Let the gravity of this sink in; read it out loud so you can fully comprehend where we are in dystopia. #Illinois #chicago #fightingfacism
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Let the gravity of this sink in; read it out loud so you can fully comprehend where we are in dystopia. #Illinois #chicago #fightingfacism
Were you to ask Leavitt etc, they would identify themselves as patriots whose beliefs rest on the country’s foundation. But with their talk of demons and evil, they are framing reality in a way that would justify Donald Trump’s campaign for fascist power. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/tragedy-br...
Happening Now — Washington DC: Pretty massive rally is forming at 14th and U NW.
Donald was in fact laundering Mogilevich’s money himself. And that’s the man who originally compromised him. So that’s the money. It’s full of sex traffickers and it’s full of Russian gangsters. #TrumpEpsteinMaxwell gregolear.substack.com/p/deconstruc...
As the nation reels from last week’s horrific school shooting in Minnesota, authorities in Florida seem to be doing everything in their power to re-traumatize a community victimized by a different mass attack.
Since the best in healthcare no longer serve at the top of the Federal Government, we are bringing them directly to you at Meidas Health. Don’t miss Episode 14 with the President of the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social Jam packed with useful information! @meidastouch.com
That's ok. They have another chance in Chicago
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
🚨When all is said and done the money that was WASTED on Alligator Alcatraz could’ve easily been the 1 TRILLION that was cut from Medicaid. There must be oversight for the OUTRAGEOUS costs: 1) Monetarily 2) Environmentally & 3) The Physical & Mental Health stress this cost people and their families.🚨
Something press pool could ask about
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde has said it would be very dangerous for the global economy if US President Donald Trump took control of US monetary policy. u.afp.com/SAVS
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
In a recent interview, Governor Pritzker discussed that he believes that Donnie's eagerness to put troops in US cities stems from Donnie's intention to make false claims about the upcoming 2026 elections & would be "an invasion". #PINKS
NBC: Kristi Noem confirms plan to expand ICE operations in major cities, including Chicago. Trump isn't cracking down on crime, he's conducting an ethnic cleansing by seizing control of state governments. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
It's difficult to rank the magnitude of all the lies that RFK jr has told – they've been numerous, manipulative AF, and deadly – because he's trying to cull Americans, en masse. But the idea that Trump has any empathy is so absolutely manipulative – a dangerous lie. Trump has ZERO empathy. NONE.
The doc Katrina: Come Hell or High Water provides important historical context. When disasters strike low-income areas, there’s a familiar pattern: higher rates of displacement, gentrification, and policy decisions that neglect Black and Latino property owners. This 🤬 admin knows what it’s doing.
This is me walking to the store for champagne when it finally happens
Here in the US, “two weeks” actually means never.
BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson defies President Trump by leading a "no troops in Chicago!"
AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social: “Working people will stand up every single day and protect our brothers and sisters… we will all stand up for each other and we deserve to live with dignity.”
Last year on Labor Day Weekend, 10,000 UNITE HERE members were on strike at hotels across the country. By the end of the year, workers in 11 cities had gone on strike, ultimately winning new union contracts with affordable health care, big raises, and new workload protections.
Did you know in 1890 manufacturing employees worked on average 100 hours a week? It would be decades before the eight-hour workday became real. It took labor activists and labor unions to turn the cry for change into policy and practice. www.americaamerica.news/p/a-labor-da...
Just a quick reminder of who JD Vance is... his entire life is defined by his encounter with Peter Thiel, who "made" him.
Sounds like he finally got the ass whooping he's been due
"India, long courted by the West as a...counterweight to China, has been rattled by Trump’s tariffs; the Kremlin has publicly brushed aside Washington's peace push in Ukraine; and Beijing continues to spar with the U.S. over trade, Taiwan and global influence." www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/p...
The Chicago Labor Day march is getting started. #WorkersDeserve
Good to see some of the elders in the fight.
I'm betting Media won't cover it
Burning Man participant found in 'pool of blood' in what’s being investigated as a suspected homicide techcrunch.com/2025/08/31/m...
I guess if you're in a major city in a blue state, you have to start thinking about how you're going to successfully vote with the actual military attempting to prevent you. Because that's why the military is being moved into cities right now. They're being pre-mobilized to prevent voting.
