Every Democratic governor should be standing with Pritzker

From the 6 Surgeon Generals who served across administrations since President Bush: "Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

I know the news is tough right now. So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology. WOW. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.

Watch to the end 😭

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Yep. Pritzker has been a hero but he can't do it alone. Why isn't every Democratic governor out with a statement backing him up? Where are Congressional Democrats?

UK Govt telling Jews to stay indoors & keep doors closed... To me, that means the UK Govt is saying they are unable to keep Jews safe.

The rise of American fascism will not be televised. The raid on the Chicago apartment building was not on the @nbcnews.com tonight. civicmedia.us/news/2025/10...

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

My thoughts to fellow Jews who got stabbed in Manchester earlier this morning on Yom Kippur of all days 😮‍💨

I never post on Yom Kippur but: When British Jews tell you antisemitism is getting worse BELIEVE US. It shouldn’t take us getting stabbed by terrorists on the holiest day in our calendar for you to believe us.

Here's what America first would be Universal healthcare Free child care for working women 2-year college free Affordable housing Tax breaks for the middle class The rich pay their fair share for living in a country that made him Rich Free public transportation

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

"I hope the Republicans develop a sense of morality."

A new paper in The Lancet, one of the world’s foremost peer reviewed medical journals, estimates that USAID prevented 91 million deaths across 133 countries over 20 years. The paper estimates that Elon Musk’s DOGE funding cuts to USAID will lead to 14 million deaths by 2030 (4.5 million children).

So exhausting..

The function of the American health care system is to make huge profits for the insurance and drug companies. Not acceptable. Our job is to fight for the U.S. to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all as a human right.

This is the same mindset used by the Nazi regime when they isolated Jews in ghettos and concentration camps. The Jews were not recognized as humans. The same thought process occurred in the South toward blacks before the Civil War. If we don't learn from history...we repeat the same mistakes.

The Trump administration is moving aggressively to privatize the VA — arbitrarily laying off employees, lowering the quality of, and limiting access to, health care that veterans receive. Unacceptable. We must stand with veterans and oppose all efforts to privatize the VA.

NEW: At a UN event today, advocate Violet Affleck gave a short speech on pediatric #LongCOVID. She also talked about how clean air and masking could help address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from the disabling disease. thesicktimes.org/2025/09/23/v...

They'll fight Tylenol before gun control and poverty

I asked a Meta whistleblower if the company stopped child safety research, restricted data, altered results, and even deleted evidence of harm to kids. The answer each time was the same: Yes. That says it all.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

“Trey’s death evoked the collective memory of a community that has suffered a historic wound over many, many years and many, many deaths." Colin Kaerpernick is paying for an independent autopsy for Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a Mississippi college student who was found hanging from a tree.

Hundreds of peaceful protesters and I got tear-gassed at the ICE Broadway facility this morning - this is what your taxpayer dollars are being used for

Pam Bondi deleted a government study showing that right-wingers commit more terrorism. The right cannot think coherently so instead of making their own studies, they censor legitimate ones. But don't worry Pam, I saved it for you web.archive.org/web/20250911...

(5,5) As long as hate & evil exists, as long as we remain unable to talk to one another, & as long as we jump to demonize the other side combined with unfettered & easy access to guns, I fear this violence affecting children, parents, neighborhoods, & yes Democrats & Republicans will continue.

“.. Their roundup and the .. video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.” @apnews.com #Hyundai apnews.com/article/sout...

"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

Paxlovid cost for my 80 year old relative on Medicare with supplemental ins: $700 out-of-pocket. GoodRx $1,400 is least expensive. What’s going on?

chicago is one of the best cities in the world i love you chicago

Over 5 years in and we’re still in another surge that could have been so much smaller.

Receptionist at foot doctor’s office just said, “congratulations on the highest copay I’ve ever seen” Our fam of 4 pays over $3500 mo in premiums to pay $100 copay to see specialist doc—oh then we will owe co-ins bc haven’t met deductible yet. Healthcare in US is broken. Universal healthcare now!

The House and Senate are back in session this week. Who else thinks it's time to ban members of Congress from trading stocks?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

This #LaborDay, let’s remember that immigrants make up 20% of the workforce. If 20% of the workforce were deported, the country's GDP would decrease by 12% (-3 trillion). Hurting immigrants doesn't only hurt them. It hurts America. Is weakening America worth owning the libs? #OnYourSide

Our for-profit healthcare system is broken. This documentary exposes the exploitation of Native Americans, young drug addicts & the unhoused for profit. Universal healthcare now!!! Check out this episode of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller on Hulu! www.hulu.com/watch/5a2adb...

@govpritzker.illinois.gov if you are considering purchasing Covid vaccines for IL residents, please include Novavax! For many people, it is the only version that is best for them. Thank you for caring about IL so much!!!

Our leaders in Washington could learn a thing or two from some of the best elementary school students here in Illinois.

Three of the officials who have resigned in protest, outside CDC HQ just now with their colleagues. In his resignation letter Dr Demetre C. Daskalakis (on the right) warned that the Trump administration “risks our personal well-being and the security of the United States.” (📸 Sam Stein)

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)

UPDATE: At least two children, ages 8 and 10, were shot and killed and at least 17 more people, including 14 children, were wounded during a back-to-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. Schools & churches should be sanctuaries of safety for children, not where they go to die.

Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion

@kkjetelina.bsky.social are any Covid vaccines available now?