Midge
@kennaweese.bsky.social
Proud IL Dem
Gardening, painting, and reading keep me sane (I hope). Married mom of 2 - a daughter, and an adult son with autism.
#voteblue
Gardening, painting, and reading keep me sane (I hope). Married mom of 2 - a daughter, and an adult son with autism.
#voteblue
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Stephen Miller Would Kill His Parents Before He Was Born
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Stephen Miller Would Kill His Parents Before He Was Born
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
"If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out."
Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia, Miller's ancestors migrated to America in 1903.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
President Wants Legislators Hanged, and It’s Not Even the Lead Story newrepublic.com/post/203507/... via @newrepublic.com
President Wants Legislators Hanged, and It’s Not Even the Lead Story
Donald Trump says he’d like to see lawmakers tried and executed, and The New York Times and The Washington Post just don’t seem to think it’s that big a deal. Why?
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
President Wants Legislators Hanged, and It’s Not Even the Lead Story newrepublic.com/post/203507/... via @newrepublic.com
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The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July?
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
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From the frontlines in Chicago.
Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz
The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the deportation campaign. Ho...
www.wbez.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
From the frontlines in Chicago.
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I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Of course
This cruel ghoul
And as my BFF says
Well yeah
She shot her dog
Be safe out there Chicago
This cruel ghoul
And as my BFF says
Well yeah
She shot her dog
Be safe out there Chicago
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Of course
This cruel ghoul
And as my BFF says
Well yeah
She shot her dog
Be safe out there Chicago
This cruel ghoul
And as my BFF says
Well yeah
She shot her dog
Be safe out there Chicago
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“I pulled the subsidies and then claimed it’s broken bc I broke it. Do something! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“I pulled the subsidies and then claimed it’s broken bc I broke it. Do something! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
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Thousands of you shared heartbreaking and maddening stories with me about rising health care costs. But the fight is far from over.
If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...
If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thousands of you shared heartbreaking and maddening stories with me about rising health care costs. But the fight is far from over.
If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...
If you're willing to record your story, we can make sure GOP lawmakers see and hear the direct impact of their policy failures: wintheera.myctbl.com/share-your-s...
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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Illinois Guardsmen Capt. Dylan Blaha and Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek said this isn’t what they signed up for—and they’ll defy any order sending them after Chicago residents. “I’m not gonna go against my community members, my family, my culture, my neighbors,” Palecek said.
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Illinois Guardsmen Capt. Dylan Blaha and Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek said this isn’t what they signed up for—and they’ll defy any order sending them after Chicago residents. “I’m not gonna go against my community members, my family, my culture, my neighbors,” Palecek said.
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Just last year, Trump flat-out admitted that he wants Venezuela to collapse so he can take its oil. It's not about drugs, it's about regime change and OIL.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just last year, Trump flat-out admitted that he wants Venezuela to collapse so he can take its oil. It's not about drugs, it's about regime change and OIL.
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Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
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More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More from the scene
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"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Trump & his ICE thugs don't want you to see this. They are using brutality & violence to terrorize the American people.
Witness this.
Reject this.
SHARE THIS!
Speak out!
And PLEASE, take 2 minutes to call your Republican lawmakers and demand this stop!
202-224-3121
Witness this.
Reject this.
SHARE THIS!
Speak out!
And PLEASE, take 2 minutes to call your Republican lawmakers and demand this stop!
202-224-3121
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trump & his ICE thugs don't want you to see this. They are using brutality & violence to terrorize the American people.
Witness this.
Reject this.
SHARE THIS!
Speak out!
And PLEASE, take 2 minutes to call your Republican lawmakers and demand this stop!
202-224-3121
Witness this.
Reject this.
SHARE THIS!
Speak out!
And PLEASE, take 2 minutes to call your Republican lawmakers and demand this stop!
202-224-3121
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Capital Area Food Bank distributed canned and dry goods to over 370 households of federal employees and contractors on Tuesday. They had been expecting around 150
employees. Employees were required to present a government work ID to receive food.
employees. Employees were required to present a government work ID to receive food.
October 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Capital Area Food Bank distributed canned and dry goods to over 370 households of federal employees and contractors on Tuesday. They had been expecting around 150
employees. Employees were required to present a government work ID to receive food.
employees. Employees were required to present a government work ID to receive food.
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UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2."
Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...
Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2."
Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...
Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...
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Trump thinks AI slop of him as some kind of king pilot dropping shit on Americans is a winning strategy. But to most Americans it will play like this.
October 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Trump thinks AI slop of him as some kind of king pilot dropping shit on Americans is a winning strategy. But to most Americans it will play like this.
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Trump’s tax cut for billionaires is adding $425 Billion - monthly - to the national debt, and we’re fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Trump’s tax cut for billionaires is adding $425 Billion - monthly - to the national debt, and we’re fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.
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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.