Narrative buster: NYT finds that DC arrests were up only 13% over the previous two weeks and that the biggest change has been more arrests for minor infractions like smoking weed in a public place. (This does not include immigration abductions.) (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
Brilliant
"The straw man being put forward is that it's either we have the military or we're going to get our throats cut at night in DC. Is there no middle ground? Do local law enforcement account for nothing? We've got the National Guard GARDENING right now in DC. Is that an efficient use of our resources?"
RFKjr continues to be the most dangerous person in this regime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Look, it’s just common sense to consult with the agency that would be most impacted by a decision to pull the clearance of one of their employees,” [Hayden Center director] Pfeiffer said, “especially in such a public manner.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
#SoMuchWinning More bad news for the US economy, but no shade on Norway. This is the result of a guy who is owned by Putin and has the business intellect of a trailer park lottery winner.
RFK Jr., driving away with Rudy Guliani tied to the roof of his car
what a nightmare, to flee a domestic violence attack & flag down a passing car & out pops Rudy Giuliani — not that there’s any reason to believe that’s what actually happened
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
Are they going one at a time in cars?
He hurt his left arm and leg by being back ended???
rudy giuliani giving aid to a domestic situation victim
RFK Jr on his way to help Rudy Giuliani
Creative writing prompt: Make a simple press statement about a car accident sound suspicious on at least three different levels.
Get the da to prosecute ice for kidnapping
🚨Chicago’s Mayor Johnson speaks out against federal officials entering the city. He outlines what local LEO’s will and will not do in his signed EO. Feds are encouraged to identify themselves and not to mask their faces. 1/2
As good of a takedown as I have ever seen.
"It is a dark and dangerous moment for this country when our government chooses to target orphaned 10-year-olds and denies them their most basic legal right to present their case before an immigration judge." www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
MORE: Judge Sooknanan order DOJ to file yet another status report. She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
Judge Sooknanan: "These children are going to be deplaned. They're going to be returned to ORR custody. And no attempts will be made to remove them from ORR custody and remove them to Guatemala, in light of my order, while these preliminary emergency proceedings are pending."
It's like reading an autobiography narrated by dementia.
Fatality.
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
RADDATZ: You talk about what can be done. After shootings in Buffalo & Uvalde, Congress passed a bipartisan Safer Communities Act. It provided hundreds of millions for schools to expand mental health services. You didn't vote for it. Why? TOM EMMER: I don't remember the reasons I didn't vote for it
So the National Guard troops that dipshit sent into LA received orders for a 29 day deployment. I fully believe that they'll get 2 days off, then get orders for another 29 day deployment. In the NG you get deployment pay for orders 30 days and longer. ANY way these assholes can fuck people... 1/2
Black People Know #blacksky #ninetytwopercent #therevolution #nationalguard There is nothing new under the sun.
GORKA: Instead of blaming an inanimate object, which is the weapon, how about addressing the human being instead? KEILAR: DHS cut funding in July to the Minnesota Dept of Safety and the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office in July that is the kind of funding used to assess mass violence threats
Another record-breaking year for tourism, but these numbers represent more than just statistics: they signify jobs, local economic growth, and lifelong memories created in the Middle of Everything. Illinois is proud to welcome visitors from across the globe.
Andrew will never face justice just as the madman across the water will never face justice. The wealthy and connected individuals have their own laws. Best case is it will all be revealed once they are dead, but even that is incredibly unlikely. www.thetimes.com/article/7ffa...
This isn't just happening at Main Justice. It's happening at U.S. attorneys' offices, too. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pritzker: "We don't want troops on the streets of American cities. That's un-American and frankly the president ought to know better. This one doesn't seem to. He hasn't read any books. He doesn't seem to understand the Constitution or the laws."
It was probably always inevitable that the rise of a dictator in the US would be greeted with a shrug by many Americans and Europeans alike. But it doesn’t make it any less shocking to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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!
I realize news outlets are sensitive about defamation lawsuits but this is a pretty clear case. He’s flatly lying about recent history if he says he’s not an anti-vaccine activist. There’s video!
