Justin Gibson
@jgibsondem.bsky.social
Pct. Committeeperson for Nameoki 5. He/Him/His
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🏒 Blues
⚽ Arsenal, STL City SC
🏈 Steelers, Battlehawks
🏀 🏈 Mizzou/Illini
🇺🇸 USA
https://linktr.ee/jgibsondem
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My 2026 #ILPrimary endorsements guide is out now.
Key endorsements:
#ILSen: @julianastratton.bsky.social
#ILComp: @hollykim.bsky.social
#IL02: @robertpeters.bsky.social
#IL07: Kina Collins
Full list and reasonings:
jgibsondem.substack.com/p/my-2026-el...
#Twill
Key endorsements:
#ILSen: @julianastratton.bsky.social
#ILComp: @hollykim.bsky.social
#IL02: @robertpeters.bsky.social
#IL07: Kina Collins
Full list and reasonings:
jgibsondem.substack.com/p/my-2026-el...
#Twill
For the 3rd year in a row, a Republican New Hampshire governor has vetoed a bigoted anti-trans bathroom bill.
aridrennen.substack.com/p/a-republic...
aridrennen.substack.com/p/a-republic...
A Republican Governor Just Vetoed a Bathroom Bill for the Third Year in a Row. Fox’s Own Poll Shows Why.
Voters trust Democrats over Republicans on trans issues by 22 points—the largest gap on any issue Fox tested. Kansas passed a bathroom bounty bill the same week.
aridrennen.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
For the 3rd year in a row, a Republican New Hampshire governor has vetoed a bigoted anti-trans bathroom bill.
aridrennen.substack.com/p/a-republic...
aridrennen.substack.com/p/a-republic...
In Philadelphia v. Burgum, Judge Cynthia Rufe cited George Orwell’s 1984 to call out the Trump Regime’s censorious acts of history revisionism that is aimed at a slavery exhibit at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia and ordered the reinstation of the exhibit.
US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit
In ruling, judge cited quote from Orwell’s novel 1984 describing process by which authoritarians rewrite history
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
In Philadelphia v. Burgum, Judge Cynthia Rufe cited George Orwell’s 1984 to call out the Trump Regime’s censorious acts of history revisionism that is aimed at a slavery exhibit at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia and ordered the reinstation of the exhibit.
The scope of bathroom bans against trans and gender nonconforming people have vastly expanded to private businesses.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-bath...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-bath...
Trans Bathroom Ban Bills Now Expanding To Private Businesses
Last month, Kansas passed a bathroom bounty bill that could target private businesses. Now, Idaho will hear a similar bill that is more explicit that private businesses are also impacted.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The scope of bathroom bans against trans and gender nonconforming people have vastly expanded to private businesses.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-bath...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-bath...
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DHS head liar Tricia McLaughlin getting deported from DHS
February 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
DHS head liar Tricia McLaughlin getting deported from DHS
Stephen Colbert tore into CBS for booting the interview of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) off its linear feed of The Late Show.
Dear CBS and the FCC, you may have just given Talarico the nomination and possibly a general election victory.
www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...
Dear CBS and the FCC, you may have just given Talarico the nomination and possibly a general election victory.
www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...
Stephen Colbert Goes Scorched Earth On CBS Over Shocking Act Of Censorship
The "Late Show" host on Monday night opened up about something the network "clearly doesn't want us to talk about."
www.huffpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Stephen Colbert tore into CBS for booting the interview of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) off its linear feed of The Late Show.
Dear CBS and the FCC, you may have just given Talarico the nomination and possibly a general election victory.
www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...
Dear CBS and the FCC, you may have just given Talarico the nomination and possibly a general election victory.
www.huffpost.com/entry/stephe...
Here is The Late Show With Stephen Colbert's interview of #TXSen candidate James Talarico (D) that CBS and Brendan Carr colluded to spike from airing on CBS's linear feed in its entirety.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Here is The Late Show With Stephen Colbert's interview of #TXSen candidate James Talarico (D) that CBS and Brendan Carr colluded to spike from airing on CBS's linear feed in its entirety.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Christopher Mathias’ new book To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right has some valuable insights on antifa.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/antifa-cat...
