Banner reading "Fortress of Europe" displayed during the Ukraine-France football match today.
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Banner reading "Fortress of Europe" displayed during the Ukraine-France football match today.
He'll keep picking fights and putting our troops (war fighters) at risk as he works to rebrand DOD.
LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning: Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.
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Civil rights are workers' rights, and when we see those rights being trampled on, the Chicago labor movement knows how to rise up and fight back. We stick together, and no one is going to intimidate us out of standing up for what’s right. Tell Donald Trump: Hands Off Chicago!
NEW: "As a police officer in DC, I’m all for actual, sustainable help in keeping the streets safe, but it is obvious that’s not what this is about." newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-dc-po...
Every 11 minutes, we lose one person to suicide. September is #SuicidePreventionMonth. These next few weeks, please join me in learning more about suicide prevention and how to support someone in crisis💜 nami.org/suicideprevention
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Toss those pillows right out of that sleep space.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ignored federal data, twisted legislation and pointed to unsubstantiated treatments while addressing topics such as COVID-19 vaccines, rural hospitals and school shootings during a three-hour Senate Committee hearing. buff.ly/dHQxkea
That is one hell of a movie if it can use ai to reconstruct its missing minutes on its own. I didn't know movies have agency like that.
Sending a few "sharply worded letters" to the Trump Administration, in front of the White House, on 9/2/2025. #Trumpisintheepsteinfiles #Releasetheepsteinfiles #Believewomen #Believethewomen
I miss those precious hours when we all thought he might be dead.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/c... Antarctica And yes Climate Change is real And yes Icebergs breaking up can cause catastrophic sea level rise
Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
Attn all ICE agents! Here’s an announcement from our front window: Chicago hates you, and you are not welcome here!
Plant based food doesn't have to be boring. ¡Buen provecho!
Veterans………
"My friend and I were at a coffee shop, just sitting, relaxing, and having coffee. We looked up and right above us was a drone. It stopped right next to us. We just sat there, looking at it, and it was "looking" at us. We didn't know what to do. It hovered for just a few seconds,
Raphael 💚 Warnock (D-GA): Nearly 500 shells casing recovered at CDC. Are you aware the gunman was motivated by anti-vaccine views. Journalists: please stop saying 200 round shot. 500 rounds shot, 180 hit us.
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A collaboration with the great satirist @borowitzreport.bsky.social anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-reva...
Under Trump’s 2nd term, the signs of authoritarian rule are everywhere. This is competitive authoritarianism, not democracy, according to @donmoyn.bsky.social, @umich.edu professor of public policy donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
How to record ICE: 1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE. 2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video. 3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS 4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How? 5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked. @eltragon.bsky.social
There is a special hell for Miller, Homan and Noem.
This school year all students in the state of New York will receive free breakfast and lunch every day at school.
Pay very close attention. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to release the Epstein files. Now that survivors are naming him as Epstein’s close friend, he’s calling it a “hoax.” Miss me with that bullshit.
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
Q: "Trump said that this Epstein issue is a hoax. Can we get your reactions?" Epstein survivor Haley Robson: "Mr. President Donald J. Trump, I am a registered Republican...I cordially invite you to the Capitol to meet me in person so you can understand this is not a hoax."
Epstein survivor: Epstein surrounded himself with the most powerful leaders of the world. He bragged about his powerful friends, including our current president, Donald Trump. It was his biggest brag, actually.
Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips: I stand here today for every woman who has been silenced, exploited, and dismissed. We are not asking for pity. We are here demanding accountability and justice. Congress must choose. Will you continue to protect predators, or will you finally protect survivors?
As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can’t live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power.
It's a fabulous city. I too am dreading the impending federal invasion and am ready to show up for my community/city.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
Shut it down!
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Happy to report that it's a lovely day in Chicago (so, it's still not a "hellhole"), the feds need to stay out of our city and trump is in the Epstein files.
WATCH LIVE: Gov. JB Pritzker addresses potential federal deployment to Chicago youtube.com/live/8L2BDjl...
JB Pritzker uses the word "invasion" to describe what Trump has planned for my city, Chicago. And that's exactly what it would be – an autocratic government trying to crush our dissent because we oppose his corruption, cruelty and incompetence. It's what dictators do.
ICE out of Chicago! No kings in the USA!
Survivors deserve justice!
Release the Epstein files.
THREAD: This morning, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that President Trump's use of National Guardsmen and Marines to support federal law enforcement in and around Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act. (1/22) www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-t...
