Urban Dev
@fuzzeewuzzee.bsky.social
@durbin.senate.gov he's not going to keep his word, and even if he does, what makes you think you'll save the ACA credits with no leverage. Don't be a fool, don't be a coward, stand up for working Americans. Your Chicago Office Voicemail box is full btw.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@durbin.senate.gov he's not going to keep his word, and even if he does, what makes you think you'll save the ACA credits with no leverage. Don't be a fool, don't be a coward, stand up for working Americans. Your Chicago Office Voicemail box is full btw.
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This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says. n.pr/3WQe563
Trump ramps up the 'insider pardon' for those in his personal, political orbit
This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says. n.pr/3WQe563
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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I’m no great fan of the ACA.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m no great fan of the ACA.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
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"That style of aggressive, militarized enforcement is something that the Trump administration loves, because it plays very well for them among their base.”
Chicago Immigration Crackdown “Coming to Other Cities,” Warns Expert
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is calling for federal agents to pause immigration enforcement in the Chicago area until after Halloween, amid widespread condemnation of violent arrests and confrontatio...
www.democracynow.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"That style of aggressive, militarized enforcement is something that the Trump administration loves, because it plays very well for them among their base.”
1 trillion is an impossible number to comprehend, but for me this has helped put it in perspective.
1 trillion/50 working yrs = 20 billion per year
20 billion/50 weeks = 400 million per week
400 million/40 hrs per week = 10 million per HOUR
Who has ever EARNED that much?
1 trillion/50 working yrs = 20 billion per year
20 billion/50 weeks = 400 million per week
400 million/40 hrs per week = 10 million per HOUR
Who has ever EARNED that much?
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
1 trillion is an impossible number to comprehend, but for me this has helped put it in perspective.
1 trillion/50 working yrs = 20 billion per year
20 billion/50 weeks = 400 million per week
400 million/40 hrs per week = 10 million per HOUR
Who has ever EARNED that much?
1 trillion/50 working yrs = 20 billion per year
20 billion/50 weeks = 400 million per week
400 million/40 hrs per week = 10 million per HOUR
Who has ever EARNED that much?
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A huge wave of resistance is building up against data centers.
Some battles are won already.
Some battles are won already.
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
truthout.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A huge wave of resistance is building up against data centers.
Some battles are won already.
Some battles are won already.
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Governor Pritzker,
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
please address this. Why are Illinois state police suppressing free speech?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
please address this. Why are Illinois state police suppressing free speech?
Today I protested ICE fascists at the Broadview, IL facility, as I have for several months. I've shared before every time the escalation of violence has been by the State against peaceful protestors.
That happened again today.
1/4
That happened again today.
1/4
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Governor Pritzker,
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
please address this. Why are Illinois state police suppressing free speech?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
please address this. Why are Illinois state police suppressing free speech?
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I turn and see police arresting someone who stood standing on the barrier to get the shot he wanted. No warning, just arrest.
And it was IL State Police arresting him. Why is ISP doing ICE's dirty work for them??
Gov Pritzker needs to require ISP to do their jobs—not ICE's fascist jobs.
3/4
And it was IL State Police arresting him. Why is ISP doing ICE's dirty work for them??
Gov Pritzker needs to require ISP to do their jobs—not ICE's fascist jobs.
3/4
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I turn and see police arresting someone who stood standing on the barrier to get the shot he wanted. No warning, just arrest.
And it was IL State Police arresting him. Why is ISP doing ICE's dirty work for them??
Gov Pritzker needs to require ISP to do their jobs—not ICE's fascist jobs.
3/4
And it was IL State Police arresting him. Why is ISP doing ICE's dirty work for them??
Gov Pritzker needs to require ISP to do their jobs—not ICE's fascist jobs.
3/4
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BREAKING: Trump’s ICE bans Christians and all people from praying “in front of or inside” the Broadview ICE facility.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
BREAKING: Trump’s ICE bans Christians and all people from praying “in front of or inside” the Broadview ICE facility.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
So, forced prayer in school is good, but volunteer prayer for the prisoner is banned.
This is what white nationalist Christianity looks like. This is Trump’s fascist America. Smh.
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As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
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They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
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Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right.
The solution: Medicare for All.
Are we supposed to thank them for returning some of the money they're pilfering from us to pay the likes of ICE, GEO, IDF and billionaires? We want affordable housing, healthcare, childcare, and education, for generations to come, not 1-2 months rent. Just absurd. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person'
But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cast the discussion in a bit of a different light.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Are we supposed to thank them for returning some of the money they're pilfering from us to pay the likes of ICE, GEO, IDF and billionaires? We want affordable housing, healthcare, childcare, and education, for generations to come, not 1-2 months rent. Just absurd. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Another pardoned January 6 attacker arrested and charged with other, new felonies (in this case, kidnapping and sexual assault).
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another pardoned January 6 attacker arrested and charged with other, new felonies (in this case, kidnapping and sexual assault).
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
And don’t miss the part where he got caught firing off a gun on Jan. 6. You may recall the argument that it couldn’t have been an insurrection because it wasn’t armed.
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State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
State Prosecutions of Federal Agents and the Presidential Pardon Power
State prosecutions of ICE agents may end up in federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
State criminal prosecutions of immigration enforcement officials may end removed to federal courts, but any conviction would be beyond the president’s pardon power, write Aaron Zelinsky, John Connolly and David Reiser.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stat...
Keep it, tax the rich, not the poor and middle class. Wealth taxes not import taxes(tariffs). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Keep it, tax the rich, not the poor and middle class. Wealth taxes not import taxes(tariffs). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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As I explained in my Round Up this week, the admin screwed up and a handful of states were able to access SNAP funding to pay full benefits for their constituents. The gov has represented in court that they can’t get it back, so it’s become an equity issue open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As I explained in my Round Up this week, the admin screwed up and a handful of states were able to access SNAP funding to pay full benefits for their constituents. The gov has represented in court that they can’t get it back, so it’s become an equity issue open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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Wow — the self-proclaimed ex-wife of TN-7 Republican nominee Matt Van Epps calls him a “complete moron” & “emotionally abusive” & “a robot who does nothing but repeat Fox News rhetoric”
Per allie phillips : www.facebook.com/share/17X2BX...
(Her comments on this: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Gn...)
Per allie phillips : www.facebook.com/share/17X2BX...
(Her comments on this: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Gn...)
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wow — the self-proclaimed ex-wife of TN-7 Republican nominee Matt Van Epps calls him a “complete moron” & “emotionally abusive” & “a robot who does nothing but repeat Fox News rhetoric”
Per allie phillips : www.facebook.com/share/17X2BX...
(Her comments on this: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Gn...)
Per allie phillips : www.facebook.com/share/17X2BX...
(Her comments on this: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Gn...)
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UPDATE: A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.
An Israeli military court extends detention of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing
A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
UPDATE: A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.
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Trump posts literal fake news about Obama from a satire site
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump posts literal fake news about Obama from a satire site
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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Trump is now telling states to “UNDO” food assistance
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump is now telling states to “UNDO” food assistance
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
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this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
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Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.