When the government shut down goes through Christmas

Who up furrowing their brow

I love them so much

i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels

Some would call it problematic, but whatever gets the job done

Calling a polycule a transition team

Organized leftists won 53 city council elections in 2025. Wins and win rate, by group: #1: DSA with 37* wins at 71%* #2: ProDane with 7 wins at 78% #3: VPP with 5 wins at 63% #4: CPUSA with 2 wins at 67% #4: Greens with 2 wins at 14% * Not including races still to be determined

ushering in an era of bold socialist leaders who support trans rights and make really great font choices

Zohran says you’re trans now

I'm the LGBT Eric Adam's voter

Fairly narrow, but this still bites

What last night proves, above all else, is that centrist Democrats like Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, and AOC can work together with moderate Republicans like Abigail Spanberger and Gavin Newsom to push back on MAGA fascism.

Ahhhhh yes it was yes it was

Hm.

if u want something to exist and it doesn't exist u can just like, do it. go make the thing. u can just make it.

WTYP nailing the Platner situation with all the moral certitude of a trans woman and two betrayed John Fetterman voters

Approximately a dozen trans woman I know were deer for Halloween What does it mean does it mean anything

*in the tone of a guy selling hotdogs at a ballgame*: two girlfriends

i feel like that bird randy johnson 9/11’d rn

BRO WHAT

NYC-DSA is casually running a citywide field operation with 100,000+ volunteers and is going to knock 200,000 doors tomorrow to elect the next socialist mayor of the largest city in the country Anything and everything is possible 🌹

wtf random ppl are liking this unironically

Wow I wonder why they’re so deprived, it’s almost like they’re under heavy sanctions

White guys for Platner

Oh god oh god oh god

In Belmont Cragin on Chicago's northwest side this morning, a rally is opening in support of day laborers outside the Armitage/Cicero Home Depot. Activists are calling out the corporation for continuing to allow ICE and Border Patrol to stalk and attack immigrants in their parking lots.

Is this anything

It's amazing to me that last night we got: -More $$ for transit + avoid fiscal cliff -Eliminated parking minimums -RTA reform -CTA board reform -Transit agency development powers All in one bill!

shoutout to everyone who helped save transit in Illinois!! thank you all for getting it done 🫡🫡

JUST IN: PRITZKER will sign Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act to overhaul Chicago-area transit

Statement from the RTA: "The passage of SB2111 is a landmark moment for public transit in Illinois." Read the full statement here or below. www.rtachicago.org/about-rta/pr...

Something is happening

Republicans are arguing about process, that usually means Dems have the votes to steamroll

I do find it telling that HCA3 has not been filed yet. If it was truly meant as a backup plan if HCA2 went sideways (it did), it would have already been introduced but instead it's a bit of a scramble on the last day of session to get something passed.

Per Capitox Fax, it is looking as if the revenue package is: - All sales tax on gas/diesel goes to transit ~$750m + - 0.25% increase in the RTA sales tax + - All interest on the Road Fund gets to about $1.5B capitolfax.com/2025/10/30/e...

It's 6pm, and I'll be posting until this is over. It might be a long night; it could be over by 8pm. Who knows. At 6pm: -SB2111 is back in executive cmte right now. They voted to recommend the amendment yesterday 8-4. Expect new revenue sources to be discussed here. Rm. 118 ilga.gov/House/AudioV...

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I’ve determined everything is bad

Today, the final day of the ILGA veto session to address the transit fiscal cliff, is make or break for the future ambitions of Illinois's top 3 pols: Governor Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker Speaker Emanuel Christopher Welch and Senate President Don Harmon Don't fuck it up, boys.

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

The House should finally move the Senate bill, amend the dates to not take effect until after July 1, pass it with a simple majority, kick it back to the Senate for a quick concurrence (where it already has 33+ votes), and get it to the Gov. Should be possible to do in a day.

I think the indictment could throw IL-09 to Abughazaleh

I love my girlfriends

When someone is fired at my company their dropbox is made public like they died and dropped their inventory

Ellis orders Border Patrol to submit, under seal, all of the use of force incidents in Chicago by the end of the day. She also wants all of the body-worn camera footage. Bovino says the "sheer volume" of the reports makes that impossible.

i can't believe they have to play again today.

If you are in the habit of saying "Hillary was right" or "Kamala tried to warn us", wait until I tell you about Karl Marx

Just me getting the CEO of LexisNexis to ask his new AI research tool about birthright citizenship. Decoder! www.theverge.com/podcast/8071...

We were optimistic we were going to get transit funding done this month, where the fuck is the status update on that