Isaiah Burks

"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva

It feels like it's going to be an insane news night tonight but for better or worse I have tickets to Stevie Nicks and dammit, I still intend to go.

I'm sorry how is Jonathan Taylor running for 1100 and 15tds in like 10 games not enough to close up the mvp race already?

what are you running from jonathan?

Ah yes, the thing to revitalize your downtown is to fill it with masked and armed man who routinely pepper spray random people. Everyone loves that.

If I was writing a popular history this would be my pivot moment I think.

this has been one of my central arguments the past ten years. the theory underpinning the anti-democratic elements of the american constitutional order is wrong!

In a just world the Smithsonian would take it over and continue it

Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.

Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

There, my friends, is an urban-suburban-rural, multiracial coalition.

The thing about Mamdani is that he’s so normal and so many people are so weird about him. And it becomes really hard to miss the fact it’s mostly because he’s Muslim

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

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People talk a lot of shit about “laptop jobs” but when I start making these keys click clack over buddy I’m working

a map showing where parking mandates have been removed around transit in illinois

ILLINOIS ELIMINATES PARKING MANDATES AROUND TRANSIT

Early Friday morning, the Illinois house and senate passed the People Over Parking Act, which will eliminate parking mandates for property around transit hubs and corridors.

Explore areas that may be impacted
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N.Y.C. Mayor's Race › Updates Tracking Early Voting Ballot M 3 hours ago Molly Longman "I appreciate not just what he says, but the actual steps he's taken, like the free bus pilot." Samantha Rodriguez, 40, an executive assistant in the Bronx who said she was voting for Zohran Mamdani. "I love that he said that he stands with the Palestinians," she said, noting that she had only one reservation: "The fact that he's a politician is the biggest red flag."

one of the dumbest things in politics is how low info voters hate the very concept of a politician

glad she’s voting for zohran but this exact mindset is how you end up with Trump or Bloomberg

I wish that the politicla world was how it was described to me growing up. We would be a much better society as a result.

Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.

As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Dayanne Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away.
Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

I got stopped by the Hebrew Israelites by the Bean on my walk on Saturday. Is that on the Chicago bingo sheet?

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

The debate about how Democrats need to change so they can overcome the ways our political system fails to represent people is so tired and boring.

The real question is: how can we change the political system so that it better represents people across the spectrum and delivers what we want.

Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.

Oh, I know what I'm watching for dinner tonight.

A person I interviewed for this story told me her 8th grader recently read Night by Elie Wiesel in school and observed “it’s sort of like what’s happening here right now” in case you’re wondering how things are going for Chicago’s kids.

this is the sports version of "If science was funded by government grants, the resulting published research should be open-access or unpaywalled very shortly after publication, not locked behind a $50 USD/article paywall"

What did I just watch

lol what are you supposed to do against this?

the phrase should be "win every election and use the power to ensure that authoritarianism never has the chance to go mainstream"