@jtowne.bsky.social
Bird lady, Packer fan in Chicago, music lover (Springsteen is my god), peace, love, weed and music! Be kind.
My buddy Conrad left today after 27 wonderful years. He was a good bird and a pretty bird and, sometimes, he was a pretty good bird, according to him. Love him to the moon and back, always in my heart. #parrots
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My buddy Conrad left today after 27 wonderful years. He was a good bird and a pretty bird and, sometimes, he was a pretty good bird, according to him. Love him to the moon and back, always in my heart. #parrots
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Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
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J6er who just got a second Trump pardon had ties to the Oath Keepers extremist group - same as at least 27 Chicago Police officers graphics.suntimes.com/extremism-ra...
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
J6er who just got a second Trump pardon had ties to the Oath Keepers extremist group - same as at least 27 Chicago Police officers graphics.suntimes.com/extremism-ra...
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ICE just arrested the father of a special needs child — during his job as a landscaper with a work permit.
This is what is happening in Chicago. ICE is targeting hardworking parents with kids who need them.
This is what is happening in Chicago. ICE is targeting hardworking parents with kids who need them.
‘How can we help?’ Lincoln Square school rallies around family after ICE takes parent of special needs child
Teachers reached out to the child’s mother, Ingrid Guanume, who told them federal immigration agents had taken her husband, Brayan Plata.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
ICE just arrested the father of a special needs child — during his job as a landscaper with a work permit.
This is what is happening in Chicago. ICE is targeting hardworking parents with kids who need them.
This is what is happening in Chicago. ICE is targeting hardworking parents with kids who need them.
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
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The Trump shutdown is now officially the longest government shutdown in American history, with no end in sight.
If you have Republican representatives in Congress, let them know you're not impressed with the self-imposed vacation they're taking as Americans suffer. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
If you have Republican representatives in Congress, let them know you're not impressed with the self-imposed vacation they're taking as Americans suffer. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Demand your Republican Senator Protect Healthcare and End the Shutdown
indivisible.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Trump shutdown is now officially the longest government shutdown in American history, with no end in sight.
If you have Republican representatives in Congress, let them know you're not impressed with the self-imposed vacation they're taking as Americans suffer. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
If you have Republican representatives in Congress, let them know you're not impressed with the self-imposed vacation they're taking as Americans suffer. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Trump's agents have been snatching people off the streets without due process — and over 170 US citizens have been caught in the mix. Outrageous and unacceptable. The lawlessness must end.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump's agents have been snatching people off the streets without due process — and over 170 US citizens have been caught in the mix. Outrageous and unacceptable. The lawlessness must end.
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Kaiser refuses to give workers fair pay, benefits, and the staffing they need to keep patients safe.
We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊
We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Kaiser refuses to give workers fair pay, benefits, and the staffing they need to keep patients safe.
We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊
We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊
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If you are a paying subscriber to The Washington Post, this is what you get.
If you are a free subscriber to Democracy Docket, this is what you get.
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Support independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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If you are a free subscriber to Democracy Docket, this is what you get.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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The birds i live with may not be happy, but we built 150 shelters for @catsinaction.bsky.social. Not the "shithole" the felon thinks, these folks are helping the community ... and the cats
October 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The birds i live with may not be happy, but we built 150 shelters for @catsinaction.bsky.social. Not the "shithole" the felon thinks, these folks are helping the community ... and the cats
I guess the smartest woman who should have been president @hillaryclinton.bsky.social was right, once again. Oy what we could have been.
Deplorable
The Trump/MAGA Project 2025 plan:
Destroy the Affordable Care Act
Defund Medicaid
Eliminate the federal workforce
And give tax breaks to billionaires
They don’t care if 17 million people lose insurance
Or if millions more will see their premiums double
And that thousands of Americans will die
Destroy the Affordable Care Act
Defund Medicaid
Eliminate the federal workforce
And give tax breaks to billionaires
They don’t care if 17 million people lose insurance
Or if millions more will see their premiums double
And that thousands of Americans will die
October 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I guess the smartest woman who should have been president @hillaryclinton.bsky.social was right, once again. Oy what we could have been.
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i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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Trump is using the #RepublicanShutdown to illegally cancel $8 BILLION in energy independence projects.
Read more below.
SEEC Slams Illegal Partisan Attacks on American Economy During Republicans’ Government Shutdown
Washington, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that — in the midst of Republicans’ Government Shutdown — the Department of Energy is illegally cancelling $7.5 billion in critical projects dedicated to strengthening our energy independence and building a clean, homegrown American manufacturing economy.
seec.house.gov
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Trump is using the #RepublicanShutdown to illegally cancel $8 BILLION in energy independence projects.
Read more below.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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If you were in the room during Hegseth and Trump's speech, and you'd like to share your response anonymously, reach out to me on Signal (in bio.) Share widely.
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you were in the room during Hegseth and Trump's speech, and you'd like to share your response anonymously, reach out to me on Signal (in bio.) Share widely.
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To Donald Trump:
Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities.
Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US.
Stop attacking the 1st Amendment.
Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.
Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities.
Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US.
Stop attacking the 1st Amendment.
Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.
Trump: San Francisco and Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… We'll straighten them out one-by-one. It will be a major part for some of the people in this room. It’s a war too. It’s a war from within
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
To Donald Trump:
Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities.
Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US.
Stop attacking the 1st Amendment.
Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.
Stop using military troops and ICE to invade and disrupt American cities.
Stop calling your political opponents “enemies” of the US.
Stop attacking the 1st Amendment.
Our troops and our nation deserve better than you acting as a petty tyrant.
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Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
September 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.
Comey is a misogynist pos (Hillary/Monica Lewinsky), he made this bed. I hope this comes as a warning to all of the felon's sheep, when he is done with you, he'll direct the DOJ to get you. Dark times folks
September 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Comey is a misogynist pos (Hillary/Monica Lewinsky), he made this bed. I hope this comes as a warning to all of the felon's sheep, when he is done with you, he'll direct the DOJ to get you. Dark times folks
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October 18 is going to be the largest peaceful protest in American history. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave — but if we want to be free, then we’ve got to be brave. Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
September 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
October 18 is going to be the largest peaceful protest in American history. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave — but if we want to be free, then we’ve got to be brave. Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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September 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Democrats want a government funding bill that won't raise your health care costs by 75%.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Democrats want a government funding bill that won't raise your health care costs by 75%.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
Trump won't even meet with them.
He’s shutting the government down and making health care even more expensive for families.
What a bad deal for America.
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