Keep telling folks ICE / CBP absolutely are having the time of their lives shooting, gassing, beating, arresting, and kidnapping people. Here’s a bit in their own words.

I suppose I have my evening reading.

Think about this from the perspective of the musicians who create the music & who the monopoly power of the major labels renders relatively powerless. You will be furious.

So I realize this is a set up to a pun but also I can never resist an opportunity to talk about sheep. Yes, about 10% of rams are gay. They will not breed ewes, they prefer the company of other rams. There are not, AFAIK, equally well-studied lesbian ewes.

Chicago: Did you know that police departments in the Chicago area coordinate on Slack? Now that I know it's accessible to public records requests, request away: Their server is called CHI-INTEL and requests should be sent to the department that runs it, the Cook County Sheriff. Send away!

a lot of you are probably too young to remember this but presidents dont normally wage war against americans

This is NOWHERE near a strong enough statement. The LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY just being like oh I've asked for more protection?? The fuck!!

Also, HE IS INFLUENTIAL. His cult members revere him. It only takes one or two of them to act in ways that could absolutely harm a lot of people.

I hate Bill Maher and his stupid fucking contrarian weaponized ignorance

Southwest Rapid Response posted a video story of Josue, a Chicago HS senior from Gage Park, whose mom was taken in sept while she sold tamales. She is currently in ICE detention in Michigan. This is a GoFundMe to support him and his mom.

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

So when you see the number of people living in parks, under viaducts, etc., skyrocket next year, know that it is not because of anything the City has done or not done. It is fully the fault of Trump.

Its even worse than what this piece includes. HUD is also slashing the amount of funding that is guaranteed to local CoCs and making it into a competitive process so they can punish places like Chicago and send that money to orgs that are ideologically in line with Trump.

you 🫵 are supposed to help people

"I can help some people" GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!

I ALSO have a few thousand whistles that I can ship! TAKE OUR WHISTLES. KEEP YOUR NEIGHBORS SAFE.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

I’m howling.

Re last post, I've also been making a similar point as I have stressed that the fascists aren't actually having fun and that they aren't cool but desperately want to be. As I've said, they make bad art, host terrible parties, etc...

oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with

Patriarchy treats rape and abuse of children as a luxury item -- every man "gets" to abuse "his" wife and children, and the further you go up the ladder, the more rape and abuse you get to do.

Note that Alder Nugent who is one of the most vocal complainers about the encampment is nowhere to be found on building a solution.

Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago. They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.

meanwhile my tax bill increased like 10%

wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)

Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾

This is...sort of brilliant.

This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud

Keith Olbermann out here like “uh DUH! I was trying to impress the teenager I was fucking”

the mayor’s proposed budget increases the chicago police department to $5.7M *per day* ($2.1B for the year) so surely finding $4.5M for annual library staffing is possible somehow.

If people support the head tax you better start calling your alders bc they are all out here bending over backwards protecting huge businesses and calling for cuts to pass the budget.

Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever: - taking maternity leave at the wrong time - spending too much time with your kids - reporting harassment - not moving every 2-3 years - taking a partner's job/preferences into account - mouthing off before tenure

Watching the new Ken Burns while *all of this* is going on is making me feel (more) insane

Stitching girl power on the Klan costume just doesn't move me. My feminism says that if they want the power and the agency to get equal rights and pay for themselves? They deserve equal consequences for the terrible things they do or enable.

And I find it maddening that we continue to do this for racists that are cheerfully enabling a fascist regime because they are women. It's as obnoxious as "Free Melania" and "Support Megyn Kelly" and "We have space for MTG". They have made the choice to cozy up to white supremacy and deserve hell

This is not feminism. They are not feminists. This is power and understanding how to manipulate it.

"if this be treason, make the most of it" really is an all-time heater

Buy insurance from who??

every epstein email is some creep complaining about MeToo and then being like “oh before i forget, any advice on how to use my position of authority to force women into sleeping with me?”

This relative advantage means that, even if they are relying on government programs like welfare or Medicaid, Trump supporters can see themselves as the "deserving" poor while disparaging others who are worse off than they are for being "lazy" and making "bad choices." 1/

The federal blitz moved to Charlotte, but the trauma and damage in Chicago are still with us—and DHS says 1,000 agents will hit our streets in March. I wrote about what this moment demands of us: care, clarity, and preparation.

How is this apple not wrapped in dough tho???

You are not going to convince people who were never going to vote for you by abusing the people who were….

made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow

A cis white gay man selling out the rest of the community? Tale as old as time.

Jesus Christ.

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