Jays aka Clovis
@clovislives.bsky.social
I don't shine if you don't shine. Currently Chicago. Formerly DC, PA, and MI. The banner image reads “Beloved Aunt.” he/him. No LGB without the T. 🏳️🌈
Abolish ICE and put everyone who worked for it on trial, Nuremburg-style.
Unbelievable, ICE unloaded Pepper spray directly in the face of protesters yesterday in St. Paul MN -
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Abolish ICE and put everyone who worked for it on trial, Nuremburg-style.
I have no idea what kind of chances MTG has, but I continue to believe that it is inevitable that America will have a woman President and that woman will be a hard core conservative.
White men on the whole simply won't vote for a woman unless they think she'll secretly do what they tell her to.
White men on the whole simply won't vote for a woman unless they think she'll secretly do what they tell her to.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I have no idea what kind of chances MTG has, but I continue to believe that it is inevitable that America will have a woman President and that woman will be a hard core conservative.
White men on the whole simply won't vote for a woman unless they think she'll secretly do what they tell her to.
White men on the whole simply won't vote for a woman unless they think she'll secretly do what they tell her to.
Welp. Time to once again reset my “It has been X days since Pete Buttigieg said something embarrassing” clock.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Welp. Time to once again reset my “It has been X days since Pete Buttigieg said something embarrassing” clock.
I would think this is amazing even if I didn’t live in Chicago.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I would think this is amazing even if I didn’t live in Chicago.
Nazis took pictures of themselves marching down the Champs-Elysees for the same reasons.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nazis took pictures of themselves marching down the Champs-Elysees for the same reasons.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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The Chicago Resistance
Sheltered workers during a raid
“How do you radicalize middle-aged white women? You throw tear gas at them”
Local leader began passing out whistles
“Best thing we do in Chicago is organize”
“We had to protect our people”
“Show ‘em you don’t F w Chicago”
archive.ph/uBc6e
Sheltered workers during a raid
“How do you radicalize middle-aged white women? You throw tear gas at them”
Local leader began passing out whistles
“Best thing we do in Chicago is organize”
“We had to protect our people”
“Show ‘em you don’t F w Chicago”
archive.ph/uBc6e
archive.ph
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Chicago Resistance
Sheltered workers during a raid
“How do you radicalize middle-aged white women? You throw tear gas at them”
Local leader began passing out whistles
“Best thing we do in Chicago is organize”
“We had to protect our people”
“Show ‘em you don’t F w Chicago”
archive.ph/uBc6e
Sheltered workers during a raid
“How do you radicalize middle-aged white women? You throw tear gas at them”
Local leader began passing out whistles
“Best thing we do in Chicago is organize”
“We had to protect our people”
“Show ‘em you don’t F w Chicago”
archive.ph/uBc6e
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Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
Islamic Center of Charlotte in Charlotte NC. Would help feed a starving baby no hesitation 🥰🥰🥰 #fyp #fypシ #fypシ゚viral #testingyourchurch #church #faith #religion #baby #hungrybabytest #viral #viralvid...
TikTok video by Nikalie 🌈
www.tiktok.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
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ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
Jesus this poor kid's terror is heartbreaking. I hadn't even considered yet the lifelong trauma that Trump and Miller are gleefully inflicting on an entire generation of people and how much their actions are going to fuck up entire lives for decades to come.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Jesus this poor kid's terror is heartbreaking. I hadn't even considered yet the lifelong trauma that Trump and Miller are gleefully inflicting on an entire generation of people and how much their actions are going to fuck up entire lives for decades to come.
This is not my neighborhood, but ICE has used similar tactics where I live. It's not law enforcement. It's not peacekeeping. It's not even stopping the bad guys. It's rounding up teachers and construction workers to make whole neighborhoods afraid to leave their houses.
It's terrorism. Fuck ICE.
It's terrorism. Fuck ICE.
Some screenshots from itp_chicago IG. You can see how federal agents stake their presence around some of these communities in intersections in the middle of traffic and sidewalks in front of businesses. This feels very particular to the SW Side with Little Village being a prime target for this.
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is not my neighborhood, but ICE has used similar tactics where I live. It's not law enforcement. It's not peacekeeping. It's not even stopping the bad guys. It's rounding up teachers and construction workers to make whole neighborhoods afraid to leave their houses.
It's terrorism. Fuck ICE.
It's terrorism. Fuck ICE.
Listen, I have said this on here before and it's becoming clear that I'm going to probably keep saying it, likely for years from now until after she completes her second term as President of the United States - Danica Roem is very, VERY good at her job.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Listen, I have said this on here before and it's becoming clear that I'm going to probably keep saying it, likely for years from now until after she completes her second term as President of the United States - Danica Roem is very, VERY good at her job.
This seems handy to know...
When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This seems handy to know...
Alternate headline: Masked Men Forcibly Abduct Woman from Daycare Center
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Alternate headline: Masked Men Forcibly Abduct Woman from Daycare Center
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am really trying to get people to understand how much what is happening to our children in Chicago with regard to ICE abductions is like school shootings/gun violence: the random and massive exposure to this particular violence will imprint on a generation and no privilege can fully shield you.
If nothing else, I hope tonight hits home to some folk on here why it is that doomerism and giving in is not only wasteful, but actively harmful. Be clear-eyed. Stand for what you know is right. Giving up is not savvier or smarter than pushing onward.
to doom is to die. the right feeds on this. live defiantly in their faces. stand on your beliefs. carry your struggle without shame and people will see themselves. stay true to your beliefs and show people a better world
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If nothing else, I hope tonight hits home to some folk on here why it is that doomerism and giving in is not only wasteful, but actively harmful. Be clear-eyed. Stand for what you know is right. Giving up is not savvier or smarter than pushing onward.
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
Now THIS is how you write an obituary.
(Also, not for nothing, I hope Valerie Plame is having a wonderful day today.)
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
(Also, not for nothing, I hope Valerie Plame is having a wonderful day today.)
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Now THIS is how you write an obituary.
(Also, not for nothing, I hope Valerie Plame is having a wonderful day today.)
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
(Also, not for nothing, I hope Valerie Plame is having a wonderful day today.)
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Fellow Chicagoans! Here's a great way to help families of the victims abducted by ICE.
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Fellow Chicagoans! Here's a great way to help families of the victims abducted by ICE.
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Citing a Trump order about “restoring biological truth,” the VA is making it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to get their care covered by the government.
The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Citing a Trump order about “restoring biological truth,” the VA is making it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to get their care covered by the government.
The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
The disease is deadlier than for women and “notably higher among veterans,” research shows.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social
JB - I'm begging you - PLEASE use this as your campaign slogan.
"Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off."
"Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off."
JB Pritzker: “President Trump and his bootlickers have torn down the US Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. I’m sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
JB - I'm begging you - PLEASE use this as your campaign slogan.
"Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off."
"Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off."
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42M people are going to starve from lack of nutrition & Donald Trump & JD Vance have their talking points it's a "Democratic shutdown". A REAL President & Vice President would NEVER entertain the thought of approximately 1/7 of their constituents going hungry.
THIS IS ALL ON THEM!
THIS IS ALL ON THEM!
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
42M people are going to starve from lack of nutrition & Donald Trump & JD Vance have their talking points it's a "Democratic shutdown". A REAL President & Vice President would NEVER entertain the thought of approximately 1/7 of their constituents going hungry.
THIS IS ALL ON THEM!
THIS IS ALL ON THEM!
This is the truest thing I've read in weeks.
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is the truest thing I've read in weeks.