Say it louder and more often please. Literally every press conference should highlight (with receipts) current spending on Republican concerns during the shutdown. Make it impossible for the GOP to claim there isn't money for YOUR healthcare.

No Kings includes DraftKings

Folks are asking what to do about the One Special Boy's AI vids and whether they should share them: MOCK THEM WITHOUT SHARING. This creates what an enthymeme, where readers have to SUPPLY PART OF THE REFERENT to understand what you are mocking. An enthymeme is the STRONGEST form of persuasion.

Don't engage them, just block and move on. I'll say it again, they follow us around because when they don't have a target and only each other, they eat each other like rats in a bag.

By some estimates we could replace every lead pipe in the United States with this money

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

Frogs in Chicago when?

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2014...

RIP actor & Chicago native Ron Dean. He interrogated Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE, he dropped Andy off at detention in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, he was shot by Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT, he was Marty Crane's poker buddy on FRASIER, and so much more.

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility. Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying. All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Speed safety cameras are astonishingly successful. We know the tools that reduce traffic violence. Legalize them. www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Love to see the new street calming chicanes “curb bump-outs” going in on Avondale Ave. in Jefferson Park! Thank you CDOT for making our streets safer. youtu.be/bOlk-hEcors?...

I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk

Applications for this year's minigrants are open! Reach out to me with any questions :)

🔬✨Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change. 🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl

No remote access in this afternoon's hearing in Illinois v Trump—Chicago-based legal journalists, we are counting on you

"I think the ambition of trying to put people back in the heart of the street is fantastic" Feel like this ethos has been laughed at by transpo professionals at CDOT and IDOT for so long that anyone who works in these places suppresses it. Obvs a small cherry-picked example but that statements BIG

We need to bring back the Millennium Park bike station! And expand with a new bike commuter station in the central loop!

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops"). Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Well this is (not) reassuring: a TFR (temporary flight restriction) just went up over the city from now through October 12th for "Special Security Reasons." Not that this makes it any better, but this TFR is specifically for drones (UAS) provided you don't have prior approval or authorization.

TFR stands for Temporary Flight Restriction, which is ban on flying drones in a specific area and for a short period of time. The FAA has banned drone flights within the entire Chicago area for 12 days.

Fascist cover for ongoing raids here in Chicago, there is a brand new 2 week ban on drones over the entire city. tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...

Donald Trump basically announces that he is declaring war on anyone he deems a Democrat... and one of the leading Democratic Senators, @blumenthal.senate.gov thinks now is the best time for a bipartisan censorship bill that will let MAGA define what content is allowed on the internet. WTF?

What the fuck is wrong with Senator Blumenthal

Mayo Clinic employs as many people in Rochester, MN as the entire US coal industry nationwide.

The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago

Not my normal spot for an interview: the bike lane. I talked with Mayor Brandon Johnson about cycling in Chicago. Here's how he sees bike infrastructure fitting into the city, told by him from atop a Divvy bike to @chicagotribune.com (part 1/2):

Alderman Gardiner has denied the approval of 48 new apartments next to the Edgebrook Metra station. Across the street from a forest preserve. With growth controls like this, it's no wonder why property taxes are climbing, and transit ridership is stalling chicagoyimby.com/2025/09/45th...

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Still doing resolutions at 4pm might be a record, even for our city council. Just gonna leave this here, apropos of nothing... www.bettergov.org/2023/02/27/c...

i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues. For example: Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $ Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $ Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy

Did you know? Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population, over 213 million people, reside within the region that CBP considers falling within the 100-mile border zone. - per @aclu.org www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Failing to start meetings on time is a major insult to the public coming to these meetings.

can you imagine the previous CTA president participating in a comedy show about saving transit AND the advertising for said comedy show? this is precious

Bring your lights and make sure you get here so we can do a special thing 👀. Already downtown? Meet our organizers at Daley Plaza (Picasso Statue) starting at 5:30!

Private fences that were put up around a public park have irked Near North neighbors. blockclubchi.co/3IDVIh6

bow to your king 🎃

The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.

Chicago defends slow pace of notification letters for toxic lead water pipes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/c...

When you call your alder, specifically say that you’d like them to support Ald. Lawson’s comprehensive ADU ordinance. 🏘️ Look up your alderperson and their phone number here: chicago.councilmatic.org/council-memb...

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Oops! All Separate Units Of Government

PancakesCon & @comfyconau.bsky.social are THIS SUNDAY, September 21st. Here are some final notes on how to make the most of virtual conferences and where to find useful information! pancakescon.com/2025/09/17/f...

Northside transit townhall happening now at Truman

“The USDA uses the survey to produce its annual food security report, which stands as the official government source of information on how many Americans have—or do not have—enough to eat.”