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Dana Houle

@danahoule.bsky.social

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Family’s first HS grad. Worked in labor/Did policy/Elected Dems/Stint on Cap Hill. Blogged+pieces for WaPo/TNR/etc. Got rare disease, nearly died 5 times. Detroiter in Chicago. Husband. Dad to twins. Gardener. Getting healthy. Actually lives in IL-09

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · Jan 1

“Hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism.”
Nick Cave

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 5h

Next up:

David Bowie & Prince seem deeply uncool. It’s time for me to prove they’re cool…

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 5h

Ummmm… he is like the definition of cool.

Picture of Johnny Cash throwing the middle finger birdie.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 21h

8. The second thing I want to say about that putz is about the character of a man who goes on live TV to goad an old, demented president into imposing martial law. (Miller seems to believe if he says “insurrection” on TV enough times, something in the mad monarch’s head will finally click.)

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 5h

Loyola students _loved_ her.

Loyola has a timeline of her life, showing that she was an accomplished educator & administrator long before her association with the Loyola basketball teams. www.luc.edu/features/sto...

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 7h

Great post. Horrible comments.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 8h

America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.

Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.

The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 6h

He probably also likes being chair of the National Governors Association, and in the last few days the governors of the largest & sixth largest states in the country said they’ll withdraw from it if the NGA doesn’t stand up to Trump trying to use the national guard against their states.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 16h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Matt Seyfang @mseyfang.bsky.social · 6h

Elite lawyers and firms just aren't built for this moment. It's a small world that runs on civility and conciliation and you wind up working with the same people and firms over and over. This moment requires a willingness to burn bridges and send people to prison. Different skill set.

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

Oh FFS Jeh Johnson saying “we have to find a way to rise above it” rather than go after Trump people who are breaking the law.

It’s not universal, but in general elite law has been a failure.

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 6h

Non-zero chance this guy keeps a ball of women's hair (taken discreetly without their knowledge) in his desk drawer.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 1d

Attention Editors & Publishers: I will read any article that has Trump + dementia in the headline.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2d

In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based on fixations that stem in part from his being mentally impaired.

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

Democratic governor’s comments came as he continues to oppose President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago area for deportation efforts.

trib.al

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 6h

It’s OK to be afraid. One could argue that true courage can only happen in the awareness of fear. The question isn’t “can you be fearless,“ it’s “can you overcome your fears.”

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 7h

Just learned that in my old neighborhood four ICE agents tried to grab someone but so many people showed up nearly instantly that ICE gave up & the man wasn’t kidnapped

Several people were kidnapped from Rogers Park today. An organized community protecting their neighbors kept it from being more.

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 15h

ICE reportedly kidnapped someone this morning a block from my kids’ old school, in Rogers Park in Chicago. There are usually people there selling tamales, tacos, drinks, fruit etc

You know, doing things that make a place a community

They hate the places & communities & people we love

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 8h

Oh FFS Jeh Johnson saying “we have to find a way to rise above it” rather than go after Trump people who are breaking the law.

It’s not universal, but in general elite law has been a failure.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 9h

And he approved giving billions to Argentina.

Argentinians, of course, are almost entirely of European descent w no indigenous or African background.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

Oh FFS that guy is a professor at Harvard Law

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

An actual opposition party would do hundreds of simultaneous responses to everything that happened every day & everyone would be aware of those responses & resources of every kind are infinite. If everything doesn’t happen they’re not a real opposition party

PS, I’m a serious person.

Ryan Doerfler @ryandoerfler.bsky.social · 14h

An actual opposition party would run this on a loop in every conceivable space.

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 15h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 10h

7 years ago Rachel Bade went on MSNBC and declared that "Democrats lost the shutdown fight"

LOL

One trick pony

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

Or “are they not showing up to work so as a way to protect a billionaire pedophile, or are they not showing up to work because they’re lazy?”

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

Super minor issue of timing.

In the Comey hearing, Pat Fitz said, Hey, can we have basis for Lindsey the Insurance lawyer's appointment stat?

He is submitting that challenge by October 20, before Tish James' arraignment.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

It totally does.

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

When I was on steroids & blood thinners my skin would get snagged on things all the time. My forearms were always covered with bandaids and wounds that hadn’t fully healed.

Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 10h

A very weird detail in this WSJ story about Trump’s weaponization of DOJ and FBI:

“Trump occasionally reminds aides about an incident last year in which Trump cut his hand on Bondi’s large wedding ring, causing him to bleed.”

…??

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 10h

I wonder if those buildings are already zoned for military occupation or if they’re going to need to request a variance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Noem: "With your authority, we're purchasing more buildings in Chicago to operate out of. We're gonna not back off -- in fact, we're doubling down. We're gonna be in more parts of Chicago in response to the people there. We're looking at facilities we can deploy more law enforcement out of."

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 11h

George Clooney is currently the same age Elliot Gould was when Oceans 11 came out 24 years ago.

Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 11h

George Clooney says Warner Bros. approved the budget for Ocean's Fourteen.

George Clooney Says OCEAN'S FOURTEEN Should Begin Filming in 9-10 Months

nerdist.com

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 11h

I’m sure Hizbollah will be cool with that!

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h

BREAKING: U.S. military will send 200 troops to Israel to support security and aid flow into Gaza, but will not enter the enclave, U.S. officials say.

U.S. said to be prepping to send 200 troops to Israel for Gaza support

The troops will stay in Israel, where they will support logistics, transportation, engineering and planning, two U.S. officials said.

nbcnews.to

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 11h

New Field. But they were all around RP/S Evanston today. I heard there were “several abductions” in RP.