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The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
January 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate ruler who oppressed the people of Venezuela. But President Trump’s unilateral decision to attempt a regime change in Venezuela is shortsighted and drags the U.S. into a reckless conflict that could destabilize the entire region.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate ruler who oppressed the people of Venezuela. But President Trump’s unilateral decision to attempt a regime change in Venezuela is shortsighted and drags the U.S. into a reckless conflict that could destabilize the entire region.
Our NYE is composed of Mind Flayer Spore (margarita pesto) pizza, Mike's (Wheeler) Hot Honey pizza, Upside Down Bundtlets and The Abyss cocktail.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Our NYE is composed of Mind Flayer Spore (margarita pesto) pizza, Mike's (Wheeler) Hot Honey pizza, Upside Down Bundtlets and The Abyss cocktail.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
And a box of tissues to watch the series finale of #StrangerThings.
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This is scary that it's real life
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is scary that it's real life
This is my intention for the next year.
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is my intention for the next year.
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"if you want to know how you would have behaved in the face of the Nazi regime, you can look at how you are behaving now" paraphrasing Frank Abe, child of Japanese Incarceration survivor on @maddow.bsky.social Burn Order special.
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"if you want to know how you would have behaved in the face of the Nazi regime, you can look at how you are behaving now" paraphrasing Frank Abe, child of Japanese Incarceration survivor on @maddow.bsky.social Burn Order special.
I'm super excited! I get to see @maryldixon.bsky.social tape an episode of Say More!
December 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm super excited! I get to see @maryldixon.bsky.social tape an episode of Say More!
Pay attention to this! The Trump Administration seeks to classify ALL Latinos as enemy alien Venezuelan gang members.
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Pay attention to this! The Trump Administration seeks to classify ALL Latinos as enemy alien Venezuelan gang members.
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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This is a dumpster fireside chat.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is a dumpster fireside chat.
Why is numbnuts yelling at America?
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Why is numbnuts yelling at America?
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In LA Sunday for the live launch of the BURN ORDER podcast on Japanese American wartime incarceration. Backstage, Rachel Maddow greeted us in person like old friends, after having studied our recorded voices in her podcast edit bay for the past several months. 1/
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In LA Sunday for the live launch of the BURN ORDER podcast on Japanese American wartime incarceration. Backstage, Rachel Maddow greeted us in person like old friends, after having studied our recorded voices in her podcast edit bay for the past several months. 1/
It's not often that "simple morality" and "effective politics" line up so perfectly, but we have to hope DC's Democrats are smart enough to seize the moment with both hands
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Trump's immigration Gestapo fails are piling up.
The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trump's immigration Gestapo fails are piling up.
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I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
We instinctually knew this, but seeing the facts shows this was 💯 just a publicity stunt.
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We instinctually knew this, but seeing the facts shows this was 💯 just a publicity stunt.
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Federal agents deployed tear gas against neighbors in Little Village and pepper sprayed a family driving in Cicero Saturday following the latest clash between immigration agents and protesters. blockclubchi.co/49KnNyq
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Federal agents deployed tear gas against neighbors in Little Village and pepper sprayed a family driving in Cicero Saturday following the latest clash between immigration agents and protesters. blockclubchi.co/49KnNyq
What he said! @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
What he said! @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
@durbin.senate.gov Pay attention! Do not give away more than you get.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
@durbin.senate.gov Pay attention! Do not give away more than you get.
Dem senators need to take a note from Chicagoans. You dick with us and we fight back HARD! Stand strong and don't give more than you get.
We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Dem senators need to take a note from Chicagoans. You dick with us and we fight back HARD! Stand strong and don't give more than you get.
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
No healthcare = a NO vote!
No healthcare = a NO vote!
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov
No healthcare = a NO vote!
No healthcare = a NO vote!