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
Hyper-focusing on the most headline-grabbing cause for his physical deterioration makes it easy for Trump to disprove and dismiss. It helps him deflect from the larger issue: his health is rapidly deteriorating and he is not fit to serve.
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."
BREAKING: We filed an emergency lawsuit to stop the Trump admin from unlawfully expelling hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the U.S. The targeting of children is vile. We will use every tool at our disposal to stop the administration from sending any child to danger.
August 30, 2025
US war fighters proudly demonstrating their fitness for war fighting...by gardening.
Public servants should face the public. So why are federal agents wearing masks to hide their faces? Check out our mobile billboard driving around Washington, D.C. right now demanding federal agents take their masks off!
Right wingers prefer their milk raw and unfiltered, but their history pasteurized and homogenized.
GOV. WHITMER on marriage equality 🏳️🌈 attacks: “Treating people equally is a Michigan value… LGBTQ+ Michiganders make our state stronger, better, and more vibrant.”
"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...
It's truly deplorable how this nation honors and memorializes traitors.
I don't normally talk about Lee but when I do, I use the term, Traitor to the USA Robert E Lee.
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…
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”
I miss the old brand #CDC
We don’t need the president’s troops on our streets. Read my op-ed: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Chicagoans will rally and march on Labor Day starting at 11 a.m. at the Haymarket Memorial to protest Trump's threat of a military occupation of the city. It's time to speak out. Join us.
America is being held hostage by a death cult.
On the new acting CDC director. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Cop Casually Threatens To Shoot A Black Man In The Head
Did I miss the breaking news when prayers stopped bullets from killing children?
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey JUST CALLED FOR a statewide and federal ban on assault weapons. Who’s with him?
Deplorable.
This is John Philip Simpson's "The Captive Slave" (1827), housed in the Art Institute of Chicago. The model is Ira Aldridge, the American-born actor who was famous for his performance in the Atlantic world. If we look into his face close, we can see why he was known as the best actor in his time.
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
So proud of these war fighters!
Proud of the war fighters who are winning the battle against invasive species and trash.
I wrote about what it was like growing up up Dobson. nymag.com/intelligence...
Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social
There’s no wrong way to tell the current administration to STFU About Chicago. #chicago
Calling all part-time and full-time faculty in the South: Speak out on academic freedom, shared governance, and your working conditions! Survey closes 8/29 at 5pm ET. States: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This perfectly describes both the Trump presidency and the Republican Congress. The only true thing he said today.
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” — Antonio Gramsci
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.
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!
Trump and his DHS masked militia deported a 6-year-old NYC student, locking her in a detention prison, then sending her to Ecuador. DHS is snatching children, disappearing them, and dumping them in countries they barely remember. This is horrific, un-American, and utterly abhorrent.
As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout. Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
HAPPENING NOW: At 2:00 p.m. ET, Judge Paula Xinis is set to hold a telephone conference regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's newly-filed lawsuit challenging his removal to Uganda. Abrego was detained by ICE earlier today. I plan to live-post the hearing for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
Trump is widely despised in Chicago. He got 22% of the city’s vote last year. A military occupation of Chicago would be resisted by Gov. Pritzker and Mayor Johnson, as well as by the people of Chicago. Chicago is a great city. Trump is the worst president in our history. He must be stopped. /9
We stand united in fighting back against Trump's threats to Chicago and our communities.
Donald Trump's threat to bring the National Guard to Chicago isn't about safety — it's a test of the limits of his power and a trial run for a police state. Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle crime, but we won't let a dictator impose his will.
Florida bans the Diary of Anne Frank. A literary classic that serves as a cautionary tale about the rise of fascism and the importance of documenting atrocities as they’re occurring. We all must document this time in history. Keep copies. Write everything down. Make sure that the truth will out.
Tell your Senators and Rep they need to support this bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
➡️ 2 large-capacity kitchens ➡️ 260+ cooks ➡️ 900+ pots ➡️ 50,000+ pounds of food Here’s a look at what it takes to prepare tens of thousands of meals daily in Gaza. Behind every number are people showing resilience in the face of crisis. #ChefsForGaza
Feelin’ kinda fresh tonight 🌊🌊
"Mainstream" (pronounced "WHY-itt) media is a place where a lady who does situps, an anonymous text & the tears of a racist clown hold as much intellectual weight as a Black historian, expert or scholar
Read it and weep. open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Frost: We just heard about 24 hours ago that the judges ruled that Alligator Alcatraz has to shut down… When you don't have all the power you want, you damn well use all the power you got
god i love this poster they made for THE SQUARE (2013) documentary on the Arab Spring
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