Stephanie Kollmann
@slkollmann.bsky.social
law, policy, Illinoisances
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
reputedly "promoting left-wing causes"
I would like for Mira Nair to pass me 5 more blessings.
In less than a week, I will be sworn in as the next mayor of New York City. It was only possible because of the more than 100,000 people who volunteered on our campaign. Here’s a story about one of them, my mother.
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I would like for Mira Nair to pass me 5 more blessings.
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A heartwarming story would be if 400 fewer people spent Christmas locked up
not 400 more spending Christmas locked up but 150/5,600 went to church
not 400 more spending Christmas locked up but 150/5,600 went to church
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A heartwarming story would be if 400 fewer people spent Christmas locked up
not 400 more spending Christmas locked up but 150/5,600 went to church
not 400 more spending Christmas locked up but 150/5,600 went to church
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Since last year, the jail population has grown by almost 3x the total number of people attending Christmas services
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Since last year, the jail population has grown by almost 3x the total number of people attending Christmas services
Reposted by Stephanie Kollmann
Reposted by Stephanie Kollmann
UPDATE: Cupich again held a service for 50 people. Rainbow PUSH had 100.
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
bsky.app/profile/chic...
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
bsky.app/profile/chic...
Over 150 Cook County jail detainees spent Christmas morning singing, clapping and cheering as faith leaders offered religious messages of positivity.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Rainbow PUSH deliver Christmas Mass messages at Cook County Jail
chicago.suntimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
UPDATE: Cupich again held a service for 50 people. Rainbow PUSH had 100.
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
bsky.app/profile/chic...
There were 5,615 people in Cook County Jail on Christmas Eve
5,465 (97%) did not attend either
What was the holiday like for 97% of the people there?
Often, holidays mean fewer, colder meals.
bsky.app/profile/chic...
90% for me
whiffed on music and development, boo
whiffed on music and development, boo
✶✶ How closely did you follow Chicago local news in 2025? ✶✶
Take the quiz to find out!
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Take the quiz to find out!
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Chicago Local News Quiz 2025
Chicago local news quiz 2025
lauriemerrell.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
90% for me
whiffed on music and development, boo
whiffed on music and development, boo
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At least one answer is in @injusticewatch.org’s Best of 2025, if you want to cram before you take the test. www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2...
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
At least one answer is in @injusticewatch.org’s Best of 2025, if you want to cram before you take the test. www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2...
There is already plenty of gender segregation, both by school and *within a school via gender-specific curricula* - in both K-12 and higher ed.
This fight is about whether it's appropriate in *public* schools as well. It is not. (No, not even at that charter school everyone calls inspiring.)
This fight is about whether it's appropriate in *public* schools as well. It is not. (No, not even at that charter school everyone calls inspiring.)
What makes the current moment especially dangerous is how openly this agenda is being articulated—and these ideas are being laundered through think tanks, legal strategies, and policy roadmaps designed for immediate implementation. trib.al/VIsWxCg
The Right-Wing Campaign to Bring Back Gender Segregation in Schools
The people who brought you “Project 2025” sure seem to be ramping up an attack on equality in higher ed.
trib.al
December 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There is already plenty of gender segregation, both by school and *within a school via gender-specific curricula* - in both K-12 and higher ed.
This fight is about whether it's appropriate in *public* schools as well. It is not. (No, not even at that charter school everyone calls inspiring.)
This fight is about whether it's appropriate in *public* schools as well. It is not. (No, not even at that charter school everyone calls inspiring.)
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People are much more comfortable pretending Stephen Miller doesn’t know what he’s saying than contending with the fact of white supremacy.
December 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
People are much more comfortable pretending Stephen Miller doesn’t know what he’s saying than contending with the fact of white supremacy.
"Penalizing truthful reporting...criminalizes homelessness rather than enforcing registration law”
Totally agree with Lori Jo Reynolds. This part has been 🤯🤯
I don't know what lawyer told CPD it could simply refuse to accept entirely accurate forms but that person should no longer advise the City.
