Chris Fojtik
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Call me old fashioned but I’m generally against turning everything into gambling
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Call me old fashioned but I’m generally against turning everything into gambling
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The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
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And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
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Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Trump is extorting his own Justice Department for $230 million in taxpayer funds.
He refuses to open the government or lower health care costs — but he's eager to steal YOUR money to enrich himself.
Unprecedented, unfathomable corruption.
He refuses to open the government or lower health care costs — but he's eager to steal YOUR money to enrich himself.
Unprecedented, unfathomable corruption.
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump is extorting his own Justice Department for $230 million in taxpayer funds.
He refuses to open the government or lower health care costs — but he's eager to steal YOUR money to enrich himself.
Unprecedented, unfathomable corruption.
He refuses to open the government or lower health care costs — but he's eager to steal YOUR money to enrich himself.
Unprecedented, unfathomable corruption.
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row
Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.
www.choosechicago.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.
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Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Pritzker: “The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem that peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them. Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.”
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.
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This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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Come check out @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social's fantastic AMA today on @askhistorians.bsky.social for Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal!
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: Interested in the story behind redlining? I’m Dr. Karen Benjamin, and my new book Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before ...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Come check out @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social's fantastic AMA today on @askhistorians.bsky.social for Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal!
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"During the early twentieth century, developers sold residential segregation to affluent white parents as one piece of a larger, child-centered environment that included new schools, playgrounds, better sanitation, and quieter streets."
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The Author’s Corner with Karen Benjamin
Karen Benjamin is Associate Professor of History at Elmhurst University. This interview is based on her new book, Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New D…
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September 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"During the early twentieth century, developers sold residential segregation to affluent white parents as one piece of a larger, child-centered environment that included new schools, playgrounds, better sanitation, and quieter streets."
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Also kind of crazy that the congressional democratic response seems to be "it's concerning that we weren't briefed" rather than "the president had the military blow up an unarmed civilian vessel with no warning and everyone involved in this needs to go to jail"
Kind of unbelievable that randomly blowing up that venezuelan boat isn't the only story. I get that there's a lot going on but I mean we did a terrorist attack on Trump's direct order and the whole admin is celebrating it
September 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Also kind of crazy that the congressional democratic response seems to be "it's concerning that we weren't briefed" rather than "the president had the military blow up an unarmed civilian vessel with no warning and everyone involved in this needs to go to jail"
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My church’s Labor Day sermons do not miss.
Today was a meditation on the unpaid work many care givers do and self care, rest, as an act of rebellion.
May all of the laborers out there partake in a rebellious act of rest this weekend.
Today was a meditation on the unpaid work many care givers do and self care, rest, as an act of rebellion.
May all of the laborers out there partake in a rebellious act of rest this weekend.
August 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My church’s Labor Day sermons do not miss.
Today was a meditation on the unpaid work many care givers do and self care, rest, as an act of rebellion.
May all of the laborers out there partake in a rebellious act of rest this weekend.
Today was a meditation on the unpaid work many care givers do and self care, rest, as an act of rebellion.
May all of the laborers out there partake in a rebellious act of rest this weekend.
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The idea that historical fascism was evil, yes, but also orderly, disciplined and rational also unwillingly propagates fascist propaganda. That’s the image the Nazis wanted to project: Strong, a well-oiled machine… But it wasn’t true for Nazi Germany and certainly not for all fascist movements.
August 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The idea that historical fascism was evil, yes, but also orderly, disciplined and rational also unwillingly propagates fascist propaganda. That’s the image the Nazis wanted to project: Strong, a well-oiled machine… But it wasn’t true for Nazi Germany and certainly not for all fascist movements.
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trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
August 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
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“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
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Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming • The TRiiBE
Crime is down. Tourism is up. And the city’s population is growing. Don’t let the media, or Trump, fool you.
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August 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“
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Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime US permanent resident, has been in ICE detention for OVER one month. The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding Mr. Kim’s release.
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www.aaup.org/news/aaup-st...
AAUP Statement on Continued Detention of Tae Heung “Will” Kim
The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding the release of Tae Heung "Will" Kim from ICE detention.
www.aaup.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tae Heung “Will” Kim, a doctoral student at Texas A&M University and longtime US permanent resident, has been in ICE detention for OVER one month. The AAUP stands with the Texas AAUP state conference in demanding Mr. Kim’s release.
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-st...
www.aaup.org/news/aaup-st...
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it is a real problem that none of the people who interview these guys are equipped to ask a question like, “what gives this president greater legitimacy than a law passed by a democratically-elected legislature, signed by a previous president and affirmed by subsequent legislatures and presidents?”
August 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
it is a real problem that none of the people who interview these guys are equipped to ask a question like, “what gives this president greater legitimacy than a law passed by a democratically-elected legislature, signed by a previous president and affirmed by subsequent legislatures and presidents?”
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Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."
August 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."
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New nonprofit climate group forms, aims to resurrect climate.gov, National Climate Assessment and other lost data www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...
Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas | CNN
A small group of writers and researchers are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including the climate.gov website.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
New nonprofit climate group forms, aims to resurrect climate.gov, National Climate Assessment and other lost data www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...
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The techbro takeover of the US continues: while CDC employees "clap out" their principled leaders who resigned, Trump swears in a 2-decade Peter Thiel advisor to lead CDC. Thiel's Palantir already has all your data. He controls your Vice President. Now he controls your public health too. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The techbro takeover of the US continues: while CDC employees "clap out" their principled leaders who resigned, Trump swears in a 2-decade Peter Thiel advisor to lead CDC. Thiel's Palantir already has all your data. He controls your Vice President. Now he controls your public health too. 1/
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According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.
8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.
And yet Trump is sending troops here.