Judge: During recess, I read provision you cited and then the complaint. Every one of 10 named plaintiffs says they are *afraid* of being sent back to Guatemala. (Reads aloud from declarations.) Doesn't line up with what govt is saying. This is why we have courts.
The findings, based on data from more than 90,000 people, could mean millions stay out of hospital and live longer with medication such as Mounjaro and Wegovy
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an order to stop police from aiding President Trump’s possible troop deployment or immigration enforcement after saying he received credible reports troops could come to the nation's third-largest city within days.
As the Trump administration threatened to send federal troops in Chicago to fight crime, local leaders, including Governor Pritzker, responded by saying that not only is Trump not wanted, he’s flat out wrong: Chicago is experiencing a significant drop in gun violence. Read more: thetr.ac/jJbfI
“The stakes are high: Miami’s global reputation, thousands of jobs, & the survival of grassroots organizations.” After months of pushback, Miami-Dade is restoring most of the proposed $12.8 million cuts to arts & culture grants. Activists say lingering problems remain, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to a pastor and parishioners at East Washington Heights Baptist Church about crime in Washington, D.C., and whether the National Guard deployment helps or hurts the city.
Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.
Aged 12, Lisa Cook entered a local social-science fair with a project that would foreshadow her later work: identifying the causes of unemployment among black Americans
From @juliepoole.bsky.social in 2024: For nearly two decades, the state’s Medicaid Estate Recovery Program has filed repayment claims against Medicaid recipients after they die, threatening the inheritances of vulnerable Texans.
Europe has ‘pretty precise’ plan to send troops to Ukraine, von der Leyen says on.ft.com/47UH4fD
A leading vaccine expert warns of the Trump Administration’s effort to limit COVID shots at pharmacies, which would be “disastrous” for the American public.
Gwynne Dyer: Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Some operatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are joining Airbnb cofounder and DOGE member Joe Gebbia’s new National Design Studio, sources tell WIRED. "My directive is to update today’s government services to be as satisfying to use as the Apple Store" wrd.cm/47QAO8z
In addition to drafting mayoral letters, officials have asked ChatGPT to generate social media posts, policy documents, talking points, speeches, press releases, responses to audit recommendations, application materials for grants and replies to constituents’ emails.
Donald Trump's newest push to reform voting mechanisms is getting poor marks from a fellow Republican in politics.
Never forget that anti labor execs are salivating at the thought of starving workers until those requiring aid and care die and the rest are too hungry to resist. Don’t let yourself get pushed into that corner.
Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.
Pretty sure this moron trusted an expert surgeon to do his brain surgery Experts for me but not for thee
the story is not just "Jon Gruden wrote emails about how Black people are stupid," it's "Jon Gruden wrote emails about how Black people are stupid, a belief he backed up by refusing to play Black QBs/hire Black coordinators for 15 years"
This is a must watch.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
Trump is militarizing our streets to cover up his failing legitimacy: the tanking economy, the Epstein files, and his wildly unpopular ICE kidnappings. Read our Resistance Toolkit now at bit.ly/resistancetoolkit, and share it widely. LFG rebel alliance! #WeKeepUsSafe
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
picture of that hellscape Chicago this morning
Many years ago, I attended an exhibition hosted by the Smithsonian Institution on the kind of art Nazis found to be acceptable, which dovetails nicely with what our current crop of Nazis is doing to the Smithsonian. The past is prologue. www.si.edu/exhibitions/...
Judge: I will look forward to the govt's status report, hopefully today, that all the children have been removed from the planes and returned to ORR custody. I want to take a moment to thank my courtroom staff, who I called at 2:30 a.m., who have been working on Labor Day wknd, and my law clerks
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Sparkle Sooknanan holds an emergency hearing as the Trump admin is reportedly trying—imminently—to deport hundreds of Guatemalan children without required process or access to representation. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social is in DC with other vets right now standing up for democracy. He's playing General Milleys speech on repeat for them today 💜 #LoveTheVets!
“The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters…which some experts and lawmakers say bolsters work to spot early warning signs of mass shooters” 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
🚨Priest uses his body to attempt to stop ICE vehicles in Broadview, Illinois outside of a detention facility that has refused entry to members of Congress.