UPDATE: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said she will issue a sweeping injunction limiting the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area after she found a litany of violations were committed in recent weeks.

In conclusion, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) won today.

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

Courage is contagious. So is fear. Choose wisely.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Handmaids Tale also proves the point…

Yes!!!! This is exactly what Ds need to do. If DNC won’t, maybe local candidates, offices need to hear this. Let’s show our communities what Democrats stand for. Stop the blather and do the work. Smartest thing I’ve heard in months!

At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries

Before it gets better, it gets worse. The more we stand up to them, the more they will punish. But we outnumber them. We hold the power. We're the consumers. They need us. Remember this as they commit atrocities...and they will. It's not normal. Don't allow them to scare you into submission.

Go kids!!!!

Chicago Sun Times front page today. “Reign Check” Why isn’t every paper going with this language? #nokings

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..." www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Someone looking at all this with a cold eye might say that Miller and Hegseth are seeking control over the power ministries before a Vance ally invokes the 25th Amendment.

There is no acceptable excuse for zip-tying children! None. This shouldn’t even have to be said.

The Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors. Democrats need to stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs, and see if Americans will follow. They need to stop being lawyerly and timid.

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

If you think Tylenol is bad for children, wait until you find out about guns.

Why do so many on the left wallow in fear and allow the bullies to take from them? We may be the tolerant left, but that does not mean we lie down and accept the assault on OUR democracy. Why offer up power? Seriously. Why? Victim mentality guarantees you will stay a victim.

I can live without Disney. I can live without CBS. I can live without NBC. America cannot live without the Freedom Of Speech

If you think the First Amendment is doing ok because only some people are being silenced you don’t understand free speech. Or authoritarianism.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

ICE killed a Chicago area man last week. His name was Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. He wasn't "the worst of the worst." He was a cook. ICE hopes we'll forget about him. We won't.

Times like these call for —courage, not capitulation —truth-telling, not kowtowing to fear and lies —standing up for the Constitution, not forsaking all the Americans who sacrificed their lives for our democracy

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Driving a car requires training and a license, and then each car is registered to a specific owner. Why is it such a radical idea to do the same for guns?

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Moving, depressing words from Justice Sotomayor this morning: “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, & appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

It's easier to buy an AR-15 in most parts of this country than it is to get mental health care.

The height of hypocrisy is Republicans ranting about protecting girls from transgenders in the bathroom, but when given the chance to protect girls from the pedophile in the White House, they chose to cover it up. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice Epstein Files

It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace. Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.

This is how you do it folks: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

Republicans have forced schools to stop teaching about slavery because it's too traumatizing for children. But watching their friends get shot to death at school is apparently the price of freedom. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.

This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination. This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.

Why rehab often fuels relapse instead of recovery

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

Taps mic. I have heard more complaints out of Hakeem Jeffries (our supposed House leader) about a democratically nominated mayoral candidate than a full blown insane fascist sending troops into DC and concentration camps and terrorizing immigrants.

Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party. This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope

Why Donald Trump needs a police state to implement his agenda

Pro tip. If you assume that Donald Trump has likely committed every terrible act of which he has been credibly accused, then it’s easy to predict what he will do next. So yes, it gets worse from here.

So, apparently, Christian Nationalists would rather a child be raped by Donald Trump at Epstein's mansion than get a free lunch at a public school. #priorities

DEMOCRATIC. LEADERSHIP. YOU. ARE. NOT. DOING. ENOUGH.

Mark my words: Trump will defy our Supreme Court too. It’s just a matter of time.

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."