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Cathy Traczek

@cathytraczek.bsky.social

Chicago girl. Champagne girl. Book girl. GenX girl. Lake girl. Liberal girl.๐Ÿ’™Chick power girl. Support each other. Follow your passion. Be kind. Proud Mom of an amazing son and my husband is amazing too. Go Clones! No DMs.

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Chicago Restaurants Offering Free, Discounted Meals During SNAP Freeze Food pantries are increasing their efforts to help โ€” and Chicago restaurants are offering completely free or discounted meals to people in need.

Chicago Restaurants Offering Free, Discounted Meals During SNAP Freeze blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/t...

03.11.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Activists Are Fighting Trump's Immigration Crackdown in Chicago

ICE is terrorizing communities across Chicago. Activists are using hotlines and rapid response teams to help residents navigate Trumpโ€™s immigration crackdown.

26.10.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 181    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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#A_NewHope โœŠ

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On Indigenous Peopleโ€™s Day โ€” and every day โ€” Iโ€™m inspired by the leadership, stewardship, and partnership of tribal leaders throughout the 6th District and across the country. (1/

13.10.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No thank you.

26.09.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi James. No dms, please.

26.09.2025 02:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire

Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire

Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire

22.09.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5122    ๐Ÿ” 1693    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 152    ๐Ÿ“Œ 106
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Cow and dog snoozing together ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’ค

21.09.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 444    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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๐ŸŒฟ TODAY is International Day of Peace โ€ฆ

โ€œOn this International Day of Peace, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.โ€
~Ban Ki-moon ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

Artwork by Sliman Mansour

21.09.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 128    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Where have we seen this before?
Different streets, different country, different time.
Same message.
Evil doesnโ€™t die; it reinvents itself.

16.09.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 146    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! I am proud to celebrate the rich culture and history of Hispanic communities in CA-15 and across the country.

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Suicide prevention day
Such a tragedy when it happens and so tough for individuals who feel there is no other answer and for folk supporting them
Thinking of everyone who has been impacted
#suicideprevention

10.09.2025 06:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I think I need to post this often

Never forget the Victims
Never forget the Children

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"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
~Albert Eisenstein

Stop the stalling, release the Epstein files, arrest the PedoFascist & let's get to rebuilding our Democracyโ€ผ๏ธ
โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธโšก๏ธ

29.07.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 288    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Truth:

30.07.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 201    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS
ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

๐Ÿ™‚

08.07.2025 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27997    ๐Ÿ” 6051    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 203

We should all be outraged about how yearly layoffs have become normalized within companies.

17.07.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3341    ๐Ÿ” 510    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 110    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.

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โ€œWhen the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciaryโ€™s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.โ€

-Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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The same day Trumpโ€™s kidnapping czar Homan admitted theyโ€™re racially profiling, a judge just ordered them to stop racially profiling.

Read tonightโ€™s ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Today is Juneteenth...it commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States.

19.06.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18545    ๐Ÿ” 2708    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 259    ๐Ÿ“Œ 114
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Here is an otter learning to get your day off to the right start.

03.06.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13443    ๐Ÿ” 1581    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 198    ๐Ÿ“Œ 125
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Pope Leo Will Address Chicagoans Via Video At Sox Park Celebration The newly installed pope โ€” a White Sox fan โ€” will deliver a "special video message to the young people of the world" at a Mass and celebration June 14 at Rate Field.

Pope Leo Will Address Chicagoans Via Video At Sox Park Celebration blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/27/p...

29.05.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again

George Santayana

19.05.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 771    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

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