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lgbtq+ \ journalist \ advocate \ chicago lesbian \ feminist\ she\her π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβππ¦ Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author Skeets my own.
Chicago out of our streets rally Wednesday 5:30 pm Ida B Wells and Michigan.
07.10.2025 19:37 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
If you think today's news media picture is grim, take stock of how Chicago's local journalists are getting at the truth despite Homeland Security's campaign of lies and intimidation.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot Δoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, Β»hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the largβ¦
βWho was president in 2020?β is the question of our time
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Other law enforcement officers were present, including Officer Jason Klepec. Officer Klepec told Ms. Reid that he was filming her, in response to her filming the agents. After Ms. Reid was arrested, she was put into the backseat of a car driven by Officer Dinko Residovic. While Ms. Reid was sitting in the backseat, Officer Residovic viewed a video of the incident, captured by cellphone. Ms. Reid recalls that the video clearly showed what the government has alleged was an attempted knee to the groin. She recalls that the angle of the video shows that the knee was not directed at any law enforcement officer but was a reactive movement.
FPD for Sydney Reid (a woman accused of assault after cops manhandled her for filming an ICE arrest) say that the government did not preserve video that one of the officers watching took, which she claims is exculpatory.
They're moving to dismiss the case.
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Zelda Williams: βAnd for the love of EVERY THING, stop calling it βthe future,β AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the lineβ
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A screenshot of the homepage of the Guardian US. Top headline: "US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on βconversion therapyβ Ruling in favor of Christian legal group could undermine care and rights for LGBTQ+ youth across the country" The accompanying photo shows two protestors from the shoulders down holding signs. One, held by a person in a rainbow shirt, reads: "I was born GAY. Were you born HATEFUL?" The other, held by an adult, reads: "Does Conversion therapy work for BIGOTS?"
splash image on the guardian us front rn goes hard
07.10.2025 17:59 β π 51 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if thereβs a compelling public interest
Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)
Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion
It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all
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π₯ As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
07.10.2025 17:30 β π 203 π 131 π¬ 4 π 4Iβm sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice
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Survivors of ex-gay therapy have been very open about how painful their experiences were. It taught them to hate themselves and devastated their mental health, with long-term effects even after removing themselves from the torturous treatment. beyondexgay.com/survey/resul...
07.10.2025 14:12 β π 86 π 14 π¬ 2 π 1These Supreme Court oral arguments on conversion therapy are going to be painful. No matter what is said, know that trying to force someone to be what they're not is psychological torture with measurable negative consequences, and anyone trying to defend such efforts is a bigoted monster.
07.10.2025 13:47 β π 914 π 254 π¬ 12 π 14If it is medical treatment, you cannot logically square blocking bans on conversion therapy based on the Skrmetti decision.
SCOTUS will anyway, but the decision is going to be absolutely tortured Calvinball.
So the American taxpayer eats it twice, once on tariffs and again on a second farm bailout. Iβm glad farmers are getting help, no one should lose their farm, but itβs remarkable how fast βsocialismβ stops being a dirty word when the checks clear in red counties.
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Who knew that Halloween decor could be so realistically frightening?!?
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This guy is the guy that Marimar Martinez had IDed as a YouTuber in advance of her shooting. Tricia McLaughlin emphasized that "doxing" to justify her shooting.
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The Brutal CBP Assault Tied to the Marimar Martinez Shooting
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On Chicagoβs NW side from 1854 to 1970 there was a βcivil commitment and forced medical careβ institution called Dunning Asylum, later the Chicago State Hospital.
People realized during construction in the 1990s they were building on mass graves of poor and mentally ill people.
There is precedent.
Itβs fun to be writing a book about the great work the Civil Rights Division did in the 1960s to eradicate decades of entrenched segregation, discrimination and violence and then read about how the Division today is busy fighting to protect the privileged from imaginary crimes.
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Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trumpβs loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior DHS position in which sheβll help oversee election security.
βDHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,β one expert said.
Pritzker is also furious: βShould National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.β
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OpenAIβs planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altmanβs buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades
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π Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying sheβs not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. βIβm absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.β She says GOP leaders donβt have a plan.
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This is a long, thoughtful, and brilliant post about how to understand political campaigning & strategy from one of the progressive left's most brilliant thinkers and practitioners @anatosaurus.bsky.social. Read it and listen to her: Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
06.10.2025 23:37 β π 214 π 97 π¬ 13 π 7Govt. attorney wants language added to the TRO giving feds the ability to disperse an entire crowd, incl. journalists.
He cites people possibly "impersonating" journalists to cause chaos.
Plaintiff attys claim this could threaten journalistic purpose, i.e., to act as "the eyes" of a community.
Megyn Kelly has now made multiple denigrating posts about me across X, YouTube, her podcast so Iβm sharing this. Unlike her, I don't perform dislike and disdain in public,then become my real self when the cameras are off. That's the definition of the grift she accuses me of;I find it profoundly sad.
06.10.2025 13:49 β π 3292 π 633 π¬ 181 π 41
Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families β and weβre making that crystal clear by giving you the data.
Weβve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.
Letβs start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
