JFC.

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

The gaslighting is wild. THEY control the White House, the House, and the Senate—yet always find a way to blame Democrats for their mess. The so-called “$1.5 trillion wish list” is about protecting health care, food assistance, and housing. (1/2)

I don’t want to live in historically unprecedented times anymore. Give me a lot of boring, precedented time.

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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

Germany had a program to deal with "undesirables" and "useless eaters" it was called the T4 program. It morphed into the Holocaust. We do not lose our humanity in giant leaps; we lose it in little steps. The question is not where does it end; the question is where does it begin.

Sure seems that way. 😕 🇺🇸

This right here!

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

... and she has dramatically ramped up how frequently her office seeks to detain people pretrial: our data shows a 69% increase in pretrial detention hearings in the first six months of this year. that's made the jail grow, and has stretched public defenders thin: boltsmag.org/illinois-pub...

Wallace: To hear him do his “bit” about it—it’s trivializing the gravest part of the job. And to think about him actually being in that capacity again, as the country’s only commander-in-chief? It’s tragic. It’s really one of the most tragic parts of having him back as president

UPDATE: An estimated 75,000 people marched in Chicago's 'No Kings' protest, organizers said. blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/14/c...

LAPD Chief Calls BS on Trump’s Claim That Cops Asked for Troops #TrumpLiesEverytimeHeSpeaks #LARiots www.thedailybeast.com/lapd-chief-j... via @thedailybeast

Let's get real.

"American cruelty masquerading as respectability is timeless." substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Geneticist here: she’s not alone, either. I can pretty much guarantee that there’s someone reading about Imane Khelif right now, right this instant, who has chromosomal “abnormalities” and who will *never know* because it won’t ever matter for them and they’ll never be tested.

CBS News' Scott Pelley delivered a powerful commencement address this week calling out the Trump administration's anti-American maneuvers. And Harvard's president got a standing ovation at their commencement for being a model of Trump resistance. 💪 For more moments of positivity, look no further.

Here's that thread (without having to go to Twitter), which I still think is one of the most meaningful things I've ever written. twitter-thread.com/t/1006236207...

A VERY important point -- this bill is not final, not at all. It will now go to the Senate. If the Senate makes changes to the bill (they likely will), it will go back to the House for another vote. The House passed it last night with ONE VOTE. We can stop this. We have to.

Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. As a gay man, I lived through Section 28. I remember how painful it was. Now, the culture war targeting trans people, questioning their right to even exist, feels even crueller. Solidarity. Always. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke ponye girle Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keepe on daunsinge, Downe yn West Hollywoode' [lute solo] 🎶

While I don't live in Philly... If you do you may want to take a deep look into efforts to fight against the horrible state of jails there...

Not to mention systemic racism.

"The women say they banged on their cell doors for hours pleading for medical attention, but nobody responded."

Duffy’s full of it. Pete Buttigieg and Dems pushed to modernize our air traffic control system under Biden—Republicans in Congress blocked it. The Trump administration’s been too busy blaming DEI instead of fixing the real problems.

This. More ignorance in the MAGA camp.

Omfg the right melting down about the Chicago pope is my favorite. Wait till they find out about the governor of Illinois (spoiler he’s a lefty billionaire)

man, there is some serious egg on my face right now

We should be ok then:

American Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV (14th)

Five faith leaders were arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda today, the second time in as many weeks clergy and others have been handcuffed as they speak out against the Republican-led budget bill. religionnews.com/2025/05/05/s...

This thread had me thinking today about depression, anxiety . . . and gratitude. I was thinking about gratitude because it occurred to me I am in trial, juggling important things in a half-dozen other cases this month, but . . . I’m fine. In fact I’m finding joy in life. /1

EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH. Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH. HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH. 99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH. Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

Are we SURE this strike in Yemen is authorized? Well, Stephen Miller says he thinks Trump mumbled something about it, once. And WHO appointed this IRS commissioner? Elon, you say? What? And are these tariffs on, or off? Which “advisor” are we going with for this announcement? NOBODY HOME.

Friday reminder that court orders are not optional. It’s that simple.

Friday Night Lights. Lightning over the skyline at 1125pm this evening in Chicago.

FLASH: @ACLU asks #SCOTUS to halt what appear to be imminent 2nd wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations. Emergency injunction request goes to 5th Circuit Justice Samuel Alito. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Please repeat over and over: “Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.” —Gov. JB Pritzker

🧵I get a lot of questions about what will happen to Social Security payments. The way I see it, there are 3 factors that will impact payments, all of which will feed off each other to exponentially increase the likelihood that SSA will miss payments: backlogs, error, and system failure.

8 years ago today, Anthony Rizzo led the Chicago Cubs into Wrigley Field holding the World Series trophy. The Cubs raised the 2016 World Series banner this night. 🏆

Just want to add my voice to the chorus and say that this episode is excellent. Thoughtful, infuriating, funny, moving, and extremely necessary.

'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen www.military.com/dai... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Sin is…the kind of purity that wants the world cleansed of the other rather than the heart cleansed of the evil that drives people out by calling those who are clean “unclean” and refusing to help make clean those who are unclean. ― Miroslav Volf

Raskin: "Look at how sick that is. Basically anybody who has rendered any ruling they disapprove of they think should be removed from the bench. Any lawyer who has ever represented a party adverse to them they think should be cleared out of the way. That is in naked opposition to the rule of law."