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We signed on because as a labor union representing independent media workers, we both feel and agree that indie journalists are "particularly susceptible to retaliation, intimidation, & violence, & attacks on them should be treated w/ the same seriousness as attacks on better known journalists."

Aren’t jails meant for… I don’t know… felons?

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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.

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

#PleaseReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#poems #DonaldTrump #Epstein
#ProudBlue #Pinks
#ResistanceUnited
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The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

absolutely. 35 seats are up for election. current only down by 4 votes to control the senate. house all 435 seats are up for election. we could own both and then start stopping and fixing this administration's bs. everyone gotta show up though and vote. we need everyone and the kitchen sink 4 this 1

Portland troop deployment expected to cost at least $3.8 million Oregon lawmakers held a hearing on President Trump’s order for the first time Tuesday

bUt We cAnT AfFoRD SOciAL pRogRaMS!!! 🙄

$3.8 million for unnecessary troop deployment to Portland. Seems like waste, abuse & fraud to me.

Bari Weiss launched The Free Press with funding from Peter Thiel allies Marc Andreessen and David Sacks. She’s the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. 1/

Then why the HELL are National Guard flying all over the country for free??? Are they that sick in the head???

Trump and the Republicans are so determined to take away our health care that they are keeping the government shut down to do it. #TrumpShutUSDown

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read the story behind this stat here: reasonstobecheerful.world/psilocybin-p...

It’s Banned Books Week, so celebrate your freedom to read. Buy or check out a banned book. Donate to groups that support readers & writers. Make your voice heard at school & library board meetings. @penamerica.bsky.social has a trove of links, talking points & other info: pen.org/book-bans/5-...

Banned Books Week 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union Find an event or learn more about your First Amendment freedoms.

Protecting the freedom to learn is critical to the health of our democracy.

Celebrate Banned Books Week at an event near you.

Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesn’t have to be the Speaker).

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS: (202)224-3121 INVESTIGATE ICE POLICE POWER WITHOUT OVERSIGHT IS ABUSE REFORMERS

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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

Renewable energy sources overtake coal
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Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest Thunberg declined to elaborate on the alleged torture, adding when pressed that she didn't get clean water and that other detainees were deprived of critical medication.

Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest reut.rs/4nE1CxU

Agree. Agree. Agree.

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

Greene says she's felt more pressure on Epstein petition than any other issue Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that she has faced more pressure over a petition to trigger a House vote compelling the release of files linked to Jeffrey Epstein than any other issue. “My signature is on that discharge petition, and there has not been another issue where I have ever received more pressure than that one, and I'm pretty much shocked by it. I can't imagine — I've never understood how this is an issue,” Greene told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill.” “I think when it comes to women being raped, especially when they were 14 years old, that's pretty black and white,” she added The Georgia representative is one of only four Republican House members to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on the full release of the Epstein case files. Greene continues to be a staunch backer of the president, but she has repeatedly broken with her party during his second term, on both the Epstein files and foreign policy issues. She has previously stated getting “a lot” of pushback from the White House over supporting a discharge petition. In recent months, the Trump administration has faced intense backlash over its handling of files linked to Epstein from both sides of the aisle.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday his delay in swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (Ariz.) was not linked to her upcoming signature on the discharge petition . “It has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back,” Johnson said at a press conference. When asked about the timing of Grijalva’s swearing-in, Johnson said: “We’ll schedule it, I guess, whenever she wants. It has nothing to do with it.” “The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I’m ready to get to work,” Grijalva said in a post on X Monday. “Swear me in NOW @SpeakerJohnson!” On Monday, President Trump said he would need to talk to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and look over the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of Epstein, in the wake of the Supreme Court declining to review her sex-trafficking conviction from 2021 .

Greene says she's felt more pressure on Epstein petition than any other issue

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.