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My response to 'discovering' them a few years ago was, "Does everybody else know about this brilliant band??!"

The answer was "Yes."

(A dear friend was even in their touring band, ffs)

Ohhh I am not going to be happy if they eff around with the Chicago Stock Exchange room, one of the best things to see at the Art Institute of Chicago - in part as a living testament to the need for historical preservation rules

Self proclaimed neo-nazi: "I'm in my villain IDGAF era..."

Both WWII vets.

One worked as a technician for the Post Office.

The other abandoned his son.

My favorite artists' tickets are not only available, they're also affordable.

Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm No seriously, fuck the algorithm.

today on @theflytrapmedia.com a banger (pun extremely intended) from @sesmith.lol on the censorship of sex workers and how the algorithm and payment processers screw (pun extremely intended) with their hard-earned $$

gavin newsom is a very useful weathervane because he believes in nothing save the fact that he should be president

that he's making these noises about israel support should tell you how incredibly over it is for israel within the democratic party going forward

It wasn't difficult

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

There are many ways that NYC residents can fight to fund our public libraries:
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How to win in November

Hey that’s about the cost of the SSI Restoration Act, which would cut recipient poverty by 60%, eliminate marriage penalties, and modernize draconian asset limits.

"The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. The very word 'war', therefore, has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist."

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell (1949)

George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949)

George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949)

Trying to imagine the excitement of the @nytimes.com after the U.S. nukes civilians for the first time since WWII.

The people whom I've seen back at Broadview after they'd been arrested there, still with charges hanging over their heads, are about as bad-ass as it gets.

Thanks, Reader readers! Chicago’s new front page

Thank you.

Why do so many Democrats make this look so hard?

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"Local authorities arrested more than 100 people outside the immigration facility, most on misdemeanor offenses involving allegations of disobeying police officers or obstructing or resisting"

"Abolish ICE" is the compromise position

THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT!!1!

America had never given a damn about "the troops"

"...but to really screw things up you need A.I."

My niece is currently spiraling through the 'needs a car to go to work and needs gas to drive the car and needs a job that can pay for a car and gas because she needs a car to go to work and...' cycle.

Definitely a gateway to despair.

Best police force to protect a murderous army of secret police - Chicago Reader Unified Command of Broadview, Illinois, a powerhouse conglomerate of cops led by the Illinois State Police and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

"If you need protection for your battalion of murderous secret police, look no further than the Unified Command of Broadview."

"Until the U.S. confronts its record of overthrowing other nations’ governments, its claims to defend freedom will ring hollow."

If there's anyone in the city I'd trust on this matter, you're it

My money was on leather and chrome 🤷‍♀️