Thank you! The delays are unforgivable.
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Thank you! The delays are unforgivable.
May they bankrupt each other as they fight, fight, fight.
Excellent news--not just because my state could be spared, but proves that fighting back works. NOLA doesn't deserve it either-hope their leader fights back too!
Plan B is not abortion--just prevents the need for one
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
sorry, don't know--just heard the phone call earlier
If you’re in the Evanston/Chicago are, please check your RING and security cameras and help join to effort to find Dr. Nina Kraus. She went missing Sept 1st at 9am: evanstonroundtable.com/2025/09/02/s...
Yep. Sounded very ill or was an imposter.
Thanks. A letter?? COME ON
Then, must DOJ drop charges against observers and protestors?
Ditto.
oh no, what a tragedy
Listen to this one!
I believe he was showing early symptoms when he last testified.
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
It is an amazing and important doc--a message for now as much as then
Teenagers with period pain more likely to have chronic adult pain, study says
Best governor ever--my state-so glad
From Greg Sargent: "This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me."
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!
Yes, of course military occupation will for its duration reduce visible street crime. That's what Bukele in El Salvador is all about. Fascists want us to dispute that instead of emphasizing the military occupation *is* crime in so many ways & does more damage than all the muggers in the world.
The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records.
I don't understand the reticence of Israel here. Anyone can open up Google Earth and look at imagery of Gaza from late 2024. It's obviously worse now but December 2024 was still horrific.
Natural, powdered kratom is a wonderful thing. It gently works on anxiety, depression, body pain (esp covid), and more. It's the stepped on messed up false stuff that is dangerous.
RKF Jr. is a dangerous man who is determined to abuse his authority to act on truly terrifying conspiracy theories and disinformation—leaving us unprepared for the next deadly pandemic and snuffing out potential cures while he’s at it. My full statement.
hey hey rfk how many kids did you kill today
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
"Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video."
HOORAY
Perfect.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov Best governor ever! Thank you!!
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
If you didn't manage to see this calmly furious and defiant statement by @govpritzker.illinois.gov yesterday, please find 12 minutes to see or hear it today. Best, strongest statement by sr official of where we stand and what is needed now. Civil duty to see it. www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.” He was just taken into ICE custody.
damn them
Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away. By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
“Jimenez Rosa, a legal permanent resident and mother of four U.S. citizens, was detained over what her lawyer believes was a decades-old, personal-use marijuana charge, which is no longer a crime in Massachusetts today… “I was just like, ‘Girls, we might never see your mother again in this country’”
no.
this!
Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)
Standing on traditional principles, where some level of morality is assumed, is no longer a useful position. Our foundations are no longer stable--you need to consider changing your position, at least while usurpation of democracy is underway. Thank you.
I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own. Now, we continue fulfilling that promise. Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
Congrats, MAGA! You're complicit in covering up one of the most vile child sex-trafficking rings in history. Jeffrey Epstein thanks you for your service! Catch up on all of today's news here: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
HOT MIC: Georgia Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins (R) tells a constituent that President Donald Trump is in the Epstein files and calls to release them.
A couple of interesting things about the Ghislaine Maxwell/Todd Blanche audio recording: it's not one continuous recording. It's broken up into 7 parts on day one, and 4 parts on day two. Further, Todd Blanche says he spoke to Maxwell off the record for several minutes before the recording. 1/
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein could not have sold women and girls for sex without wealthy men buying women and girls for sex. I feel like more people should mention that.
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
Child rapist Ghislaine Maxwell directly ties Trump to Jeffrey Epstein saying in transcript that she knew Epstein "would go alone" to Mar-A-Lago. (page 106 of day one transcript) She also talks about going to Mar-A-Lago many times herself. www.justice.gov/storage/audi...
it is
Lots of modern people use these words, just so ya know. (You yourself could add them to your audience's vocabulary and then they'd feel quite "normal" to all of you.)
@majorityreport.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
ICE body slams man's head hard into pavement—for eating crabs in public. Agents shove him into ground with arms twisted behind his back—bleeding severely from his forehead. "My head! You're breaking my arm!" he cries out. "Why are you doing this? I was just eating crabs!" Washington, D.C.
