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Veronica
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Chicago gal who wears many hats:
📋 Campaign manager
🗳 Councilor, 24th District
📚 Author, J is for Justice: An Activism Alphabet
🤳🏽 #365feministselfie
🎙 Storyteller
🧗🏽‍♀️ Women's Sports Evangelist
She/They
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Fresh newsletter: Where I wrote about us winning, then was punched, & had to reread what I wrote to remind myself that we're winning.
feminista.beehiiv.com/p/peace-love...
Peace, Love, & Winning
A dispatch from occupied Chicago
feminista.beehiiv.com
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BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
A short newsletter on my Olympic patriotism feminista.beehiiv.com/p/peace-love...
Peace, Love, & Patriotism
The only time you'll hear me chant "USA! USA!" is during sports
feminista.beehiiv.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:39 AM
How is this just the first episode of "Shrinking"? It was perfect! 😭😭😭😭

Also, missed Michael J Fox on my TV. 💜
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 AM
TIL I can no longer survive on cheese & Girl Scout cookies. Making dinner to ward off fainting.

How did I raise a human?
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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MN state rep Nolan West thought his media tour would show him as reasonable. Rather him worried about his wife picking up a cake too close to our govt murdering us & then blaming the Gov reveals he is just upset his Pres brought violence to his front steps.
www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...
Republican state representative on why he called for ICE surge in Minnesota to end
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Minnesota State Rep. Nolan West, who represents part of Minneapolis, about the reservations he's expressed on the federal show of force in the state.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
MN state rep Nolan West thought his media tour would show him as reasonable. Rather him worried about his wife picking up a cake too close to our govt murdering us & then blaming the Gov reveals he is just upset his Pres brought violence to his front steps.
www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...
Republican state representative on why he called for ICE surge in Minnesota to end
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Minnesota State Rep. Nolan West, who represents part of Minneapolis, about the reservations he's expressed on the federal show of force in the state.
www.npr.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
A great day to read my friend's newsletter. I hope you will too.

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Dispatch from MN - Dreaming New Possible Trajectories
As most are aware, ICE has been out in full force in Minnesota the last few weeks. Targeting and deportations had begun in Minneapolis and St. Paul and...
buttondown.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 AM
What coverage!
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
You know your gas bill is high when you think, "Did I miss a payment?" Nope. Just a very cold month in your drafty 100+ year old 2Flat.
January 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I could use a good music fest right now. I like going solo cause I've discovered it's a great way to hide. Lost in a crowd. And I could really use a few days of intentional disappearing.
January 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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A collect call from "pick me up"
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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I-94 and Wilson, Chicago, IL
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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The line to attend this public safety and accountability commission meeting in Chicago stretches around the block from the venue, Thalia Hall in the city's Pilsen neighborhood.

It's raining hard and people in line are being urged to attend the meeting on zoom from local bars/restaurants.
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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Chicagoans mourned Renee Good, as well as the city’s own federal fatality in Silverio Villegas Gonzales.

A thread of @chicago.suntimes.com coverage from yesterday and a look back at our stories about DHS' history of having their narratives unwound when agents shoot people and claim "self defense."
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Love how proud Principal McGee is of the T-Birds audition. #iykyk
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
This is not the news about him I want to wake up to.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
FINE! I'm starting the gay hockey show! Hmph!
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee Releases Jack Smith’s 255-Page Deposition Transcript Mediaite
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JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee Releases Jack Smith’s 255-Page Deposition Transcript
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December 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pretty proud that last night a guy at the bar was asking "who's that fabulous sounding singer who has done a lot of work with Joni Mitchell?" And I was immediately Brandi Carlile! 🌟
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My new car has a CD player and I am excited to dig out my CD case! Or should I finally get a CD visor case?
Once again I must beg you all to readopt old tech when and only when it is higher quality than its replacement. Records: yes, CDs: yes, audiocassettes: no, Blu-rays: yes, DVDs: no, VHS: you gotta be kidding, reel-to-reel audio: NOW you’re talking.
December 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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“Police beats where peacekeepers are active saw a decrease in homicides of more than 63%, more than double the citywide average.” We know what works, and Shotspotter isn’t it.
NEW: A steep drop in homicides in the 12 South and West side neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows. @wttw.bsky.social
Steep Drop in Homicides Continued for Full Year After ShotSpotter Was Removed: Analysis
Supporters of the gunshot detection system said it helped officers save lives when shootings were not reported to emergency services. ShotSpotter was never used to dispatch paramedics.
news.wttw.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM