Rachael P
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I post about Chicago protests, police crime and cats.
Taylor Farms uses prison labor. For many who are undocumented, their status prisoners is the only thing that makes them legally able to work.
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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Why does PETA use naked women as props for so many actions?
PETA@peta.org · last wk.We put a human “lobster” on a plate outside Maine Lobster Festival to force people to see the victim behind the tradition🦞💔
footpathapp.com/routes/A8DEE... route for this evening July Chicago CriticalMass. Ending at Foster beach. Bring your swimsuit. #bikechi
July Chicago CriticalMass
11.3 mile cycling route in Chicago, IL
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Gonna hit up a farmers market in hope of produce that doesn’t cause explosive diarrhea.
Near the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, protesters just marched again in memory of those killed by immigration enforcement. Marchers hold tombstone signs labeled with, and recite the names of over 200 dead since 2018.
Headstone for Eugene Williams, whose murder was the first in a wave of racialized violence in Chicago in the summer of 1919. 102 years after his death, a group of people determined to see him remembered & honored were successful in getting his grave marked.
Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · 2w agoRemembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone. A bike ride today will celebrate the completion and installation of 38 memorials. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 2w agoHey you! Yes, you there, have you emailed my bosses in support of my union as we fight for a better contract?
"Donald Trump is the face of hate. He is the face of war. He is the face of a pandemic. And now he is the orange, sagging face of explosive diarrhea." me at PN: www.publicnotice.co/p/cyclospori...
Trump’s latest public health initiative: explosive diarrhea
This administration is the best thing that ever happened to cyclosporiasis.
publicnotice.co
In tonight’s edition of Insomnia Cats, Jack creates a nest behind the couch cushion, making it impossible to sit down.
Rare! Exposed on #Caturday, Polly, an under-the-bed cat. Only seen by two humans in the past 12 years.
The Trump administration extended work permissions just hours before they were set to expire for hundreds of thousands of immigrants with humanitarian protections from Haiti and six other countries.
U.S. extends work permissions for immigrants with TPS hours before expiration
Some businesses already have begun terminating Haitians and other immigrant workers with the humanitarian protections.
washingtonpost.com
Federal appeals court upholds Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, overturning lower-court ruling
Federal appeals court upholds Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, overturning lower-court ruling
A federal appeals court has upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons. The decision Thursday keeps in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade shooting that kil...
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NEW: In a major opinion by Trump-appointed Judge Amy St. Eve, the 7th Cir *upholds* Illinois' ban on AR-15s & large capacity magazines--the very same assault weapon issue the Supreme Court just agreed to review next term. Circuit courts remain unanimous. media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/Opin...
thread. Big day. Final part of the reparations law broke ground today. Congratulations to everyone involved. Calling out my friend Joey Mogul in particular today because Joey has spent DECADES supporting Burge police torture survivors, authored the law, and stayed the course to get this Memorial!
Interrupting Criminalization@interruptcrim.bsky.social · 4w agoCONGRATULATIONS TO @ctjmfoundation.bsky.social! 13 years ago, organizers in Chicago, including our cofounder Mariame Kaba, launched a campaign for reparations for survivors of CPD torture. 🧵
#ReparationsWON is an amazing testament to the power of organizing, & should serve as an inspiration for reparations from other law (including immigration!) enforcement moving forward.
Chicago Police Torture Survivors Break Ground On Monument: ‘More Work To Do’
Chicago Police Torture Survivors Break Ground On Monument: ‘More Work To Do’
The Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, located just across the street from Washington Park, is the final unfinished piece of a reparations package passed by City Council in 2015.
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Tomorrow is a big day in Chicago! It's the groundbreaking ceremony & celebration of the historic Chicago Torture Justice Memorial. The Memorial is the first state sponsored monument in the nation to commemorate law enforcement violence.
