Rae Loren
@aspwriter85.bsky.social
Home cook, data engineer, transit geek, Chicagoan, and mom x2
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Rae Loren
@aspwriter85.bsky.social
· Oct 9
I'm heading to the burbs today and refreshing myself on SALUTE. ICE hasn't been spotted as much in the city but has been very present in the suburbs.
ICE has been verified in Rogers Park today - sharing this again.
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Miss Norway at the Miss Universe pageant took me out.
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Miss Norway at the Miss Universe pageant took me out.
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
10/10, she should guest host New Scandinavian Cooking
www.instagram.com/reel/DROqyRn...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
@coghillforcongress.bsky.social is primarying Scneider.
@dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social (a Courage candidate!) Is primarying Budzinski.
Monte Soliz is primarying Sorenson.
Bill Foster is running unopposed.
@dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social (a Courage candidate!) Is primarying Budzinski.
Monte Soliz is primarying Sorenson.
Bill Foster is running unopposed.
4 from IL
Budzinski
Foster
Schneider
Sorensen
Budzinski
Foster
Schneider
Sorensen
List of losers 👇 www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@coghillforcongress.bsky.social is primarying Scneider.
@dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social (a Courage candidate!) Is primarying Budzinski.
Monte Soliz is primarying Sorenson.
Bill Foster is running unopposed.
@dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social (a Courage candidate!) Is primarying Budzinski.
Monte Soliz is primarying Sorenson.
Bill Foster is running unopposed.
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4 from IL
Budzinski
Foster
Schneider
Sorensen
Budzinski
Foster
Schneider
Sorensen
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
4 from IL
Budzinski
Foster
Schneider
Sorensen
Budzinski
Foster
Schneider
Sorensen
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Follow Friday suggestions, Remove the Regime flavored:
Removal Coalition
@removalcoalition.bsky.social
American Opposition
@americanopposition.org
FLARE
@flareusa.bsky.social
14th Now
@14thnow.bsky.social
50501 DC
@50501dc.bsky.social
Removal Coalition
@removalcoalition.bsky.social
American Opposition
@americanopposition.org
FLARE
@flareusa.bsky.social
14th Now
@14thnow.bsky.social
50501 DC
@50501dc.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Follow Friday suggestions, Remove the Regime flavored:
Removal Coalition
@removalcoalition.bsky.social
American Opposition
@americanopposition.org
FLARE
@flareusa.bsky.social
14th Now
@14thnow.bsky.social
50501 DC
@50501dc.bsky.social
Removal Coalition
@removalcoalition.bsky.social
American Opposition
@americanopposition.org
FLARE
@flareusa.bsky.social
14th Now
@14thnow.bsky.social
50501 DC
@50501dc.bsky.social
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As the Department of Education is further dismantled, the US political elite vote to condemn what they and the overwhelming majority of the US public cannot define: socialism.
4 senior House Dems — Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, & Ted Lieu — voted for a Republican-led resolution to “CONDEMN SOCIALISM,” a symbolic measure that passed the chamber on Wed. The vote comes as NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with Pres. Donald Trump at the WH today.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As the Department of Education is further dismantled, the US political elite vote to condemn what they and the overwhelming majority of the US public cannot define: socialism.
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The opposite of the Moms for Liberty wave should get more attention
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The opposite of the Moms for Liberty wave should get more attention
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I think "elite panic" is a key term for understanding the 21st century.
In a catastrophe, the top priority for ordinary people is relieving suffering. The top priority for powerful people is asserting control.
In a catastrophe, the top priority for ordinary people is relieving suffering. The top priority for powerful people is asserting control.
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think "elite panic" is a key term for understanding the 21st century.
In a catastrophe, the top priority for ordinary people is relieving suffering. The top priority for powerful people is asserting control.
In a catastrophe, the top priority for ordinary people is relieving suffering. The top priority for powerful people is asserting control.
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The degree to which the Democratic Party is failing to meet this moment is staggering. And INFURIATING, when contrasted with the courage on display from ordinary people with far, far less power & protection.
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The degree to which the Democratic Party is failing to meet this moment is staggering. And INFURIATING, when contrasted with the courage on display from ordinary people with far, far less power & protection.
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Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
The degree to which the Democratic Party is failing to meet this moment is staggering. And INFURIATING, when contrasted with the courage on display from ordinary people with far, far less power & protection.
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
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My taste in books is weird, so I don’t make use of the little street corner libraries. But a street corner trinket share is something else entirely.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My taste in books is weird, so I don’t make use of the little street corner libraries. But a street corner trinket share is something else entirely.
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I want a special AG appointed on Day 1 whose sole job is to prosecute collaborators
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As I said earlier today, whoever the next Dem President ends up being, they had best be vindictive as fuck.
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I want a special AG appointed on Day 1 whose sole job is to prosecute collaborators
bsky.app/profile/john...
bsky.app/profile/john...
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Man won a narrow plurality of the vote, and immediately and very predictably started plummeting, and so many people and institutions who had no real need to go that far, even on the most cynical and cowardly of self-serving rationales, decided to chain themselves to the deck of a sinking ship.
