Thomas Edwards

Sucks that our own Governor, who talks a good game for the cameras, has committed his muscle to supporting ICE.

I called the called @govpritzker.illinois.gov office to ask why he was sending ISP officers to assist ice at the protests in Broadview and was yelled at by the person who answered the phone for asking the question and then they hung up on me.

Super fun

As everyone is aware, many federal agencies are active in Chicago right now. It is as important as ever to Know Your Rights. Call the NLG Chicago Mass Defense Hotline at 872-4-NLG-CHI (872-465-4244).

Illinois State Police are protecting ICE as they move their vehicles out of the Broadview Detention Center. Call Governor Pritzker now to demand that he remove the ISP from Broadview. No state resources to protect kidnappers. Pritzker: Call off the IL state police 312-814-2121

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW:
(Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
(Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831
Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336

I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Feds Disappear Trans People from “LGBT” Intel reports on threats to Pride events reveal campaign to stamp out the word “transgender”

U.S. intelligence has removed "T" from "LGBT" in their reports - including those intended to warn of threats to the community.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-disap...

"I watched Snow White when I was a kid and I ain't gave a bitch a poison apple yet." is an all time bar

Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population | Common Dreams Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC costs more than 4 times as much as it would cost to simply house every homeless person in the city, according to researcher Hanna Homestead.

Trump is spending over $1 MILLION per day to have the National Guard harass homeless people. In contrast, providing housing to every homeless person in DC would cost ~ $255k.

The solution to homelessness is housing and supports, not handcuffs and jails. buff.ly/pMYtwCE

Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks, report says The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.

We are aware of reports that the Trump Administration may deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. We know that this may directly impact Chicagoans experiencing homelessness and many people—including us—are concerned and afraid of what might happen.

It’s one of those days where I’m holding back my tears when talking to my clients.

Why we need more journalists to think critically about policing. Cuz according to this, the travesty is that the military isn't in the racially coded "high crime" areas.

Ohhh....So we are at this point of fascism.

Having an identity crisis, while simultaneously not wanting to spend a lot of money on clothes and not having a lot of time to thrift, is a very frustrating place to exist.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad Sen Durbin and Rep Danny Davis are retiring…. But now they’re even worse than normal at responding and reacting to constituent calls.

I just want my Dem Sen and Rep to do something…anything… to end the genocide in Gaza and actually fight Trump’s fascist takeover.

The hidden costs of cutting Medicaid Cutting Medicaid can seem like an easy way to slash the budget. But, the costs can spread to all of us.

Cutting Medicaid can seem like an easy way to slash the budget. But, the costs can spread to all of us.

Biden’s Team Lied About Gaza. It’s Time to Hold Them Accountable. Impunity for abetting war crimes weakens U.S. democracy.

Presumably you've seen this, but I do like this line re: senior Biden admin people: "Unlike more junior officials, whose candor might provide an eventual pathway back to government service, those most responsible for the catastrophe shouldn’t have a role in any future administration."

The Trump administration’s EO encouraging the criminalization of homelessness is nothing short of cruel and fascistic. And… Dems like Gaven Newsom celebrate and champion the policies of the Trump admin.

Standing up to Trump, necessitates standing with our unhoused neighbors.

🚨Trump is pushing states to forcibly institutionalize people for experiencing homelessness.

“The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick," @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
buff.ly/SmtsxzC

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.

Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.

To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.

www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food Pontiff also speaks of anguish over Israeli strike on territory’s only Catholic church, which killed three people

Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 93 reported killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food

One reason I can't get exorcised about the defunding of PBS is because it would take 4 rich Liberals 6 months to raise enough to cover the funding cut. They should do that. Yes I subscribe already but Liberal elites should fucking make themselves useful.

Today is Hope for Homes Day! CCH joins 35 Illinois nonprofits in this fundraising effort aimed at supporting our shared mission of preventing and ending homelessness. Give now: www.hopeforhomesday.org/organization...

If we ever get the fascists out of power the thing I want whoever takes over to remember from right now is we can afford anything, literally anything, we want to afford. And you don’t have to justify it to anyone.

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

What do we do to stop this? Isr*ael and the US are literally starving babies, and we just watch it happen every single day.

The Formula and food exists, they just aren’t letting the people have it. FUCK

This news makes me incredibly sad.

Sotomayor issues a blistering dissent that states plainly that this decision renders constitutional protections meaningless.

we actually don’t have to listen to the people who are cheerleading war who were also cheerleading war 20+ years. we’re the adults in the room now and we have the power to say fuck no to shitty ideas.

Oh it’s racism and Islamophobia.

How do we (US Citizens) keep allowing our elected leaders to bomb the Middle East and drag us into unjust wars?

I’m only 33 and I’ve lived through this shit so many times already.

Is it because I don’t watch cable news? Am I living in some separate reality? Is it some secret third thing?

New York Bans Anonymous Child Welfare Reports New legislation will require callers to the state child abuse hotline to identify themselves. ProPublica’s reporting in 2023 found that many anonymous callers made false allegations that led to intrus...

NY bans anonymous child welfare reports thanks, in part, to Eli Hager’s reporting on a Brooklyn mother whose apartment was searched dozens of times — by police and caseworkers who never had a warrant — because an angry former acquaintance kept anonymously calling the hotline about her.