Marie Newman
@marienewman.bsky.social
Author, Former Congresswoman, CEO, Activist, Podcaster, WCPT radio cohost. Social justice, economic equity, politics, healthcare, mental health, women's rights; https://www.marienewmanstudio.com Substack subscribe here: marienewman.substack.com/subscribe
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Thanks the endorsement, @stephanieskora.bsky.social!Appreciate you covering this race. It comes down to whether the property tax system works for homeowners or donors and special interests.
This office used to be one of the most corrupt in the nation — we can't go back.
This office used to be one of the most corrupt in the nation — we can't go back.
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Thanks the endorsement, @stephanieskora.bsky.social!Appreciate you covering this race. It comes down to whether the property tax system works for homeowners or donors and special interests.
This office used to be one of the most corrupt in the nation — we can't go back.
This office used to be one of the most corrupt in the nation — we can't go back.
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Trump posted (and deleted) his most unhinged AI video yet. Even his allies are calling it out. Why are we still here in 2026?
February 7, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Trump posted (and deleted) his most unhinged AI video yet. Even his allies are calling it out. Why are we still here in 2026?
R2: as a private citizen & I’m supporting 7 candidates by donating my time. It’s the consummate in narcissism for a supporter/candidate/incumbent to think it is about “liking” when we are in such serious times. I suggest you start working and stop creepy gossiping or make assumptions.
Marie Newman going all in to elect Joey Ruzevich over Sean Casten in #IL06 because she does not like Casten is hilarious.
Like she does NOT like Casten. In a downballot State House race between two similar-ish Democrats, she endorsed the primary opponent to Casten's endorsed candidate.
Like she does NOT like Casten. In a downballot State House race between two similar-ish Democrats, she endorsed the primary opponent to Casten's endorsed candidate.
February 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
R2: as a private citizen & I’m supporting 7 candidates by donating my time. It’s the consummate in narcissism for a supporter/candidate/incumbent to think it is about “liking” when we are in such serious times. I suggest you start working and stop creepy gossiping or make assumptions.
Let me help you. First I endorse candidates based on qualifications and alignment with district. Secondly I endorsed the down ballot candidate you are speaking of when she got into the race two months prior to the candidate that casten endorsed did. Casten endorsed 2months later. Not about “liking”
Marie Newman going all in to elect Joey Ruzevich over Sean Casten in #IL06 because she does not like Casten is hilarious.
Like she does NOT like Casten. In a downballot State House race between two similar-ish Democrats, she endorsed the primary opponent to Casten's endorsed candidate.
Like she does NOT like Casten. In a downballot State House race between two similar-ish Democrats, she endorsed the primary opponent to Casten's endorsed candidate.
February 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Let me help you. First I endorse candidates based on qualifications and alignment with district. Secondly I endorsed the down ballot candidate you are speaking of when she got into the race two months prior to the candidate that casten endorsed did. Casten endorsed 2months later. Not about “liking”
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32 deaths in one year and barely any media coverage. Abolish ICE.
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
32 deaths in one year and barely any media coverage. Abolish ICE.
Great article on the Illinois Senate race from my friend Dalila Fridi:
open.substack.com/pub/dalif/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/dalif/p/...
Understanding the Illinois Senate Race: Gaza, Aid, and Political Accountability
I write this as someone inside the community, not as an outside observer.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Great article on the Illinois Senate race from my friend Dalila Fridi:
open.substack.com/pub/dalif/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/dalif/p/...
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Voting is starting: Ask your candidate/incumbent in the primary if they have a plan to address the income gap and a real plan for affordability - if they do not, give your vote to someone who does.
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Voting is starting: Ask your candidate/incumbent in the primary if they have a plan to address the income gap and a real plan for affordability - if they do not, give your vote to someone who does.
Voting is starting: Ask your candidate/incumbent in the primary if they have a plan to address the income gap and a real plan for affordability - if they do not, give your vote to someone who does.
