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π³οΈβπ he/him | Reader, writer, baker, climber, carpenter, gardener, and a host of other minor hobbies when ADHD lets me focus on them.
Another day of horrors in Chicagolandβ
Immigration agents slammed the southwest side again, a fruit vendor kidnapped in Cicero, arrests and sightings across the suburbs, and feds were seen on video hassling people at the Pulaski orange line stop.
Photo of two X posts. The first post by Chris Murphy (@ChrisMu ...) from 9 hours ago states: "Let's open our eyes. This isn't a functioning democracy any longer when β in the middle of a high stakes funding fight β the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition." The second post by Russ Vought (@russvought ) from 10 hours ago states: "Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles. More info to come soon from @USDOT ." Both posts include profile pictures and verification badges.
How is this remotely constitutional? Our Supreme Court has made a mockery of the separation of powers.
02.10.2025 22:00 β π 2226 π 531 π¬ 96 π 14Notable that the Senate GOP would rather preserve the filibuster than fund the government as they wish.
01.10.2025 23:41 β π 33 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0I'll continue to be "I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win"-posting, so figure I should address this point that seems to come up every so often
Q: "is it still 'winning' if only *some* good things happen in the near term instead of total planetary eco socialist revolution?"
A: yes
I am! Though only dipping into Bluesky every so often nowadays. Hope your new home and neighborhood is treating you well!
23.09.2025 03:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βThe president of Venezuela called the strike on the boat illegalβ¦β
TRUMP: βWhatβs illegal is the fact that 300 million people died last year from drugs.βπ€
(Fact-check β There are only 340,000,000 people in our entire country)
I appreciate the honesty on display here from @unraveledpress.comβan absolute must-read from the CBP operations in Chicago
15.09.2025 16:44 β π 130 π 51 π¬ 2 π 0Weird, indeed.
15.09.2025 23:08 β π 6344 π 1644 π¬ 388 π 89RFK JR says he first met Charlie Kirk in July 2001 where he went on his podcast, 'we were soul mates'
- Kirk was 8 years old in 2001
Trump saying βI donβt want to frighten off or disincentivize investment into πΊπΈβ is how you know he knows thatβs exactly what he did by raiding the Hyundai plant and mistreating hundreds of South Korean workers
15.09.2025 13:13 β π 2080 π 578 π¬ 124 π 45Not hard to imagine, really. Charlie Kirk literally called Floyd a βscumbagβ and blamed his death on taking fentanyl.
15.09.2025 23:10 β π 812 π 216 π¬ 29 π 6"Imagine having died such a horrible person that someone sharing your life's work is considered 'insensitive'."
Cody Ikerd
US military just killed 3 more people in another deadly strike on a vessel in international waters around South America allegedly "transporting illegal narcotics" from Venezuela.
No evidence presented. No due process.
Understand this fact:βthis is a precursor to what he will do to US citizens.
you should buy your trans friends coffee or something today
11.09.2025 15:09 β π 2439 π 993 π¬ 49 π 315White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Open authoritarianism. Happening right in front of us.
I seem to recall the right storming the Capitol on January 6th and beating police officers with the U.S. flag.
15.09.2025 23:39 β π 10857 π 3054 π¬ 835 π 202Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
15.09.2025 22:24 β π 6454 π 1863 π¬ 32 π 66Trump on Fox & Friends: "One thing I say is we have to have quick trials. I called it quick trial. 'Cause in China they do have quick trials, you know? ... They should have a trial the following day."
12.09.2025 12:20 β π 1130 π 322 π¬ 685 π 333I hate to beat a dead horse on this, but the GOP has never been (and will never be) serious about corporate oversight, and the press should not help them pretend otherwise
12.09.2025 12:19 β π 520 π 87 π¬ 9 π 0While we were distracted by Charlie Kirk, the incompetence of Kash Patel, the conviction of Jair Bolsonaro and the GOP voting not to release the Epstein files
Republicans in the Senate were busy deploying the nuclear option by shredding the filibuster
Thanks so much, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema
I just assumed that this is what theyβd do before they βrelease the documents.β Sloppily, probably.
04.09.2025 23:00 β π 156 π 35 π¬ 6 π 1This one is going to be important.
#nokings #resist #onemillionrising
The firearms ownership ban for trans people is patently unconstitutional, and I'm willing to risk sounding naive in saying the courts will immediately reject it, including SCOTUS. But meanwhile, this signals where the Trump admin is moving on trans people. And it's terrifying.
04.09.2025 17:45 β π 1807 π 363 π¬ 55 π 19On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
Thinking of the emissions alone. All those parents idling their cars for hours. Oof.
01.09.2025 19:08 β π 170 π 21 π¬ 12 π 0