What happened to you??
EXCLUSIVE: Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys, sender of racist tweets, and attorney for white supremacists — is making taxpayer money to represent people of color. County officials say there’s no rule against it. via @stevanzetti.bsky.social thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
Fixed
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
There are days when I wish hell was real.
If you have any information or tips to share about Donald Trump's patrolling of Washington DC tonight, or any ongoing operations, please hit me up on Signal @ premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected Even if you got no info, please boost this so others can see it too. Thank you guys.
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024. Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570. That’s a ratio of 632 to 1. How can anyone defend this?
HAPPENING NOW: In Palantir's home state, tech lobbyists have convinced Dem lawmakers to convene an emergency session TODAY to pass a law prohibiting district attorneys, watchdog groups & citizens from filing consumer protection lawsuits against AI giants. www.levernews.com/the-plot-to-...
If only hell were real.
PulteGroup may want to speak up to protect its brand, distance from Trump henchman Bill Pulte who has targeted Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
The Last American Road Trip--Sarah Kendzior
Yes!!
We can’t work from the old playbook. It’s time for a new generation of unapologetically progressive leadership.
Watch DC residents chase federal agents out of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Meanwhile, we spotted FBI and Homeland Security agents appear to respond to… an alleged *fare evader.* @zeteo.com
Venezuela?
A literal lifetime of financial, personal, political crime.
Zuckermuskian solipsism They just don’t think other people are real. by Cory Doctorow (who isn't here?) Arendt described this as "Radical Evil," and I first wrote about it when Trump was cursing the press at his rallies for not showing the crowd when his campaign agreed the camera wouldn't move.
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DEAR MEN, YES YOU. LET THIS SINK IN Love this guy 👏
Jim Crow 2025
Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
🚨 PLEASE SHARE 🚨 If you’re in Austin, there is a current call to show up at the Capitol building 1100 Congress Ave. - tonight 08/17 at 7:00pm. The Texas GOP is holding Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier hostage. She refused to sign a “permission slip” that would require a police escort!
Here's a tweet by the current DHS PR officer pushing fascist and nazi imagery. He calls for trans people to be eradicated.
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous. Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Grok is exposing the underlying prompts for its AI personas, including such commands as “BE FUCKING UNHINGED AND CRAZY. COME UP WITH INSANE IDEAS. GUYS JERKING OFF, OCCASIONALLY EVEN PUTTING THINGS IN YOUR ASS, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SURPRISE THE HUMAN.” www.404media.co/grok-exposes...
So, he just told us he is planning for a (new?)war to avoid elections.
Today is the 11-year anniversary of this image showing what St Louis County folks thought of how cable news covered Ferguson
Immigration officers open fire during vehicle stop in San Bernardino
A top Democrat on the oversight committee requested that wildland firefighter vacancies be accounted for following ProPublica reporting that showed thousands of vacant jobs at the Forest Service, hampering its ability to fight wildfires. By @abestreep.bsky.social
looks fake--putin's hand, Tmp looks too good
Looks faked-putin's hand and Trmp looks too good
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
Can't access the whole article, but it's important to understand that the plain leaf powders are just fine--it's the adulterated stuff that is dangerous.
Congress Launches Investigation into Flock After 404 Media Reporting 🔗 www.404media.co/congress-lau...
Before the president seized control of Washington, D.C.’s police, corporate lobbyists posed as local businesses to drum up panic about local crime. www.levernews.com/trumps-invas...
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
ICYMI – I’m leading the fight against RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine efforts and urging insurance companies to maintain coverage to keep Americans healthy. Read more: chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
@vanhollen.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov Hey staffs: please watch and find out where the people are being sent--why the Florida concentration camp is apparently closing--thanks!
Alligator Alcatraz closing? Detainees are disappearing and being moved and we need help
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
oh no
A 24-year-old US-Indian man living in Ottawa, Canada, Saihajpreet Singh, exposed for developing a network of MAGA bots including DOGEai to influence US elections, politics, and public opinion to support Donald Trump, the US Republican Party, and Israel. ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member. RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.
