Peter Cunningham
@petercunningham57.bsky.social
Musician, Writer, Husband, Father, Dreamer -- and, at the moment, full time resister. You can read some of my writing and hear some of my music at my website: https://petercunningham.me/
The Trump administration's threats to academic independence are a threat to democracy. @arneduncan.bsky.social and @davidpressman.bsky.social call on the higher education sector to unite and resist. @washingtonpost.com
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Opinion | Higher education needs a NATO-style self-defense pact
How colleges can win the fight for their independence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The Trump administration's threats to academic independence are a threat to democracy. @arneduncan.bsky.social and @davidpressman.bsky.social call on the higher education sector to unite and resist. @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Last year, Amazon profits soared 44% to $89B while their tax bill dropped from $9B to $1.2 B. Meanwhile, the company just announced massive layoffs. This is the new criminal economy.
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Last year, Amazon profits soared 44% to $89B while their tax bill dropped from $9B to $1.2 B. Meanwhile, the company just announced massive layoffs. This is the new criminal economy.
How come Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has not opened a murder investigation in the killing of Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park by ICE in September? I am with @mayorofchicago.bsky.social on this one. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/m...
Mayor Brandon Johnson says it’s up to Cook County state’s attorney to prosecute federal agents
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday said it’s now up to the Cook County state’s attorney to decide whether to prosecute federal immigration agents for crimes they committed in Chicago.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:20 AM
How come Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has not opened a murder investigation in the killing of Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park by ICE in September? I am with @mayorofchicago.bsky.social on this one. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/m...
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The BBC is the world's most respected broadcaster. @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social
is its most respected fact checker. Here he analyses, frame by frame, what happened in Minneapolis.
Border Patrol removed Alex Pretti's gun, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 shot him — TEN times in five seconds. The Trump regime is lying to us.
is its most respected fact checker. Here he analyses, frame by frame, what happened in Minneapolis.
Border Patrol removed Alex Pretti's gun, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 shot him — TEN times in five seconds. The Trump regime is lying to us.
January 26, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The BBC is the world's most respected broadcaster. @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social
is its most respected fact checker. Here he analyses, frame by frame, what happened in Minneapolis.
Border Patrol removed Alex Pretti's gun, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 shot him — TEN times in five seconds. The Trump regime is lying to us.
is its most respected fact checker. Here he analyses, frame by frame, what happened in Minneapolis.
Border Patrol removed Alex Pretti's gun, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 shot him — TEN times in five seconds. The Trump regime is lying to us.
When 2A activists and the @wsj.com turn against you, maybe it's time for this crazy, lawless administration to reflect.
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Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’
www.wsj.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
When 2A activists and the @wsj.com turn against you, maybe it's time for this crazy, lawless administration to reflect.
www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
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Trump economy, per the @wsj.com Only 584,000 net new jobs were created over the 12 months of 2025 versus approximately two million during 2024.
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ye...
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Opinion | A Year In, Trump’s Economy Is Worse Than the Numbers
The fiscal effects of the coming tax cut and the continuing threats to Fed independence augur ill.
www.wsj.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Trump economy, per the @wsj.com Only 584,000 net new jobs were created over the 12 months of 2025 versus approximately two million during 2024.
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ye...
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ye...
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Just did a short podcast with @marcsimschicago.bsky.social about the stunning decline in gun violence in Chicago last year to its lowest level since 1965. Thank you Marc. Always good to chat with you.
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We Can Do This
YouTube video by Just A Few Questions
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January 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Just did a short podcast with @marcsimschicago.bsky.social about the stunning decline in gun violence in Chicago last year to its lowest level since 1965. Thank you Marc. Always good to chat with you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_A...
We Can Do This
YouTube video by Just A Few Questions
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January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Just did a short podcast with @marcsimschicago.bsky.social about the stunning decline in gun violence in Chicago last year to its lowest level since 1965. Thank you Marc. Always good to chat with you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW_A...
