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Windy City and immigration things, probably.
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Something funny about the NDAA? It still calls the Department the Department of Defense and the Secretary the Defense Secretary. Trump and Hegseth didn't even try to get the name changed in a federal statute.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20251208/RCP_xml[2].pdf
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Something funny about the NDAA? It still calls the Department the Department of Defense and the Secretary the Defense Secretary. Trump and Hegseth didn't even try to get the name changed in a federal statute.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Yeah, a House member needs to send up that impeachment flag. This is illegal, immoral, dangerous behavior — that is also likely unconstitutional as well.
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 1:59 AM
Yeah, a House member needs to send up that impeachment flag. This is illegal, immoral, dangerous behavior — that is also likely unconstitutional as well.
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Single issue voter here. And this is the issue.
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Single issue voter here. And this is the issue.
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There’s also something especially crazy-making about SCOTUS’s “eagerness to playact a district court” (Kagan) in a *shadow docket* decision that doesn’t really engage with the facts at all. The gap between the professionalism of the district courts and SCOTUS’s arbitrariness couldn’t be more obvious
There are so many things wrong with this ruling, including the total disregard for the clear error standard. But what really gets me is the notion that legislatures can evade judicial review of their maps simply by passing them as close as possible to Election Day
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There’s also something especially crazy-making about SCOTUS’s “eagerness to playact a district court” (Kagan) in a *shadow docket* decision that doesn’t really engage with the facts at all. The gap between the professionalism of the district courts and SCOTUS’s arbitrariness couldn’t be more obvious
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed
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the Chicagoan urge to repeatedly photograph the same body of water
Chicago River appreciation post
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
the Chicagoan urge to repeatedly photograph the same body of water
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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Now imagine if the train came every 7.5 minutes because we took four existing Metra lines, ran them half-hourly, coordinated their schedules, and connected them down the same corridor.
That’s CrossTowner regional rail.
And that’s why we need to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
That’s CrossTowner regional rail.
And that’s why we need to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Now imagine if the train came every 7.5 minutes because we took four existing Metra lines, ran them half-hourly, coordinated their schedules, and connected them down the same corridor.
That’s CrossTowner regional rail.
And that’s why we need to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
That’s CrossTowner regional rail.
And that’s why we need to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
Current me feeling pretty pleased with past me's decision to buy extra blue OCBD for when original version of same shirt got worn out #menswear
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Current me feeling pretty pleased with past me's decision to buy extra blue OCBD for when original version of same shirt got worn out #menswear
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"But actually he was granted asylum on YOUR watch" is neither a gotcha nor particularly helpful for the interests of justice. It infers both that there was something wrong with the grant (and I have seen no evidence of that) and that the Trump admin is being too generous with asylum generally (lol)
Trump refuses to directly admit his administration granted the DC shooter asylum and then wraps up the press availability
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"But actually he was granted asylum on YOUR watch" is neither a gotcha nor particularly helpful for the interests of justice. It infers both that there was something wrong with the grant (and I have seen no evidence of that) and that the Trump admin is being too generous with asylum generally (lol)
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Chicago - blizzard of 79
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Chicago - blizzard of 79
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Bonus photo for hardcore train nerds
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bonus photo for hardcore train nerds
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Trying to not get consumed by it but as someone who lived through the catastrophe that was the Iraq War, it leaves me speechless that people are clamoring for invading Venezuela
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trying to not get consumed by it but as someone who lived through the catastrophe that was the Iraq War, it leaves me speechless that people are clamoring for invading Venezuela
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<overly technical> There are two sides of “public charge”. The ground of inadmissibility is that the immigrant is likely to become a public charge.
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
re "I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge"
there has been a proposal to expand scope of what's considered public charge for immigration inadmissibility /1
www.medicarerights.org/medicare-wat...
there has been a proposal to expand scope of what's considered public charge for immigration inadmissibility /1
www.medicarerights.org/medicare-wat...
“Public Charge” Proposed Rule Threatens Chaos for Immigrants - Medicare Rights Center
This week, the Department of Homeland Security published a proposed rule on “public charge” that could expose legal immigrants to arbitrary and unfair decisions as they attempt to become lawful perman...
www.medicarerights.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
<overly technical> There are two sides of “public charge”. The ground of inadmissibility is that the immigrant is likely to become a public charge.
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
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Snowy day at the corner of Clark and Addison. Good morning from Chicago.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Snowy day at the corner of Clark and Addison. Good morning from Chicago.
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The answer for every question in this city is to pay security people to stand around. Teens hanging out in the park? Put up a security line. Too many people going to the Christmas market? Put up a security line. Transit feel unsafe? Pay some guys to stand around and play candy crush.
The Christkindlmarkt thing is so funny top to bottom. America so starved for vibrant public spaces and events that this winter craft fair gets Disneyland-level regional demand, and this is seen as a problem to be solved with cops and security
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The answer for every question in this city is to pay security people to stand around. Teens hanging out in the park? Put up a security line. Too many people going to the Christmas market? Put up a security line. Transit feel unsafe? Pay some guys to stand around and play candy crush.
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Worried about awkward political conversations at the dinner table today? Steer the conversation in a direction everyone agrees with: the need for thru-running regional rail in Chicagoland!
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Worried about awkward political conversations at the dinner table today? Steer the conversation in a direction everyone agrees with: the need for thru-running regional rail in Chicagoland!
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
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Also, I’m just going to say it, if your objective is national security, I don’t think telling tens of thousands of combat-hardened veterans (and their many American brothers-in-arms) that you’re going to betray them and send them to die in their country, which you destabilized, is a great idea
Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, I’m just going to say it, if your objective is national security, I don’t think telling tens of thousands of combat-hardened veterans (and their many American brothers-in-arms) that you’re going to betray them and send them to die in their country, which you destabilized, is a great idea