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CTA Red Line Extension funding frozen as Trump administration withholds $2.1 billion from Chicago Two major Chicago transit projects are in jeopardy after the White House froze $2.1 billion in federal funding over an investigation into racial preferences in contracting.

At a time when federal agents are sowing chaos in Chicago, the Trump administration is holding bipartisan funding hostage.

It’s attempting to score political points but is instead hurting our economy and the hardworking people who rely on public transit to get to work or school.

In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.

I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

A robin on a stump of branch.

Rake leaves, attract friend.

In ‘holding the line on healthcare’, activists say Democrats answered the call to do something In a rare display of unity, Democrats embraced the risky politics of a government shutdown to rein in a president whom many say may be a threat to US democracy

Democrats call for continued health care subsidies amid budget impasse.
If ACA tax credits are allowed to expire, countless families will be forced to drop insurance.
#HealthCare #ProtectACA #VoteBlue
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Bluesky supports free discussion. Would you mind sending me a private message? We can learn from each other

Exclusive: OPEC+ plans another oil output hike in November, sources say OPEC+ will likely approve another oil production increase of at least 137,000 barrels per day at its meeting next Sunday, as rising oil prices encourage the group to try to further regain market share, three sources familiar with the talks said.

OPEC+'s decision to increase production could put further pressure on oil prices, and for U.S. consumers, it may be a lifesaver or greater uncertainty about energy policy.
#EnergyPolicy #OilPrices #EconomicRipple
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Explainer: How a US government shutdown could affect financial markets The risk of a partial U.S. government shutdown beginning next week is rising as congressional Democrats and Republicans hit an impasse over how to continue to fund the federal government.

The risk of a US government shutdown rises, if the short-term appropriations bill can not be passed, regulators and key economic data release time may be affected.
Financial markets may face "blindness".
#governmentshutdown #marketrisk #financialstrategy
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Trump’s U.S. attorney pick could put him on collision course with Senate It’s unclear whether Virginia’s Democratic senators will support Lindsay Halligan if her nomination as U.S. attorney comes before the Senate.

Democratic senators like Kaine & Warner are pushing back hard on Trump’s new U.S. Attorney pick for Virginia—someone with no prosecutorial experience. Qualifications matter. Not politics.
#JusticeDepartment #VoteBlue #FairAppointments
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It’s hard to see them standing up for themselves when pressured, but perhaps we can expect them to stand up more firmly for the issues we care about in the future. Protecting health care and ACA subsidies is important

Neil Young brought it at Farm Aid. One of the greatest rock n rollers of all time.

Interference with an officer of the Law doing his/her job Hay Kat, You really good good the other day when you tried to mess with some ICE officers doing their job. Like most politicians you were poto shot setting on your ass. Just what is it about Loceal, state, and federal officers doing their job that upsets you? What's next Kat, flying to some out of country prision to have lunch and cocktails with a known game member and wife beater? That's quite a mouth you have as well, do you kiss your mother and 'Partner" with that mouth?

They’re not sending their best.

One time, the Missouri Ethics Committee investigated me over a $30 donation…

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Democratic leaders in US Congress demand meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, on Saturday demanded a meeting with President Donald Trump to avoid a government shutdown when funding ends on September 30.

🚨 “Schumer & Jeffries demand meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms” — healthcare, ACA subsidies, Medicaid funding on the line. Republicans need to stop the brinksmanship.
#VoteBlue #HealthcareFirst #DemocracyMatters
www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

Jimmy Kimmel suspension spurs House Democratic leaders to demand FCC chair resign House Democrats are vowing a "relentless" investigation, stating, "This will not be forgotten."

FCC chair must resign, House members demand www.axios.com/2025/09/18/j...

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Classic pushback against Disney's capitulation to the FCC from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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#Kimmel #Disney

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.

Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣

This is a must-watch. 🔥🍿🥤

I'll add can't believe the FCC!

Trump-era FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s actions set a dangerous precedent for free speech in America. Forcing ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air after his criticism isn’t just political retaliation—it’s a direct assault on the First Amendment and the Communications Act.

Jake Tapper: I have never seen an FCC chairman call for a direct action by local affiliates to remove a speaker and speech that they don't like.

If we do not have the ability to criticize, mock, investigate our leaders, then we are no longer the United States of America.

Stephen Colbert: "FCC Chair and individually wrapped hard-boiled egg that they sell at the airport, Brendan Carr...is telling [ABC] to punish Kimmel or else. It feels to me like shutting down this kind of speech represents a serious threat to our freedoms."

Wonder what the “Twitter Files” free speech absolutists that accused the Biden Administration of “censoring” disinfo on Twitter think of the FCC chair getting Kimmel fired.

🛑 Congress edges toward a shutdown unless Republicans drop proposed Medicaid cuts and extend ACA subsidies.
This isn’t politics — it’s about people’s health, stability, and dignity.
#HealthCare #VoteBlue #ProtectMedicaid

The climate crisis is already around the corner: heat, wildfires, floods. We need clean energy jobs, upgraded power grids, and climate-resilient infrastructure to make communities safer and bills lower.

📢 Congress passes landmark clean energy bill ⚡
Investing in our planet is investing in our future 🌍
#ClimateAction #GreenNewDeal #CleanEnergy #VoteBlue

🗳️ Early 2025 primaries show Gen Z voter turnout skyrocketing 🚀
The future is voting — and it’s voting for change 💙
#GenZVotes #BlueWave #DemocracyRising #VoteBlue