2027 mayoral debates are just going to be a big argument over who's going to hire the most cops

shawn@mulchy.bsky.social · yesterday

checking the news after not having internet for a few days

When the overconfident elderly soprano from your church choir gets tapped to sing the national anthem

Théo@tlpavlich.gay · 4d ago

Okay I went back and recorded the WPBL anthem. I haven't seen a clip of it yet and....it needs to never be forgotten.

Alexi Giannoulias doesn't go far enough, under my plan I would make all 2.7 million people in Chicago a cop

Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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Update on the situation at Lochiel AZ. A fierce band of protectors is engaging in a tree sit and STOPPING the forces of destruction and evil. 3 days and counting. If you are in the Tucson area, please consider going down and providing support. DM for details & supplies list if you are so moved. 💚

It really really really bugs me how many people simply do not understand what it means when the government tries to convict you even IF THEY FAIL TO DO IT. Do you know how many thousands of dollars in legal fees it costs? You will most likely lose your job. You might lose your home.

The difference between Prairieland and the murders of Alex and Renee is that in the former case someone took defensive action and everyone survived as a result. Liberal Currents, however, would prefer that you look like a saint while the state murders you.

Aren Aizura@incommensurati.bsky.social · 5d ago

Do not use Minneapolis organizers as the peaceful good example so you can smear the Prairieland defendants for their “violent” tactics. Alex Pretti was also armed. The MN 15 are being indicted for related tactics and strategy. So much is wrong with this piece, but that especially sticks in my craw.

"Protest is like begging the powers that be to dig a well. Direct action is digging the well yourself and daring them to stop you." - David Graeber

wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d ago

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

Govt has gotten so bad at anything other than punishment and political imaging that they've completely forgotten how to even coopt stuff to their advantage

wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d ago

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

The person behind the “firebomb a Walmart” tweet liberals/radlibs love is just a paid advertiser for gambling now. that’s so fuckin funny man

Shrek@spocksbrian.worstpossible.world · last wk.

Most of them don't have the sponsorship disclosed but yeah

Building shit like this should get you tried at the fucking Hague

John Rogers@johnrogers.bsky.social · last wk.

You gotta watch the video for the noise. It's insane. Every time I see somebody ask "hey, why the backlash against data centers?" I'm puzzled because those people don't seem to understand data centers are *bad faith neighbors*. gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...

did the jews cause race mixing? is integration a soviet plot? the white citizens’ council seems to think so.

The Intercept@theintercept.com · last wk.

Did Cuba foment Black Lives Matter and anti-ICE protests? The State Department seems to think so. interc.pt/4fFM5uX

I regret to inform you that I am now a bourgeois sellout and an elite grifter (ordered Culver’s shrimp for lunch)

Bike the drive is free if you want it to be.

HAPPENING NOW Thousands of protesters are occupying Madison’s State Street and vowing to shut down businesses as a way to demand justice for Corey Ruiz.

A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.

Anybody have a good explanation for why Blue MAGA accounts tend to have "no porn" in bio? I'm not really here for that reason either but it's just kind of a bizarre trend.

All mayoral candidates' platforms (so far) seem to focus on 2 things: 1. Financial responsibility/efficiency/the budget, which are just euphemisms for austerity 2. Public safety, just a euphemism for surveillance and policing I already hate this election.

Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀@bebopott.bsky.social · 2w ago

81 Aldermanic & 13 Mayoral Candidates - Here's how Chicago's 2027 electoral field is beginning to shape up: Incumbents are italicized and presumed to be running for re-election unless stated otherwise (to date, just Marty Quinn) This is a work-in-progress - Let me know anyone I've missed!

Having a full blown red scare over a socialist organization that is in practice just a bunch of New Deal Democrats is pretty funny

Kinda perfect that Spain won the World Cup on the 90th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution

Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.

90 years ago today began the Spanish Revolution where workers captured the fields and factories—forging a model of workers control that has inspired revolutionaries around the world for generations. 🏴❤️🖤

If you’re in Chicago look up the Love Fridge. There’s a bunch of them all over the city.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 3w ago

Hey, do me a favor and do an internet search for "free fridge" and your town's name. And then go drop some stuff off when you have some food you're not gonna eat. Got some takeout with an extra wonton soup you're not gonna eat? Take it to the free fridge. Someone needs it. Seriously.

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

Chat is this bad?

Bill Savage@rogersparkman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Doesn’t quite show in picture, but the Red Line platform at Monroe was smoky.

if you have face masks to spare, please give them out to the folks working or living outside. the air is so bad today & people eagerly took the ones we handed out

Driving around town with a box of Aura N95s giving them to every houseless person I see

Just looking at the air outside it's like Canada is the ICE agent and we're the elementary school

"How will we deal with sexual assault if we abolish the police?"

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 3w ago

These hero dogs chased off a man who tried to sexually assault two female dog walkers. They were able to push him away, and then their pack of 11 rescue dogs ran him off into a tunnel and ripped off a piece of his pants. The dogs are all getting our highest honor, a 15/10