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Man won a narrow plurality of the vote, and immediately and very predictably started plummeting, and so many people and institutions who had no real need to go that far, even on the most cynical and cowardly of self-serving rationales, decided to chain themselves to the deck of a sinking ship.
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When the far right GOP calls every social safety net “socialism,” votes like this matter in a policy context.
My opponent Brad Schneider (D) voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he's fighting for.
It’s not the people.
My opponent Brad Schneider (D) voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he's fighting for.
It’s not the people.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When the far right GOP calls every social safety net “socialism,” votes like this matter in a policy context.
My opponent Brad Schneider (D) voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he's fighting for.
It’s not the people.
My opponent Brad Schneider (D) voting with the GOP in favor of this resolution is showing his ultra-wealthy donors exactly who he's fighting for.
It’s not the people.
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The President called for the murder of Congressional Democrats.
Congressional Democrats should call for his immediate removal or resignation.
Congressional Republicans should condemn his statements and call for him to recant them.
It's the very least they should be doing!
Congressional Democrats should call for his immediate removal or resignation.
Congressional Republicans should condemn his statements and call for him to recant them.
It's the very least they should be doing!
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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yes its a meaningless vote but its still kind of amazing how many democrats still fall for right wing bullshit and vote to "condemn socialism."
im almost 48. for my entire life the gop has called every democratic leader a socialist, even as the dems preside over bigger wall street booms. every one.
im almost 48. for my entire life the gop has called every democratic leader a socialist, even as the dems preside over bigger wall street booms. every one.
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
yes its a meaningless vote but its still kind of amazing how many democrats still fall for right wing bullshit and vote to "condemn socialism."
im almost 48. for my entire life the gop has called every democratic leader a socialist, even as the dems preside over bigger wall street booms. every one.
im almost 48. for my entire life the gop has called every democratic leader a socialist, even as the dems preside over bigger wall street booms. every one.
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
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House Dems love saying everything is a distraction but then they go along with right-wing messaging amendments that are the EPITOME of distractions.
Let alone an attack on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.
Just total failure of Leadership.
Let alone an attack on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.
Just total failure of Leadership.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
House Dems love saying everything is a distraction but then they go along with right-wing messaging amendments that are the EPITOME of distractions.
Let alone an attack on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.
Just total failure of Leadership.
Let alone an attack on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.
Just total failure of Leadership.
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Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
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Stunning visual but they should've kept going, definitely a similar story on the South Side of the Green Line as well, not to mention the stark difference that we'd see as the Green Line crosses into Oak Park
A stunning visual of Chicago's 20-year death gap, mapped on the L, via @myersjustinc.bsky.social @chicago.suntimes.com. Here's what residents & community leaders are doing to close this gap: tinyurl.com/47r2vcj5 @wbez.org @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social @watchdogdiva.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Stunning visual but they should've kept going, definitely a similar story on the South Side of the Green Line as well, not to mention the stark difference that we'd see as the Green Line crosses into Oak Park
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I spent a lot of time looking through the Hillary emails and I recall most of them were just fwding Washington Post or Politico links and I thought “impact journalism metrics”
Many things that make the UX of this compelling but there’s a real “banality of evil” demonstration at work too. Epstein’s most recent emails are a Quora digest and a Flipboard newsletter. Jarring to see those mixed in among depravity.
omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I spent a lot of time looking through the Hillary emails and I recall most of them were just fwding Washington Post or Politico links and I thought “impact journalism metrics”
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Respectfully, what’s the debate?
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
President Trump’s recent statements accusing Democratic lawmakers of making “seditious” comments to military and intelligence community members have ignited a free speech debate.
#ConstitutionDaily unpacks the constitutional obligations of those who serve the country: https://ow.ly/fXXk50XvVxB
#ConstitutionDaily unpacks the constitutional obligations of those who serve the country: https://ow.ly/fXXk50XvVxB
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Respectfully, what’s the debate?
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
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Stop normalizing crimes by elected officials. Stop tolerating them. Stop pretending they will quit if you ignore them. Stop assuming that people will vote for you "just because we're not that Other Guy."
Normalize impeachment.
Normalize impeachment.
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Stop normalizing crimes by elected officials. Stop tolerating them. Stop pretending they will quit if you ignore them. Stop assuming that people will vote for you "just because we're not that Other Guy."
Normalize impeachment.
Normalize impeachment.
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I’d like to add stop accepting “im just a smol bean” from electeds. They *wanted* this job, and that job is to actively further our interests
Stop normalizing crimes by elected officials. Stop tolerating them. Stop pretending they will quit if you ignore them. Stop assuming that people will vote for you "just because we're not that Other Guy."
Normalize impeachment.
Normalize impeachment.
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’d like to add stop accepting “im just a smol bean” from electeds. They *wanted* this job, and that job is to actively further our interests
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made this for your sharing convenience
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
made this for your sharing convenience