Trump has bombed Nigeria, attacked Venezuala, and terrorized my hometown of Chicago. None of it legal. The tab in Chicago is about $60M to date. The tab overseas? Billions. What a disgrace. The gutless GOP Congress has done nothing to stop him.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
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Cost of Operation Midway Blitz: $59M and counting
A Tribune review of court filings, databases and other public records detailing the scope of the incursion and typical costs shows how much the federal government has spent since September.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Trump has bombed Nigeria, attacked Venezuala, and terrorized my hometown of Chicago. None of it legal. The tab in Chicago is about $60M to date. The tab overseas? Billions. What a disgrace. The gutless GOP Congress has done nothing to stop him.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
It's a shame that @nytimes.com expects the American people to do what our elected representatives qre afraid or unwilling to do--which is to hold Trump accountable. How? We don't control Congress, Courts, or media. We vote. That's our power. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
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January 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
It's a shame that @nytimes.com expects the American people to do what our elected representatives qre afraid or unwilling to do--which is to hold Trump accountable. How? We don't control Congress, Courts, or media. We vote. That's our power. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Chicago marks a 60-year low in homicides in 2025. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
January 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Chicago marks a 60-year low in homicides in 2025. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
Thank you @suntimes.bsky.social for reporting historic decline in homicides in Chicago in 2025--the lowest # in 60 years. @govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
@arneduncan.bsky.social
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Chicago records fewest killings since 1965, despite Trump's attacks against the city
Overall crime continued to drop as the number of murders in Chicago decreased from 587 in 2024 to 416 last year, when scores of federal immigration agents flooded the city and President Trump repeated...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Thank you @suntimes.bsky.social for reporting historic decline in homicides in Chicago in 2025--the lowest # in 60 years. @govpritzker.illinois.gov @mayorofchicago.bsky.social @tonipreckwinkle.bsky.social
@arneduncan.bsky.social
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Astonishing. Huge article in the @washingtonpost.com on ICE recruiting campaign targeting right-wing hotheads, offers zero perspective from the civil/immigrant rights community on the immoral actions of this rogue agency.
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ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Astonishing. Huge article in the @washingtonpost.com on ICE recruiting campaign targeting right-wing hotheads, offers zero perspective from the civil/immigrant rights community on the immoral actions of this rogue agency.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
If Marjorie Taylor Greene really wants to stop MAGA, she could switch parties -- bring along one or two others -- and give the Democrats control of the House.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If Marjorie Taylor Greene really wants to stop MAGA, she could switch parties -- bring along one or two others -- and give the Democrats control of the House.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
Like everything Trump does, renaming the Kennedy center after himself, won't last. It will die in court or in the next administration, where all of his executive orders will be summarily dumped into the trash. #MAGADeathSpiral
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Kennedy Center board votes to rename to ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
Trustees voted to rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. Kennedy family members and Democrats blasted the move as illegal.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Like everything Trump does, renaming the Kennedy center after himself, won't last. It will die in court or in the next administration, where all of his executive orders will be summarily dumped into the trash. #MAGADeathSpiral
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If @mayorofchicago.bsky.social was anything like Trump, he would shut down an Amazon warehouse just to punish @washingtonpost.com owner Jeff Bezos for this editorial. Alas, we still value free speech in Chicago.
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Opinion | Chicago has lost its mind
The city’s fiscal situation is dire, and Mayor Brandon Johnson is determined to make things worse.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If @mayorofchicago.bsky.social was anything like Trump, he would shut down an Amazon warehouse just to punish @washingtonpost.com owner Jeff Bezos for this editorial. Alas, we still value free speech in Chicago.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Per the City of Chicago website, every single category of crime is down. A lot of people have worked hard to make this happen, from violence interruptors and police to philanthropic, faith, business, and community leaders.
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Per the City of Chicago website, every single category of crime is down. A lot of people have worked hard to make this happen, from violence interruptors and police to philanthropic, faith, business, and community leaders.
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We have a long way to go, but I am so happy we have a chance to have our safest year in 60 years here in Chicago!
The work of reducing violence is never easy- I am so incredibly grateful to all who have stayed with it for so long.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/o...
