LEW
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Dog 🐶 and hot dog 🌭lover. Chicago then, New York now. She/her 🇺🇦🇨🇦
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Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
www.amny.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
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"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
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Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
September 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
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Being awful to Americans who honorably served the country for nearly two decades, just to be bigots.
BREAKING: The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
bit.ly
August 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Being awful to Americans who honorably served the country for nearly two decades, just to be bigots.
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A real tweet from Wisconsin Republican Rep. @derrickvanorden
Today’s GOP in a nutshell 🥜
Today’s GOP in a nutshell 🥜
July 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A real tweet from Wisconsin Republican Rep. @derrickvanorden
Today’s GOP in a nutshell 🥜
Today’s GOP in a nutshell 🥜
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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This is unconscionable. Where are the members of Congress speaking about this? Esp the ones who call themselves Christian (yeah, I mean Speaker Mike Johnson). Does the media even ask about it?
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
bit.ly
April 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is unconscionable. Where are the members of Congress speaking about this? Esp the ones who call themselves Christian (yeah, I mean Speaker Mike Johnson). Does the media even ask about it?
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Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
April 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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"These are defacto tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by the poor" - Steve Liesman on CNBC
April 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"These are defacto tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by the poor" - Steve Liesman on CNBC
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
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Unbounded cruelty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
March 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Unbounded cruelty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
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Eliminating the Department of Education will lead to gutting funds from special education to financial aid for college.
They are literally stealing from children to pay for tax cuts for Donald Trump’s friends.
They are literally stealing from children to pay for tax cuts for Donald Trump’s friends.
March 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Eliminating the Department of Education will lead to gutting funds from special education to financial aid for college.
They are literally stealing from children to pay for tax cuts for Donald Trump’s friends.
They are literally stealing from children to pay for tax cuts for Donald Trump’s friends.
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Elon Musk has said a bunch of lies, but one of the biggest is this idea that DOGE is firing federal workers for "poor performance."
Well, those same employees just had glowing performance reviews. Musk and his cronies are lying through their teeth and the American people know it.
Well, those same employees just had glowing performance reviews. Musk and his cronies are lying through their teeth and the American people know it.
Musk and Trump are lying through their teeth — and the American people know it
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Elon Musk has said a bunch of lies, but one of the biggest is this idea that DOGE is firing federal workers for "poor performance."
Well, those same employees just had glowing performance reviews. Musk and his cronies are lying through their teeth and the American people know it.
Well, those same employees just had glowing performance reviews. Musk and his cronies are lying through their teeth and the American people know it.
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This week, Edward Martin, the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, sent a letter to the dean of Georgetown Law School threatening to investigate the school if it did not scrub its policies and curriculum of diversity and inclusion initiatives. Here is the Dean's response....
March 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This week, Edward Martin, the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, sent a letter to the dean of Georgetown Law School threatening to investigate the school if it did not scrub its policies and curriculum of diversity and inclusion initiatives. Here is the Dean's response....
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“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.
Why Trump Thanked John Roberts
The conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Any casual observer of the Supreme Court can see what many prestigious constitutional lawyers can’t, which is that the conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on democracy,” writes Adam Serwer.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Elon Musk already has the keys to vital government agencies. Now the Musk-Trump administration is awarding new contracts to...Elon Musk's own company.
All of this after Musk gave $280 million to elect Trump.
The most corrupt bargain in American history.
All of this after Musk gave $280 million to elect Trump.
The most corrupt bargain in American history.
Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflic...
www.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Elon Musk already has the keys to vital government agencies. Now the Musk-Trump administration is awarding new contracts to...Elon Musk's own company.
All of this after Musk gave $280 million to elect Trump.
The most corrupt bargain in American history.
All of this after Musk gave $280 million to elect Trump.
The most corrupt bargain in American history.
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Today’s news leading up the “least surprising, most alarming” quadrant of the matrix:
February 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Today’s news leading up the “least surprising, most alarming” quadrant of the matrix:
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A hard right nationalist government has taken control, and that demands resistance.
Resistance requires solidarity, justice, charity, and concrete action to transform the world. It needs a clear vision.
For us Catholics, the vision/theology is clear. The harder question is how will we enact it.
Resistance requires solidarity, justice, charity, and concrete action to transform the world. It needs a clear vision.
For us Catholics, the vision/theology is clear. The harder question is how will we enact it.
February 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A hard right nationalist government has taken control, and that demands resistance.
Resistance requires solidarity, justice, charity, and concrete action to transform the world. It needs a clear vision.
For us Catholics, the vision/theology is clear. The harder question is how will we enact it.
Resistance requires solidarity, justice, charity, and concrete action to transform the world. It needs a clear vision.
For us Catholics, the vision/theology is clear. The harder question is how will we enact it.