Of all the sick and twisted things people in this administration have done, this is the most chilling. Had enough yet?
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is so dark. Hegseth has some serious issues.
Suzanne Shelton
@neodj1.bsky.social
Political junkie. Writer. Vinyl DJ. Mother of twins. Dog person. Angret. Chicago. Pro-Oxford comma. Personal account.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is shameful. Chicago people, if your Alder didn't show up, consider expressing displeasure to them. Council Hearing On City Domestic Violence Program Canceled After Not Enough Alders Show Up blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/01/c...
Council Hearing On City Domestic Violence Program Canceled After Not Enough Alders Show Up
Only eight alderpeople showed up to a hearing Thursday about the city's victim services program, one short of the number needed for a quorum. One survivor called the cancellation a "travesty."
blockclubchicago.org
So relieved to see all the TV stations in the White House press pool sticking together www.ms.now/news/white-h...
White House pool suspends TV coverage of Trump after CNN ban
The extraordinary move came days after the president said he was banning the network, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
ms.now
Whenever a new magazine arrives I put stickers over any faces that we would prefer not to look at. Every once in a while the random sticker I grab turns out to be an excellent editorial comment. This one is from @wtfjht.bsky.social.
I’m dying to see what @dieworkwear.bsky.social has to say about these clothing choices.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3mo ago"But I love the top — such a vibrant purple. Bob, would you call this color grape or aubergine?"
Fascinating article on Opus Dei, including their impact on US politics, in the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
He spent years investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then Pope Leo asked to meet
Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message
theguardian.com
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov Be more like this, please.
Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 8mo agoJames Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes. The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
I love her. Thank you @mcbride.house.gov
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 9mo agoMcBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
This is all true and accurate. Also the oppressive feeling when there are fleets of helicopters hovering over your neighborhood all hours of the day, for weeks. Chicago absolutely was occupied by a force that considered all residents as enemies.
Gregory Pratt@royalpratt.bsky.social · 10mo ago64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
Interesting how much it stands out these days when Republicans actually stand up for democracy. It's reprehensible that they have been threatened the way they have leading up to this vote.
Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10mo agoIt wasn’t even close.
Wait, is this a Republican with a spine? Wow!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo agoGOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro. by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
A lot of us voted for @mayorofchicago.bsky.social specifically because he was looking for alternatives to the burdensome default of taxing homeowners. Chicago Mayor's Budget Rejected By Key City Committee Over Controversial Head Tax, Borrowing Plan blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/m...
Mayor's Budget Rejected By Key City Committee Over Controversial Head Tax, Borrowing Plan
The City Council's finance committee voted decisively against Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 revenue ordinance, kicking the process to December. Johnson on Monday said he stands by his budget proposal.
blockclubchicago.org
I'm attending Indivisible Chicago's event, “Hands Off Chicago / No Kings! Rally and March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...
Hands Off Chicago / No Kings! Rally and March · Indivisible Chicago
Here in Chicago we know how to rise up, fight back, and support each other. It is more important than ever that we do that together on October 18th as we show the nation and the world that Chicago is ...
mobilize.us
Today Feds tear gassed people, including young children, on the street near my house and roughed up my Alderperson for defending constitutional rights. This is not the America I know and love. Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...
Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER
In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
It’s a beautiful day in Chicago at Riot Fest. I’m with people I love, there is punk rock in the air, and for today the world isn’t ending.
My Chicago neighborhood, Humboldt Park, is usually peaceful and relatively quiet, for a major city. This evening there are five helicopters hovering overhead. They are intrusive and unsettling for me, and I imagine they are terrifying for my Latino neighbors. This is all just so wrong.
Find ways to cope, however you can. Archimedes’ nose Mohawk reminds me that not everything sucks.
My Chicago neighborhood had a big Puerto Rican festival every year, and it starts tomorrow. I’ve lived here 7 years and this is the first time there have been helicopters buzzing the area the night before. This administration knows people from PR are US citizens, right? Probably not.
This musk / trump feud was predictable, and completely hilarious.
Right, so were 100 days in to this administration and the radical right is voting to round up US citizens and ship them out of the country.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last yr.Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG: