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Meet the primary candidates vying to unseat lapdog Mary Miller. Mahomet. Saturday. Let’s go!
-LM

Donald, you're not denying it.

Her introducing a federal version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is 100% on-brand.

Rep. Miller’s district overlaps our “turf.” She is only marginally to the left of Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), if at all, and achieved national notoriety within weeks of first being elected by favorably quoting a certain mustachioed German.

BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.

NSF officials break silence on how AI and quantum now drive agency grantmaking Leaders acknowledge White House role in controversial moves

The National Science Foundation is systematically being converted to the National AI and Quantum Research Foundation.

“I see it as the administration exerting political control over what has traditionally been NSF’s ability to fund the best science.”

I’ve said for years that, like doctors, LEOs should be required to carry professional malpractice/liability insurance at their own expense as a condition of employment. Make it possible for consequences to follow them. — Jeff

General Business Meeting · Champaign County Indivisible Champaign County Indivisible's monthly general business meeting - hear from working groups about currently ongoing efforts, get a chance to provide input into upcoming actions, and find ways to get co...

Join us at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 for our monthly general business meeting. Hear from working groups about ongoing efforts, provide input about upcoming actions, and find ways to get concretely involved.

Plus, lots to learn about the March 28 No Kings 3. Meeting details below.
-LM

But if enough of us turn out at the polls, their efforts will not work. If we vote by a large enough margin, there will be nothing they can do and any claims of voter fraud will lack legitimacy. Sure, we may need a general strike or millions in the streets protesting, I'm not disputing that...

Wow.

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Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents • Stateline As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court...

What a shock.

Donald Trump and his lackeys will be held responsible for the violence and damage they’ve done to our nation — and the Illinois Accountability Commission will make sure of it.

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Big announcement: Champaign County Indivisible now has a website! Go to champaigncountyindivisible.org to see the event calendar, sign up to help at No Kings 3 on March 28, find resources to support your community and much more!

Share it with your friends and let's keep building for change.
--LM

We’ve sought interviews with all 16 candidates for U.S. senator from Illinois — listen to them here | Illinois Public Media The decision by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin not to seek reelection has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity in Illinois politics. Sixteen men and women are seeking their party nomination to succeed...

Sen. Dick Durbin's decision not to seek reelection has led to a major race to succeed him.

On @21st.show, we've offered full-hour interviews to each of the *16* candidates (10 Democratic and six Republican) running in the primary.

Now you can find all of the conversations we've done in one spot.

‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest The other winners of the fourth annual contest were Stephen Coldbert, Pope Frío XIV, The Blizzard of Oz, Svencoolie and Caleb Chilliams, Chicago officials announced.

A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows “Abolish ICE,” clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced.

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Hey, #Illinois art-types: Hit me with your best Rebel Kingfishers to go with the Rebel Loons.

this is total nonsense? presidents quite famously struggled to maintain control over the federal bureaucracy going back to before the civil war and congress has always interfered a great deal into the executive branch. congressional deference is the abnormality!

The biggest need will be the safety/deescalation team, simply because we anticipate a crowd for ~5k, maybe more. But also - publicity beforehand, setup/teardown, circulating with welcome materials… possibly more to come, too. — Jeff

#MorningVibe

In 1954, Edward R. Murrow reminded us that disagreeing with those in power isn’t the same as being disloyal. He warned against letting fear take over & replacing evidence with accusations.

This is a call to courage. Freedom doesn’t protect itself.

Fears of polio resurgence as US vaccine adviser questions need for childhood shots Survivors say US healthcare system not ready for new cases – ‘the only thing to fix polio is the polio vaccine’

Every time I write about measles, experts warn that polio is next.

But it's been so long since we had polio outbreaks, there are very few doctors who even know how to treat its long-term health issues. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This cosmologist studies dark matter, an invisible part of the universe Katie Mack started out building solar-powered LEGO cars as a kid. Now she studies dark matter to better understand how galaxies form and evolve.

Katie Mack, Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication at Perimeter Institute, spoke with ScienceNewsExplores about her journey to becoming a cosmologist, misconceptions about her work, and challenges in her field.

Read the full interview: www.snexplores.org/article/cosm...

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, appears to have deleted his tweet after these Democrats responded

This economic idea transfixed Wall Street and Washington. It may be a mirage. Massive investment in AI contributed “basically zero” to U.S. economic growth last year, Goldman Sachs has calculated.

"Prominent economists, including from Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, calculate that the AI buildup was directly responsible not for 92 percent or 39 percent of gains to the U.S. economy in 2025, but as little as zero."

Spiderweb Software built their bones that way, and their Avernum series is still great.

STOP THE SAVE ACT (Updated) All Eyes on the Senate

STOP THE SAVE ACT (Updated)
My new piece is up with lots of info about the SAVE America Act - the version of the SAVE Act that passed the House and is before the Senate this week. This is a MUST READ and then ACT.
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I would say the same for Illinois: @govpritzker.illinois.gov

I mean, winning the gold in men’s hockey is nice and all but the real Miracle on Ice would be the miracle of getting rid of ICE and everyone and everything that goes with it. These are the “goals” I am focused on at present. I’m sure Canada will find all of their democracy and healthcare consolation

More than that, extraordinary claims require EXTRAORDINARY evidence. The amount and credibility of the evidence needed rises in proportion to the unusual nature (or prior implausibility) of the claim.

Norway's Johannes Klæbo is new Winter Olympics king Johannes Klaebo won all six cross-country skiing events at this year's Winter Olympics, the surpassing Eric Heiden's five golds in 1980.

Johannes Klaebo won all six cross-country skiing events at this year's Winter Olympics, the surpassing Eric Heiden's five golds in 1980. n.pr/3OuYgRg