Rep. Jamie Raskin nails it. “It is not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not to swear in our new colleague Adelita Grijalva who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files. "So it’s convenient for them to shut the government down."

@govpritzker.illinois.gov @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov @ilattygeneral.bsky.social @housedemsil.bsky.social @ilsendems.bsky.social Please act! Under the TRUST Act, how are IL State Police allowed to assist federal agents and to arrest peaceful protesters?

📢 In Chicago we don’t put up with wannabe kings or tyrants. Join us at noon on October 18th for a rally and march at Grant Park. Let’s come together to say: #HandsOffChicago and #NoKings! 🗓 Saturday, October 18th ⏰1 2-2 PM 📍 Grant Park, Chicago (Jackson & Columbus)

“Ashford said as she was filming at the accident scene, a federal agent told her to put her camera down. She told him, “Pull your mask off.”

"Absolutely Wrong": Chicago Mayor on Trump’s Threat to Use “Dangerous” Cities as “Training Grounds for our Military”

Quick signature: Tell Congress to stop rising health care costs! #ProtectOurCare action.momsrising.org/sign/hc-cost...

🔥 Please share - Very important care campaign for anyone with ME #pwME #pwLC ♥️💙🫂 "Campaigning for ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) to be medically managed safely, to protect families from permanent disability or death from neglect of the illness" justice4me.uk

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🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 22! Friends and Family Friday! Recruit THREE (3) people to send Quack-o-Grams to their House Reps! 🐥DUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT!🐥 act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/... #31doa #impeachthequack #DUCKAROUNDANDFINDOUT

Today we’re amplifying the #DisappearedInAmerica campaign, led by a growing coalition of immigrant rights, faith, rule of law, and pro-democracy organizations. In America, the government doesn’t get to grab people off the streets, skip the courtroom, and send them straight to a foreign prison.

Article in The Atlantic by Ed Yong | "Fatigue Can Shatter a Person" "Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience.” Read here 👉 ow.ly/QpLh50W6hGL

👀 Peep ICA members spreading the word about the upcoming ❌👑 NO KINGS ❌👑 protest on the Kennedy this afternoon Are you marching on 6/14?

Help complete the human chain of solitary against Trump along 30 miles from Aurora, IL to Chicago! Sunday, May 18 from 12-2pm Bring signs, wear black, and make some noise. Organized by dozens of partners across the region. RSPV and Info: www.handsacrosschi.com

#MEAction is sending an urgent letter to the newly appointed National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, calling for the NIH to allocate $50 million to fund the ME/CFS Research Roadmap. The link below is to a petition to sign in support.

May 12 is ME/CFS Awareness Day. Speak with other people about ME/CFS today. Reject invisibility and stigma, build awarenesss and support.

Please watch and share if able. youtu.be/JzKfi8LOMQU?... #MillionsMissing #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid #veteran

Wednesday, April 16 - Demand Progressive Revenue Solutions in Illinois / Protect Worker Safety by Reversing NIOSH Cuts / ACLU People Power Action Call

This is Chicago. We filled Daley Plaza. We filled the streets. We rallied and marched in the name of democracy, human rights, civil rights, people's livelihoods, people's lives, our planet, peace and justice in our country and around the world. #HandsOff @indivisible.org

Let's go Chicago!

The SAVE Act is not about protecting elections but rather, it's about creating barriers that weaken our democracy and silence voters! QUICK SIGNATURE: action.momsrising.org/sign/Stop-th... via @momsrising.org #StoptheSaveAct action.momsrising.org/sign/Stop-th...

I just signed the petition “Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019/2024 Exercise therapy for CFS review” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Lots going on with this petition, read this blog […]

"I don’t know how to put my sorrow and anger about this into words." Hilda Bastien writes about the debacle of the Cochrane Review of Exersise in ME/CFS. absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/01/24/w...