The work of reducing violence is never easy- I am so incredibly grateful to all who have stayed with it for so long.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/o...
Arne Duncan: Community violence intervention is working in Chicago
Chicago neighborhoods where community violence intervention is most active have some of the largest declines in gun violence in the city.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We have a long way to go, but I am so happy we have a chance to have our safest year in 60 years here in Chicago!
The work of reducing violence is never easy- I am so incredibly grateful to all who have stayed with it for so long.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/o...
The work of reducing violence is never easy- I am so incredibly grateful to all who have stayed with it for so long.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/o...
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Here in Chicago, we have a chance to have our safest year in 60 years
Far from a mission accomplished moment- we still have so far to go- but remarkable progress nonetheless
We have to keep reducing violence & accelerating progress- the only way accomplish that is together.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
Far from a mission accomplished moment- we still have so far to go- but remarkable progress nonetheless
We have to keep reducing violence & accelerating progress- the only way accomplish that is together.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Here in Chicago, we have a chance to have our safest year in 60 years
Far from a mission accomplished moment- we still have so far to go- but remarkable progress nonetheless
We have to keep reducing violence & accelerating progress- the only way accomplish that is together.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
Far from a mission accomplished moment- we still have so far to go- but remarkable progress nonetheless
We have to keep reducing violence & accelerating progress- the only way accomplish that is together.
@chicagocred.bsky.social
Few things frustrate me more than the @wsj.com editorial page--which does more to enable Trump's excesses than any other mainstream media platform in America. So it's good to see them demanding accountability for Hegseth's actions in the Caribbean.
www.wsj.com/opinion/drug...
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Opinion | Shooting the Wounded on Drug Boats?
Congress is right to seek the truth about the alleged Hegseth missile order.
www.wsj.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Few things frustrate me more than the @wsj.com editorial page--which does more to enable Trump's excesses than any other mainstream media platform in America. So it's good to see them demanding accountability for Hegseth's actions in the Caribbean.
www.wsj.com/opinion/drug...
www.wsj.com/opinion/drug...
Police officers-for better and for worse-have the training and the authority to use lethal force to defend themselves and neutralize a threat. National guard soldiers don't. In an urban environment, with lots of uncertainty, they are sitting ducks.
If you want to blame someone for the tragic death of a national guard member in DC, focus on the president who assigned her to that pointless, dangerous mission. Trump put her in harm's way under false pretenses. He's still lying about it.
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Guard member dies after D.C. shooting as second victim fights for life
The two National Guard members, who came from units in West Virginia, had been patrolling in D.C. since August.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Police officers-for better and for worse-have the training and the authority to use lethal force to defend themselves and neutralize a threat. National guard soldiers don't. In an urban environment, with lots of uncertainty, they are sitting ducks.
If you want to blame someone for the tragic death of a national guard member in DC, focus on the president who assigned her to that pointless, dangerous mission. Trump put her in harm's way under false pretenses. He's still lying about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Guard member dies after D.C. shooting as second victim fights for life
The two National Guard members, who came from units in West Virginia, had been patrolling in D.C. since August.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you want to blame someone for the tragic death of a national guard member in DC, focus on the president who assigned her to that pointless, dangerous mission. Trump put her in harm's way under false pretenses. He's still lying about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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We continue to hope the courts can save education from Trump’s destruction…
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We continue to hope the courts can save education from Trump’s destruction…
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Incredibly powerful, moving and real- thank you!
Please take 60 seconds to watch.
Please take 60 seconds to watch.
You can walk away. Before the shame follows you home. #StopICE
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Incredibly powerful, moving and real- thank you!
Please take 60 seconds to watch.
Please take 60 seconds to watch.
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As immigration raids spread fear in Chicago, violence intervention groups are broadening their mission.
They've Protected Residents From Gunfire. Now, They're Defending Neighbors Against ICE.
As immigration raids spread fear in Chicago, violence intervention groups are broadening their mission.
www.thetrace.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As immigration raids spread fear in Chicago, violence intervention groups are broadening their mission.