Totally agree with Lori Jo Reynolds. This part has been 🤯🤯
I don't know what lawyer told CPD it could simply refuse to accept entirely accurate forms but that person should no longer advise the City.
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Penalizing truthful reporting...criminalizes homelessness rather than enforcing registration law”
Totally agree with Lori Jo Reynolds. This part has been 🤯🤯
I don't know what lawyer told CPD it could simply refuse to accept entirely accurate forms but that person should no longer advise the City.
Totally agree with Lori Jo Reynolds. This part has been 🤯🤯
I don't know what lawyer told CPD it could simply refuse to accept entirely accurate forms but that person should no longer advise the City.
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there’s a lot more in the story, including a cameo by the u.s. marshals and possible cpd collusion with immigration and customs enforcement.
give it a read.
give it a read.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
there’s a lot more in the story, including a cameo by the u.s. marshals and possible cpd collusion with immigration and customs enforcement.
give it a read.
give it a read.
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i tried many times to talk about the city’s hostility toward unhoused people with mayor johnson’s office—including his chief homelessness officer, his deputy mayor for community safety, and his director of reentry.
i never heard back.
i never heard back.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
i tried many times to talk about the city’s hostility toward unhoused people with mayor johnson’s office—including his chief homelessness officer, his deputy mayor for community safety, and his director of reentry.
i never heard back.
i never heard back.
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the policy banning weekly registrants from sheltering on the cta stands in stark contrast to mayor brandon johnson’s public comments vowing to reduce homelessness and criminalization.
but it’s in line with his admin’s push to force unhoused people off public transit and out of public parks.
but it’s in line with his admin’s push to force unhoused people off public transit and out of public parks.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
the policy banning weekly registrants from sheltering on the cta stands in stark contrast to mayor brandon johnson’s public comments vowing to reduce homelessness and criminalization.
but it’s in line with his admin’s push to force unhoused people off public transit and out of public parks.
but it’s in line with his admin’s push to force unhoused people off public transit and out of public parks.
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the move to restrict registrants from public transit comes as the cpd—and one detective in particular—is increasingly charging people with providing false info on their weekly logs only for their cases to later be dropped.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
the move to restrict registrants from public transit comes as the cpd—and one detective in particular—is increasingly charging people with providing false info on their weekly logs only for their cases to later be dropped.
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unhoused people of all backgrounds depend on public transit for shelter. and chicago police have, since at least 2018, allowed weekly registrants to list buses and trains on their weekly logs.
but in late november, the cpd told registrants they can no longer stay on cta property beginning jan. 1.
but in late november, the cpd told registrants they can no longer stay on cta property beginning jan. 1.
cpd-23.236
www.documentcloud.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
unhoused people of all backgrounds depend on public transit for shelter. and chicago police have, since at least 2018, allowed weekly registrants to list buses and trains on their weekly logs.
but in late november, the cpd told registrants they can no longer stay on cta property beginning jan. 1.
but in late november, the cpd told registrants they can no longer stay on cta property beginning jan. 1.
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state law also says unhoused people can’t stay anywhere more than two times in a year, otherwise it becomes temporary/permanent residence. this means unhoused registrants have to come up with 183 different addresses each year.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
state law also says unhoused people can’t stay anywhere more than two times in a year, otherwise it becomes temporary/permanent residence. this means unhoused registrants have to come up with 183 different addresses each year.
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in illinois, unhoused people on the sex offense registry must report in person to police every week and provide a log of every place they stayed.
missing even one week or recording one address incorrectly on a weekly log is a new felony charge.
missing even one week or recording one address incorrectly on a weekly log is a new felony charge.
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
in illinois, unhoused people on the sex offense registry must report in person to police every week and provide a log of every place they stayed.
missing even one week or recording one address incorrectly on a weekly log is a new felony charge.
missing even one week or recording one address incorrectly on a weekly log is a new felony charge.
Reposted by Stephanie Kollmann
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
Reposted by Stephanie Kollmann
six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO
PSA, despite the way the White House is phrasing this, the DOJ has not "received these documents from" SDNY and FBI; they are offices housed entirely within and governed by DOJ.
