Robert Hoffman

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

"It is difficult to comprehend the level of state-sponsored criminality we are witnessing because our country has never experienced anything like it."- #NYDailyNews

(wait'll ya experience the midterms...)

#AccountabilityIsComing ⚖️

Large banner featuring Trump’s face is displayed on Justice Department headquarters The banner says, ‘Make America Safe Again.’

A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face was hung on the exterior of Justice Department headquarters on Thursday in a physical display of the Republican president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him.

Wondering if any republicans in Congress who flipped out when Clinton and Lynch ran into each other, or wouldn’t shut up about Jack Smith “conspiring” with Biden, would have anything to say about this shit.

While we're cheering Colbert for standing up to the assault on free expression, let's also praise less famous people who defy fascism: those who sue over government abuses, stand up to ICE and speak out when silent compliance is demanded.
Our resistance has many battlefields. We will win in the end.

Mamdani: "$5.4 billion is a very steep mountain to climb ... We want to work with Albany to raise personal income taxes by 2% on the 33,000 New Yorkers earning more than $1 million per year and to raise corporate taxes on the most profitable corporations."

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 'Land of Hope and Dreams' U.S. Tour - Rolling Stone

How about creating Medicair for all in Illinois! It could be done in a joint effort with California, New York, and a couple of other blue states.

⭐️👏💛

Florida is a cesspool of corruption.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.

#BrutalButAccurate

Hold on! Another fun edit from our rainy day freeway brigade for WORST PREZ EVER!! Thank you Michelle @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social! I really wanted to leave the message up all day but couldn’t with the rain. 😩

@indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social
@rbhubbell.bsky.social

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President’s House The order does not give the federal government a deadline for restoring the President's House.

Federal judge orders slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall be restored, and called the Trump’s attempt to erase history Orwellian and horrifying #FDT #AmericanHistory #TrumpNaziPlaybook #DV1 #ProuBlue www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

C-SPAN screenshot of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference in Phoenix. Text above quotes a reporter asking whether CBP shot a party balloon mistaken for a drone with a laser and why it wasn’t coordinated with the FAA. Noem responds vaguely about a joint agency task force and ongoing communication before ending the press conference.

Remember when Noem went before cameras right away to label Renee Good and Alex Pretti as “domestic terrorists”? Before any investigation had even happened?

New Yorkers know Trump the best, and have known him the longest. That’s why he gets few of their votes & no respect.

From all of us at #ProudBluevets
#Demcast #RememberingRobertDuvall

We pay tribute To Actor Robert Duvall

Thank you For your dedicated service to our country 🙏 in the United States Army 🇺🇸 Hooah

This! 👇

New York won President's Day! 💙
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Wow, someone really did not think this through.

"I can 'exonerate' you for a price"—made as a public offer—is essentially an acknowledgment that the person being offered the bribe is in fact...

...a criminal who did exactly what they have been accused of.

“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.

A confidential document reveals both the Trump administration’s plans to interfere with the states’ authority to run elections and how dangerously insecure the sensitive data will be in the department’s hands.

🚨 Pritzker: The monsters responsible for unleashing this havoc on American cities, whether they were firing at civilians in the streets or calling the shots from their cushy offices in Washington, need to be investigated and prosecuted.

Alex Pretti’s death ruled homicide after Minneapolis shooting by federal agents The death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man killed by federal agents, has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said.

The death of Alex Pretti has been ruled a homicide, the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said. Pretti was shot Jan. 24 during a chaotic encounter with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez were named as the two officers who fired at Pretti.

Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.

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“The era of giant corporations juicing profits by underpaying workers is over,” Levine said….. “I’m proud that this agency is not only returning full back pay, but is recovering damages and penalties to send a strong message that cheating workers will not be tolerated.”

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."

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A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week.

Go Seahawks.

Happy Black History Month, Illinois.

To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:

The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.

Governor Pritzker visits City Center Market.

Had the chance to stop by City Center Market in Rockford this week.

As a part of our Illinois Grocery Store Initiative, stores like this are helping us eliminate food deserts throughout our state.

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.