Just read that Barnes and Noble is opening a handful of stores in the Chgo area....personally, I have missed bookstores. There is a smattering of small bookstores here and there...my favorite time suck. 3 hours evaporate like magic every time I go in one of them.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZThFQs82p/ This is not normal.

All the endless nattering on about Venezuela's oil bringing $ for Americans, how great things are, everything he's doing is to make us better, great, etc...HE ISNT TALKING ABOUT 99% OF US CITIZENS. His vision is that the 1% with all the $ ARE Ametica. The rest of us aren't 'human' we're just pawns!

MAGA Cult Slayer Jessie Ventura just called Donald Trump a dictator. “We are a Third World country now. You wanna read something? Then read your history of Germany and start comparing.” We are not joking, we are not facetious, this is not hyperbolic.

Good morning! It's been a really long week. The NAACP has issued a travel advisory...for Florida. The USPS advised carriers to carry their essential services letter with them. There may or may not be a bill pending to allow ICE to "demand your papers". Can't find anything on that, but who knows.

Per an article in the Guardian, 32 people died while in ICE custody in 2025, and the NY Times reports that 9 people were shot at (while in their vehicles) by ICE since September of 2025. All 9 incidents report the driver allegedly "weaponizing their vehicles". So, no, it's not going to get better.

Heather Cox Richardson's idea, it's a great idea. Call, and call repeatedly, Republican reps/senators and tell them, in no uncertain terms, NOW is the time to act, if you do not stop this, I will make sure I never vote for your party again, and make sure everyone I know doesn't either.

I know I cannot be the only person who is absolutely gobsmacked over the fact that there is literally zero customer service for anything anymore. I don't care if it's trying to get product support or to make a Dr. appointment, you end up on hold for hours, only to find they can't help you anyway.

Stephen Miller’s wife. FFS.

www.threads.com/@jesseavesma... . 📣📢🚨 REPOST . Senate phone: (202) 224-3121. . A switchboard operator will connect you. . Our friend Megan Rothery developed this list. Don't be afraid to call Senators and Representatives from other states&districts too. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... . Do it!

The Truth about Venezuela.

The invasion of Venezuela is not what you think. 🤔

Here's a weird random-ish thought...Venezuela owes China a lot of money apparently..they had an agreement to repay that with their oil. Im guessing China won't be happy about this. Trump will likely offer to sell it to them? China can do in the US w/o military action by cutting the supply chain.

My husband and I have marketplace insurance. Right now we pay $425 a month for high deductible, huge out of pocket, 30% co insurance. W/o the APTC, premium would be $2213 a month. Gonna be a no for us. And on the healthcare dot gov site this popped up, wasn't there before.

Trumps biggest fear is irrelevance. Let's see how irrelevant we can make him. DO NOT engage with ICE or the national guard. Ignore them and walk on by. He seriously gets off on this, I wouldn't give him the satisfaction.

WHAT THE F*CK‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Chicago’s Reverend David Black of First Presbyterian has been assaulted multiple times by ICE agents during peaceful protest in the city‼️They shot a some kind of non lethal bullet at his head‼️ #PepperBall

I live in a collar county to Chicago, helicopters near here, so far, no one on the ground. I wonder if the "troops" are still here, how they'll like winter. Tons of snow, below zero wind chills. They can help shovel. Winter here builds character. When it's -20, no protests, immigrants usually leave.

Uh oh, we have a problem. Going off script is a serious issue for them.

2/2 There is no preserving anything of historical significance, no sense of pride, nothing. My hope is this: someday, when he is gone, they turn that useless, tacky ballroom into a fucking homeless shelter.

This really pisses me off..in order to build Trumps gaudy nasty ball room, they cut down 200 year old trees by the White House. Think about that. 200 years ago, it was 1825. Look at what those trees have "seen", yet they had survived it all. Until a 34X convicted felon, liar, stole the WH...1/2

It now appears there will be a 50 billion dollar bailout for farmers, because the Trump tariffs hurt them. Can I get a bailout because Trumps 100% tariff on pharmaceuticals hurt me? I'll wait...

