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High stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive agenda in head tax push Having already failed to deliver other key tenets of his ambitious tax-the-rich wish list, the head tax is a watershed moment for Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies.

Reject this framing from the Trib: “Most new taxes would need Springfield approval, but the mayor’s frosty relationship w/ Pritzker thus far makes that prospect slim.”

If Pritzker wanted to redistribute wealth, Brandon Johnson would not be able to stop him.

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So I guess I’ll just be watching whatever @kevonstage.bsky.social is putting out. One day I will edit something for him

Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...

new: at least 26 unhoused chicagoans have been abducted since the start of "operation midway blitz."

the full scope of people disappeared is likely much larger but is obscured by heavy criminalization, social stigma, and fewer eyes and phones around to bear witness.

via @katieprout.bsky.social

Oh so Thanksgiving meals could have been $20 this whole time?? Food prices didn’t need to be so high?

I’m breaking out of the house tomorrow and I’m so excited. I can’t even sleep

this is so so insane the ILLINOIS STATE POLICE are lining up LIKE THIS against clergy and people dressed as the Kool-Aid man.

This bs really needs to end...

Please consider these generally unknown details.

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Sharing this INCREDIBLE new resource on the family separation policy, the impacts of which are still being felt today. Please check it out!

This how my wife touch my head after a haircut.

Hundreds killed in Darfur hospital massacre, 'hero' doctors abducted The last hospital in Darfur's el-Fasher has been destroyed by paramilitaries — hundreds of patients killed and doctors taken.

Horrific

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LoL almost like the state could fund and run grocery stores without a problem. And provide vital nutrition and good paying jobs to areas that lack these things...
Almost as if "the free market" is just a lie to keep people desperate, poor and starving...

holy shit

Hyde Park Produce has the best price on hibiscus and the local market on 71st isn’t bad either. There’s a Caribbean market on broadway and foster that I think has the allspice berries.

It can’t be overstated what absolute pieces of reeking shit these people are.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.

Sharing for awareness: For those able and willing to help, the Embassy of Jamaica in DC is coordinating disaster relief in the U.S.

They have asked folks to reach out to them at disasterresponse@jamaicaembassy.org to coordinate support.

The government has info on donations supportjamaica.gov.jm

Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of a hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops almost two years ago.

BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate "powerful" strikes in Gaza.

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

There's so much being recalled and there's no newsletter coming out due to the shutdown.

Check this and see if you have any of these in your kitchen. If so, throw them out or see if you can get a refund if you can.

Do you understand how fucking SICK this man is to think this way amidst all the shit going on in his state?!??!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?

I have some resources in this thread and I welcome anyone to add more if they’d like. It’s not just for Chicago—everybody eats ❤️

Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:

TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.

trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people

911 Calls Show South Shore Residents’ Panic During ICE Raid CPD dispatch audio reveals Border Patrol also arrested two U.S. citizens that night in Steelworkers Park.

Don’t miss the latest from @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social 🔥 for @southsideweekly.bsky.social 🙌🏾

...turning pennies into panache ✨

It was. It was the same attitude when I was his age. At least we and his therapist can help him navigate what feelings come up.

We just had a basic sex talk with our 10 yr old because he had questions. I think it went well but I guess only time will tell

The only thing that stuck out to me was him saying he didn’t want to be gay so he wouldn’t be judged. His peers judge the gays. Then I reminded him his parents are gay.

@npr.org itself reported without comment last summer that mass deportation was the Trump coalition’s housing plan