Sheryl Weikal, still saying Free Palestine
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Proudly trans and Jewish pay-whatever-you-can lawyer in IL. Lucky wife to the love of my life, @mistymotors.net. No legal advice here; not your lawyer. She/her. Sheryl@weikallaw.com.
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Every year, as part of her job, Mercy goes to the Airventure air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She loves the EAA museum - we even got married there in front of an array of Allied WW2 bombers - and during the week every summer that it plays host to for the largest aviation exhibition in the country,
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Every year, as part of her job, Mercy goes to the Airventure air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She loves the EAA museum - we even got married there in front of an array of Allied WW2 bombers - and during the week every summer that it plays host to for the largest aviation exhibition in the country,
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com for covering felony murder, an incredibly racist law used to charge people for murder when cops kill someone using "look what you made me do!" abuser logic. Abolish it.
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Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Kudos to @lastweektonight.com for covering felony murder, an incredibly racist law used to charge people for murder when cops kill someone using "look what you made me do!" abuser logic. Abolish it.
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I just wish more people realised politicians we like aren't avatars of inherent goodness.
They're representatives we hope we can trust on their promises and believe can be pressured if they don't.
Criticising them from the left is *good*.
They're representatives we hope we can trust on their promises and believe can be pressured if they don't.
Criticising them from the left is *good*.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I just wish more people realised politicians we like aren't avatars of inherent goodness.
They're representatives we hope we can trust on their promises and believe can be pressured if they don't.
Criticising them from the left is *good*.
They're representatives we hope we can trust on their promises and believe can be pressured if they don't.
Criticising them from the left is *good*.
"Look, standing up to the landlord didn't work. You'll just have to be homeless."
- Angus King after one minute of doing my job
- Angus King after one minute of doing my job
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Look, standing up to the landlord didn't work. You'll just have to be homeless."
- Angus King after one minute of doing my job
- Angus King after one minute of doing my job
It is interesting how whenever I raise Bernie's (frankly terrible) record on immigration, people who call themselves leftists immediately jump into my mentions and start spewing right wing anti-immigrant talking points.
Let me be absolutely clear:
Let me be absolutely clear:
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It is interesting how whenever I raise Bernie's (frankly terrible) record on immigration, people who call themselves leftists immediately jump into my mentions and start spewing right wing anti-immigrant talking points.
Let me be absolutely clear:
Let me be absolutely clear:
Just remember as you see all these politicians rushing to say "Bernie was right, we should be like Bernie" that a few weeks ago, Bernie was praising Trump on immigration. Oh, and Bernie voted to confirm Marco Rubio.
NONE of the Senate Democrats are good enough. NONE. OF. THEM.
NONE of the Senate Democrats are good enough. NONE. OF. THEM.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just remember as you see all these politicians rushing to say "Bernie was right, we should be like Bernie" that a few weeks ago, Bernie was praising Trump on immigration. Oh, and Bernie voted to confirm Marco Rubio.
NONE of the Senate Democrats are good enough. NONE. OF. THEM.
NONE of the Senate Democrats are good enough. NONE. OF. THEM.
*headdesk*
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 7:18 PM
*headdesk*
I continue to think that maybe a bunch of men, many of whom were literal child rapists, who thought that it was cool and normal to own other human beings, weren't omniscient when it comes to designing a government and maybe it's okay to change a few things
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I continue to think that maybe a bunch of men, many of whom were literal child rapists, who thought that it was cool and normal to own other human beings, weren't omniscient when it comes to designing a government and maybe it's okay to change a few things
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
A few years ago, a client and I were at a settlement conference. Landlord was suing my client for an eviction, and we had a counterclaim because the eviction was blatantly racially discriminatory and landlord made no effort to hide that fact.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A few years ago, a client and I were at a settlement conference. Landlord was suing my client for an eviction, and we had a counterclaim because the eviction was blatantly racially discriminatory and landlord made no effort to hide that fact.
Damn in retrospect all Mamdani had to do to get Schumer to endorse him was say he'll schedule a vote on becoming a centrist corporate shill at some point in the future
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Damn in retrospect all Mamdani had to do to get Schumer to endorse him was say he'll schedule a vote on becoming a centrist corporate shill at some point in the future
In case you're wondering how this will impact people with disabilities...Mercy and I pay $1600 per month for our health insurance BEFORE any increases and it *still* doesn't cover all of my Crohn's meds and procedures.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In case you're wondering how this will impact people with disabilities...Mercy and I pay $1600 per month for our health insurance BEFORE any increases and it *still* doesn't cover all of my Crohn's meds and procedures.
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Your compassion gave my son a second chance at life.He is fighting hard to recover.Please,be the consistent light he needs to grow strong&secure a healthy tomorrow. The battle against malnutrition is ongoing—your gift is his greatest strength.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Your compassion gave my son a second chance at life.He is fighting hard to recover.Please,be the consistent light he needs to grow strong&secure a healthy tomorrow. The battle against malnutrition is ongoing—your gift is his greatest strength.
