if you are looking for solid on the ground reporting in Chicago, I recommend:
- @unraveledpress.com
- @mulchy.bsky.social
- @pgoyette.bsky.social
please do not amplify people who have no record of posting accurate or timely information about events in Chicago
Today the biggest split among Democrats is between those who want to stand and fight and those who want to play dead.
House Democrats united to stand and fight. Too many Senate Democrats played dead.
We need more leaders from the stand and fight wing of the Democratic Party.
John Roberts is responsible for this crook being able to sit in the White House instead of the jail cell he deserves
Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.
This is ugly: Trump's DOJ has effectively informed immigration judges in a new memo that they can no longer rely on rules that protect against arbitrary firing. This lays groundwork for removing them if they rule the "wrong" way too often.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Now is a great time to reach out to local refugee support orgs in your area to connect & see how it’s possible to step in. Newcomers need support w language, getting around town, learning how various systems work, getting kids enrolled in school, accessing benefits… concrete ways to show welcome
Tweet from Gustavo Petro at 9:30 AM EST, QTing a Brazilian new service reporting the Brazilian government’s objection to “inhumane” treatment of people deported by the U.S. English translation first: “A migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity that any human being merits. That’s why I turned back the U.S. flights that came with Colombian migrants. I cannot make it so migrants can stay in a country that doesn’t want them: but if that country sends them back, it must be with dinghy and respect between them and this county. In civilian aircraft, without treatment as criminals, we we will accept our nationals. Colombia is respected.” Spanish original: “Un migrante no es un delincuente y debe ser tratado con la dignidad que un ser humano merece. Por eso hice devolver los aviones militares estadounidenses que venían con migrantes colombianos. No puedo hacer que los migrantes queden en un país que no los quiere; pero si ese país los devuelve debe ser con dignidad y respeto con llos y con nuestro país. En aviones civiles, sin trato de delincuentes recibiremos a nuestros connacionales. Colombia se respeta.”
Petro clarified less than an hour ago that Colombia is only blocking deportation flights using military aircraft; those carried out by ICE Air are still permitted to land.
Of note: even on regular ICE flights people are put into arm and leg shackles like prisoners.
Useful nihilism antidote from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @lawdorknews.bsky.social: The Supreme Court's immunity decision "is not, in any way, a ruling that prevents civil litigation seeking to stop — or reduce the harm from — any action of this administration." open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages.
Immigration officials would have authority to quickly expel migrants temporarily admitted via the CBP One App and a separate program for certain people fleeing Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Breaking news: The Justice Department said it will roll back Biden-era efforts to criminally charge demonstrators who interfere with patient access to reproductive health clinics, calling those prosecutions an example of the “weaponization” of law enforcement.
BREAKING: We have now added to our campaign Trump’s abuse of the pardon power as an impeachable offense following his pardons of his fellow January 6 insurrectionists. Read the legal grounds here: impeachtrumpagain.org @fsfp.bsky.social
Donald Trump has already abused the powers of the office and that is why we @fsfp.bsky.social have launched this call for an impeachment inquiry. Members of Congress who still believe in the Constitution must follow their oath and stand up. www.impeachtrumpagain.org www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
“…they were searching for an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video, according to a CPS source. “
blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/24/i...
BREAKING NEWS:
Donald Trump has just signed an Executive Order that appears to officially suspend US military aid to Ukraine.
The order is effective immediately.
There is no denying that Donald Trump is Putin’s pawn.
Hitler-loving white nationalist Nick Fuentes on Elon Musk's salute: "That was a straight up like 'Sieg Heil',' like loving Hitler energy."
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Today, ICE is ramping up mass raids across the country. We know it’s scary, but that’s Trump’s ultimate goal: to scare us and cause chaos. We knew this was coming, and we’re ready for it. Here’s what you can do if you’re approached by an immigration agent ⬇️🧵
Senator: I’ll speak in his defense because to err is human. Who among us hasn’t shown up drunk to work? Who here hasn’t cheated on their wife?
Hegseth: Please stop helping me
Senator: Who hasn’t taken off their pants at the zoo?
Trump's billionaire Cabinet picks have huge sums of money tangled up in the industries they're tasked with overseeing.
Can we really trust that they will act in the public interest?
The food colorant has been linked to behavioral problems in children, including inattention and hyperactivity. California passed a law to ban it last year. It's also linked to cancer in lab rats.
Why is Trump (or people in his circle) talking about building an American empire that includes (depending on the day) Greenland, Canada, Panama, Mexico? Here are five Trumpian logics explanations, all of which can function together, and probably do.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-greenl...
“It was profiling, it was purely field workers,” said Sara Fuentes, store manager of the local gas station. ... “They didn’t stop people with FedEx uniforms, they were stopping people who looked like they worked in the fields.”
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
He should have never been allowed to run for office, according to Section 3 of our 14th Amendment.
He, an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon, does not deserve the honor and prestige of the presidency.
He deserves scorn and derision. He deserves PRISON time.
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative.
Starbucks workers in LA are being forced to work in areas impacted by the recent wildfires - even where the air quality is unsafe.
Management told partners that stores must open because “the community depends on us,” ignoring that some workers had to evacuate their own homes.
