Alex

The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)

They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.

The Senate Democrats!

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

ICE executed a man in the middle of a busy street during morning rush hour last Friday—then they put out an easily disproven account—and it’s hardly registered as a blip.

,@idph.bsky.social has warned that the Medicaid cuts could force the closure or severe service reductions at nine rural hospitals in Illinois, jeopardizing care for 54,000 people.

This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.

BREAKING: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."

It's cruel. It's an incredible escalation of their anti-trans culture war. And there is still a chance to stop the provision in the Senate, so if you have a trans person in your life you care about, I implore you - make your voice heard with your Senators. Both of them. Republican OR Democrat.

Thanks! I last heard the complete streets folks in July 2024 but haven’t checked back in. Excited to hear from you guys.

Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.

Trump is attempting to ethnically cleanse Gaza www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Hi @stevevance.net @mclean.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org have you guys seen anything on the timeline of bike lane construction on Grand from Damen to Ogden? Originally set for 2024, iirc, but hasn’t been started yet that I can see

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

fun protest ideas I think we should get into during the summer when we'll all be in the streets:
1. America's skip-a-thon: skipping adults! terrifying. hilarious. cops look stupid arresting you.
2. Bring Yourself to Someone Else's Work Day: 1-day protest where you switch jobs with someone else

Election Law Blog The law of politics and the politics of law

Wisconsin law is clear. As election law expert Rick Hasen wrote, "Musk’s activities appear to violate the plain meaning of the statute. He’s offering a chance to win a million dollars, which is a thing of value, and it’s only offered to people who have voted."
electionlawblog.org?p=149196

Today's Chicagohenge. Friday's sunrise in Chicago. Happy Spring...without the snow!

The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where

love an ARSB graph

We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.

For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.

Pedestrian and Overall Road Traffic Crash Deaths ... This report describes traffic-related deaths rates in the ...

A new CDC report shows that pedestrian deaths fell across the rich world 2013-2022 -- but not in the USA.

Americans were 50% more likely to die walking in 2022 than they would have been in 2013.

By 2022, the US was more deadly for pedestrians than all other countries studied.

glad we could join, and here's hoping for an even better turnout next week! #TeslaTakedown

Great day on the Tesla takedown picket line Chicago. 80 to 100 people.

#teslatakedown
#BuildTheResistance
#TeslaTakeover

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

Senate Dems in the Majority: we can't abolish the filibuster, we might need to use it when we're in the minority

Senate Dems in the Minority: we can't use the filibuster, people might get mad

If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?

We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.

All other states have fallen, Illinois stands alone

my mom texting "as long as they don't sign, Aaron Rodgers

Rodgers to back up Jared Goff? Big if true

66 please 🙏

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

Meanwhile...