Billy Lyman (He/Him/Él)
@billylyman.bsky.social
Attorney. Urban Planner. Changemaker. Housing Evangelist. | JD 📚 + Master Urb. Plan. 🗺️ @UofIllinois 📙📘 | Poli Sci 🗳️ y Español 🇨🇱🇦🇷🇪🇨 @notredame.bsky.social ☘️
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They are not “going after illegals,” they are targeting brown people, because it’s not about immigration, it’s about white nationalism.
This isn’t “law and order” — it’s fascism.
Don’t let them pretend that what they’re doing is normal, legal, or moral.
popular.info/p/how-federa...
This isn’t “law and order” — it’s fascism.
Don’t let them pretend that what they’re doing is normal, legal, or moral.
popular.info/p/how-federa...
How federal agents are terrorizing American citizens
Last week, hundreds of heavily armed federal agents descended on an apartment complex in Chicago, arriving in Black Hawk helicopters and moving trucks.
popular.info
October 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
They are not “going after illegals,” they are targeting brown people, because it’s not about immigration, it’s about white nationalism.
This isn’t “law and order” — it’s fascism.
Don’t let them pretend that what they’re doing is normal, legal, or moral.
popular.info/p/how-federa...
This isn’t “law and order” — it’s fascism.
Don’t let them pretend that what they’re doing is normal, legal, or moral.
popular.info/p/how-federa...
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They’re lying because they want you to support them cutting your healthcare, and they want you to blame immigrants.
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
Fact Check: Mike Johnson's Biggest Lies About Health Care and Undocumented Immigrants
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes the false narrative that Democrats shut down the government to fund health care for undocumented people.
www.rollingstone.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
They’re lying because they want you to support them cutting your healthcare, and they want you to blame immigrants.
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
- undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicaid or the ACA
- 700 rural hospitals will close
- Health insurance premiums will double, or more
- 15 million will lose coverage
At least one side has the courage to show their faces
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
At least one side has the courage to show their faces
Yup, this is what manufacturing a war against your own cities looks like
www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/07/i...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/07/i...
Immigration agents use helicopters, chemical agents in Chicago raids
Activists, residents, and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fuelling neighbourhood tensions.
www.1news.co.nz
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Yup, this is what manufacturing a war against your own cities looks like
www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/07/i...
www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/07/i...
Um wut? US cities as "training grounds"?! US citizens as training targets/enemies?!
The Posse Comitatus Act would like a word.
Didn't realize that la Junta, Pinochet, Fujimori, and other examples of state-sponsored terrorism were models worthy of reprising.
The Posse Comitatus Act would like a word.
Didn't realize that la Junta, Pinochet, Fujimori, and other examples of state-sponsored terrorism were models worthy of reprising.
Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."
October 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Um wut? US cities as "training grounds"?! US citizens as training targets/enemies?!
The Posse Comitatus Act would like a word.
Didn't realize that la Junta, Pinochet, Fujimori, and other examples of state-sponsored terrorism were models worthy of reprising.
The Posse Comitatus Act would like a word.
Didn't realize that la Junta, Pinochet, Fujimori, and other examples of state-sponsored terrorism were models worthy of reprising.
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I served with the National Guard in Afghanistan.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
Trump to top military officials: "I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military. National Guard, but our military. Because we're going into Chicago very soon. That's a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor."
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I served with the National Guard in Afghanistan.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
American cities are not “training grounds.”
What a disgusting concept.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
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Babe’s has opened in Logan Square, giving women’s sports fans a place to call home. blockclubchi.co/46AbXUf
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Babe’s has opened in Logan Square, giving women’s sports fans a place to call home. blockclubchi.co/46AbXUf
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It’s nice to finally have a president committed to sprucing up Washington, DC, which I have visited once in my life and will likely never see again because I’m scared to travel to big cities. DC police data shows violent crime is down 26%, but I don't trust numbers.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I'm glad Trump is focused on nonexistent DC crime wave, not his campaign promises | Opinion
I'm glad Trump is focusing on an imaginary Washington, DC, crime wave and adding more gold to the White House. Lower grocery prices can wait.
www.usatoday.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It’s nice to finally have a president committed to sprucing up Washington, DC, which I have visited once in my life and will likely never see again because I’m scared to travel to big cities. DC police data shows violent crime is down 26%, but I don't trust numbers.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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As a Midwestern MAGA voter, I’m glad to see President Trump laser-focused on the issues that concern me most: sending the National Guard into Washingtxon, DC, and making sure the White House is covered in fancy gold.