Vireted by: @mommunism.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
💔 Today is one of the hardest days for us… Nasser’s medicine has completely run out, and his condition is getting worse by the hour. We have no food and nothing left for our basic needs.
I urgently need $350 to get Nasser’s treatment and provide food for my children❤️🩹
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I urgently need $350 to get Nasser’s treatment and provide food for my children❤️🩹
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If I tried cases like Senate Democrats I'd wait until the state's star witnesses didn't show up at trial and then tell the court we're changing our plea to guilty because the prosecutor said he'd consider recommending a guidelines sentence
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
If I tried cases like Senate Democrats I'd wait until the state's star witnesses didn't show up at trial and then tell the court we're changing our plea to guilty because the prosecutor said he'd consider recommending a guidelines sentence
For the record, this is why I don't care much for defenses of institutions or procedures. No institution has ever cried out in pain or experienced fear or been hungry or had an illness. Only human beings do that.
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
For the record, this is why I don't care much for defenses of institutions or procedures. No institution has ever cried out in pain or experienced fear or been hungry or had an illness. Only human beings do that.
Abolish the Senate.
It's antidemocratic, anti-Black, and classist. It exists solely because the racist founders thought the House of Representatives was TOO democratic and because the southern slavers demanded a house of Congress where they'd have outsized influence.
Get rid of it.
It's antidemocratic, anti-Black, and classist. It exists solely because the racist founders thought the House of Representatives was TOO democratic and because the southern slavers demanded a house of Congress where they'd have outsized influence.
Get rid of it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Abolish the Senate.
It's antidemocratic, anti-Black, and classist. It exists solely because the racist founders thought the House of Representatives was TOO democratic and because the southern slavers demanded a house of Congress where they'd have outsized influence.
Get rid of it.
It's antidemocratic, anti-Black, and classist. It exists solely because the racist founders thought the House of Representatives was TOO democratic and because the southern slavers demanded a house of Congress where they'd have outsized influence.
Get rid of it.
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
The problem with "we have no choice but to do this thing Trump and the GOP want because otherwise the government stays shut down" is that there's no limiting principle.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The problem with "we have no choice but to do this thing Trump and the GOP want because otherwise the government stays shut down" is that there's no limiting principle.
So now can we be done having parasocial relationships with politicians?
They are tools. They should be backed at the ballot box when necessary and criticized liberally in public. But not a single one of them needs uncritical public support and not a single one of them is above reproach.
They are tools. They should be backed at the ballot box when necessary and criticized liberally in public. But not a single one of them needs uncritical public support and not a single one of them is above reproach.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So now can we be done having parasocial relationships with politicians?
They are tools. They should be backed at the ballot box when necessary and criticized liberally in public. But not a single one of them needs uncritical public support and not a single one of them is above reproach.
They are tools. They should be backed at the ballot box when necessary and criticized liberally in public. But not a single one of them needs uncritical public support and not a single one of them is above reproach.
If you're defending Senate Democrats go ahead and unfollow me now because human beings aren't political pawns and making them go without food for over a month FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON is cowardice. Now people won't have food OR HEALTHCARE.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you're defending Senate Democrats go ahead and unfollow me now because human beings aren't political pawns and making them go without food for over a month FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON is cowardice. Now people won't have food OR HEALTHCARE.
To be the lesser evil you have to not enable the greater evil.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
To be the lesser evil you have to not enable the greater evil.
Just saying.
Just saying.
Lucy swears she won't move the football this time, you can definitely trust her, this is absolutely a good idea
- Senate Democrats, unironically
- Senate Democrats, unironically
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Lucy swears she won't move the football this time, you can definitely trust her, this is absolutely a good idea
- Senate Democrats, unironically
- Senate Democrats, unironically
Me: *cursing at Schumer under my breath in Yiddish whilst making dinner*
Mercy (who understands exactly what I was saying because she's been married to me for years): Love, Schumer isn't useless. He's very useful! He's useful to Republicans.
Mercy (who understands exactly what I was saying because she's been married to me for years): Love, Schumer isn't useless. He's very useful! He's useful to Republicans.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Me: *cursing at Schumer under my breath in Yiddish whilst making dinner*
Mercy (who understands exactly what I was saying because she's been married to me for years): Love, Schumer isn't useless. He's very useful! He's useful to Republicans.
Mercy (who understands exactly what I was saying because she's been married to me for years): Love, Schumer isn't useless. He's very useful! He's useful to Republicans.
Democrats stop selling out your constituents challenge
Level: impossible
Level: impossible
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Democrats stop selling out your constituents challenge
Level: impossible
Level: impossible