Alex
@awreardo.bsky.social
Pet dad. Wife guy. Public health bro. Urbanism fella.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities
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ICE executed a man in the middle of a busy street during morning rush hour last Friday—then they put out an easily disproven account—and it’s hardly registered as a blip.
September 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ICE executed a man in the middle of a busy street during morning rush hour last Friday—then they put out an easily disproven account—and it’s hardly registered as a blip.
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,@idph.bsky.social has warned that the Medicaid cuts could force the closure or severe service reductions at nine rural hospitals in Illinois, jeopardizing care for 54,000 people.
July 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
,@idph.bsky.social has warned that the Medicaid cuts could force the closure or severe service reductions at nine rural hospitals in Illinois, jeopardizing care for 54,000 people.
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This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.
Every elected Republican should be asked if they think the president has the power to send in military in to “liberate” a state or city from its elected government.
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is the lede. There is a woman on camera in charge of a lot of people with guns. She says they are going to liberate a domestic population center from democratically elected officials and violate too many laws to count in the process. I have zero time for anything else.
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It's cruel. It's an incredible escalation of their anti-trans culture war. And there is still a chance to stop the provision in the Senate, so if you have a trans person in your life you care about, I implore you - make your voice heard with your Senators. Both of them. Republican OR Democrat.
BREAKING: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
www.advocate.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's cruel. It's an incredible escalation of their anti-trans culture war. And there is still a chance to stop the provision in the Senate, so if you have a trans person in your life you care about, I implore you - make your voice heard with your Senators. Both of them. Republican OR Democrat.
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Trump is attempting to ethnically cleanse Gaza www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
www.nbcnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Trump is attempting to ethnically cleanse Gaza www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Hi @stevevance.net @mclean.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org have you guys seen anything on the timeline of bike lane construction on Grand from Damen to Ogden? Originally set for 2024, iirc, but hasn’t been started yet that I can see
May 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hi @stevevance.net @mclean.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org have you guys seen anything on the timeline of bike lane construction on Grand from Damen to Ogden? Originally set for 2024, iirc, but hasn’t been started yet that I can see
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I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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fun protest ideas I think we should get into during the summer when we'll all be in the streets:
1. America's skip-a-thon: skipping adults! terrifying. hilarious. cops look stupid arresting you.
2. Bring Yourself to Someone Else's Work Day: 1-day protest where you switch jobs with someone else
1. America's skip-a-thon: skipping adults! terrifying. hilarious. cops look stupid arresting you.
2. Bring Yourself to Someone Else's Work Day: 1-day protest where you switch jobs with someone else
April 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
fun protest ideas I think we should get into during the summer when we'll all be in the streets:
1. America's skip-a-thon: skipping adults! terrifying. hilarious. cops look stupid arresting you.
2. Bring Yourself to Someone Else's Work Day: 1-day protest where you switch jobs with someone else
1. America's skip-a-thon: skipping adults! terrifying. hilarious. cops look stupid arresting you.
2. Bring Yourself to Someone Else's Work Day: 1-day protest where you switch jobs with someone else
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Wisconsin law is clear. As election law expert Rick Hasen wrote, "Musk’s activities appear to violate the plain meaning of the statute. He’s offering a chance to win a million dollars, which is a thing of value, and it’s only offered to people who have voted."
electionlawblog.org?p=149196
electionlawblog.org?p=149196
Election Law Blog
The law of politics and the politics of law
electionlawblog.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wisconsin law is clear. As election law expert Rick Hasen wrote, "Musk’s activities appear to violate the plain meaning of the statute. He’s offering a chance to win a million dollars, which is a thing of value, and it’s only offered to people who have voted."
electionlawblog.org?p=149196
electionlawblog.org?p=149196
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Today's Chicagohenge. Friday's sunrise in Chicago. Happy Spring...without the snow!
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today's Chicagohenge. Friday's sunrise in Chicago. Happy Spring...without the snow!
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
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For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era
Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.
slate.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
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A new CDC report shows that pedestrian deaths fell across the rich world 2013-2022 -- but not in the USA.
Americans were 50% more likely to die walking in 2022 than they would have been in 2013.
By 2022, the US was more deadly for pedestrians than all other countries studied.
Americans were 50% more likely to die walking in 2022 than they would have been in 2013.
By 2022, the US was more deadly for pedestrians than all other countries studied.
Pedestrian and Overall Road Traffic Crash Deaths ...
This report describes traffic-related deaths rates in the ...
www.cdc.gov
March 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A new CDC report shows that pedestrian deaths fell across the rich world 2013-2022 -- but not in the USA.
Americans were 50% more likely to die walking in 2022 than they would have been in 2013.
By 2022, the US was more deadly for pedestrians than all other countries studied.
Americans were 50% more likely to die walking in 2022 than they would have been in 2013.
By 2022, the US was more deadly for pedestrians than all other countries studied.
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Great day on the Tesla takedown picket line Chicago. 80 to 100 people.
#teslatakedown
#BuildTheResistance
#TeslaTakeover
#teslatakedown
#BuildTheResistance
#TeslaTakeover
March 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Great day on the Tesla takedown picket line Chicago. 80 to 100 people.
#teslatakedown
#BuildTheResistance
#TeslaTakeover
#teslatakedown
#BuildTheResistance
#TeslaTakeover
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Senate Dems in the Majority: we can't abolish the filibuster, we might need to use it when we're in the minority
Senate Dems in the Minority: we can't use the filibuster, people might get mad
Senate Dems in the Minority: we can't use the filibuster, people might get mad
March 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Senate Dems in the Majority: we can't abolish the filibuster, we might need to use it when we're in the minority
Senate Dems in the Minority: we can't use the filibuster, people might get mad
Senate Dems in the Minority: we can't use the filibuster, people might get mad
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If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
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All other states have fallen, Illinois stands alone
The next guest on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s podcast: Steve Bannon.
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
All other states have fallen, Illinois stands alone
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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
February 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now
Meanwhile...