@dvanhowe.bsky.social
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Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:
“Spotify wrapped” was I “wrapped up Spotify” i.e. I deactivated my account
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“Spotify wrapped” was I “wrapped up Spotify” i.e. I deactivated my account
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Current* conditions near St Joseph, MI:
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Current* conditions near St Joseph, MI:
@durbin.senate.gov don’t let them off the hook, as they’re terrorizing our city, what are you doing
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
@durbin.senate.gov don’t let them off the hook, as they’re terrorizing our city, what are you doing
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Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."
Republicans have effectively dissolved Congress
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Republicans have effectively dissolved Congress
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Cosplay in modern life.
One photo: the American who commanded millions of troops at D-Day.
Other photo: the ICE kapo in charge of the current assault on Chicago.
(ICE photo via CNN www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p... )
One photo: the American who commanded millions of troops at D-Day.
Other photo: the ICE kapo in charge of the current assault on Chicago.
(ICE photo via CNN www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p... )
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Cosplay in modern life.
One photo: the American who commanded millions of troops at D-Day.
Other photo: the ICE kapo in charge of the current assault on Chicago.
(ICE photo via CNN www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p... )
One photo: the American who commanded millions of troops at D-Day.
Other photo: the ICE kapo in charge of the current assault on Chicago.
(ICE photo via CNN www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p... )
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"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
America’s military leadership has more important things to do than listen to lectures on character from an unqualified drunk who assaults women.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
Any soldier who was as careless as Hegseth was with war plans would be fired if not prosecuted.
And everyone in that room knows it.
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I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
September 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.
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As we approach 1.5°C of #GlobalWarming, we've already begun to experience historically unprecedented heatwaves, downpours, & other types of disruptive, destructive, & deadly extreme events--and there will be more to come on a path toward continued warming.
#ClimateChange is already "unearthing" historically unprecedented extreme events, with more to come
As the planet approaches 1.5°C (2.7°F) of #GlobalWarming, we've already begun to experience historically unprecedented heatwaves, downpours, and other types of disruptive, destructive, and deadly extreme weather events. While extreme weather has certainly occurred in the past, modern civilization is
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September 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As we approach 1.5°C of #GlobalWarming, we've already begun to experience historically unprecedented heatwaves, downpours, & other types of disruptive, destructive, & deadly extreme events--and there will be more to come on a path toward continued warming.
And it’s 86 degrees in late September in Chicago. Some hoax
#Humberto is now a Cat 5!
It’s the first time in nearly a century with back to back seasons with Cat 5’s in the Atlantic.
We are seeing our warmer future unfold in real-time, IMO. 1/
It’s the first time in nearly a century with back to back seasons with Cat 5’s in the Atlantic.
We are seeing our warmer future unfold in real-time, IMO. 1/
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And it’s 86 degrees in late September in Chicago. Some hoax
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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“.. I absolutely couldn’t care less what he [Trump] thinks about me … He’s the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he’d be consigned to the trash heap of history.”
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
@time.com
time.com/7319963/bruc...
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Illinois refuses to fall into the trap that demands we sacrifice vital Constitutional rights if it’s being done in the fake guise of “fighting crime.”
There is no emergency here that warrants the deployment of troops.
And we won’t be begging for him to bring them to Chicago.
There is no emergency here that warrants the deployment of troops.
And we won’t be begging for him to bring them to Chicago.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a statement in support of a lawsuit @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social filed today against the Trump administration in response to their unlawful deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
Read the full statement: tinyurl.com/4a9h9m3n
Read the full statement: tinyurl.com/4a9h9m3n
September 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Illinois refuses to fall into the trap that demands we sacrifice vital Constitutional rights if it’s being done in the fake guise of “fighting crime.”
There is no emergency here that warrants the deployment of troops.
And we won’t be begging for him to bring them to Chicago.
There is no emergency here that warrants the deployment of troops.
And we won’t be begging for him to bring them to Chicago.
They have absolutely no intention of ever leaving
Meteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobs.
The essay questions — which have nothing to do with meteorology — are part of federal guidelines launched as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to recruit “patriotic Americans” to its workforce.
The essay questions — which have nothing to do with meteorology — are part of federal guidelines launched as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to recruit “patriotic Americans” to its workforce.
Meteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobs
After firing hundreds of meteorologists, the National Weather Service announced it is filling vacant positions. Applicants are being asked to detail their support for Trump’s policies.
www.sfchronicle.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
They have absolutely no intention of ever leaving
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If you didn't manage to see this calmly furious and defiant statement by @govpritzker.illinois.gov yesterday, please find 12 minutes to see or hear it today.
Best, strongest statement by sr official of where we stand and what is needed now.
Civil duty to see it.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Best, strongest statement by sr official of where we stand and what is needed now.
Civil duty to see it.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
August 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If you didn't manage to see this calmly furious and defiant statement by @govpritzker.illinois.gov yesterday, please find 12 minutes to see or hear it today.
Best, strongest statement by sr official of where we stand and what is needed now.
Civil duty to see it.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Best, strongest statement by sr official of where we stand and what is needed now.
Civil duty to see it.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
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I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
August 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American.
There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
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The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.