In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

But I need your help to do it. With defending this case on top of running a campaign, your support matters more than ever. katforillinois.com/legal

I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me. I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.

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i'm a little worried because we have all seen extremely clear proof of one hundred thousand crimes trump has done and i'm not sure we should be excited that one more revelation is going to be "the one"

MORE: The emails released by Congress reveal Epstein's vast connections -- and how he used them to track and influence Trump's orbit during his first term. Epstein's contacst included: -Larry Summers -Peter Thiel -Ken Starr -Tom Barrack -Tom Pritzker www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

NEW: A week before Donald Trump surged past Hillary Clinton to win the presidency, author Michael Wolff approached Jeffrey Epstein with a proposal to "finish" Trump's candidacy. "Interested?" Wolff wrote. Epstein, apparently, declined. w/ @eorden.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

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$0/150 for today’s halfway goal yet. Can someone please help even in part?

This Veterans Day, I’m thinking of the millions of Americans who have served in uniform — and how our government is failing them right now. Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.

Federal Plaza, 2:30 PM. See you there.

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Private equity drove a nursing home chain into the ground. Then it declared bankruptcy, which could let it off the hook for hurting patients. Now, it's trying to sell the company to the same people who bankrupted it. @blumenthal.senate.gov @goodlander.house.gov and I are sounding the alarm.

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

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"It broke something in me." "[T]he realization that institutions will often abandon you the moment your safety becomes inconvenient." "Academic freedom isn't just a professional right, it's a public good." #NewJersey #NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Protest #Genocide

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I've put it off too long In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before. Please help. Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble

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Did you kill Jeffrey Epstein? Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile now to find out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/

Good afternoon from Chicago's Federal Plaza. A rally is underway now in support of the "Broadview Six," who face arraignment in about 45 minutes on federal conspiracy and impeding charges, stemming from their participation in a Sept. 26 protest in front of the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

The six include local political figures & hopefuls, like Dem congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, Dem commiteeman Michael Rabbitt & Chicago 40th Ward Chief of Staff Cat Sharp. Ralliers are chanting "we support the Broadview Six;" placards read "defend protest." Many older folks in the crowd.

Ghislaine Maxwell lied about Trump never going to Epstein's house (directly contradicted by her email correspondence with Epstein), and she was rewarded for that lie with a transfer to a cushier prison. The coverup is happening in plain sight.

This is very funny because until extremely recently, you could get around their paywall by disabling javascript. Still, if it fucks OpenAI, I am on board.

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The same people ignoring this are the same people shrieking about trans people in restrooms.

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I think often about this 2019 Greg Grandin article about Border Patrol's history (and his book, "The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall"). theintercept.com/2019/01/12/b...

Kissinger's biographer Greg Grandin estimates Henry had the blood of 2-3 million on his hands. Dick C was certainly close.

Trump just claimed his tariffs have pulled in $2 trillion. Then literally hours later, he inflated that to $3 trillion. With this absurdity, he undermined his case for tariffs, revealing that he's just pulling numbers out of his ass. On the pod we dig deep into this: newrepublic.com/article/2030...