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Alex Han
@alexhan.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Ok who put this on the marquee literally right outside the window of my office
We are ruled by 12 year olds, and their towering intellectuals are stoned 19 year olds having a dorm room debate
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We are ruled by 12 year olds, and their towering intellectuals are stoned 19 year olds having a dorm room debate
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"Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good."
@etoddbreland.bsky.social breaking down why corporations should pay more tax.
@etoddbreland.bsky.social breaking down why corporations should pay more tax.
There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
inthesetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good."
@etoddbreland.bsky.social breaking down why corporations should pay more tax.
@etoddbreland.bsky.social breaking down why corporations should pay more tax.
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Don’t ever let any of these 30 alders (31 tbh) say they are for working people. Because they all chose to place the burden of this year’s budget on the backs of people too poor to pay off their own debts instead of making big corporations pay their fair share.
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don’t ever let any of these 30 alders (31 tbh) say they are for working people. Because they all chose to place the burden of this year’s budget on the backs of people too poor to pay off their own debts instead of making big corporations pay their fair share.
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The Chicago City Council just punted again on passing a corporate head tax to help fill a $1.2b gap.
Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵)
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵)
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
inthesetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Chicago City Council just punted again on passing a corporate head tax to help fill a $1.2b gap.
Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵)
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵)
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
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Wrote something in light of the ongoing conversations about the city budget in Chicago. We should demand that large corporations pay their fair share to support the public good! @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
inthesetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wrote something in light of the ongoing conversations about the city budget in Chicago. We should demand that large corporations pay their fair share to support the public good! @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
in a moment of too many ascendant nationalisms, maybe what we need is some Midwestern Nationalism to defeat them all www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Pope Leo Names Illinois Bishop to Replace Cardinal Dolan in New York
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
in a moment of too many ascendant nationalisms, maybe what we need is some Midwestern Nationalism to defeat them all www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
How do you know when a Border Patrol officer is lying?
Border Patrol called cops on this man and claimed he was trying to ram them. The man denied it to CPD and in a Tribune interview. He was let go. The livestream video doesn’t show the man attempting to ram anyone on LSD
In Chicago, a man on Facebook Live was following the Border Patrol north on Lake Shore Drive. At the end of the drive, a bunch of city cop cars cut off the man who was following and live-streaming Border Patrol.
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
How do you know when a Border Patrol officer is lying?
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Honestly you can and frankly should just take your pick between Kat and Biss at this point given they're 1) both far ahead of Fine and, 2) do not just straight up lie about who supports their campaigns.
It is kind of funny to say that AIPAC does not support your campaign while AIPAC's president hosts a fundraiser at his house
AIPAC Head Hosts Fundraiser for House Candidate Who Swears AIPAC Isn’t Backing Her
Laura Fine has distanced herself from the Israel lobby, but AIPAC donors are pouring funding into her Illinois congressional campaign.
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Honestly you can and frankly should just take your pick between Kat and Biss at this point given they're 1) both far ahead of Fine and, 2) do not just straight up lie about who supports their campaigns.
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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"WBEZ’s analysis sheds light on who would potentially be affected by Johnson’s proposal: less than 1% of all licensed businesses in Chicago; roughly 20% of jobs at companies across the city; and companies where an average salary is estimated to be roughly $111,000."
Chicago's bond rating likely to drop to a notch above junk, no matter how and when budget stalemate ends
Another drop in Chicago’s bond rating may not mean much to taxpayers now, but it will mean plenty to their children and grandchildren. It would make city borrowing costlier, and could impede the…
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
"WBEZ’s analysis sheds light on who would potentially be affected by Johnson’s proposal: less than 1% of all licensed businesses in Chicago; roughly 20% of jobs at companies across the city; and companies where an average salary is estimated to be roughly $111,000."
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After 47 days in ICE custody, Chicago worker-leader Willian Giménez González is free — but thousands of others swept up in “Operation Midway Blitz” are still detained.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on how organizing saved his life.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on how organizing saved his life.
“There Is a War Against Us”: Worker Leader, Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out
Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area.
inthesetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
After 47 days in ICE custody, Chicago worker-leader Willian Giménez González is free — but thousands of others swept up in “Operation Midway Blitz” are still detained.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on how organizing saved his life.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on how organizing saved his life.
this is what happens when elite institutions are in part run by the dumbest group chats in the world. whatever the information bubble you live in, it's not nearly as stupid as the one that whoever greenlighted this book or any coverage of it lives in.
