I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party. We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

Don’t vote for Raja Krishnamoorthi

WARNING: Illinois Is In Danger of Electing a MAGA-Aligned Dem to the Senate open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

‘It’s not the big things which are important to me,’ Klemperer replied, ‘but the everyday life of tyranny, which gets forgotten. A thousand mosquito bites are worse than a blow to the head. I observe, note down the mosquito bites.’

Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home. 14 years later, we’re still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace — without being treated like a threat.

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

People do what you pay them to do. You pay corporate executives to make stock prices go up, not to make better products. You pay politicians to get re-elected, not to govern well. You pay reporters to get a bigger audience, not to tell the truth. And so forth. Be aware of what you pay people to do

30 years. This video should be on every network.

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Joy Reid: “Attention all MAGA trolls — your bullshit is not welcome here. And to paraphrase one of my favorite actors in the world, Robert De Niro — ‘f**k y'all’ We're here to hear the truth & to hear from impacted people — so go back & pay attention to your orange lying friend”

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Abolish DHS

Police are charging the teens.....wtf? Two teens are facing felony aggravated assault charges in Quackertown, PA. After the Police Chief attacked peaceful protesters, while out of uniform and never identified himself as law enforcement. www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/2...

There's a lot of coverage of this disappearance of a white mother of a famous media person. In some national outlets there are multiple stories a day. Connor, a black, autistic young man from a poor city in New Jersey, was missing for a month and it barely made a dent until he was found dead.

BREAKING: An explosive NPR investigation published Tuesday reveals that the Department of Justice... dailyboulder.com/npr-doj-has-...

Black filmmaker Jonte Richardson says he is stepping down as a BAFTA judge:

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An ICE whistleblower is testifying right now at a congressional forum. His claims are that the agency is "Lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits. Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.

So @schumer.senate.gov, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @kenmartin.bsky.social: do you still think “reform” is the way to go? ICE is irredeemable. Shut it down. Even if you don’t have the votes you can provide moral leadership here. Or follow the words of the pundits and consultants. Your legacy.

The floor plan of the proposed ICE detention center in Social Circle, Georgia. This is barbarism. There is no compromise with this.

This is why @jasmineforus.bsky.social scares them so much! Early voting is going on now, Primary Day is March 3rd! Vote Jasmine Crockett !

Elias Law Group is litigating 85 voting and election cases in 40 states. This is the largest litigation docket we have ever carried as a firm and I expect new cases to be filed this week. We are not done fighting and we are not done winning.⚖️🗳️🥊

Black people die too early. Because of racism.

A son of sharecroppers, a Freedom Rider, a moral force in Congress, John Lewis taught us that democracy is not a state, it is an act. When we see injustice, we do not look away. We get in good trouble. And we build bridges despite adversity. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Congressman.

Dr. Jasmine Clark is a scientist, educator, legislator, and millennial mom who ran for and won a Georgia state house seat a few years ago “to be a voice for science and truth in the face of Republican disinformation.” Now she’s running for Congress and demanding a Democratic Party that fights.

I'm old enough to remember that the struggles of Soweto in South Africa and the Favelas in Brazil are interconnected with the struggles of Cabrini-Green on the North Side of Chicago.

newsone.com/6850568/body... Black man found hanging in Marietta ga. a couple of days ago. No news coverage again. Likely not a suicide as they are again trying to say. Statistically speaking Black people don’t hang ourselves from trees. Any guess of who would do this?!

Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years capitalbnews.org/georgia-rail...

BREAKING NYT: The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.

THANK YOU, @txorgproject.bsky.social! As member of this org we've been together in the streets & trenches because we know that winning elections happens through organizing + people power. Working alongside TOP at both the state & federal levels, I look forward to our partnership in the US Senate!💪🏾

Texas! Y’all vote! @jasmineforus.bsky.social

The American Holocaust

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

You guys aren’t beating the allegations that the only victims of ICE that matter are white.

Read more: www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-fa... While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.

Anyone expecting George W. Bush to exhibit an ethical and moral core by criticizing Trump and MAGA either didn't live through his presidency or is grading him on the Trump curve of political depravity.

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Politically, without Shirley Chisholm we don’t get Jesse Jackson and we don’t get Barack Obama and we don’t get Kamala Harris. This is five decades of determination and work. IYKYK

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽 Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson. youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

Comparing Trump Admin to Ministry of Truth in Orwell's 1984, Judge Orders Slavery Exhibits Restored www.commondreams.org/news/trump-1...

@stevanzetti.bsky.social @texasobserver.org @indivisibledallas.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social Additional investigations need to happen in #midlothianTx #MISD #MPD for their disregard for civil rights and complicity in rampant hate & racism against black people. youtube.com/shorts/UT7mq...

Turns out the headline the editor chose for my report on the location of the proposed ICE detention center in Hutchins, Texas was wrong. A massive public uproar followed our reporting and the owner said they will not be selling the warehouse to ICE as of today. www.dmagazine.com/micropost/br...

HUTCHINS UPDATE! Majestic Realty announced they are not selling DHS/ICE a commercial warehouse to cage 10K immigrant neighbors in Hutchins! We celebrate this win with #Hutchins Citizens United and take these organizing strategies into the next fight. Together, we keep us safe! @indivisible.org

The U.S. Department of Defense has barred military personnel from enrolling in courses at many of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Yale, MIT, and Johns Hopkins. A leaked email is said to contain the full list of affected schools. Shared by MeidasTouch.

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

Yes! We’re mobilizing and bringing people together to fight!