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And by the way, despite nearly 90 people killed in three months, there appears to be literally zero evidence that the flow of cocaine to the United States has changed even slightly. Smugglers are still risking it, since the rewards are still life-changingly high for so many desperate people.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
And by the way, despite nearly 90 people killed in three months, there appears to be literally zero evidence that the flow of cocaine to the United States has changed even slightly. Smugglers are still risking it, since the rewards are still life-changingly high for so many desperate people.
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This is the Witch Trials theory of war: If they try not to drown at sea, they're terrorists.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is the Witch Trials theory of war: If they try not to drown at sea, they're terrorists.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
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🎶 because I knew you
I have been changed for good 🎶
I have been changed for good 🎶
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🎶 because I knew you
I have been changed for good 🎶
I have been changed for good 🎶
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Ellis:
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ellis:
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Trump declares that Republicans have lost the shutdown. Absolutely zero reason for Dems to cave at this point
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Trump declares that Republicans have lost the shutdown. Absolutely zero reason for Dems to cave at this point
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"You have no rights in here."
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Lawsuit over Conditions at Broadview ICE Facility in Federal Court
Federal authorities moved two plaintiffs in the suit out of state; a judge has ordered they be returned Monday.
southsideweekly.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"You have no rights in here."
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Read the harrowing testimony given by people held at ICE's Broadview detention center. ✍️ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social
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Out on patrol. ICE very active on the far North Side including Edgewater and Lincoln Square. Multiple abductions. Vulnerable folks should get off the street if they can. Street vendors should be bought out, landscapers warned. If you’re in Chicago and you’re not ICE watch trained, pls get trained.
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Out on patrol. ICE very active on the far North Side including Edgewater and Lincoln Square. Multiple abductions. Vulnerable folks should get off the street if they can. Street vendors should be bought out, landscapers warned. If you’re in Chicago and you’re not ICE watch trained, pls get trained.
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They can’t, yet, just execute Americans in the street. So this will have to do to satisfy the psychological needs of a bunch of guys who are deeply, deeply, deeply insecure about how their masculinity is received.
The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea. n.pr/47lM2Sa
US carries out new strike in Caribbean, killing 3 alleged drug smugglers
The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
They can’t, yet, just execute Americans in the street. So this will have to do to satisfy the psychological needs of a bunch of guys who are deeply, deeply, deeply insecure about how their masculinity is received.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Heartbreaking
“.. Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: ‘We have to be good or ICE will get us.’”
@apnews.com #Chicago
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@apnews.com #Chicago
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October 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Heartbreaking
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“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?”
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“Do you really expect Mamdani to get everything he’s promising done?”
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
No. I’m sure a lot of what I want won’t happen. But I’m ready for someone who’s willing to actually fucking try rather than tell everyone why trying is pointless and must be saved for an undefined later moment
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In other news, a Lincoln Park woman shouted “I’m going to be late to my Pilates class because of you!” at immigration agents today.
October 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In other news, a Lincoln Park woman shouted “I’m going to be late to my Pilates class because of you!” at immigration agents today.
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“What am I going to do, go back to my Zoom call when people across the street are being denied their constitutional rights?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Immigration Crackdown Spreads Through Chicago, Including Wealthy Neighborhoods
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“What am I going to do, go back to my Zoom call when people across the street are being denied their constitutional rights?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.