The first hearing in this case is set for 2 p.m. today, the same time that Pritzker and Johnson are set to address the news media. @wttw.bsky.social

More of this.

She ain't learned a thing

Getting played by a white boy is so embarrassing 😔

We're already at the 'I marched with MLK' level re: 2020 and it's only been 5 years, LMAO.

How this is playing out in our household.

What they're really mad about is that trolling doesn't lead to engagement. The whole "radical centrist" model on Twitter is trolling the left and getting huge boosts from the algorithm. Doesn't work here. You get scolded then blocked. Trolling doesn't get them eyeballs, and that makes them big mad.

Chicago is ready to resist Trump: Here's a list of protests happening this week • The TRiiBE Organizers are hitting the streets for Labor Day to resist Trump's threats to send the feds to Chicago.

The Department of Defense has solidified its plans to post up at Naval Station Great Lakes.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said federal deployment could begin this week.

Whatever happens, Chicago is ready to resist.

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“We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it’s never a question of “critical mass. It’s always about critical connections.”

- Grace Lee Boggs

Inside the USAID Fire Sale Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.

The scale of the waste and inefficiency of the Trump administration is only now coming to light

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It’s Been a Year Since Illinois Eliminated Cash Bail. Prosecutors, Researchers Examine the Impact Illinois became the first state to eliminate cash bail exactly one year ago Wednesday. Supporters said the law is intended to address equity issues, while opponents feared a spike in crime. New resear...

Early research in Illinois shows eliminating cash bail didn't increase crime. In fact, Chicago is having a big crime drop.

It's difficult to attribute that drop to a single cause (crime data is messy!) But it is safe to say ending cash bail didn't lead to a spike.

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Fuck 12.

And please shift your attention to the people who warned about this, to those who have been correct all along.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Yanking Funding From Chicago Over Immigrant Protections U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued an injunction late Friday to that will prevent the Trump administration from blocking funding for some of the nation’s largest cities, including Chicago, Los ...

NEW: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from yanking funding from Chicago and 33 other cities and counties because they have laws designed to protect undocumented immigrants by prohibiting state local law enforcement officials from helping federal agents. @wttw.bsky.social

Good.

'Phantom Blade Zero' used real Kung Fu masters for the motion capture ⚔️

"It's like a playable Kung Fu movie" 🎮

The release date will be announced by the end of 2025

An Al Jazeera journalist is among 15 Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. At least three other journalists were killed in the attack.

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.

She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
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You the wackiest bitch I know

Text reads: Base Building in Authoritarian Times | Explore practical methods for developing and sustaining a base, and Practice skills you can take back to your community to anchor your organizing in durable structures of people power. | September 20, noon - 4pm, 800 W. Buena Avenue | Organized by kelly Hayes and the Doing Justice Collaborative Images include a bullhorn and a hand holding a marker

Last month, I organized a workshop on building public assemblies. Next month, I'm organizing a workshop on base-building in authoritarian times. My pals Denzel Caldwell & Mason Herson-Hord will be facilitating. If you're in Chicago, I hope you'll attend. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/base-build...

😒 cringy

Them: what do you bring the table?
Me: FAT PUSSY AND DRAMA 🗣️🗣️🗣️

New drug dealers are strange. What do you mean pay in advance?!

Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

Exclusive: The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with President Trump’s interpretation of American history.

Why didn't you tell me THE BEAR fell off this hard?????

How about your bitch ass stop throwing trans people under the bus you ugly ass bitch

I am very emotionally attached to my Hulu account. It's been with me through two graduate degrees. I hate this .

I say it all of the time but I need to repeat this. Talk to elders who were activists and organizers in previous eras because they will share how much in the minority they were.

Former Ald. Walter Burnett Could Collect $121K Annual City Pension While Earning $311K as CHA Head, Records Show Burnett represented parts of the West Side and the West Loop for 30 years on the Chicago City Council. He retired July 31.

NEW: Former Ald. Walter Burnett (27th Ward) will collect an annual city taxpayer-funded pension of $120,608 — and could also earn more than $310,000 at the same time as head of the Chicago Housing Authority, according to records obtained by @wttw.bsky.social, I report with @jaredrutecki.bsky.social

Scorching cells How heat threatens lives in America’s prisons

www.reuters.com/graphics/USA... - this is torture