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BREAKING: Judge Paula Xinis orders the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I'll be on @jimmykimmel.com tonight - tune in at 11:35pm ET!
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'll be on @jimmykimmel.com tonight - tune in at 11:35pm ET!
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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He’s absolutely right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
He’s absolutely right.
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If you unveil a new train station and every transit nerd on this website lines up to call you an idiot, they are right.
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you unveil a new train station and every transit nerd on this website lines up to call you an idiot, they are right.
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
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A university called Northwestern should have a compass.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A university called Northwestern should have a compass.
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Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
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Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
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Stop me if you've heard this one, but damn, I just recorded a banger of a pod. Everybody jabbers on about California and New York, but right in the middle of the country, Illinois—fossil-heavy, union-dense Illinois—is taking huge, courageous, progressive strides on energy.
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Stop me if you've heard this one, but damn, I just recorded a banger of a pod. Everybody jabbers on about California and New York, but right in the middle of the country, Illinois—fossil-heavy, union-dense Illinois—is taking huge, courageous, progressive strides on energy.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
One lesson of the Sandwich Guy Case is now more than ever when you are called to jury duty you should go
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If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If nothing else, the Trump administration is doing wonders to highlight the importance of jury trials.
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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
Good morning. Back in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who is expected to rule in 20 minutes on the use of force by federal agents against protesters and journalists in Chicago.
'It's a disgrace': Chicagoans describe jarring encounters with feds as judge prepares to rule on 'blitz'
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
The requirements seem very reasonable.
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman's temporary restraining order governing conditions in Broadview's ICE facility is in.
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
Follow @KadeHeather on Twitter for details from the courtroom and read the full order here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/4f/4a/384ff4...
November 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The requirements seem very reasonable.
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With a 35/22 vote, transit funding and reform passes the Illinois Senate. An historic governance reform and $1.5 billion annual investment in transit proceeds!
Transit funding passed the Illinois House 72/32. Off to the Senate!
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
With a 35/22 vote, transit funding and reform passes the Illinois Senate. An historic governance reform and $1.5 billion annual investment in transit proceeds!
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SB 2111 to fund transit operations in IL passed the House!
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
SB 2111 to fund transit operations in IL passed the House!
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Having a governor with a gambling addiction is showing its signs because he’s gambling with the time and livelihoods of 1.1 million daily riders of Chicago transit.
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Having a governor with a gambling addiction is showing its signs because he’s gambling with the time and livelihoods of 1.1 million daily riders of Chicago transit.
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Trib ed board: “pack it in and come back in the spring with full regional transit consolidation on the table.”
From the Editorial Board:
House Democrats in Springfield took a soccer ball Tuesday night and smashed it right in Joe Mansueto’s face. All in the name of raising an absurd amount of revenue from Illinoisans.
House Democrats in Springfield took a soccer ball Tuesday night and smashed it right in Joe Mansueto’s face. All in the name of raising an absurd amount of revenue from Illinoisans.
Editorial: Scrap this catastrophic transit tax grab, House Democrats, and be more realistic in the spring
Illinois House Democrats take aim at what makes Chicago cool.
trib.al
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trib ed board: “pack it in and come back in the spring with full regional transit consolidation on the table.”
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🚨 1 day to save transit and your legislators are not on the same page.
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 1 day to save transit and your legislators are not on the same page.
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
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Today, we brought the train to Springfield to deliver nearly 20,000 petitions to legislators urging them to get the job done NOW.
Transit cannot wait. Legislators cannot continue to kick the can down the road. It is time to fix and FULLY FUND transit.
Transit cannot wait. Legislators cannot continue to kick the can down the road. It is time to fix and FULLY FUND transit.
Illinois House Democrats weigh new transit funding plan, eye billionaire and streaming taxes
With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers were weighing several alternatives to raise the $1.5 billion advocates say is needed to fund publi…
www.chicagotribune.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Today, we brought the train to Springfield to deliver nearly 20,000 petitions to legislators urging them to get the job done NOW.
Transit cannot wait. Legislators cannot continue to kick the can down the road. It is time to fix and FULLY FUND transit.
Transit cannot wait. Legislators cannot continue to kick the can down the road. It is time to fix and FULLY FUND transit.