This is a war based on lies

President Eisenhower said to look at weapons as theft of food, housing, healthcare for Americans I was recently watching a news video about the military’s latest technological breakthrough, a drone called LUCAS.

The late Republican president and U.S. Commander of Allied Forces who led the fight against Hitler told us on this day in history, April 19, to look at new weapons built by America as thievery from the American people

#iranwar #nokings #eisenhower #pcusa #chicagopresbytery @pcusa.bsky.social

I’ve been thinking about doing a meta story on this for a while: the second trump administration is so pathetically, world historically psychotic that you likely don’t know what’s happening with his labor department. It’s a constant stream of scandals and excess

Constant.

I love that Trump is bragging about the U.S. military subduing an Iranian cargo ship. Great job! The largest military in the world somehow disabled an unarmed, slow ship that was carrying stuff. Interesting flex.

Done 👇

Update on today's Chicagoland federal immigration agent activity from community group Hijos de Migrantes:

As of 2:24 pm, the group reports at least 4 people taken, plus 1 person reportedly detained by DEA.

Reported sightings w/o confirmed detentions in Elgin, Glendale Heights, Pullman.

I was wearing my "No Thrones No Crowns No Kings" shirt and overheard a little boy asking his mother what the shirt said. They then whispered a little bit, and then the boy came up to me and said, shyly, "I agree with your shirt." 🥹🥰🤗

Postal Service union launches ad campaign promoting mail voting as Trump assails the method The American Postal Workers Union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail. This comes as President Donald Trump has raised skepticism about mail-in ballots.

“Our message is to America: Vote by mail is efficient, it’s safe, and it’s successful. Period. This is educating the American people that you can use vote by mail and you can be guaranteed that your voice will be heard and your vote will be counted.”

BREAKING: We're suing Elon Musk’s company, xAI, for building an illegal power plant in Mississippi to fuel its data center – with no air permits and little protection for the people living around it.

A fanned pile of Get the Vote postcards

Let's go Virginia! 10 #PostcardsToVoters on the way to preserve VA's independent redistricting system. #GOTV

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-co...

Governor Pritzker and Pope Leo in Oct. 2025.

The Pope lifts his voice as part of a higher calling - one centered on peace and the preservation of human life.

I always love this time of year. Spring brings people together, lifts spirits, and reminds us that even in hard seasons, there is room for growth, joy, and new beginnings.

Head over to Jackson Park and check out the Cherry Blossoms which are in bloom! 📸: Chicago Park District

Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose" YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus

In honor of Orban’s defeat and what’s coming for Republicans in November.

Vance has never “opposed” the war an Iran! He has publicly supported it from the beginning and every step along the way.

The idea that he privately opposed it and that should be considered his official position is absolute garbage.

anyone who says people opposing data centers are just nimbys need to stop echoing industry propaganda and see what it’s actually like to live near one

So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are:

1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled)

2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.)

Best Twitter riposte of the day is from Ronald Reagan's budget master.

RETIRED GENERAL: “Secretary of Defense Hegseth is not connected to reality… Trump has started more wars than any president in our lifetime… what victory? Hegseth is a clear and present danger to 🇺🇸.”

(H/T @fightforprogress.org )

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Liberals Gain Seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court, Adding to Firewall in Voting Cases Chris Taylor’s win on Tuesday expands liberals’ majority on Wisconsin’s high court and locks it in through the next presidential race, when new lawsuits could challenge voting access.

Chris Taylor, the former Democratic lawmaker who was elected to Wisconsin’s supreme court this week, won huge swaths of the state’s rural regions. Based on near-final results, she carried 29 counties that went for Donald Trump in the fall of 2024.

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

As the father of a middle schooler I have seen the rebellion against AI forming there — even using “that’s AI, bro,” not indicating something is literally AI, but that something is metaphorically so — it’s sus, it’s bullshit, it’s bad weird

Tweet from the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works of a statement regarding BRIP: President Trump has always been a champion of keeping invasive Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes. Because the Brandon Road Project is critical to meeting the objective, we are aggressively moving out on this project and moving its management out of Illinois which has been an unreliable partners delinquent on its payments and real estate commitments. It will now be managed from Michigan which has been a good attend and stands to benefit more than any other state. Our partners in the Great Lake States can’t allow one state to hate undue influence and use it to pay more games. This is great news for every state in the region, including Illinois.

Illinois has upheld our commitments.

Trump must stop this political stunt and start releasing the funds, get the project moving again, and protect the Great Lakes.

The deadline for my Congressional Art Competition is quickly approaching! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to have your artwork displayed in our nation's Capitol.

Head over to my website for details on the application.

For the record, Jeffrey Epstein did not introduce me to my husband, either. Just wanted to get that out there, felt like a good day to say it for no reason in particular.

Stunning reporting here that shows U.S. troops were left exposed in a known target zone with virtually no drone defenses. Now the soldiers themselves are calling out the Pentagon’s version of events as false.

Hegseth and Trump keep lying to the American people about this war.

All of us must be civil rights activists at this moment.

Just like those who showed up, stood up, and spoke out today at the National Action Network’s 2026 Convention.

If we don’t have a fair election in November, we won’t have any more elections.

Thank you. This cannot be forgotten.