Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

[Bill Cassidy looking down at corpse of chicken he has fucked to death]: That chicken should not have been fucked that hard

Thousands in Chicago. “Rise up” and “Fight back.”

San Diego. This lady for the win.

Let's go Chicago!!!! Thousands of protesters showed up for the Hands Off! protest! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

We will not blindly follow illegal orders because Donald Trump wrote them down on a piece of paper. Illinois follows the laws of the land – not the decrees of an aspiring king hell bent on disenfranchising millions of voters who deserve to have their voice heard.

In the face of these attacks on voting rights, Illinois will continue to administer free and fair elections while standing up for strong, secure, and accessible democracy.

Timing of U.S. air strikes into enemy airspace = Unclassified and can be discussed in an unsecured group chat Timing of U.S. deportation flights to a foreign partner’s airspace = State Secrets that can’t be shared privately with a judge No way Judge Boasberg buys it

This is what complete and utter incompetence looks like. Fucking morons, each and every one

The stock market is in freefall, a trade war has begun, the economy is teetering, the U.S. is emboldening Russian aggression, measles are back, federal agencies are in chaos, the deficit is soaring, and we're 36 hours from a govt shutdown. Meanwhile, in the U.S. Senate...

It’s borderline criminal.

Farmers are going to run to Congress for another handout to deal with the retaliatory tariffs and the answer from Dems has to be "no." This isn't out of retribution, it's because we can't keep creating escape hatches for GOP members of Congress. For the benefit of all, keep the pressure on them.

Personally I’d rather rich people and corporations just pay their fair share of taxes

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something