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
this is what happens when elite institutions are in part run by the dumbest group chats in the world. whatever the information bubble you live in, it's not nearly as stupid as the one that whoever greenlighted this book or any coverage of it lives in.
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Elected leaders with @localprogress.bsky.social discuss how they are moving progressive policy forward while defending against the assaults of the Trump administration.
How Movement Organizers In Office Are Responding to the Rise of Authoritarianism
Elected leaders with Local Progress discuss how they are moving progressive policy forward while defending against the assaults of the Trump administration.
inthesetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Elected leaders with @localprogress.bsky.social discuss how they are moving progressive policy forward while defending against the assaults of the Trump administration.
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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me
You can only come to the world cup if you are from Saudi Arabia or Israel, seems like a good plan to me
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You can only come to the world cup if you are from Saudi Arabia or Israel, seems like a good plan to me
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I would PAY to listen to an interview where Rubio is asked numerous questions about Fonts. Which fonts are PATRIOTIC? Which fonts are for WEAKLINGS? Etc...
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I would PAY to listen to an interview where Rubio is asked numerous questions about Fonts. Which fonts are PATRIOTIC? Which fonts are for WEAKLINGS? Etc...
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You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal
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A new @inthesetimes.com investigation by @ottavias.bsky.social w/ @typeinvestigations.org uncovers Texas “boarding homes” where disabled & elderly people face neglect, abuse & exploitation. As the US faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas' disastrous system is a warning for us all.
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A new @inthesetimes.com investigation by @ottavias.bsky.social w/ @typeinvestigations.org uncovers Texas “boarding homes” where disabled & elderly people face neglect, abuse & exploitation. As the US faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas' disastrous system is a warning for us all.
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Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Respectfully, Congresswoman, you voted with Republicans to strip due process from immigrants and to praise Trump's ICE. This year.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Now you're upset?
Votes have consequences. Minnesotans deserve better.
Bro you own SEVERAL NAPA VALLEY WINERIES you are the weirdest fucking freak in the world
Culturally normal is a dog whistle.
Gavin Newsom Urges Democrats to Be ‘More Culturally Normal’
YouTube video by The New York Times
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Bro you own SEVERAL NAPA VALLEY WINERIES you are the weirdest fucking freak in the world
Well to their credit Boeing moved their HQ to Chicago while we still had a head tax and left the city while we didn't, further proof that no business makes decisions based on what is very small pocket change to them, they just like to cry a lot
Remember when Chicago made big corporations pay a "Head Tax" for every employee they housed downtown? Yeah, we used to do that.
We lost billions in annual revenue by letting billionaires whine about tax rates and allowing them to dictate our budget policy. The city chose to tax you over Boeing.
We lost billions in annual revenue by letting billionaires whine about tax rates and allowing them to dictate our budget policy. The city chose to tax you over Boeing.
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well to their credit Boeing moved their HQ to Chicago while we still had a head tax and left the city while we didn't, further proof that no business makes decisions based on what is very small pocket change to them, they just like to cry a lot
Watching Republicans flail around as the clock ticks down on ACA subsidies and the reactionaries of Chicago city council flail around on the city budget feel very similar to me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Running Out of Time, Republicans in Congress Still Lack a Health Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Watching Republicans flail around as the clock ticks down on ACA subsidies and the reactionaries of Chicago city council flail around on the city budget feel very similar to me.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think. We’ve laid the groundwork."
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now | Labor Notes
labornotes.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think. We’ve laid the groundwork."
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
by @alexhan.bsky.social for @labornotes.bsky.social
labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb...
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"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think." by @alexhan.bsky.social
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now | Labor Notes
labornotes.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"At first glance it sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think." by @alexhan.bsky.social
If Michael Sacks wants to be mayor, he should run for the job. If alders want to work for him they should go do it: www.gcmgrosvenor.com/open-positio...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Sacks Helps Fund Ads Against Chicago’s Big Payroll Tax
A group backed by financier Michael Sacks has started funding ads against Chicago’s plan to bring back a tax on large corporate payrolls, drawing the ire of Mayor Brandon Johnson.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If Michael Sacks wants to be mayor, he should run for the job. If alders want to work for him they should go do it: www.gcmgrosvenor.com/open-positio...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...