The city's argument on why this matters: "The Government was aware of this litigation and the potential implications of its alleged interests over two years ago ... A timely motion to intervene would have been filed shortly after this case began.”
Matthew Eadie@mattheweadie.bsky.social · yesterdayIn the city's response to the motion last month, attorneys revealed that DOJ officials contacted the city in 2024, after the original suit was filed, saying DOJ was "monitoring" the case City officials and DOJ met on July 3, 2024, to discuss, per emails
In court filings Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice argued it retains the "unconditional right to intervene" in a federal lawsuit against Evanston's reparations program, leaving it up to federal Judge John Kness to rule on the DOJ's motion to intervene
Justice Dept. argues to join reparations case - Evanston Now
Now up to judge to join the case challenging Evanston's program.
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Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 6d agoPeople still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives.
If you deny that COVID pushed our hospitals to the limit, vaccines work, and healthcare workers are heroes, you should not be allowed to hold public office, let alone lead a health agency.
RFK tried a common COVID disinfo tactic, but messed up the delivery. The right loves to say ER visits fell in 2020. Stat is true, but it's due to people who use ERs for primary care delaying visits while social distancing. So, ER visits fell but ICUs were full due to an influx of COVID patients.
RFK Jr.: “You probably don’t understand this as you’re not a scientist.” Dana Bash: “You’re not a scientist either.”
A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.
AIPAC Tracker doesn't (despite the name) merely track AIPAC. They also sometimes include JStreet money (but only when the recipient is Jewish). Biss received no AIPAC money and Track AIPAC is completely unreliable as a source.
IL9 Republican nominee John Elleson wants JB Pritzker "arrested for ruining peoples [sic] lives" during Covid:
Salmonella and cyclosporiasis in our food, causing massive outbreaks... it's almost like putting Roadkill Bobby in charge of our health was a bad idea.
The Republican nominee for retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s congressional seat:
17 Mexican citizens have been killed during ICE operations. The Mexican government has filed criminal complaints w/several state prosecutors, served evidence preservation letters on detention centers, & called for a formal review by the UN Human Rights Council. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Mexico seeks accountability in Chicago-area ICE death and 16 others. Can it force the U.S. to act?
Mexico has filed criminal complaints with state and county prosecutors seeking investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals, including Silverio Villegas González, who was shot and killed by ...
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Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.
Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...
Person killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official says
Police closed part of busy Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning and there was a significant police presence.
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I love how this makes it seem like they stopped monitoring RFK Jr
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoCDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
i will say lindsey graham being asked by a reporter how mitch mcconnell is doing, answering “i don’t know, i’m going to check right now” and then dying is hilarious
Scientists team up in ‘unparalleled’ effort to protect Illinois’ endangered turtles from increasing threats
Scientists team up in ‘unparalleled’ effort to protect Illinois’ endangered turtles from increasing threats
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Chicagoans came to the Broadview ICE facility to hold a funeral procession for the 118 people who have died at the hands of federal immigration enforcement since 2018. This comes after 52-year-old father Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE agents on Tuesday morning.
‼️‼️‼️ “Career politician” is EXACTLY what I want. I think having someone run for the house without any political experience is ok. But even then, if the differences between your platform is not that different from your opponent and your opponent has more experience, I’m voting fir the opponent
Al Petterson@eyelessgame.bsky.social · 4w agoA HUGE part of the problem is an electorate that gets turned on by a politician saying "I'm not a career politician." Fuck that. I want people I hire to be good at their fucking job, and getting good at a job requires actually WANTING TO DO THE JOB and GETTING EXPERIENCE DOING THE JOB.
Trying to pick apart a woman's text messages to prove she's lying about being raped is gutter behavior. Consent can be revoked at any time and reading insinuations into text messages that the sender denies were there is ACTUAL journalistic malpractice. I would not trust a man who does this!
Maine Democratic Party Executive Director Devon Murphy-Anderson put a video on Twitter a half hour ago, where among other things she said: "Unfortunately, Graham Platner's team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like."
I never wanna see “Why hasn’t AOC endorsed…” again tbh. It has been made abundantly clear that she has the best judge if character if any national figure on the left
10 months ago when Platner first announced, I posted my misgivings about running unvetted Milkshake Duck candidates like him, and he’s consistently proven why.
Scott Roberts@mrscottroberts.bsky.social · 12mo agoWhat could possibly go wrong?
