There's a way sustain opposition to this assault for four years. It exists between constant, mostly impotent anger, and the @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social / @schumer.senate.gov instinct to ignore the vast majority of Trump abuses. I wrote about what it looks like here, no paywall.

I want to explain in down-to-earth terms what this paper is about, since it ultimately boils down to what I think are some really concrete and fundamental questions. 1/n

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

Trump’s proposal to strip birthright citizenship from those born in this nation is unconstitutional.

In Illinois, we follow the law.

This is only the start of attempts to undermine the rule of law, and Illinoisans can count on me to stand against unconstitutional actions.

In this moment when antisemitism has reached a new high, this is outrageous behavior. At a Presidential rally no less.

Donald Trump should condemn it. And Elon Musk owes our country an apology.

megawealth is a curse! you become acutely aware of the needs you have that cannot be satisfied through material means AND you are socially ill-positioned to be in a place where you can experience authentic human connection because everyone around you has every incentive to lie to you!

Absolutely maddening that @chicagocta.bsky.social will be crossing right over all these @metraalerts.bsky.social lines with 0 plans for transfers. What are we even doing here RTA?

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies. @propublica.org
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A CBS NEWS INVESTIGATION found dozens of law enforcement leaders — sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police — buying and illegally selling firearms, even weapons of war, across 23 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.

Kash Rules Everything Around Me

Will Ol' Dirty Donald's new FBI Director bring da ruckus to the bureau?

by Maureen Dowd

Our recent union victory (see below) has made me feel so uplifted about the benefits of labor unions that I wanted to share why I think labor organizing is salutary to our society. In order from most to least obvious... 🧵
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1. Twenty-some years ago, as the embers of the intelligent design movement were dying out, a loose band of thinkers known as the New Atheists made a name for themselves by confusing materialist methodology with materialist metaphysics and going on the offensive against all of organized religion.

So happy and proud to have been part of this bargaining team!