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/antifa-cat...
The Truth About Antifa That Trump Doesn't Want You To Know
A new book sheds light on the underground anti-fascist movement working to infiltrate and eradicate neo-nazi groups
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Christopher Mathias’ new book To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right has some valuable insights on antifa.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/antifa-cat...
thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/antifa-cat...
Peter Attia will retain his CBS News contributor post, despite revelations of his close ties to Jeffrey Epstein coming to the fore.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Epstein pal will reportedly keep cushy new gig at CBS News
Newly hired CBS News contributor Peter Attia is reportedly secure in his position, despite recent revelations that Attia was close to and had exchanged lewd messages with accused sex trafficker ...
www.dailykos.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Peter Attia will retain his CBS News contributor post, despite revelations of his close ties to Jeffrey Epstein coming to the fore.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Vile Islamophobic monster Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL)’s X post about Muslims and dogs reeks of Islamophobia.
www.huffpost.com/entry/randy-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/randy-...
GOP Rep’s ‘Most Disgusting’ Post About Muslims And Dogs Is Condemned Online
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it was "genuinely one of the most disgusting statements I have ever seen issued by an American official."
www.huffpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Vile Islamophobic monster Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL)’s X post about Muslims and dogs reeks of Islamophobia.
www.huffpost.com/entry/randy-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/randy-...
Anderson Cooper will exit CBS’s 60 Minutes as of the end of the current season, to focus more on his primary employer CNN and his family.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News’ ‘60 Minutes’
Anderson Cooper is poised to leave CBS News' 60 Minutes, marking the latest departure from CBS News' properties during the tenure of Bari Weiss
variety.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Anderson Cooper will exit CBS’s 60 Minutes as of the end of the current season, to focus more on his primary employer CNN and his family.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
@nberlat.bsky.social wrote a solid case on why @julianastratton.bsky.social is the best candidate for #ILSen. #twill
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/juliana-st...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/juliana-st...
Juliana Stratton Understands the Assignment
IL Senate candidate knows you don’t find common ground with Trump
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
@nberlat.bsky.social wrote a solid case on why @julianastratton.bsky.social is the best candidate for #ILSen. #twill
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/juliana-st...
www.everythingishorrible.net/p/juliana-st...
The lesson taught in Czechoslovakia (now Czechia/Czech Republic) under communist times is that lawyers are key to defeating the Trump Regime’s authoritarian regime… peacefully.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/czechoslov...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/czechoslov...
Czechoslovakia’s Lesson for America: Lawyers are Key to Peacefully Defeating Authoritarianism—Help Them
Romania had to kill its tyrant and his supporters to make room for democracy because it had no legal route to oust him
www.theunpopulist.net
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The lesson taught in Czechoslovakia (now Czechia/Czech Republic) under communist times is that lawyers are key to defeating the Trump Regime’s authoritarian regime… peacefully.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/czechoslov...
www.theunpopulist.net/p/czechoslov...
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Totally correct..... no matter how you sugar it, it is STILL TRUMPISM in all its racist, vengeful, hateful aspects. You cannot cover a pig with chocolate and pretend it is NOT a pig anymore.
Trumpism with a human face is still Trumpism.
Rubio Offers Europe Trumpism With a Human Face
All the talk of friendship and partnership masked a deeper hostility.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Totally correct..... no matter how you sugar it, it is STILL TRUMPISM in all its racist, vengeful, hateful aspects. You cannot cover a pig with chocolate and pretend it is NOT a pig anymore.
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Donald Trump is terrified of AOC.
February 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Donald Trump is terrified of AOC.
Savannah Guthrie is set to be considering a possible exit from her Today hosting role on NBC over the ongoing disappearance of her mother Nancy.
www.newsnationnow.com/entertainmen...
www.newsnationnow.com/entertainmen...
