ChiLyd
@chilyd.bsky.social
Mom, voter, baseball lover, NYT word games, lifelong Chicagoan she/her
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Republicans' Big Ugly Bill gave Trump $190 billion for DHS, including $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
January 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Republicans' Big Ugly Bill gave Trump $190 billion for DHS, including $75 billion for ICE and $65 billion for CBP.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
That's money Republicans stripped from rural hospitals and helping people afford health care.
Congress should claw it back and put serious restraints on DHS.
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One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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Good. Now please ask all Democratic senators to delete their X accounts and stop supporting a site that enables the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexual imagery of both adults and children.
You must lead by example, @judiciarydems.senate.gov.
You must lead by example, @judiciarydems.senate.gov.
BREAKING: Senate unanimously passes bill to help tackle nonconsensual, sexually-explicit deepfake images accelerated by the AI boom.
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Good. Now please ask all Democratic senators to delete their X accounts and stop supporting a site that enables the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexual imagery of both adults and children.
You must lead by example, @judiciarydems.senate.gov.
You must lead by example, @judiciarydems.senate.gov.
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Vaccines keep kids out of ICUs.
Vaccines keep schools safe.
Vaccines. Save. Lives.
Vaccines keep schools safe.
Vaccines. Save. Lives.
January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Vaccines keep kids out of ICUs.
Vaccines keep schools safe.
Vaccines. Save. Lives.
Vaccines keep schools safe.
Vaccines. Save. Lives.
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Trump is speaking now. He's comparing it to WW2 attacks and bragging about the operation.
This is too stupid and mortifying to recount, outside of the fact this will piss off international allies further. Call your reps.
This is too stupid and mortifying to recount, outside of the fact this will piss off international allies further. Call your reps.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump is speaking now. He's comparing it to WW2 attacks and bragging about the operation.
This is too stupid and mortifying to recount, outside of the fact this will piss off international allies further. Call your reps.
This is too stupid and mortifying to recount, outside of the fact this will piss off international allies further. Call your reps.
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Our project, “Chicago Under Siege,” is a permanent record of what happened in Chicago when the federal government used violence on its own people. blockclubchi.co/3Ye4GGa
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Our project, “Chicago Under Siege,” is a permanent record of what happened in Chicago when the federal government used violence on its own people. blockclubchi.co/3Ye4GGa
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
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Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 8, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
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The Krystal Rivera family’s wrongful death lawsuit is a searing indictment of CPD
The Krystal Rivera family’s wrongful death lawsuit is a searing indictment of CPD
* ABC 7…
A Chicago law firm announced a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday in the shooting of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera earlier this year.
Rivera was killed in a friendly fire incident on June 5. She was shot by her partner, Officer Carlos Baker.
“Friendly fire”?
* Check out the lawsuit…
Any police officer shot in the [...]
dlvr.it
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Krystal Rivera family’s wrongful death lawsuit is a searing indictment of CPD
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
RT to scare a Chicago alderperson #PlowTheSidewalks
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE
Known for praising the city with “big shoulders,” the beloved 1914 composition recently was recited in a ruling addressing federal immigration agents’ use of force. Literary scholars say they were “as...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Sometimes I think about how maybe these guys are the Titanic and Chicago’s gonna the the fucking iceberg.
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Sometimes I think about how maybe these guys are the Titanic and Chicago’s gonna the the fucking iceberg.
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Saturday's Start. This morning with the autumn colors scattered over Chicago's Lincoln Park.
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Saturday's Start. This morning with the autumn colors scattered over Chicago's Lincoln Park.
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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"It’s reached the point where I spend more time engaging with undesirable, messy, uncreative, and soul-draining texts from Democratic strangers running for office than I do texts from friends and colleagues whom I actually know and like."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats I Don't Know Keep Texting Me
Please stop.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
May 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"It’s reached the point where I spend more time engaging with undesirable, messy, uncreative, and soul-draining texts from Democratic strangers running for office than I do texts from friends and colleagues whom I actually know and like."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Please, please, please join me in contacting your congressional representatives IMMEDIATELY to tell Congress to STAND UP AND ACT.
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
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Reverse Funding Ban
Tell Congress to reverse the Trump Administration's decision to freeze all U.S. foreign aid spending on global health programs, including the delivery of lifesaving medicines to vulnerable patients.
act.pih.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please, please, please join me in contacting your congressional representatives IMMEDIATELY to tell Congress to STAND UP AND ACT.
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Call tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
Email tool: act.pih.org/foreign-aid-...
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![YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I am calling on [HOUSE MEMBER/SENATOR] to speak out against President Trump’s actions on Monday in freezing all federal aid. This is blatantly illegal; the Executive Branch can’t unilaterally decide to ignore laws that were passed by Congress, especially when it comes to financial aid.
YOU: MOC must take action, and clarify how they will stop the freeze and ensure that the millions who are directly impacted by financial aid will not be harmed.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENT]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreia6t55htxgj6v4nxv5uys3mklsp7lgba2qajqxb6c542lp2gf4gq4@jpeg)
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15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
15 years after Citizens United, which transformed every corporate treasury in America into a potential political slush fund, we now see the result: government of billionaires, by oligarchs, for plutocrats.