Mayors get it: we need bold action on soaring energy rates. On Day One as governor, I’m declaring a State of Emergency on skyrocketing utility costs and ending the rate hikes for families. www.newjerseyhills.com/bernardsvill...
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Mayors get it: we need bold action on soaring energy rates. On Day One as governor, I’m declaring a State of Emergency on skyrocketing utility costs and ending the rate hikes for families. www.newjerseyhills.com/bernardsvill...
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
Got my new Covid vaccine today cuz facts, data and science.
Is ANY White House reporter going to ask Trump whether he was an “FBI informant” in the Jeffrey Epstein case, as Mike Johnson now claims — or are they all too scared and emasculated to ask?
Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.
He’s also a humongous piece of shit Nazi
Have you noticed that Trump only won the presidency when he had a woman opponent? Both times. That says more about us as a country and our failure to recognize the power of women than it does about him as a man.
RIP, Davey Johnson
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NEWS: A federal appeals court ruling upheld the law I led to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. I submitted an amicus brief to the court arguing for the constitutionality of this law. This is a major victory for seniors and affordable health care.
The the United States Department of Energy does not understand renewable energy or how batteries work.
Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two posters.
Chicago forever
Protesters fill the streets against ICE in Chicago 9/6/25
I still can’t get over how many organizations are setting their reputations on fire for an 80 year old President with a 39% approval rating.
Tylenol/autism stuff is bad for many reasons, but it will be used to push the idea that pregnant people shouldn't have pain relief. Women's pain is already dismissed.
If you are stopped by ANY variety of law enforcement in the United States, you should ID yourself if you're in a stop and ID state, ask if you're free to leave, and say: I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
I can see this being very therapeutic. Chicago protests.
In a sly veil of impunity, the DOJ pleads with a judge to shroud two Epstein confederates who snagged $350k handouts in 2018, post-Herald exposé on his cushy plea, as these uncharged "co-conspirators" evade scrutiny amid whispers of witness tampering. #EpsteinFiles
Do farmers realize Democrats aren’t to blame for this mess? I don’t know about farmers in other states for certain, but I do know farmers in my state of California are overwhelmingly MAGA voters. They fucked their workers and themselves. Oops.
They say familiar surroundings are important for dementia patients, so it makes since that they're doing everything they can to recreate the tackiness of Mar-a-Lago to calm down President Sundown O'Bruisehands. I bet they start forcing the Cabinet to get shitty plastic surgery next.
Maybe he’ll do some more pull-ups for the cameras next.
Where do you stand? You can want solutions for the unhoused, you can want safer cities, but you can also be dead set against federalizing them and against military occupation. I stand with DC!
Tell me, O muse, of any first grade child who can not tell you that batteries store energy?
we could have had a president who shuts the fuck up on weekends, just saying
Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.
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Cleta Mitchel is BIGLY mad at me for fighting for free and fair elections.
This. 👇👇👇 JB Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?”
The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump. Join us.
“It is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”
Would anyone object to me temporarily decreasing the human life span to lets say, 79 years, 2 months, and 20 days?
Pettiest man alive.
I missed the part where Democrats said they wanted to send US troops into Russia. And why is it necessary for him to always debate fictitious Democratic positions that he invents in his twisted brain rather than actual ones? Too tough to argue against the real ones?
The Venezuelans Trump murdered to distract from Epstein were about as guilty as the NK shellfish divers the SEALS killed in a botched mission to give Trump an upper hand with his pen pal and it supercharged NK’s nuke arms program. MAGA makes the world more dangerous everyday.
I guess America first means declaring war on America while kissing Putin’s ass.
the most illustrative David Brooks story is the one where he spent years insisting weed legalisation was the worst thing a society could do because one time in HS he smoked a joint and thought everyone was laughing at him
A perfect afternoon in Astoria.
Can you just smite him please
Mike Johnson says Trump was an FBI informant on the Epstein case. But Trump said it was a “Democrat hoax.” So Trump was an FBI informant for a Democrat hoax?
His military flyover of the Epstein Survivor's Press Conference was like when a little kid puts their fingers in their ears, saying "Nyah, nyah, nyah I can't hear you!"! Pathetic, hugely expensive & hilariously ineffective. #TerrifiedOfTheEPSTEIN_Files 😨
I know none of this is funny and I’m not sure what wall I’ve hit where I’m resorting to jokes, but I swear “Chipocolypse Now” sounds like something chips ahoy or the Keebler elves gave us in the 80s
NEW: In a challenge to the Trump Admin’s weaponization of gov, the court ordered the government to report to it if the IRS receives a request for info from DHS/ICE or makes plans to share more data with DHS/ICE. A great first step as we await decision by the court. Congrats @democracyforward.org
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
Blumenthal: They’ve burned through the 120 days for Alina Habba. Now they’re pretending she can be “acting” US Attorney. The statutes don’t allow it. A judge has already ruled she has no authority. That means everything she’s touched could be challenged. 🚨 #RuleOfLaw
Draft-dodging coward posts A.I. image of himself in Vietnam.
Template for anyone who wants it
This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House: Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
President Trump threatened 'WAR' on Chicago in a social media post Saturday as his administration’s large-scale immigration raids loomed over the city. “This is not a joke,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote in response to Trump’s post. “This is not normal.”