Why is it 90 degrees in October?? I'm so over this. All summer, dealt with obnoxious heat, really, really obnoxious corn sweat. Give me chilly days, bright blue sky, fuzzy hoodie and hot apple cider...summer can return next July.

I can't be the only person who thinks that one day, Donald Trump will not be allowed to leave the US for fear of arrest and trial by the ICC for crimes against humanity.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMrJkkht/ Share this everywhere!

In Paris, porcelain plates inside 18 meter pool filled with water create random sound symphony without human interference..pretty cool 😎

The number of people that go bankrupt every year from medical bills: Canada - 0 Australia- 0 France - 0 Sweden - 0 Norway - 0 Spain - 0 Portugal - 0 UK - 0 Finland - 0 Iceland - 0 Germany - 0 United States - 326,000

It’s fair to say that 80% of the world’s problems involve old men hanging on and who are afraid of death and insignificance and they won’t let go‼️

I just read something that said during the government shut down, ICE "agents" will not get paid. Wonder how many of them will show up for work knowing that potentially they won't get paid again for weeks. Oh, isn't that a shame.

OK, last one about this...do not be surprised if they come out and say Hamas rejected the Trump plan, and Isreal just annihilates everything and everyone left there. So PA will not have a role there, who will be running the govt? Take a guess..BB just said under Trumps leadership. There it is.

My opinion: Everything going on here in the US, is to distract from what is happening in Gaza. This is a land grab, Trump Riviera Gaza, American taxpayers, are going to fund this. Trump family will be majority owners, Elon Musk will also make a bunch on his manufacturing hub to be built there.

I wonder if the military mtg is about flattening what's left of Gaza, and start the process of pushing the rubble, dead bodies, into the ocean and start construction of Trumps Riviera Gaza. We (US taxpayers) are going to pay for that, you do realize.

Listening to the news conference post mtg with BB. Trump just said "BB will finish, what needs to be done." Make no mistake. There will be the gold plated Trump Riviera Gaza built on the dead women, children, babies buried under mountains of rubble. This is the most egregious grift in history.

Oh, hi! Where are all the refugees from TT? I changed my name to come over here, fka queenbee0902..let's help each other find our peeps! I need my people, now more than ever! Skylight is kinda glitchy and weird, but I'm certain it's going to get better. Let's be patient and make good things happen!

Our Healthcare system is broken, terrible. If you are suffering from a chronic illness and need ungodly expensive medication, chances are, your insurance is not going to pay for it. It's absolute bullshit. I pay a fortune for insurance, and they just keep denying things I need... you know, to live.

I'm not sure why, but I feel like I'm waiting for *someone* to come out and say the last resident on that 'strip' area over there has been dispatched. I guess we'll know when the construction begins.

THIS is horrific, but it seems that horrific is the new normal. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6K3P9BJ/

I read that the senile orange man is planning his own birthday party. The party will include a 4 mile long 'military parade' and will cost American taxpayers $92 million dollars. Nothing like soldiers goose stepping down PA Ave followed by tanks, missiles on trailers, planes, etc. Dear leader style.

25 hours and 7 minutes. I swear, had I been able to, I would have watched it all. Truly amazing.

Thank you Cory Booker, you are a true patriot! 💙💙💙💙

Perfectly captured.

I'm tired already, and we're only 2 weeks in. Two. Weeks. My God, the next 4 years feel like an eternity ahead. I think I drank my way through the first round, poor coping mechanism, no doubt. My liver can't do it again.

When a clown moves into a palace, the clown doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. - Turkish proverb.

Thanksgiving done. We enjoyed a lovely frozen pizza for dinner. Will have turkey tomorrow....not participating in the capitalist hellscape that is Black Friday. Be well!

Ahh, yes. And so begins the long gray suck known as winter in the midwest. 5:05pm, pitch dark, 34 degrees, 40mph wind.