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Rebecca Theim
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@NOLANews.bsky.social, @sunsentinel.bsky.social, @MedillSchool.bsky.social alum. Pew Trusts’ comms, @univofmaryland.bsky.social adjunct. Alabama-raised, Midwest-educated, New Orleanian and Chicagoan forever. Views mine. https://www.rebeccatheim.com/
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Lucy is really going to let Charlie Brown kick the football this time. She really means it.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I was challenged last November by a GOP acquaintance about how much better the economy would be in a year. Here's my tally, based on numbers from my community. #notwinning #TrumpTariffs #TrumpShutdown
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ladies and gentlemen: the rubble of the former East Wing of the White House. Reminds me a bit of Mayor Richard Daley taking out Meigs Field in Chicago in 2003 in the dead of night, although the public won’t getting beautiful waterfront green space out of this demo.
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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1. Washington DC

#NoKings 👑
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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No Kings-Chicago, IL
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Protesters gathering at Grant Park plan to march a 2.5-mile route that will take them past Trump Tower, continuing south to Federal Plaza near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Ida B. Wells Drive, before returning to Grant Park.
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Thousands of people are gathering in Chicago and the suburbs Saturday for a “No Kings” protest amid ongoing federal immigration enforcement operations in the area.

🔴 LIVE updates: trib.al/A2VIhQO
October 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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At the DC #NoKings rally, Sen. Bernie Sanders assails Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and other oligarchs.
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I cannot believe I agree with anything Marjorie Taylor Green says, but there's a first for everything.
Marjorie Taylor Greene : "Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance premiums are going to go up. Homeowner's insurance goes up every year. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."
October 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I will be at the No Kings Day of Action on the Washington Mall on Oct. 18. I am not in Antifa, I don't support Hamas, and I'm no Marxist. The only weapon I will have is a homemade sign on foam board. I will be there because enough is enough. Decent, patriotic Americans need to take a stand.
The organizers behind the No Kings Day of Action on October 18 -- the event Johnson called a "hate America rally" -- have this to say in response.

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement"
October 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump got a COVID vaccination yesterday. But if you’re under 65, and want it, but don’t have one of the risk factors, prepare to lie to get it. And if you have a child you want vaccinated, expect a tough time making it happen: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w....
October 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I received notice today regarding my 2026 medical insurance premium: 23.6% increase. The raise I received this year will not cover the cost of my medical and dental insurance premiums. #MedicareForAll
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Debt for Nature Coalition, co-founded by my employer, The Pew Charitable Trusts, is a finalist for Prince Williams’ @earthshotprize.bsky.social!

The coalition’s “Bonds for Ocean Conservation” helps countries refinance crushing public debt and redirect savings into ocean and climate resilience.
Bonds for Ocean Conservation - The Earthshot Prize 2025 Finalist
Bonds for Ocean Conservation transforms ocean protection by enabling countries to refinance debt and instead invest billions into saving our seas.
earthshotprize.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The home is owned by the judge who last month temporarily blocked South Carolina from giving the U.S. Department of Justice its entire state voter database. Wonder when Trump will demand justice on this one?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Fire Consumes the Home of a South Carolina State Judge
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just another routine morning in DC news. How long can this go on? @washingtonpost.com staff: I don’t know how you do it these days.
September 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Finally! An accurate headline. I’m so tired of the both-side-ism and false equivalency that the news media just can’t seem to shake.
September 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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More than 60 Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Trump administration that expresses “grave concerns” about ongoing removals to so-called “third countries” to which immigrants have no connection.
Democrats demand answers on third country deportations
“We are concerned that the Trump Administration is offshoring the immigration detention system in an apparent attempt to evade the due process requirements of the US Constitution."
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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September 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The UN “escalator-gate” was caused by the Trump team’s own “infelicities,” @puck.news and the @UN.org report. www.un.org/sg/en/conten...
Note to correspondents: on UN escalators | United Nations Secretary-General
In answer to the many questions received about the escalator incident this morning involving the President of the United States and the First Lady, I have the following information to share: President...
www.un.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
As this sad, sorry, slimy spectacle continues to unravel, it becomes more and more apparent how self-inflicted the entire Epstein debacle was for Trump. newrepublic.com/post/200908/...
Trump Personally Tried to Kill Story of His Birthday Letter to Epstein
A new report reveals how Donald Trump got wind The Wall Street Journal was going to report on his birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein—and how he tried to stop the story from getting published.
newrepublic.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
He actually said this.
Trump: "This is the only country in the world where you announce great numbers & the stock market goes down, bc when you announce great numbers they immediately want to take that success away by raising the interest rates. Why can't you announce great numbers and let them lower the interest rates?"
September 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Looking for an eye-popping, hysterical take-down of The Disney Co. in light of the Jimmy Kimmel suspension? The intro for this video is in Dutch (the comedian who created it is from the Netherlands), but the video is in English. And it is brutally funny. youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE
Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
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September 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM