Rob Breymaier
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
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It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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Victoria’s husband has cystic fibrosis. Without health insurance, his medication costs $300,000 per year.
Republicans’ failure to extend ACA subsidies means that Victoria and her husband won't be able to afford their insurance.
These are the stakes for working people in this fight. We cannot cave.
Republicans’ failure to extend ACA subsidies means that Victoria and her husband won't be able to afford their insurance.
These are the stakes for working people in this fight. We cannot cave.
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Victoria’s husband has cystic fibrosis. Without health insurance, his medication costs $300,000 per year.
Republicans’ failure to extend ACA subsidies means that Victoria and her husband won't be able to afford their insurance.
These are the stakes for working people in this fight. We cannot cave.
Republicans’ failure to extend ACA subsidies means that Victoria and her husband won't be able to afford their insurance.
These are the stakes for working people in this fight. We cannot cave.
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The US federal government's spending on housing—directly through the budget, or through tax expenditures—amounts to more than $400 billion a year.
Only about 1/4 of that goes to low-income renters. The majority is spent on subsidizing higher-income homeowners.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
Only about 1/4 of that goes to low-income renters. The majority is spent on subsidizing higher-income homeowners.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The US federal government's spending on housing—directly through the budget, or through tax expenditures—amounts to more than $400 billion a year.
Only about 1/4 of that goes to low-income renters. The majority is spent on subsidizing higher-income homeowners.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
Only about 1/4 of that goes to low-income renters. The majority is spent on subsidizing higher-income homeowners.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
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All-in-all, we estimate that the federal government spends ~$400 billion a year on housing-related expenditures, of which only about 1/4 is funded through HUD.
Most housing spending goes through the tax code, and supports benefit homeowners & investors to a greater degree than low-income families.
Most housing spending goes through the tax code, and supports benefit homeowners & investors to a greater degree than low-income families.
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
All-in-all, we estimate that the federal government spends ~$400 billion a year on housing-related expenditures, of which only about 1/4 is funded through HUD.
Most housing spending goes through the tax code, and supports benefit homeowners & investors to a greater degree than low-income families.
Most housing spending goes through the tax code, and supports benefit homeowners & investors to a greater degree than low-income families.
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honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 - WID - World Inequality Database
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 This paper combines income and wealth inequality series from the World Inequality Database (WID) and new global series on hou...
wid.world
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Protesting in Chicago with my @drivebytruckers.bsky.social shirt on.
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Protesting in Chicago with my @drivebytruckers.bsky.social shirt on.
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Adelita Grijalva was elected weeks ago, but she still hasn’t been able to start her job — all because Mike Johnson’s afraid of the #EpsteinFiles.
If Republicans have nothing to hide, they should swear in Rep-elect Grijalva and release the files ASAP!
Keys to the office? Check! ✅
Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻♂️
Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻♂️
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Adelita Grijalva was elected weeks ago, but she still hasn’t been able to start her job — all because Mike Johnson’s afraid of the #EpsteinFiles.
If Republicans have nothing to hide, they should swear in Rep-elect Grijalva and release the files ASAP!
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Without a functioning CFPB, Americans would lose their only federal watchdog against unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices by big banks, debt collectors, and credit reporting agencies.
The White House is opening up the American people to scams.
https://reut.rs/4hyoKvT
The White House is opening up the American people to scams.
https://reut.rs/4hyoKvT
White House budget director plans to shut US consumer finance watchdog within months
White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he wants to close the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even though President Donald Trump's administration has argued in court that there is no such plan.
www.reuters.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Without a functioning CFPB, Americans would lose their only federal watchdog against unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices by big banks, debt collectors, and credit reporting agencies.
The White House is opening up the American people to scams.
https://reut.rs/4hyoKvT
The White House is opening up the American people to scams.
https://reut.rs/4hyoKvT
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Democrats are ready to stop the price of your health care insurance from skyrocketing and reopen the government. But Senate Republicans refuse to hold a vote to lower health care costs–the House GOP isn’t even showing up to work.
They need to get serious and come to the negotiating table.
They need to get serious and come to the negotiating table.
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Democrats are ready to stop the price of your health care insurance from skyrocketing and reopen the government. But Senate Republicans refuse to hold a vote to lower health care costs–the House GOP isn’t even showing up to work.
They need to get serious and come to the negotiating table.
They need to get serious and come to the negotiating table.
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Finally got something out of my head that's been there a while: A capsule history of the mid-density Chicago apartment building daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/the-life-dea...
The life, death, and rebirth of moderate-density apartment buildings in Chicago
The pantheon of Chicago architecture tends to cluster at either end of the density spectrum. In one corner you have the trophy commercial skyscrapers; in the other you have icons of domesticity, the b...
daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Finally got something out of my head that's been there a while: A capsule history of the mid-density Chicago apartment building daniel-kay-hertz.ghost.io/the-life-dea...
Not good. This both reduces enforcement of civil rights protections and reduces efforts to ensure a stable housing market for everyone.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts
Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.
www.bloomberg.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Not good. This both reduces enforcement of civil rights protections and reduces efforts to ensure a stable housing market for everyone.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...
Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)
North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...
www.lewis.ucla.edu
October 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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We learned how to peacefully de-escalate encounters with ICE, how to help those being targeted, and how to engage in mutual aid.
Make sure to #KnowYourRights: Go to quigley.house.gov/KYR to learn more. (2/2)
Make sure to #KnowYourRights: Go to quigley.house.gov/KYR to learn more. (2/2)
Immigration Protection Kit
With increased ICE activity around Chicago, the office of Congressman Mike Quigley is here to help.
quigley.house.gov
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We learned how to peacefully de-escalate encounters with ICE, how to help those being targeted, and how to engage in mutual aid.
Make sure to #KnowYourRights: Go to quigley.house.gov/KYR to learn more. (2/2)
Make sure to #KnowYourRights: Go to quigley.house.gov/KYR to learn more. (2/2)
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One hundred billionaire donors poured a record $2.6 billion into the 2024 elections—1 of every 6 dollars spent.
New analysis from @rfunkfordham.bsky.social on the last 15 years of #CitizensUnited’s impact on democracy. 2/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
New analysis from @rfunkfordham.bsky.social on the last 15 years of #CitizensUnited’s impact on democracy. 2/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
One hundred billionaire donors poured a record $2.6 billion into the 2024 elections—1 of every 6 dollars spent.
New analysis from @rfunkfordham.bsky.social on the last 15 years of #CitizensUnited’s impact on democracy. 2/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
New analysis from @rfunkfordham.bsky.social on the last 15 years of #CitizensUnited’s impact on democracy. 2/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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This is not a fight about tax credits.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
October 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is not a fight about tax credits.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin.
We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I thought the whole point of copyright law is to make make it illegal for others to steal your work.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I thought the whole point of copyright law is to make make it illegal for others to steal your work.
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."