I love seeing Ken Griffin specifically getting hit with this one. Couldn’t be more well deserved.

Disability rights group condemns Graham Platner's use of 'retarded' in interview “This language is not harmless; it reinforces stigma, diminishes dignity, and undermines the value and contributions of disabled individuals in our communities," Kim Moody, CEO of Disability Rights…

“This language is not harmless; it reinforces stigma, diminishes dignity, and undermines the value and contributions of disabled individuals in our communities," Kim Moody, CEO of Disability Rights Maine, said in a statement.

I know people bristle at the idea of leftists who police language but a big reason it happens is because, especially as it relates to politicians, the language we choose serves as an entirely accurate predictor of the types of policy decisions we would make & who we would & wouldn’t place value on

Oh my I am so sorry, this is so sad 😞

In no way can you describe yesterday’s CDC meeting as a “total train wreck.”

This grandstanding is utterly unproductive, PARTICULARLY when the stakes of inaction are so high.

The people are watching, and we will gladly remind them who’s responsible if City Council rejects this proposal.

But moves still require City Council approval, a necessity that suddenly appeared to be a potential roadblock when Ald. Bill Conway, whose ward includes the downtown station, left the commission’s meeting unimpressed by the Johnson administration’s pitch. “That hearing really illustrated the ‘first we get the money’ mentality of this administration,” Conway said as he walked out. “It’s hard to describe that hearing as anything short of a total train wreck.”

Ald. Conway needs to decide whether he is in office to actually serve the people, or if it’s just to bluster falsehoods in the press.

His veiled threats to upend bus service for hundreds of thousands of Americans have not been matched with any constructive feedback for what he thinks can improve.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

It’s really telling that almost every news outlet just peddled Serve Robotics’ PR for them by acting like a bus stop advertisement was a story.

Free advertising with a side of propaganda to try and get the public to accept devices that have NO place on our sidewalks.

Don’t anthropomorphize these things. They can’t be sorry and the people operating them definitely aren’t.

🎉 BIG NEWS: the Community Development Commission just unanimously voted to recommend that City Council purchase Chicago's intercity bus terminal!

This is a HUGE step forward in our years of advocacy to save intercity bus travel in Chicago.

The ward is also gerrymandered to hell

Nazi tattoos and brazen denial. Slurs for disabled people.

It’s not in any way acceptable.

BIG news for Illinois renters! House Bill 3564, led by myself and Rep. Syed, has passed through the House and Senate!

If signed into law by Governor Pritzker, HB3564 establishes a $50 cap for rental application fees, bans 11 types of junk fees, caps move-in fees at 20% of rent, and more.

My evangelical pastor dad managed to call it blasphemy today — something I wasn’t sure was possible anymore.

We’ll see how it goes in getting folks like him to recognize how the American evangelical church is directly responsible for empowering him. That would require some serious humility.

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tank enjoyer @paradoomer gotta believe another world is possible. aint no fucking way billions of years of evolution culminating in this historical moment will end with us languishing on this spinning rock in space only to oppress ourselves forever. it would be an incredible waste. i refuse to believe it

moon mission got me feeling some such way

Which is an extremely different conversation than suggesting we reduce or eliminate the ARO.

You can drop charts and PDFs all day long and you still haven’t actually taken a step back to check yourself or consider what it takes to build community and collective power.

Because this doesn’t achieve that.

Again, no it fucking isn’t. You’re just linking to studies as if nobody else has paid attention to the research and might have a different analysis and lens than you do.

No it is fucking not.

This is exactly the problem. YIMBYs are constantly “we did the outreach and they won’t listen!!” When the entire approach is from an insistence on being Correct and zero intention to listen or have meaningful dialogue themselves.

One of the reasons I continue to check the other site is it’s always fascinating to see who talks out both sides their mouth depending on their perceived audience.

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries will go down as two of the biggest cowards in history.

Chicago cop who killed Anthony Alvarez in 2021 engaged in fatal unreported police chase last year, new lawsuit alleges Attorneys say they have evidence showing Evan Solano, who chased and shot Alvarez in the back, initiated a deadly “ghost” pursuit that killed 29-year old Eliseo Maya late at night on the Northwest Side in February 2025.

NEW: A cop who chased, shot, and killed a young father in 2021—and then started training new recruits after avoiding firing—is accused of violating CPD policies over an unreported vehicle chase last year.

One of the car's passengers was killed, and Evan Solano is still on duty in the 16th District:

It's also really exciting to think about having a board member at Metra who understands the opportunity it presents to Chicago, both in terms of increasing access to affordable and frequent transit – but also to expanding access to eTOD.

Major props to @christiandiaz.bsky.social who weathered City Council shenanigans and whose appointment to the Metra board moved out of committee today.

I really appreciated hearing how he's thinking of Metra service holistically and as part of an interconnected system as we move towards NITA!

Just like clockwork, Austin Berg and Illinois Policy are doing the rounds in press talking about the “inconvenient truth” that a millionaire’s tax would supposedly chase rich people out of Illinois.

Don’t forget that he’s paid by the worst of the worst billionaires to lie and deceive you.

What a week where Hilary Duff’s “I don’t think so honey” was all about delivery robots and Waymo’s, and Jinkx Monsoon’s “I’ve had it” was American car culture.

Gotta count your blessings where you can get ‘em, folks!

"Schumer takes no action" will be on his tombstone

American media is devoid of any semblance of morality or integrity and needs to be dismantled.

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.