Gracefully taking Trump apart without once using his name. "[No] one, & I mean no one, has the right to sit in judgment of who's American enough." www.youtube.com/watch?v=waUj...

I joined as 1 of the 111 former federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois in raising our collective voice to urge other lawyers & the public to do the same to ensure that the office’s essential mission remains the pursuit of justice.

Kindness just got a little more fun. Download our Kindness Bingo card, choose one at random, and start checking off simple acts of kindness as you complete them. Every square is an opportunity to make someone's day brighter! www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables#k...

We've been here before - the FBI's "Secret Enemies List," their covert counterintelligence program, known as COINTELPRO, and internal domestic security files known as the Security Index and Rabble Rouser Index.

Astute judge not to trust the DOJ! "U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she would give the acting attorney general and Treasury secretary one week to sign ⁠off on a sworn statement declaring the fund would not go forward."

Urgent call to action for legal community: Bar assocs, attys, jurists, MUST publicly & repeatedly refute & condemn attys who perpetuate discredited claims of stolen elections & make groundless attacks on Rule of Law.

Bill Cassidy, conceding defeat, throws shade at Donald Trump: “When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to. But you don’t pout. You don’t whine. You don’t claim the election was stolen.” His crowd immediately gets the reference.

Even if mainstream media doesn't have the courage, some of our courageous Congressmen dared to call this what it is! Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.: "one of the most brazen examples of corruption we’ve seen from this administration." Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.: “pure fraud and highway robbery.”

A MUST-READ: how they're working overtime to subvert elections and WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT! Specific actions for voters, journalists, influencers, creators, private-sector/civil society leaders, election officials, state & local leaders, and the legal community protectdemocracy.org/executive-ov...

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra at Lollapalooza on Sat. Aug. 1st at 11 am.

BREAKING: US Supreme Court lets abortion pill mail delivery continue reut.rs/4f6rHVh

This will be "must see" TV!

This woman definitely deserved this honor! #PulitzerPrize

PLEASE let him be right!

A must listen!

Make America Healthy Again: Trump's 1st term, he said he would ban flavored vapes, because “we can’t allow people to get sick and allow our youth to be so affected.” Since then, he met w/key industry lobbyist & got campaign donations from Reynolds American, 2d biggest tobacco co, vape brand Vuse.

As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, I am appalled and disgusted.

Yeah - MAHA - by blocking studies that established the safety of widely used vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles - studies which cost millions of dollars in public funds and were conducted by scientists at the FDA who worked with data firms to analyze millions of patient records.

This admin's "flood the zone" strategy makes it hard to keep up with attacks on the rule of law. That's why we built the DOJ Tracker. In April, Trump fired Pam Bondi because she apparently didn’t go far enough. Read more about what's happening at DOJ: justiceconnection.substack.com/p/doj-tracke...

"We need to stop being surprised by Republicans’ inhumanity. We cannot waste a single second being shocked by their depravity." We need to spend our energy building a broad coalition of resistance, taking our stands where we can, leveraging our economic power, & creating a compassionate community.

And his 69-page financial disclosure failed to disclose whether he holds stock in any bank, banking institution or trust company. Of course, all Federal Reserve board members are prohibited from having holdings in such institutions.

Of course!

The author of this article refused to sign an NDA, giving up severance and healthcare benefits to tell this story. If you didn't read it already, read it. Because he refused, we may be able to stop the Kennedy Center from being sold for parts and turned into a gaudy MAGA fundraising warehouse.

"Broadly subjecting the nation at large to onerous reporting requirements for the simple act of opening and maintaining a bank account, . . . would involve direct burdens in the tens of millions of hours and billions of dollars in costs – with greater economic chaos likely to ensue."

Disbarred for “egregious and deceitful conduct” in trying to overturn valid 2020 election results. His false claims misled “courts, public officials, and the American public.” Disbarment, the most severe penalty in the legal profession, is reserved for serious misconduct.

Celebrating Dorothy Rosen and @katealpert.bsky.social , for all you've created, accomplished, amazing differences made in 9 short yrs @womenbelong.bsky.social Thank you!

As the former owner of Aladdin Records in Bensenville, IL, when wax was still king, and the granddaughter of a record store owner when records were recorded on only 1 side, and stores had listening booths, I am definitely celebrating Record Store Day!

Trump can't stop conflating himself with Jesus - he posted this yesterday morning:

Is the Pope Catholic? Corp lawyer-turned-politician, self-declared non-practicing Protestant & atheist who just converted to Catholicism in 2019, lectures the Pope, ordained a Catholic priest in 1981, who holds a Master of Divinity and a Licentiate & a Doctorate in Canon Law, on theology

April is the Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Chances are someone in your life is a survivor of sexual harassment, assault, or abuse, even if they have never shared their story with you. Every voice matters. Every action counts.

#NoKings Chicago

The US government is taking fees - perhaps $1 billion - from immigrants and US sponsors for services it has no plans to provide - it won’t even adjudicate their applications or even issue denials.

❌👑 3/28: Let's rise up & say NO THRONES - NO CROWNS - NO KINGS! 📅📍Sat. March 28, 1:30 pm, Butler Field/Grant Park ℹ️ bit.ly/NoKingsChiMarch28 👊 Indivisible Chicago is proud to work with our organizing partners: ACLU of IL, @chicagolabor.bsky.social, Equality IL, ICIRR, Personal PAC IL, Sierra Club IL

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 theme:𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨 "Women have only 64 % of the legal rights that men hold worldwide. If progress continues at its current pace, it will take 𝟮𝟴𝟲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 to close legal protection gaps."

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 85.

We Go To War for THIS?

The White House owed it to us to warn us that the State of the Union Address would include graphic details of excessive violence or suffering that may not be appropriate for younger or more sensitive listeners.

See you there!

I am so happy to celebrate this National Day!

Today is 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲! One of my favorites! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸-𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 - Sharing your favorite song is sharing a big part of who you are.

Words truly DO matter - now more than ever!

Who can stop slaughter of civilians 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗲𝗱. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀: injunctions/legality of violations of specific, clearly established laws/the Const. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻: make this political suicide. M𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Safe drinking water. @ewgofficial.bsky.social used best, latest scientific evidence, legal standards, & health advisories to develop water quality standards not compromised by polluters & politicians. EWG Tap Water Database: you can search it by zip code! www.ewg.org/tapwater/

A beautifully crafted, calm, honest, thoughtful, and brilliant analysis of what we all witnessed in those hearings before the House Judiciary Committee.

I was proud to join more than 300 former DOJ employees in signing this letter. More lawyers—especially former prosecutors—need to speak up. AUSAs nationwide are being pushed out for refusing to follow politically driven orders that undermine the criminal justice system.

Celebrating the @justiceconnection.bsky.social

"The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived & incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children. [Courts] regularly send undocumented people to prison & orders them deported but do so by proper legal procedures."

Reading the astounding preliminary report of Illinois Accountability Commission on the federal abuses of Midway Blitz. Every state touched by the ICE assault needs to create a body like this just to preserve / consolidate the factual record. ilac.illinois.gov/content/dam/...

Illinois Accountability Commission is collecting evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents who broke the law. If you encountered such conduct firsthand in Chicago & other areas in IL, you can submit video-narrative info to the Commission's website ilac.illinois.gov/interest-form?

Get out there and join a club, Chicago! www.wbez.org/say-more-wit...