This is not a new revelation. This BS story has been out there for years. How about this - release ALL the files unredacted except victim info and let’s see exactly what Trump’s relationship with him was, so we don’t have to take the word of the man who is blocking their release.
If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
Not a great leap to go from killing civilians overseas to doing the same thing domestically.
Yup, they’re definitely predators.
Blowing up a boat that allegedly had drugs in it and killing alleged gang members in international waters without any due process is pretty clearly not legal. Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit” A lawless regime.
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social go fuck a couch you Nazi piece of shit
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
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Children’s Tylenol was introduced in 1955. The first Tylenol for adults was introduced in 1961. Descriptions of people with autistic symptoms are in medical journals that date back to the 1700s, and they existed long before being documented. RFK Jr. is a danger to public health.
Epstein files are real.... This is a hoax....👇🏼
Since Florida's Surgeon General has been in the news this week, I thought I would post a clip of him from October of 2024 in which he claims that the media wants the public "drugged out" because then they're "more controllable." You know, regular stuff.
What’s happening in Fulton County Georgia right now impacts all of us when we go to the polls in 2026 and 2028. We owe it to ourselves & our country to stay informed. joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
Now THAT is Progress. The Spirit of Progress statue returns to its home today after being under repair since last December. This morning in River North, Chicago.
Reminder: All four physicians in the Senate voted to confirm RFK Jr as HHS Secretary: John Barrasso Rand Paul Bill Cassidy Roger Marshall They should lose their medical license.
NEW: The Trump administration's attempt to control East Coast train stations under the pretext of fighting crime mirrors the authoritarian tactics of Nazi Germany and North Korea, raising concerns about a more sinister agenda at play, Marc Elias writes.
I love all my NYC homies and I'm sorry this is happening to yous but this is super funny to watch at a distance
Americans clearly don’t understand that this line of argument is entirely lost for at least a generation. Talk about the US as representing “democracy” or “the free world” will be met with scorn everywhere. The world has converged to Latin America in that regard.
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Another dismal jobs report today caused by this incompetent admin and all they can do is keep moving the goalposts further back on the start date for the Golden Era. bsky.app/profile/atru...
You know, the reason this is on the interwebs is because he thought this made him look good.
White bigots are running America —as of August 2025, the unemployment rate for Black Americans has risen to 7.5%, marking the highest level since October 2021. Why? Massive Federal Workforce Cuts, 👇🏾
So sad to hear about the passing of Mark Volman. A great singer and a very funny man, he made pop music history with The Turtles, and of course I LOVED his Zappa years. Sending condolences, especially to my friend Howard Kaylan. Rest In Peace. deadline.com/2025/09/mark...
These people are clowns 🤡
The notion that Republicans are better stewards of the economy is proven wrong every time they hold power, and yet it persists, including among the people their policies hurt the most, who’ll fight you over it. Critical thinking matters.
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Right up until the minute Trump’s business ventures like Trump Shuttle, Trump Atlantic City casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump University, etc, etc, went bankrupt, Trump was claiming they were a huge success with big things right around the corner. Just like now with the economy.
Pam Bondi’s acting deputy chief was filmed bragging to a date about the department’s plans to alter the Epstein files to protect Republicans.
Next we’ll be told he went deep undercover as a sexual abuser for 60 years to uncover the sex trafficking ring run by his best friend…
Pritzker: “It appears they are amassing ICE officers… about 300 are planning to come in and do what they did in LA — terrorize neighborhoods and cause mayhem. The plan is to create so much chaos that troops will have to be called in.” 🚨 #StopTheRaids #CivilRights
Turns out firing the ref doesn’t change the score. July was expected to deliver 70k+ new jobs (which would have been very low). Instead: just 22k. And the revisions are worse: May added 79k (a bit more than first reported) but in June the economy LOST 13k jobs. AND unemployment ROSE to 4.3%
'Everybody's corrupt but you?' Bernie Sanders drops withering sarcasm on RFK Jr. www.rawstory.com/robert-f-ken...
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I always find something else to watch or do until game time no pregame bullshit for me
I live in Illinois and had no problem getting vaccinated at CVS on Thursday
Lots of people asking why isn't my state issuing COVID vaccine executive orders? In most states you can already get vaccines without prescriptions, including: AL, AK, AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, ND, NH, NJ, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WY
Michelle Wu is kicking ass and taking names, per usual.
Yo bruh this is the opposite of the Friday news dump
Debbie Harry, who just turned 80.
This applies to abortion and same-sex everything.
#MorningVibe This sculpture depicts a woman carrying a burden of household items, symbolizing the weight of domestic responsibilities often borne by women, while children cling to her, representing the generational impact of this burden. #ArtAsResistance
I believe there are some Mar 24 thru Mar 25 final revisions this week(?), but if it holds, man, the media destroyed a presidency that really rebuilt the economy post Trump's 2020 Covid recession and subsequent supply chain crisis after Trump shutdown the economy.
Crime is going to go up because joblessness is going up and resources for the poor and struggling are going down. People steal before they starve. And all of this would have been avoided if more people voted for the kind smart Black lady.
Justin Herbert gets a huge first down with his legs
Good morning and Go Dawgs!
It’s almost like the vice president doesn’t fully understand tariffs