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@jnrizzo.bsky.social

Pittsburgh, PA 24th Ward Democratic Chair and Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at the University of Chicago.

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imagine never having to hear hakeem jeffries talk again. he could campaign on that alone.

09.10.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1285    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

07.10.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1548    πŸ” 232    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

Watching eXistenZ the way Cronenberg intended - peppered with randomly inserted gambling ads on Tubi.

04.10.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

i believe in the republic of letters to come

04.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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a woman in a red shirt with the words we stick together below her ALT: a woman in a red shirt with the words we stick together below her

Someone said in a forum they don’t even look for missing kids this hard or protect schools from violence the way they weaponized ice towards the public

And thats real.

Big govt and big business is telling plebians WE DONT NEED YOU ANYMORE AND THEY ARE SHOWING THEIR HAND.

Dont be the fool

04.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For half a million united states dollar I will teach you how to have no shame

04.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I want to reiterate: Black Americans have ALWAYS experienced the governmentlessness and unconstitutional actions we are witnessing now. This is why so many of us flew warning flags when Trump ran the first time. We recognize authoritarianism better than anyone else in this country.

04.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

03.10.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9847    πŸ” 4716    πŸ’¬ 852    πŸ“Œ 945
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Ok, last one for now. This one people argue with me about because they can't, or don't want to, believe it.

23.09.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use β€œreasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

03.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13996    πŸ” 5788    πŸ’¬ 475    πŸ“Œ 306
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why would a robot have eczema

03.10.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

02.10.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16404    πŸ” 6015    πŸ’¬ 856    πŸ“Œ 563

to avoid confusion I have made a little table of Mitford siblings

02.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 904    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 35

This happened before Tylenol?

02.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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24.

02.10.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

As regular readers of my bad posts know, this account is very interested in Gov. Pritzker as not only a 2028 candidate on-paper but as someone who is trying to model a kind of post-Trump version of 'wartime liberalism' that makes concessions to things Trump exposed but tries to use them for good 1/n

01.10.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 654    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11

To be clear, saying you're going to "avoid politics" is an INCREDIBLY political statement, especially in an age of fascism.

01.10.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4542    πŸ” 936    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 47
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Jimmy Fallon Plans to β€˜Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on β€˜The Tonight Show’: β€˜We Hit Both Sides Equally’ Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

Fucking disgusting variety.com/2025/tv/news...

01.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1868    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 804

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

30.09.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 40172    πŸ” 12550    πŸ’¬ 813    πŸ“Œ 449
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

29.09.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 16047    πŸ” 5670    πŸ’¬ 345    πŸ“Œ 452
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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in itβ€”removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

23.09.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6694    πŸ” 1944    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 298

autism killed them BOTH??

22.09.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m in Boston. This ad just came on TV

22.09.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1631    πŸ” 662    πŸ’¬ 709    πŸ“Œ 241

You almost certainly aren’t going to get out of the war crimes tribunal by producing a letter that you solicited because you were aware that the legality of your orders was questionable.

19.09.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2084    πŸ” 557    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 20
Taking political positions that'll make it more likely to win Senate seats in Kansas and Ohio and Missouri. Trying to open your coalition to people you didn't want it open to before. Running pro-life Democrats.

Taking political positions that'll make it more likely to win Senate seats in Kansas and Ohio and Missouri. Trying to open your coalition to people you didn't want it open to before. Running pro-life Democrats.

Constitutional Amendment 3
November 5, 2024
Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative
Choice
Yes
X No
Results
Votes
1,538,659
1,443,022
%
51.60%
48.40%

Constitutional Amendment 3 November 5, 2024 Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative Choice Yes X No Results Votes 1,538,659 1,443,022 % 51.60% 48.40%

Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%

Issue 1 November 7, 2023 Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1] Results Choice Votes % & Yes 2,227,384 56.78% No 1,695,480 43.22% Total votes 3,922,864 100.00%

2022 Kansas abortion referendum
KANSAS
August 2, 2022
Should there be no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion, including, but not limited to, in circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
β€’ Yes
385,014
40.84%
X No
557,837
59.16%
Total votes
942,851
100.00%
Registered voters turnout
1,929,972
48.85%

2022 Kansas abortion referendum KANSAS August 2, 2022 Should there be no Kansas constitutional right to abortion or to require the government funding of abortion, and reserve to the people of Kansas, through their elected state legislators, the right to pass laws to regulate abortion, including, but not limited to, in circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or when necessary to save the life of the mother? Results Choice Votes % β€’ Yes 385,014 40.84% X No 557,837 59.16% Total votes 942,851 100.00% Registered voters turnout 1,929,972 48.85%

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

20.09.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8906    πŸ” 1579    πŸ’¬ 610    πŸ“Œ 637
Taylor Lorenz and others leaving praising comments beneath Olivia Nuzzi's IG announcement

Taylor Lorenz and others leaving praising comments beneath Olivia Nuzzi's IG announcement

At least Taylor Lorenz is happy

19.09.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 284    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 23

This is where I have come to as well.

They will kill some of us. They ALREADY ARE. They have been killing some of us for a long time.

They find excuses to kill more of us. It could be anyone. Some are closer than others.

When you are reconciled to this, you realize the only option is to fight.

18.09.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

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