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Danielle Lasker
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🌸 they, them 🌸 just here for fun, but maybe I’ll post some textiles 🌸 DMs are open 🌸
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A Senate committee is holding a bogus hearing today based on junk science about the abortion pill mifepristone, a safe and effective medication that's the most common form of abortion.

This hearing isn't about science — it's about laying the groundwork for banning medication abortion nationwide.
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
There was not a speck of snow an hour and a half ago! 😱
As a southern transplant, I will never not be in awe of snow squalls and lake effect storms!
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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this fucking headline and the lede is that she *served on a fucking school board*
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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During Dry January and beyond, if you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol use, the Illinois helpline can help.

Visit HelplineIL.org, call (833) 234-6343 or text “HELP” to 833234. Medication-assisted Recovery (MAR) can curb alcohol cravings + reduce consumption effectively.

#DryJanuary
Illinois Helpline
This is the future home of the website for the Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances. The website is expected to launch in spring of 2018.
helplineil.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.

www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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On New Year’s Eve an ICE agent murdered Keith Porter. He is survived by two daughters who we can all support through this GoFundMe established by their grandmother
They have not yet raised $50,000 yet and he was killed almost two weeks ago

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️, organized by Franceola Armstrong
On New Year’s Eve, my life was forever changed when my son was ta… Franceola Armstrong needs your support for Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️
www.gofundme.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I recommended the Chicago Torture Justice Center in a thread I just posted, but I wanted to make a separate post to highlight one of their pieces of merch, which is a perfect shirt to wear to a protest!

www.bonfire.com/knowyourrigh...
January 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
And visit the Art Institute of Chicago to see the textiles exhibition ‘On Loss and Absence’ and view the work of Dorothy Burge who has two pieces showcasing two survivors of Chicago police torture 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Check out the Chicago Torture Justice Center to learn more about the history of police violence and torture in Chicago 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I could say a lot more about that time, but all of this is just to say that I really appreciate this article very very much and while much can be done for Chicago to make it a safer, less policed city, there are so many of us who love this city so so so much and will keep up that fight! 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I was able to find my way to marches solely from following the sounds of helicopters 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I’ll never forget the intense militarization of CPD at that time and how Lightfoot literally had the bridges which connect so many sections of the city raised so that groups of protesters could not access each other.
Raising of the bridges also worked to systematically segregate the city 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Late spring/early summer 2020 was the only period of time I’ve experienced in which I came close to being afraid of being in Chicago *solely* due to CPD and Lori Lightfoot‘s handling of the BLM marches and protests 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I love the way this article is written because there is barely a moment in which Chicagoans are not being reminded that it is our tax dollars being used by CPD to defend themselves in court because of the violence they committed against Chicagoans 🧵
The Chicago City Council should agree to pay $875,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by 25 Chicagoans who each say they were brutalized by city police officers during protests during the summer of 2020 after the police murder of George Floyd, city lawyers say. https://to.wttw.com/4qQ3oNM
City Lawyers: Pay $875K to 25 People Who Accused CPD Officers of Misconduct During 2020 Unrest
So far, Chicago taxpayers have paid approximately $11.9 million to settle and defend lawsuits sparked by the conduct of CPD officers during protests that swept the city in 2020 and erupted into unrest...
to.wttw.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Americans don’t want Canada, Venezuela, or Greenland.

They want to be able to afford groceries and have lower health care costs.
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
On New Year’s Eve an ICE agent murdered Keith Porter. He is survived by two daughters who we can all support through this GoFundMe established by their grandmother
They have not yet raised $50,000 yet and he was killed almost two weeks ago

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️, organized by Franceola Armstrong
On New Year’s Eve, my life was forever changed when my son was ta… Franceola Armstrong needs your support for Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️
www.gofundme.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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The guy in the White House just posted that he's the acting president of Venezuela. Insane.
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Please share this GoFundMe for two Venezuelan refugee women who have been detained by ICE for weeks now! Sabrina’s sister-in-law is calling for aid via TikTok, I’ll share the link to that next ⬇️

www.gofundme.com/f/a-christma...
Donate to A Christmas Behind Bars for Following the law, organized by Jose Mudalel
English: For the past month, Sabrina Mohad has been locked inside an ICE d… Jose Mudalel needs your support for A Christmas Behind Bars for Following the law
www.gofundme.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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>they must be funded
>says the guy who was getting literally millions of dollars in funding from Russian intelligence
They assume we must all be getting paid to rise up cos:

A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive

B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble

C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds
January 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Made it through 86% of my audiobook and 100% of my weaving!
I got really in the zone after my lunch break so I don’t have any other images of the weaving but I’ll probably post pics when it comes off the loom 🤗
January 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM