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Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
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1. This is stolen land. We have no moral right to exclude anyone.
2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.
3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.
3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
1. This is stolen land. We have no moral right to exclude anyone.
2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.
3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.
3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
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In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Pritzker breaks ground on state-backed grocery in Venice, calling it a 'revival' for forgotten towns
The Illinois governor says the project proves government can help the free market work where private investors walked away.
www.ksdk.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In 2023, I proposed the Illinois Grocery Initiative to lower food prices and provide options in food deserts across the state. www.ksdk.com/article/news...
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servan blanc grapes, painted by amanda almira newton, 1909
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
servan blanc grapes, painted by amanda almira newton, 1909
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Trump says he's instructing the Department of Defense to prepare for military action against Nigeria
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trump says he's instructing the Department of Defense to prepare for military action against Nigeria
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There is a huge problem in rural areas where the only “grocery” store for 20-30 miles is a Dollar General or gas station. Try buying only healthy foods at the nearest gas station. This is a complete disregard for the plight of others - a lack of basic understanding on how some live. Zero empathy.
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
There is a huge problem in rural areas where the only “grocery” store for 20-30 miles is a Dollar General or gas station. Try buying only healthy foods at the nearest gas station. This is a complete disregard for the plight of others - a lack of basic understanding on how some live. Zero empathy.
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The more I learn about the Indigenous history of the Americas, the more absurd invitations to “defend democracy” sound.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The more I learn about the Indigenous history of the Americas, the more absurd invitations to “defend democracy” sound.
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At least 3,000 people who have been detained in Chicago ICE raids are missing from official DHS records.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
Could ICE have 'lost' 3,000 immigrant arrestees in Chicago?
At least 3,000 jailed immigrants have vanished from federal records, according to human rights attorneys and organizations.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
At least 3,000 people who have been detained in Chicago ICE raids are missing from official DHS records.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
We still don’t know what happened to the 1200 people who went missing from the Everglades facility.
They’re disappearing people.
No due process. No accountability.
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Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
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And, of course, people who don’t work shouldn’t have to starve either.
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
And, of course, people who don’t work shouldn’t have to starve either.
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Taxing the heck out of the rich and redistributing to protect non-workers with the understanding that even workers were and will be non-workers throughout their lives is good and we should do it more. I don't want less snap/wic/tanf; I want so much more.
October 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Taxing the heck out of the rich and redistributing to protect non-workers with the understanding that even workers were and will be non-workers throughout their lives is good and we should do it more. I don't want less snap/wic/tanf; I want so much more.
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SNAP is not just for the unemployed.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
SNAP is not just for the unemployed.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.
But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!
No one deserves to starve.
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There are many different ways to make an impact. Find yours. However know that shit is not okay. It hasn’t been for a long time , but it’s really bad right now.
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There are many different ways to make an impact. Find yours. However know that shit is not okay. It hasn’t been for a long time , but it’s really bad right now.
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We never needed a list. Women came forward and named their abusers. It doesn’t matter to people who don’t believe women in the first place. And these women will never receive justice under this regime.
When you talk to voters, talk about the Trump taxes (tariffs) and the Trump recession. Economics.
When you talk to voters, talk about the Trump taxes (tariffs) and the Trump recession. Economics.
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We never needed a list. Women came forward and named their abusers. It doesn’t matter to people who don’t believe women in the first place. And these women will never receive justice under this regime.
When you talk to voters, talk about the Trump taxes (tariffs) and the Trump recession. Economics.
When you talk to voters, talk about the Trump taxes (tariffs) and the Trump recession. Economics.
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Thank you, Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thank you, Chicago.
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NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
news.wttw.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
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Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
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Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.
Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.
Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.
Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.
Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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Many US universities are reducing or pausing PhD admissions for 2026 due to uncertainty over federal science funding. This threatens to throttle the pipeline of future experts and may ultimately shrink the scientific workforce.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Many US universities are reducing or pausing PhD admissions for 2026 due to uncertainty over federal science funding. This threatens to throttle the pipeline of future experts and may ultimately shrink the scientific workforce.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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“Don’t want to lose SNAP? Tell the Dems to reopen the government!”
SNAP assistance gets cut in the big beautiful bill too.
Healthcare is slashed as well.
They’re withholding food for 40 million Americans to try and force the Dems to sign off on cutting food AND healthcare!
SNAP assistance gets cut in the big beautiful bill too.
Healthcare is slashed as well.
They’re withholding food for 40 million Americans to try and force the Dems to sign off on cutting food AND healthcare!
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“Don’t want to lose SNAP? Tell the Dems to reopen the government!”
SNAP assistance gets cut in the big beautiful bill too.
Healthcare is slashed as well.
They’re withholding food for 40 million Americans to try and force the Dems to sign off on cutting food AND healthcare!
SNAP assistance gets cut in the big beautiful bill too.
Healthcare is slashed as well.
They’re withholding food for 40 million Americans to try and force the Dems to sign off on cutting food AND healthcare!