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it would take to pull off a general strike here that wouldn’t result in millions getting fired, starving and dying would be the largest organizing effort in human history.

It’s not impossible, but it is a long way off. If you want it, you need to start organizing locally and take responsibility

Every time someone drops into my comments asking about a general strike, I have to remind folks that unlike in Europe we have at will employment here allowing essentially anyone to be fired at any time for any reason, and health insurance tied to employment.

The amount of organizing

And the current govt is gutting the tiny bit of state supported insurance that can be a lifeline if you lose your job

ICE pulled GUNS on 3 people in the Rogers Park area today.

In just a single Chicago neighborhood today, ICE went after
rapid responders, "pulling guns on at least three people and arresting one volunteer."

Advertisers know that what your friends think is far more important to your purchasing decisions than ads are. No wonder they're trying to substitute bots for your friends

this is only lending credence to my “the Trump administration genuinely believes the US contains a strategic Aryan Hot Boy Reserve” theory

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

Guy: no see what you really want to do is this thing, that makes your eyes burst out of your head

People: no, that is a bad idea, there are many alternatives to doing this thing that makes your eyeballs explode

Guy, doubling and tripling down: DO THIS THING THAT MAKES YOUR EYEBALLS FUCKING EXPLODE

One thing that would probably be more helpful is to make CBS totally irrelevant which means not sharing the constant stream of ragebait and disinformation they’re going to post

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Pritzker basically pulled a Newsom, doing lots of tough guy posting and soundbites but in the end he's directing his cops to help the gestapo terrorize Chicago without pushback or even inconvenience.

"They'll have to go through me"

"hello im the DHS secretary and im in charge of all this and it's the radical left's fault that this thing im in charge of as you can see right here by looking at my face sucks even more than usual right now. hello im the DHS secretary and im in charge of all this and it's the radical left's fault t

im not a politics genius but i do wonder if putting your dumb face on a loop for people to watch over and over on longer than usual TSA lines actually wins you any friends

weird of him to be like "do not consider a safer option, only swim goggles" in the replies lol

“You're fucked either way” Is a bad response to this correction from them. If Steven is giving out advice for protesting and isn't transparent about a very huge threat this can give to your eyes, it’s irresponsible at the very least, and could really hurt people.

why is he doubling down in the comments? this is so irresponsible for a journalist

No. No. No.

(Nothing against Steven, I used to do this too until I learned that it was a bad idea.)

Swim goggles hit by a projectile (like a tear gas canister or pepper ball) can direct force to the area around your eyeball and pop it out of your skull.

NOT desirable.

a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"

If the US can ever vomit this stupid era out we're gonna need widespread all-ages education on basic facts like when you'd see old billboards or MST3k shorts advertising the concept of hand washing or being good. Stop Using Gasoline To Wash Clothes. Springs Are Ubiquitous & Essential To Modern Life

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

Safe to say, with these changes, people with “X” gender markers will no longer be able to travel to or even from the U.S. starting October 14.

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The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Going back in time to the year 2000 and removing the seatbelts from a single McLaren F1

art lit criticism is my passion ass guy

video of people being snatched by ICE at a laundromat shows an intersection between housing and immigration enforcement. if your unit and building don't have (working, available) laundry, that's one more errand where you have to spend significant time in potentially vulnerable public space

man what. lmao

It should be noted that while INS existed prior to these horrors, ICE's increased fascist powers come from the Patriot Act of 2001. They completely ignored all law and sense to grab this man.

Christ

Something I didn't appreciate until my kids started school was just how enmeshed the tech industry is in public ed. Attendance, school lunch, communication, calendars, testing, teaching tools--everything has its own app. There's a lot of money to be made there.

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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