What DOJ did was "fail to assemble and review relevant documents under its control"
What DOJ did was "fail to assemble and review relevant documents under its control"
New on Twitter: The Justice Department didn't bother to get SDNY’s documents until now???
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
PSA, despite the way the White House is phrasing this, the DOJ has not "received these documents from" SDNY and FBI; they are offices housed entirely within and governed by DOJ.
What DOJ did was "fail to assemble and review relevant documents under its control"
What DOJ did was "fail to assemble and review relevant documents under its control"
hey you know how victims + evidence keep placing these 2 men in the presence of girls and young women at each other's houses on the mainland
And how that's consistent with POTUS' denials[/confessions], repeating over and over how he didn't [have to] travel to the USVI
And how that's consistent with POTUS' denials[/confessions], repeating over and over how he didn't [have to] travel to the USVI
As a reminder, it is known and public that G. M*xw*ll recruited two underaged girls at the president's private club
It's also noticeable that he keeps talking about how he was never on the plane/island
Meanwhile he lived easy walking distance from the man in both FL and NYC (aka, year-round)
It's also noticeable that he keeps talking about how he was never on the plane/island
Meanwhile he lived easy walking distance from the man in both FL and NYC (aka, year-round)
December 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
hey you know how victims + evidence keep placing these 2 men in the presence of girls and young women at each other's houses on the mainland
And how that's consistent with POTUS' denials[/confessions], repeating over and over how he didn't [have to] travel to the USVI
And how that's consistent with POTUS' denials[/confessions], repeating over and over how he didn't [have to] travel to the USVI
she's so brave for bringing Merry Christmas back
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
she's so brave for bringing Merry Christmas back
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One of the 'original' Chicago Janes—arrested in those famous mug shots—has left us. Bless Judith Arcana and her work, then, and throughout her long life.
kboo.com/media/131081...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
kboo.com/media/131081...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Judith Arcana helped facilitate abortions pre-Roe—here’s what she learned
Facing up to 110 years in prison was no deterrent for the Jane Collective, a group of women who helped others get abortions, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
www.motherjones.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the 'original' Chicago Janes—arrested in those famous mug shots—has left us. Bless Judith Arcana and her work, then, and throughout her long life.
kboo.com/media/131081...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
kboo.com/media/131081...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Two Pritzker professors argue Northwestern’s deal with the Trump administration violates federal law, citing government coercion, demonstration policies and data-sharing requirements.
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Reported by Hannah Webster
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Reported by Hannah Webster
Pritzker professors claim NU funding deal violates federal law
Since it was announced in November, Northwestern’s deal with the Trump administration has caused some students, faculty and alumni to express concern surrounding NU’s autonomy after it gave into feder...
dailynorthwestern.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Two Pritzker professors argue Northwestern’s deal with the Trump administration violates federal law, citing government coercion, demonstration policies and data-sharing requirements.
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Reported by Hannah Webster
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Reported by Hannah Webster
CBS averaged 28 million NFL viewers on Sunday
Worth considering that part of the strategy of "holding" the CECOT piece may have been not just to change content but to avoid dumping several million more viewers straight into the gulag torture story, vs. finding some later, slower week
Worth considering that part of the strategy of "holding" the CECOT piece may have been not just to change content but to avoid dumping several million more viewers straight into the gulag torture story, vs. finding some later, slower week
Has anyone seen any organizing re: CBS sponsors?
the Ellisons should be stuck with crummy ads for commemorative coins and lumpy pillows
the Ellisons should be stuck with crummy ads for commemorative coins and lumpy pillows
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
CBS averaged 28 million NFL viewers on Sunday
Worth considering that part of the strategy of "holding" the CECOT piece may have been not just to change content but to avoid dumping several million more viewers straight into the gulag torture story, vs. finding some later, slower week
Worth considering that part of the strategy of "holding" the CECOT piece may have been not just to change content but to avoid dumping several million more viewers straight into the gulag torture story, vs. finding some later, slower week