In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

Humans: capable of building entire skyscrapers but still afraid to put the scary number on one of the floors

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

I’m to exhausted from all of this to make the graphic, so someone go ahead and make a 28-3 graphic with the dems as the Atlanta Falcons

Millions of dollars & billions of words are being spent right now to try and convince people this "bipartisan" deal is a good thing for the country.

Keep thinking about the words of wisdom from @bradlander.bsky.social that the divide in Democratic politics right now is between folders and fighters.

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽

Unverified rumors of violence are always the quickest way to manufacture a headline during a crisis.

Little Village and the Southwest Side of Chicago deserves peace.

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

One of my friends who is visiting lives in Albany Park in Chicago and listening to her talk about what’s been going on and watching her cry and feel helpless… She was a union organizer. She’s used to organizing in less than ideal conditions. She’s not brand new. She’s horrified and traumatized.

“During the call, the anonymous representative told a group of faith leaders and activists that ‘There is no more prayer in front of building or inside the building because this is the state and it’s not [of a] religious background.’” These cowards can’t even talk to clergy face-to-face.

(REM voice) Radial Free Europe

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

An important read if you're from Chicago, because this is the lens some people in the rest of the country are seeing us through right now

Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

i heard someone outside my office leaving the coffee shop say something that literally stopped me in my tracks (complimentary) "too many fans of jesus, not enough STUDENTS of jesus." like i am going to sit with that for aWHILE.

That CVS? That’s where I drop my kids off at the bus in the morning. I’ll be there in an hour. Like it’s just hard for some people to get exactly how “normal” everyone involved in this shit is. All of these people are quite literally my neighbors. These are places and spaces that I inhabit daily.

Here's a photo of the old Chicago streetcar rails under Western Ave. that have been uncovered by construction. I took this from the Brown Line platform.

Chicagoans chanting, "no ICE! No ICE!"

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Good turnout in North Center, the neighborhood where this happened, against this and every other injustice. #chicago

there’s a good 500-1,000 people here. seriously impressive turnout. service is bad and videos are taking a while to upload.

i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally. around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.

Community civic engagement improves when communities have accessible, public open spaces. This little park is wall to wall people.

Couple hundred people in the square between Damen and Lincoln for this. Lots of kids.

Rally to protest the teacher violently taken by federal agents at a private daycare this morning on Addison near Western.

Everybody brought their No Kings march signs to the rally in North Center.

Free tacos in Albany Park 5-10 tonight, outside the Alderwoman's office at Lawrence & Sawyer

Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

May tonight be a beautiful reminder that Regular People Hate This Shit #rphts

These were the obsequious headlines a Republican got for winning a race by less than 2%. Spanberger won by 15 tonight. The coverage should be absolutely apocalyptic for Rs tomorrow, but it largely wont be bc political news media sees Rs as their friends & allies & would never trash them like that

The Pelicans finally win, republicans are losing everywhere, and Dick Cheney is dead

Jokes aside, I think the big reason this feels so good right now is that we're fighting so fucking hard on a small scale (whistles, mutual aid, protests, etc) and something large scale succeeding feels really motivating.

There are still a lot of hard times ahead, but remember this moment and what it means: We can win.

This is a joke about dumb poor Kentuckians. A close read however, shows how many people in Kentucky want to vote for a %#!? socialist, they’ve reached out to their local electoral officials to make sure that they can. Tell me again how we need to be a little racist to attract rural red voters.

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BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election. DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg. His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority. www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

SAY "RED STATE" ONE MORE MF TIME election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11...

At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

I'm here at the 20th District Chicago PD strategic/annual plan meeting and evesdropping on folks complaining about pedestrianization of Catalpa.