I’m sure he'll release the Epstein files later.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I’m sure he'll release the Epstein files later.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I'm glad Trump is focused on nonexistent DC crime wave, not his campaign promises | Opinion
I'm glad Trump is focusing on an imaginary Washington, DC, crime wave and adding more gold to the White House. Lower grocery prices can wait.
www.usatoday.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
As a Midwestern MAGA voter, I’m glad to see President Trump laser-focused on the issues that concern me most: sending the National Guard into Washingtxon, DC, and making sure the White House is covered in fancy gold.
I’m sure he'll release the Epstein files later.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
I’m sure he'll release the Epstein files later.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Babblin' Trump fights fake D.C. crime wave, thinks he's going to Russia. Did he catch Biden's mental decline?
My column on our president and his oatmeal brain:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on our president and his oatmeal brain:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Nobody knows what Trump is talking about anymore and no one seems to care | Opinion
During Trump's rambling announcement that he's sending the National Guard to DC, it became clear he has caught Sleepy Joe Biden's cognitive decline.
www.usatoday.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Babblin' Trump fights fake D.C. crime wave, thinks he's going to Russia. Did he catch Biden's mental decline?
My column on our president and his oatmeal brain:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on our president and his oatmeal brain:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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My column contains this full, actual quote from Trump today.
It's the sort of thing you hear before having to make a difficult decision about grandpa’s future. So where are all the Biden critics who were deeply concerned about world-leader lucidity?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
It's the sort of thing you hear before having to make a difficult decision about grandpa’s future. So where are all the Biden critics who were deeply concerned about world-leader lucidity?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
August 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My column contains this full, actual quote from Trump today.
It's the sort of thing you hear before having to make a difficult decision about grandpa’s future. So where are all the Biden critics who were deeply concerned about world-leader lucidity?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
It's the sort of thing you hear before having to make a difficult decision about grandpa’s future. So where are all the Biden critics who were deeply concerned about world-leader lucidity?
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.
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I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
August 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise.
He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.
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This is the kind of straight shooter we can trust to give us economic data without any spin!
EJ Antoni, whom Trump just named to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of Labor Statistics, published these recent piece at Heritage:
"U.S.-Japan Trade Deal Is a Masterpiece"
"Trump Hits Home Run With June’s Job Report"
"Trump Wins the First Round Against Inflation"
"Bidenomics Is Crushing Generation Z"
"U.S.-Japan Trade Deal Is a Masterpiece"
"Trump Hits Home Run With June’s Job Report"
"Trump Wins the First Round Against Inflation"
"Bidenomics Is Crushing Generation Z"
August 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is the kind of straight shooter we can trust to give us economic data without any spin!
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In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...
Alabama immigration advocate detained by ICE in traffic stop, family says: ‘Just heartbreaking and discouraging’
"Her detainment is not only legally questionable — it is morally wrong," a petition demanding her release reads.
www.al.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In Alabama, another horrible ICE detention story— pulled over for going 1 mile over the speed limit and then put into detention, a woman who earned a masters degree and has become a beloved community advocate. Not a criminal. Someone who contributes to America. www.al.com/news/2025/08...
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The FBI director whose prior career was “podcast guest with an enemies list” thinks other people are engaged in “political weaponization”
Letter from FBI Director Kash Patel firing veteran FBI agent Walter Giardina, whose wife died of cancer last month at age 49. Patel accuses this agent, a Marine combat veteran, of “weaponization.” Many of his FBI colleagues told me he did his job scrupulously and ethically.
August 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The FBI director whose prior career was “podcast guest with an enemies list” thinks other people are engaged in “political weaponization”
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Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
n.pr
August 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.
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If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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Family portrait🏅@bigtenacademic.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Family portrait🏅@bigtenacademic.bsky.social
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Celebrating Chancellor Jones’ graduation!! 🧡💙
June 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Celebrating Chancellor Jones’ graduation!! 🧡💙
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gentle reminder to trust filmmakers
August 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
gentle reminder to trust filmmakers
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Horror is back, baby! Again!
Weapons is fucking great. Loved it! Horror is back for the 147th time this year!
August 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Horror is back, baby! Again!
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Americans love technology and absolutely hate science and that’ll always be fucking confusing to me
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Americans love technology and absolutely hate science and that’ll always be fucking confusing to me