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Chicago transport, bikes, walking, zoning, biz, but no guarantee we won’t talk about something else. Don’t take all posts literally. Also Fediverse/Threads: [email protected]

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a No Kings protest on October 18 at Noon. Butler Field. See you there. Bring everyone you know.

@indivisiblechicago.bsky.social

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

Portland 🔥

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 16h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 15h

Thank god for that

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 18h

OMG I miss talking about streets and not ICE

sidestreets.bsky.social @sidestreets.bsky.social · 18h

Argyle Street Argyle Street
Chicago Halifax
🤝
Low traffic shared
streets

A cyclist on a brick-paved 'shared street' on Chicago's Argyle Street.

A cyclist on a brick-paved 'shared street' on Halifax's Argyle Street.

Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 18h

Please tell me Chicago is also not running this message @chicagosmayor.bsky.social

Tom Watson @guitarwatson.bsky.social · 23h

Great work by my friend @kenjenkinsny.bsky.social. More public officials should stand up the way Ken has in Westchester.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 19h

Print your own signs to hang around your neighborhood for No Kings Chicago, next Saturday at noon. Butler Field or a suburb near you!
drive.google.com/drive/mobile...

Printable Graphics | Hands Off Chicago | No Kings | Oct 18 - Google Drive

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 20h

Taking tours of Chicago’s hellholes like Wrigley Field and the lake while terrorizing its citizens

Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 20h

The astute among us will notice the complete lack of international border anywhere near #Chicago, so why is CBP here

Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 20h

ICE assholes wanted to take a tour of Wrigley Field on the government dime

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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 1d

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 21h

SUVs are a scourge in this country. They don’t have any more space than cars but are far more dangerous.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 1d

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

😕🇺🇸

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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 1d

Healthcare is a left wing priority so it must be stopped? Republicans will kill us all

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

As evening fell on the site of an ICE abduction at Lincoln and Foster, a lone protester held a vigil.

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