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Voting is starting: Ask your candidate/incumbent in the primary if they have a plan to address the income gap and a real plan for affordability - if they do not, give your vote to someone who does.
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Same mission, bigger movement. 🚀
Sat down with Matthew Eadie to talk about why this run is different. Being the only woman of color in this race is one thing, but having the resources ($1M+ raised!) to reach and turn out new voters is another. Same heart, just a much louder megaphone now.
Sat down with Matthew Eadie to talk about why this run is different. Being the only woman of color in this race is one thing, but having the resources ($1M+ raised!) to reach and turn out new voters is another. Same heart, just a much louder megaphone now.
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Same mission, bigger movement. 🚀
Sat down with Matthew Eadie to talk about why this run is different. Being the only woman of color in this race is one thing, but having the resources ($1M+ raised!) to reach and turn out new voters is another. Same heart, just a much louder megaphone now.
Sat down with Matthew Eadie to talk about why this run is different. Being the only woman of color in this race is one thing, but having the resources ($1M+ raised!) to reach and turn out new voters is another. Same heart, just a much louder megaphone now.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Early VOTING IS STARTING SOON! My NEW GUARD recommendations.IL fed, state & county ballot recommendations based on their solutions 1. Affordability 2. Medicare for all 3. Abolish ICE 4.Get money out of politics 5. Free Palestine 6.Protect abortion rights 7. Run ethical campaigns
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Early VOTING IS STARTING SOON! My NEW GUARD recommendations.IL fed, state & county ballot recommendations based on their solutions 1. Affordability 2. Medicare for all 3. Abolish ICE 4.Get money out of politics 5. Free Palestine 6.Protect abortion rights 7. Run ethical campaigns
Early VOTING IS STARTING SOON! My NEW GUARD recommendations.IL fed, state & county ballot recommendations based on their solutions 1. Affordability 2. Medicare for all 3. Abolish ICE 4.Get money out of politics 5. Free Palestine 6.Protect abortion rights 7. Run ethical campaigns
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Early VOTING IS STARTING SOON! My NEW GUARD recommendations.IL fed, state & county ballot recommendations based on their solutions 1. Affordability 2. Medicare for all 3. Abolish ICE 4.Get money out of politics 5. Free Palestine 6.Protect abortion rights 7. Run ethical campaigns
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Senator Dick Durbin just voted for a Trump nominee. Why, @durbin.senate.gov??
By a vote of 54-40, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
Dems voting in favor: Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Shaheen, and Whitehouse.
February 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Senator Dick Durbin just voted for a Trump nominee. Why, @durbin.senate.gov??
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I seldom agree with the Tribune, but this time with regard to Bushra, I do wholeheartedly. She is both an amazing talent and wonderful human.
Service over noise. Grateful for the moment, proud of the work, focused on what’s next. Join us: www.bushraforcongress.com/
February 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I seldom agree with the Tribune, but this time with regard to Bushra, I do wholeheartedly. She is both an amazing talent and wonderful human.
I seldom agree with the Tribune, but this time with regard to Bushra, I do wholeheartedly. She is both an amazing talent and wonderful human.
Service over noise. Grateful for the moment, proud of the work, focused on what’s next. Join us: www.bushraforcongress.com/
February 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I seldom agree with the Tribune, but this time with regard to Bushra, I do wholeheartedly. She is both an amazing talent and wonderful human.
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Service over noise. Grateful for the moment, proud of the work, focused on what’s next. Join us: www.bushraforcongress.com/
February 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Service over noise. Grateful for the moment, proud of the work, focused on what’s next. Join us: www.bushraforcongress.com/
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“Imagine [if] I would have died, what the government would have said.”
Like Renee Good, in Oct Marimar Martinez was shot by DHS after following their convoy in her car. Like Pretti & Good, DHS called her a terrorist.
Unlike them Marimar survived to fight DHS in court, and speak to us today.
Like Renee Good, in Oct Marimar Martinez was shot by DHS after following their convoy in her car. Like Pretti & Good, DHS called her a terrorist.