February 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Savannah Guthrie is set to be considering a possible exit from her Today hosting role on NBC over the ongoing disappearance of her mother Nancy.
www.newsnationnow.com/entertainmen...
www.newsnationnow.com/entertainmen...
Civil rights activist, former CNN host, Rainbow/PUSH founder, and 2-time Democratic Presidential candidate (1984, 1988) Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84.
www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Helped Launch Progressive Movement, Dead At 84
Jackson's presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 played a significant role in shaping the modern Democratic Party.
www.huffpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Civil rights activist, former CNN host, Rainbow/PUSH founder, and 2-time Democratic Presidential candidate (1984, 1988) Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84.
www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...
The SAVE America Act (or SAVE Act) is nothing but a disaster in the making, as its provisions make a passport necessary to even vote, yet at the same time make passports harder to get by barring nonprofit-run libraries from doing passport processing as part of Trump Regime’s war on voting rights.
You may soon need a passport to vote. Trump is making it harder to get one.
Have you been feeling like you need to rush to get a passport in case the SAVE Act voter suppression jamboree becomes law? What if, somehow, President Donald Trump signing a piece of paper means ...
www.dailykos.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The SAVE America Act (or SAVE Act) is nothing but a disaster in the making, as its provisions make a passport necessary to even vote, yet at the same time make passports harder to get by barring nonprofit-run libraries from doing passport processing as part of Trump Regime’s war on voting rights.
The FBI raid of Fulton County, Georgia's elections HQ was nothing more than authoritarian intimidation exercise to suppress voting.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-fult...
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-fult...
The Fulton County raid is part of Trump's total war on voting
And it's disturbing that a magistrate judge signed off on it.
www.publicnotice.co
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
The FBI raid of Fulton County, Georgia's elections HQ was nothing more than authoritarian intimidation exercise to suppress voting.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-fult...
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-fult...
Ofelia Torres, who pushed for the successful release from ICE custody of father Rubén, died at 16 due to cancer.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US teen who pushed for her father’s release from ICE custody dies of cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, spotlighted her dad Ruben’s illegal detention last fall during Trump’s crackdown in Chicago
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Ofelia Torres, who pushed for the successful release from ICE custody of father Rubén, died at 16 due to cancer.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The national GOP and Florida’s chapter of the GOP put a disgraceful meme of JB Pritzker and his fatness for Valentine’s Day, in which even his likely opponent Darren Bailey condemned.
www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-va...
www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-va...
GOP Gets No Love Over ‘Disgraceful’ Valentine’s Day Swipe At Pritzker
Florida's GOP also got in on the act with a Valentine's Day post that was slammed as "so f**king dumb" and more.
www.huffpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The national GOP and Florida’s chapter of the GOP put a disgraceful meme of JB Pritzker and his fatness for Valentine’s Day, in which even his likely opponent Darren Bailey condemned.
www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-va...
www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-va...
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place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
place themselves at odds with our responsibility to represent the electorate and the views of the majority of Americans, who find the genocide in Gaza an appalling affront to American values and do not want to see US taxpayer funded weapons used to perpetuate it.
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They are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy. They have zero tolerance for any diversity of thought from their line, and pressure elected officials to increasingly-
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
They are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy. They have zero tolerance for any diversity of thought from their line, and pressure elected officials to increasingly-
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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🚨🚨🚨 I want to abolish ICE. Period. @rajaforil.bsky.social thanked ICE, funded ICE, and took money from an ICE contractor.
February 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM
🚨🚨🚨 I want to abolish ICE. Period. @rajaforil.bsky.social thanked ICE, funded ICE, and took money from an ICE contractor.
Move over, AIPAC: A new pro-Palestinian lobby group PAL PAC has formed.
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
New political action committee launches to back pro-Palestine candidates in 2026 US midterm elections
PAL PAC makes its debut amid criticism over pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC’s political spending, endorses four Democratic Congress members - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Move over, AIPAC: A new pro-Palestinian lobby group PAL PAC has formed.
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...
www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/...