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Ellis starting the day off by reading out Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in its entirety.

Gross

"Currently, there are no Black women head coaches in the league following the dismissal of Noelle Quinn in Seattle. Teams and the league at large must make sure they create pipelines so that certain coaches aren’t left out of the WNBA’s new golden age."

Grayscale courts, my hoops nemesis..

“What radicalized you?” I don’t know, but it was possibly that mosh pit in 2001 at a System of a Down concert during Prison Song.

My kid is on to me. He was talking about the Astrobot and I zoned out. He said “did you hear what I said?” When I said yes he asked, “ok so what did I say?” I was so busted.

The pope that grew up near my dad has bars!

Damn

Large animatronic figures of characters from Rudolph stand opposite Halloween figures in a home improvement store.

Turf war.

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

As we get more reports of ICE thugs detaining Americans, it should be noted that Timothy Snyder made it crystal clear from the onset of ICE raids that NO ONE would be safe.

People tell ICE: "I'm an American." They illegally detain us anyway.

Bc WE already let them erode due process for immigrants.

In case anyone wanted to know what parenting is like in this moment, this week the 7yr old asked “mom, what’s ICE?” Whooo buddy, here we go.

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You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

In 1894 Pullman strike, Illinois’ governor fought president’s decision to send in troops During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the federal troops.

Really good piece from the Tribune's archives people on what happened when the president sent in troops to deal with the Pullman strike in 1894. John Peter Altgeld was an outstanding governor who too often is forgotten. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/i...

I’ll have to look for them. I’m not sure if I have them or if they are at my mom’s.

ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.

Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

Met Steve Kerr at a meet and greet at Chicago Ridge summer fest in 1997 I believe. He signed my jersey and shook my hand and I got a few pics. 14 year old me tripped over my words telling him he was my fav player.

We were "alarmist" and "unpatriotic" to protest the foreverwars and creation of DHS. We were "too idealistic" to demand higher wages and taxing rich people. We were "unrealistic" to demand accountability and alternatives to policing. And we were always "protesting wrong."

The “states’ rights,” “don’t tread on me,” “fight tyranny” crowd is now cheering on authoritarian power grabs—from a guy who can’t even walk up a flight of stairs.

If you care about the Constitution, you should care no matter who is in office.

As an epidemiologist I feel like I cant breathe. I genuinely cant breathe having to act normal. Like nothing is happening. Like people arent going to die because a cult is in charge of the country. They are a cult. Republicans are a fascist death cult. Firing ALL cancer doctors & vaccine specialists

Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

What a week... and it's only Monday

We at CDC swore an oath to defend the Constitution and do our jobs as best we can

Protecting you, the American people, is our job. And we will protect you as long as we can

To do that, we must rest to gather strength. Take care of yourself, #AltCitizen

GN 💚

I’m not saying, I’m just saying, the phone at @murray.senate.gov’s Seattle office is currently accepting messages if you need to call her and remind her and other senate dems that sending Marines out on US soil is explicitly illegal and grounds for impeachment. You know, just in case

Peaceful protest is the bedrock of our movement.

Thousands demonstrated exactly that – coming together to demand the release of David Huerta and to call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate ICE raids that are tearing apart our communities.

#FreeDavidEndRaids

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

They didn’t kill a family member of mine, but the family member was shot in the legs with rubber bullets while trying to shield someone else and needed surgery and has major scarring from it years later.