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@alisontrue.bsky.social
Jack of all journalism trades. Edited the Chicago Reader during what you might call its “heyday.” The phrase "Chicagoland area" is redundant.
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
The Chicago Police Department’s famous torture of detainees will never be over and done with. Never.
From Cabrini-Green to Guantánamo Bay: Ex-Chicago detective Richard Zuley faces new scrutiny as a Mauritanian torture survivor prepares to testify in court in 1992 murder case.
Full story (w/ @heathercherone.bsky.social)…
Full story (w/ @heathercherone.bsky.social)…
Man Who Said He Was Tortured by Ex-CPD Detective at Guantanamo Bay Set to Testify
Circuit Court Judge Adrienne Davis is weighing whether to overturn the conviction of Anthony Garrett in connection with the murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis, who was shot and killed by a sniper at ...
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Chicago Police Department’s famous torture of detainees will never be over and done with. Never.
Topsy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Topsy.
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so anyway I plunked myself down, read the entirety of E.B. White's 1940 essay "Freedom" for Harper's Magazine, and put it up for free on my Patreon. enjoy (or don't, I'm not your dad).
there's an intro for context, and then the reading starts at 6:35 www.patreon.com/posts/e-b-wh...
there's an intro for context, and then the reading starts at 6:35 www.patreon.com/posts/e-b-wh...
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
so anyway I plunked myself down, read the entirety of E.B. White's 1940 essay "Freedom" for Harper's Magazine, and put it up for free on my Patreon. enjoy (or don't, I'm not your dad).
there's an intro for context, and then the reading starts at 6:35 www.patreon.com/posts/e-b-wh...
there's an intro for context, and then the reading starts at 6:35 www.patreon.com/posts/e-b-wh...
But how do *they* feel about getting roped into surveillance culture?
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
But how do *they* feel about getting roped into surveillance culture?
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
I heard from one Chicago k-8 that during the height of the ICE/CBP terror (which seems to have passed, finally) 30 percent of its students were staying home.
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I heard from one Chicago k-8 that during the height of the ICE/CBP terror (which seems to have passed, finally) 30 percent of its students were staying home.
This is very exciting for all the dudes who are being “exposed.”
Sorry, one more
Olberman is reasserting his virility. “I wasn’t cucked I got there first”
Olberman is reasserting his virility. “I wasn’t cucked I got there first”
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is very exciting for all the dudes who are being “exposed.”
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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How do I know that the next generation of economists will be impacted by how these institutions react?
"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃
#news #harvard #econsky
"Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident." 🙃
#news #harvard #econsky
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the assassination of top Palestinian Authority officials and the detention and torture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if international authorities take further steps to advance Palestinian statehood.
Ben-Gvir Calls for Assassination of Palestinian Officials If Statehood Advances
Israel has a long history of assassinating Palestinian leaders.
truthout.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for the assassination of top Palestinian Authority officials and the detention and torture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if international authorities take further steps to advance Palestinian statehood.
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This fascist panopticon is powered by Motorola and @reuters.com.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This fascist panopticon is powered by Motorola and @reuters.com.
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These jagoffs love tents bc they're stationary. Fuck a tent. How about we've got a broken RV and anybody who wants to help push has to accept where we're going
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
These jagoffs love tents bc they're stationary. Fuck a tent. How about we've got a broken RV and anybody who wants to help push has to accept where we're going
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Good analysis of the wildly creepy Bannon-Epstein alliance shown in Epstein emails, dissecting their plan to create a global far-right political machine to "stave off 'Time's Up' for the next decade plus"
Why would Republicans release these documents? Why now?
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Why would Republicans release these documents? Why now?
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Good analysis of the wildly creepy Bannon-Epstein alliance shown in Epstein emails, dissecting their plan to create a global far-right political machine to "stave off 'Time's Up' for the next decade plus"
Why would Republicans release these documents? Why now?
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Why would Republicans release these documents? Why now?
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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This is actually worse than you might imagine because it becomes a screed against calling child-fucking priests “pedophiles.”
Via @eschatonblog.com, jaw-dropping stuff from the Catholic League. All these years of Comet Pizza hysteria & it comes down to the meaning of girl. www.catholicleague.org/megyn-kelly-...
MEGYN KELLY IS RIGHT ABOUT EPSTEIN - Catholic League
Bill Donohue
www.catholicleague.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is actually worse than you might imagine because it becomes a screed against calling child-fucking priests “pedophiles.”
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Jesus fucking Christ
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Jesus fucking Christ
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Bannon being 10000 times closer to Epstein than we thought when we only knew about their regular correspondence and the 12 hours of footage he wouldn't release really makes me want to revisit his Florida property where he got sued over exceptionally powerful acid damage in his jacuzzi lol.
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bannon being 10000 times closer to Epstein than we thought when we only knew about their regular correspondence and the 12 hours of footage he wouldn't release really makes me want to revisit his Florida property where he got sued over exceptionally powerful acid damage in his jacuzzi lol.
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clicking and dragging a photo of larry summers over a photo of a woodchipper while the bluesky mods stand outside pounding on the windows like dustin hoffman
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
clicking and dragging a photo of larry summers over a photo of a woodchipper while the bluesky mods stand outside pounding on the windows like dustin hoffman
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What's the total amount in settlements the city has had to pay out for librarian misconduct in the past decade just wondering
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
What's the total amount in settlements the city has had to pay out for librarian misconduct in the past decade just wondering
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A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
The WNBA isn’t listed in this blurb. Oh, wait—that’s probably because there’s a whole different reason there for the vicious harassment.
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The WNBA isn’t listed in this blurb. Oh, wait—that’s probably because there’s a whole different reason there for the vicious harassment.
Cool.
Venezuela is backed by Russia. Planes of Wagner soldiers get sent there every time there's a threat of a popular uprising to overthrow Maduro like Yanukovych in Ukraine.
Like Trump, Putin also needs to distract people, from his disastrous invasion of Ukraine.
Two allied kleptocrats go to war.
Like Trump, Putin also needs to distract people, from his disastrous invasion of Ukraine.
Two allied kleptocrats go to war.
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Cool.
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Too few people are talking about the fact that for eight years (2011-2019), while Jeffrey Epstein was raping young girls and trafficking them to hundreds of other rapists from his home base in Palm Beach, Florida, the Florida district attorney was Pam Bondi. Connect the dots.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Too few people are talking about the fact that for eight years (2011-2019), while Jeffrey Epstein was raping young girls and trafficking them to hundreds of other rapists from his home base in Palm Beach, Florida, the Florida district attorney was Pam Bondi. Connect the dots.