Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

I am just so fucking proud of her.

At this point, I can only really read and scroll the news for 10-15 minutes at a time before I become overwhelmed and am mentally screaming to the abyss

I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

Pritzker slams feds' silence on fatal ICE shooting in Franklin Park "This is the most unusual situation I've seen in my entire lifetime," the governor said Monday of what appears to be the first fatal shooting by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this y...

ICE killed a Chicago area man last week. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He wasn't "the worst of the worst." He was a cook. ICE hopes we'll forget about him. We won't.

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

Wait they chased off an ICE raid in WHEATON?????????? WHAT???????????????????????????? For people who don't know Chicago imagine like Brigham Young or Liberty University chasing off an ICE raid this is fucking WILD

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom. @staceywescott.bsky.social

Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE in Chicago.

Presidents? SCOTUS grants them immunity.

Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.

Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.

But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.

Hello?

Official Defies GOP Governor's Order To Fly Flags At Half Staff For Charlie Kirk He said he did not want to honor a man "who did so much to harm not only the marginalized, but also to degrade the fabric of our body politic."

An Iowa official defied the governor’s orders to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, writing he wouldn't honor a man who "did so much harm"

‼️UPDATE‼️ Stand Up for Science files whistleblower complaint against the Trump Administration for "blatantly illegal" retaliation against the #FEMA36.

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Jesus Christ this secret episode is HILARIOUS!! Sam is strangely having too much fun even though Brendan is trying to punish him! Lmao The entire crew deserves a raise for this one! SO GOOD! #gamechanger

Feeling particularly unpatriotic. I think tomorrow will be difficult to navigate, emotionally

Fourth of July is canceled until morale improves

@kevinbogardus.bsky.social covers the brave EPAers #DeclarationofDissent in @politico.com

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My anvil tagged with the same phrase as the post, and I fuckin mean it

TRANSPHOBES
EAT SHIT
AND DIE ALONE

LIVE: ‘No Kings’ protest against Trump ahead of military parade in DC YouTube video by Associated Press

Watch the #NoKings protest and speech #DC right now. "Refuse to bow! Are you standing!?" 🇺🇸✊️ #resist

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TOMORROW is MAY DAY (5/1/25): The latest in our ongoing PROTESTS!
FIGHT to protect the country from the chaos of one dangerously unstable man.
IT. IS. WORKING. Sane Americans easily outnumber the cult & live in Dementia Don's head rent-free. Bad press is his Kryptonite. BE THERE!! www.FiftyFifty.com

I think this framing made a really positive impact in terms of moving the political movement forward and getting straight people to give us rights, but it doesn't strike me as particularly true either

pink and blue hearts on a white background with a white heart in the middle Alt: animated pink, blue and white hearts

Solidarity with all trans sisters (and brothers) today

Fucked around and redownloaded Instagram. It was harmless for a few days. Then I began to lose hours and hours of my life to endless scrolling, not wanting to set my phone down even to walk to the bathroom. Deleted Instagram. The cycle continues. #instagram #addicted

Watching mythbusters as a current PhD student, and my question is how the hell did they get the funding?

It looks so fun but they're dropping thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars every episode for sure 😭 #academicsky

Ollie says local elections matter, go make your voice heard!