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I write about gay women and get mad at the government // chicago containment zone // 31 // any pronouns read my work: https://archiveofourown.org/users/FunWithNix
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please read about my problems elf and her religious issues
just a post so you know what im about please read about my elf archiveofourown.org/works/511792...
you say unfortunately but I think that's endearing
Damn Mr del Toro u weren't kidding u really did take that widow to bed and fuck
I have now seen the film and wholeheartedly agree those people were nuts in the best way possible
Shad's is small but she knows how to use it, Noct's is huge but she doesn't, and that's facts
Knowing the general vibe of Aurora's righter wing populations (i.e. cops) this is probably a big jumble of nothing but it's cool to see all the same
waow basedbasedbasedbased
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!
I talked to someone this morning who was raising awareness for Chicago budget funding for youth programs and the fact I approached them instead of them approaching me clearly made them very happy
Fun fact you can just walk up to political organizers handing out stuff on the street and talk to them they'll think it's awesome
A question where the answer is usually "we were bored" every day here on [insert social media]
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IDK what that means going fwd but it is a Very Big Deal that people with a lot of wealth and political power suddenly feel a personal stake in this issue

It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/
In a political system that makes us vote for a name, do not forget that Zohran Mamdani is one man being propelled by a large number of others behind him. If you, random internet person, aren't the kind of person who talks to people but you CAN write - consider contributing to someone you believe in.
Perhaps instead of asking what Mamdani as a candidate is doing right (or wrong), Democratic leaders should be asking those two about their messaging both in the literal words chosen and how they're delivered.
Everyone should (rightly) laud this speech and the courage to give it but I hope people don't forget this isn't *just* Zohran Mamdani, it's also his writer, Julian Gerson, and Mamdani's creative director, Andrew B. Epstein.
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
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Saturday's Start. This morning with the autumn colors scattered over Chicago's Lincoln Park.
Been a real test on both sides of the comma for the IL state motto lately
If the Trump admin's goal is to foment a Chicago nationalist movement that prioritizes Chicagoan identity above and increasingly at odds with American identity, they're succeedding.
The scenes marked the third consecutive day that federal agents swarmed Chicago in what seemed like a new level of escalation in their immigration enforcement blitz, even for the standard they had set since early September. trib.al/iOUZBP2
i don't really know what exactly this could mean politically but it can't exactly be good to be making these kinds of enemies?
this is one of those things I didn't think they were stupid enough to do because the entire point of the awful segregation of this city and many others in america is to make it so all the state violence is not in the visual range of the wealthy white people so they don't get mad at the state
They just gassed Wrigleyville. Yes, Wrigleyville
Ald. Timmy Knudsen reports immigration activity throughout his ward, which is a lot of Lincoln Park, one of wealthiest neighborhoods in city and home to DePaul University
wow. i hope he explodes
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