Kim Wiederer Jansen

Like, mic drop-level citation to the Federalist Papers!

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

At this point, no budget without a resignation.

Is it too late to add some others shutdown demands, eg stop deploying the national guard to cities for no reason, violently detaining people with masks on, murdering people in international waters, eliminating federal agencies, using the civil rights act to recreate Jim Crow…

The lesson of the Trump era is to stick with your principles. He’s coming for you anyway, whether you do or not, so you might as well stick to your principles so people don’t laugh at you afterward and you can look yourself in the mirror.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

Shadow grab?

Hmmm. I've watched it a couple times and it looks pretty clear that the agent laid hand on him first.

Amanda Shires Tells Her Side of the Story After Divorce From Jason Isbell: “I'm Not Scared” After a marriage in the spotlight ended in brutal divorce, the singer-songwriter-fiddler is telling her story, her way.

Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments.

that fox news host still has his job.

But yeah, calling this shit out as straight from the Nazi playbook is what's divisive....

Clearest illustration:

Indeed it has.

Closeup of arrow keys on computer keyboard

Oh no my laptop is being radicalized by transgender ideology

Our nation was founded on the recognition that moral virtue and a steadfast faith in God are necessary preconditions of freedom. Yet under the Biden Administration, U.S. foreign policy belittled Christianity and weaponized government against faith. That era has ended. Under @POTUS ’s leadership, the State Department will eradicate practices that devalue and demean the Christian faith.

For I was hungry and you cut my food stamps
I was thirsty, and you gave someone a ticket for trying to provide water
I was a stranger, and you deported me to Uganda
I was sick, and you cut my Medicaid
I was in prison, and you invited the officers to beat me

...Christian

Mahalo!

It sounds like we're expecting visitors in Chicago, so I was thinking it would be nice to share a list (perhaps a flyer or a nice card?) of interesting things to do in our fine city instead of following illegal orders. Hit me with your favorites!

Sending National Guard to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million per day, analysis says While it's difficult to pin down the exact number, the estimated daily cost is based on figures from previous deployments.

Deploying National Guard troops to Chicago could cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million per day, according to a nonpartisan federal budget research organization.

I mean, that's pretty accurate.

This means the name will not legally change and media organizations should continue to use the one determined by statute: The Department of Defense.

Any use of "War Department" should be viewed as an obvious attempt to curry favor with fascists.

The valid comparisons between the 2020a Republican Party and the 1930s Nazi Party are growing every day.

Husband and I have a new game for the drug ads we see in streaming services: which Star Trek race is this a name for? Rinvoq is Klingon, obviously, Vraylar is Romulan, Nurtec is Vulcan … and we’re having far too much fun with this

This story doesn’t NEED to go away. And shouldn’t!

Yeah. This read very much like the just so story contrived to prime the idea that well sometimes it's okay to collaborate with Nazis.

So, so many of those days...

Took me a beat to remember that Harlan Crow is not a character from Justified...

It's like qualified immunity, but for convictions...

Also, the appellate spinoff in PD would be so unbelievably depressing. Imagine you actually manage to make your nuanced discussion of law interesting to normal humans and the big climax just ends up being "harmless error" or "forfeiture."

You win Bluesky for today.