Unlike them Marimar survived to fight DHS in court, and speak to us today.
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[Chicago Sun-Times logo]
‘Not going to break me’
When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross opened fire on Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, video showed that he did so after her Honda Pilot began to move forward. Federal authorities said she “weaponized her vehicle.”
Back in October on the Southwest Side of Chicago, Martinez had stopped her Nissan Rogue after colliding with the Tahoe driven by Exum. Martinez feared she would be “manhandled” by agents if she stuck around.
So she hit the gas.
Later, federal prosecutors said she drove toward Exum.
But Martinez said she veered to her “farthest left” to avoid Exum and his Tahoe on her right. As she passed, she said she realized the agents were climbing out of the vehicle.
“That’s when I see their guns,” Martinez said. “And then, that’s when I got close to the steering wheel.”
She said she “shrugged,” scrunching her body against the wheel. She heard shots fired. But she hoped the agents had been using pepper balls, as they did against the Rev. David Black outside ICE’s Broadview facility weeks earlier.
Martinez’s right hand soon “folded,” she said, as she lost control of her fingers. She still thought a pepper ball might have hit her. But as the minutes passed, she realized blood was gushing out of her body.
During the 911 call she placed, a dispatcher asked where she’d been shot.
“On my arm and on my leg,” Martinez replied. “Ow. I can’t feel my arm no more.”
When she pulled up to the repair shop, she saw a man outside. She called out for help — and asked if he had a bandana.
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[Chicago Sun-Times logo]
“I just closed my eyes,” she said. “I could have really died.”
[Photo]
[Photo caption] Marimar Martinez shows one of her gunshot wound scars during an interview at the Chicago Public Media recording studios in Navy Pier. She survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last fall.Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times
But she didn’t. Martinez survived. And in a wide-ranging interview this week with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discussed her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Martinez is set to testify in Washington, D.C., in a public forum Tuesday about immigration agents’ use of force. She’s also expected to learn this week whether a judge will allow her to release evidence tied to her dropped prosecution, including an agent’s body-camera footage.
Evidence suggests at least one shot fired at Martinez came from behind, her attorney says.
This all comes four months after the federal government splashed her photo online and labeled her a “domestic terrorist.” The government has yet to rescind the claim, two months after Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros dropped the charges against her.
A Homeland Security spokesperson said Monday that it “stands by our press releases and statements. The facts of what happened did not change.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hyfks4kq5mthfzbx7erydhy7/bafkreif27zwmyqutrh3xydsmihuqy4apxlk6y76x7vyablkjk4y5tkk4we@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“Imagine [if] I would have died, what the government would have said.”
Like Renee Good, in Oct Marimar Martinez was shot by DHS after following their convoy in her car. Like Pretti & Good, DHS called her a terrorist.
Unlike them Marimar survived to fight DHS in court, and speak to us today.
Like Renee Good, in Oct Marimar Martinez was shot by DHS after following their convoy in her car. Like Pretti & Good, DHS called her a terrorist.
Unlike them Marimar survived to fight DHS in court, and speak to us today.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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Hey everyone. My current congressman @repbillfoster.bsky.social wants you to know that "as the top Democrat" he has an open mind about a man all over the Epstein Files. Moral bankruptcy doesn't begin to describe this man.
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Hey everyone. My current congressman @repbillfoster.bsky.social wants you to know that "as the top Democrat" he has an open mind about a man all over the Epstein Files. Moral bankruptcy doesn't begin to describe this man.
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From his days as an organizer to his tenure in Congress, Chuy has dedicated his life to fighting for the people of our city. I’ve been fortunate enough to call Chuy a friend and ally for many years. I’m thrilled to have his support in this campaign.
February 2, 2026 at 9:08 PM
From his days as an organizer to his tenure in Congress, Chuy has dedicated his life to fighting for the people of our city. I’ve been fortunate enough to call Chuy a friend and ally for many years. I’m thrilled to have his support in this campaign.
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