. He’s not speaking to a crowd of people working two jobs or 60+ hrs a week just to prevent their future makeshift shelter demolition.
He’s backed by dark $$ legal activists who bought enough Supreme Court Justices, Circuit and Appellate Judges to disrupt the path to any accountability for bad actors. And there’s just enough voters too proud/stupid to admit those bad actors have defrauded them while targeting everyone they hate.
How many of those judges are endorsed by FedSoc and Heritage?
Cool, now do quality of life, credit usage and safety net dependencies for all the hourly laborers that work for these two companies.
With PragerU in the news lately, I was moved to do some digging into one of their biggest funders, the Wilks family from Texas. This story from September 2015 made me curious about the brand of Christian Nationalism endorsed by their church, Assembly of Yahweh.... www.reuters.com/article/worl...
Rufo belongs in another type of barrel.
She has the personality of “insurance law”…but I’m guessing Trump picked her to be his legal counsel and now “special assistant” for other reasons.
I wasn't overreacting.
Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO
NEWS: Federal judge finds that Alina Habba is NOT lawfully performing functions and duties of U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. Judge Matthew Brann disqualifies Habba from prosecution of two criminal defendants who challenged her appointment
Pretty sure the only thing keeping people “festering in the streets” is the GOPs need to cut funding for every program to mitigate the “festering” in the name of “Liberty” or whatever.
All voters need to see how Heritage Foundation is fucking them through this regime in favor of the donor class, the already ultra wealthy white collar criminals. And they need to understand that Kevin Roberts of Heritage and the rest of the right wing brain trust is married to Vance/Miller/Bannon.
Not enough, apparently.
That’s prime real estate.
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
STEWART: "And to all the people worried about Mamdani's socialist tendencies, guess what? He's the best case scenario — because this system is not sustainable… and if this doesn’t change, there’s gonna be more drastic action.”
In Northwestern Illinois, between Rockford and Galena, it’s expected to spot dozens of solar farms powering communities that depend on solar. Those people have jobs that wouldn’t be there otherwise. They adapted to farming energy instead of crop. No shortage of made up bullshit from this regime.
Have we learned nothing? Shame is not a deterrent for fascism. We’re marching head on into fire hose and no-such-thing-as-excessive-force territory. He’s fortifying the Capital with military personnel and equipment in a way that hasn’t been done, amassing loyalists between him and accountability.
We need to start electing people that’ll sneak some jumping jacks onto the floor to break up these little prayer huddles.
This is full-on authoritarianism. Free Nicole Collier. #txlege
There’s dozens of male Cheerleaders in College Football, which they seem to prefer over NFL. Weird.
Rest In Pieces, Stratford Square.
Just looked at the weather in Phoenix. Triple digits--110, 112--by day most of upcoming week, not dipping below 90 at night. How many people are going to die? Unhoused, but others, too, more heart attacks, strokes, violent incidents. I was sparked by headline say Paris may soon see 122 degrees...
Right? In all the examples of feigned, mostly unsubstantiated censorship of the Right, this is actual, intentional, recorded censorship by government agents of the Right.
