Chitown Commune
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'While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.' --Eugene V. Debs
Criminal with a tie.
Robert G. Kramer sold nearly 90,000 shares of his stock in Emergent BioSolutions, knowing that large quantities of vaccine materials were contaminated, the lawsuit said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
New York Sues Former C.E.O. of Covid Vaccine Maker Over Insider Trading
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Criminal with a tie.
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A former resident of a South Shore building that was raided by federal agents is now missing, police say. blockclubchi.co/4jHtqR3
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
A former resident of a South Shore building that was raided by federal agents is now missing, police say. blockclubchi.co/4jHtqR3
Middle fingers vs. guns.
it just doesn't seem to me like you can make a lot of hay out of vulgarity when the "exculpatory" video you released of your guy murdering someone has him on tape calling her a "fucking bitch" right afterwards
Leavitt complains that protesters are pointing their middle fingers at ICE vehicles
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Middle fingers vs. guns.
Tear that sht down.
Anti-ICE protesters shake a fence outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Tear that sht down.
Can you imagine.
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Can you imagine.
Oh yeah, the pedophile protector administration.
On the Epstein files, some members of Congress are pursuing legal action to force compliance, while others are gaming out potential legislative punishments for Attorney General Pam Bondi. They remember.
Hey. Remember the Epstein Files?
Congress’s legal fight with the administration is far from over.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Oh yeah, the pedophile protector administration.
Jesus F. Christ. For anyone who thinks food is a bridge to understanding. And more importantly, there is no limit to what this administration and its lackeys will do. Our pain is their game.
January 16, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Jesus F. Christ. For anyone who thinks food is a bridge to understanding. And more importantly, there is no limit to what this administration and its lackeys will do. Our pain is their game.
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It rocks that everyone at CBS News is blabbing www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 AM
It rocks that everyone at CBS News is blabbing www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: 6 children hospitalized after flash bang hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during civil unrest in north Minneapolis, leading to six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
www.fox9.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
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So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.
We should be ashamed.
“The rate of deaths per year in the correctional facilities has been on the rise even though the number of people being held in the prisons has declined, the records show. Last year the death count hit 144 — the highest number in the past seven years.”
Shame on us. Gratis link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
December 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We should be ashamed.
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Trump federalized Illinois and Texas national guard troops to patrol in Chicago, but Illinois quickly sued and won a court ruling keeping them out of the city. The troops did training exercises instead. Today, Trump claims that the guard "greatly reduced" crime in Chicago. Did they do it remotely?
Trump announces he’s pulling the National Guard from Portland, LA, and Chicago but threatens that “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!”
December 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump federalized Illinois and Texas national guard troops to patrol in Chicago, but Illinois quickly sued and won a court ruling keeping them out of the city. The troops did training exercises instead. Today, Trump claims that the guard "greatly reduced" crime in Chicago. Did they do it remotely?
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Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old.
Pope Leo XIV asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025
Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old.
trib.al
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people, young and old.
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Strikes yesterday killed three people. U.S. Southern Command announced that survivors evacuated two of three boats, but provided no further information about their status.
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We're Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Strikes yesterday killed three people. U.S. Southern Command announced that survivors evacuated two of three boats, but provided no further information about their status.
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Since vox has Instituted a paywall, here's a gift link giving everybody access
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
It’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuels
A new paper makes the case for supply-side climate policy.
www.vox.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Since vox has Instituted a paywall, here's a gift link giving everybody access
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
www.vox.com/energy-and-e...
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In 2025, there was notable momentum in both the Democratic and Republican parties toward substantive change in U.S. policy on Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/2025...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/2025...
#Palestine #Israel
2025 saw the most significant political shift toward Palestinian rights in U.S. history
In 2025, there was notable momentum in both the Democratic and Republican parties toward substantive change in U.S. policy on Palestine.
mondoweiss.net
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In 2025, there was notable momentum in both the Democratic and Republican parties toward substantive change in U.S. policy on Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/2025...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/2025...
#Palestine #Israel
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Hell yes
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hell yes
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Cosplaying MFs.
Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
Here’s the birth of Christ being defiled by masked federal thugs who think terrorizing marginalized people is funny.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cosplaying MFs.
Sht's hitting the fan. Duck.
MAGA Congressman Troy Nehls is the latest House member to announce he’s retiring
Trump ally Troy Nehls joins growing group of lawmakers retiring from Congress
The Texas Republican said he called to give Trump a heads up before making his decision.
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Sht's hitting the fan. Duck.
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
Yes, and many think this administration is making America horrible -- dude, we've had 50 years of stagnant wages/attacks on unions/corrupt medical care/soaring college costs/money buying elections/hypercriminalization of the poor, etc. pushing working people to the edge. The status quo was bllsht.
there’s this accompanying fantasy, too, that if we can just remove Trump then everything people imagine the rule of law consists of will be a) repaired b) normal c) fine or all of the above
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Yes, and many think this administration is making America horrible -- dude, we've had 50 years of stagnant wages/attacks on unions/corrupt medical care/soaring college costs/money buying elections/hypercriminalization of the poor, etc. pushing working people to the edge. The status quo was bllsht.