🏳️🌈🚲Cole🚄🐶
@coleurbanist.bsky.social
Chicago
Red/purple line enthusiast
Progressive
Occasional map maker
he/him
Red/purple line enthusiast
Progressive
Occasional map maker
he/him
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Transit planner Jarrett Walker has been involved with bus stop consolidation in other cities. Some SBC readers opposed the op-ed we ran calling for speeding CTA buses by reducing stop spacing from 1/8 to 1/4 mile. Here are his thoughts on the subject.
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/01/02/a...
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/01/02/a...
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Transit planner Jarrett Walker has been involved with bus stop consolidation in other cities. Some SBC readers opposed the op-ed we ran calling for speeding CTA buses by reducing stop spacing from 1/8 to 1/4 mile. Here are his thoughts on the subject.
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/01/02/a...
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/01/02/a...
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I am not making discourse I am just pointing out that Cook County understands where white people belong. In HELL
January 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I am not making discourse I am just pointing out that Cook County understands where white people belong. In HELL
Worse than W after Katrina?! Damn!
Pollster: 58% of Americans say Trump's second term has been a failure. A year into term number two, Trump's numbers look worse than any other president. Trump is even worse than George W. Bush after Katrina and a long period in the Iraq War. This is really, really bad.
January 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Worse than W after Katrina?! Damn!
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if you're here because twitter is down, we don't have a child porn robot or people posting about (((the jews))) here so idk what you would like about this website tbh
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
if you're here because twitter is down, we don't have a child porn robot or people posting about (((the jews))) here so idk what you would like about this website tbh
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Last week, I sat down with State Sen. Mike Simmons for Evanston Now's first #IL09 candidate interview. The full interview is live on YouTube...check it out👇🏼
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91d...
Exclusive Interview: Congressional Candidate Mike Simmons Talks About His Campaign for Illinois' 9th
YouTube video by EvanstonNow
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Last week, I sat down with State Sen. Mike Simmons for Evanston Now's first #IL09 candidate interview. The full interview is live on YouTube...check it out👇🏼
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91d...
Simmons getting a lot of positive attention from the zoom commentators.
Biss is talking a lot about that Jan endorsement. He just did in this forum
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Simmons getting a lot of positive attention from the zoom commentators.
She did say this and I was certainly surprised!
In a response about healthcare, Fine said "I truly believe in Medicare for All" which got a surprised facial reaction from a few on stage
I don't think she's talked about M4A before and her website says she supports a public option and expanding what medicare covers, but no M4A
I don't think she's talked about M4A before and her website says she supports a public option and expanding what medicare covers, but no M4A
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
She did say this and I was certainly surprised!
The commenters in the zoom meeting don't like her response
The question was about foreign policy evidently. Fine believes in a 2 state solution and wants peace. "But where I differ is that I don't want to tie Israel's hands"
January 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The commenters in the zoom meeting don't like her response
regimecpa live response "She is gonna super lose, huh?"
The question was about foreign policy evidently. Fine believes in a 2 state solution and wants peace. "But where I differ is that I don't want to tie Israel's hands"
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
regimecpa live response "She is gonna super lose, huh?"
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Biss "First of all, we ought to abolish ICE".
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Biss "First of all, we ought to abolish ICE".
Biss is talking a lot about that Jan endorsement. He just did in this forum
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Biss is talking a lot about that Jan endorsement. He just did in this forum
Watching the candidate forum for IL-09
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Watching the candidate forum for IL-09
I had to speak to my dad the other day. He is without a doubt the most pro-Trump person in my life and voted for that guy 3 times.
Even HE thinks that ICE murdering that woman was unjustified. He still isn't fully anti-ICE but he does seem to think it was too much.
Even HE thinks that ICE murdering that woman was unjustified. He still isn't fully anti-ICE but he does seem to think it was too much.
New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I had to speak to my dad the other day. He is without a doubt the most pro-Trump person in my life and voted for that guy 3 times.
Even HE thinks that ICE murdering that woman was unjustified. He still isn't fully anti-ICE but he does seem to think it was too much.
Even HE thinks that ICE murdering that woman was unjustified. He still isn't fully anti-ICE but he does seem to think it was too much.
Do you ever think about how weird the reality we live in is?
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Having Affair With Ex-Bodyguard
Crypto lobbyist and former senator Kyrsten Sinema has been sued for having affair with her ex-bodyguard. She also allegedly encouraged him to take the psychedelic drug MDMA on a Senate work trip so she could guide him through it.
nymag.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Do you ever think about how weird the reality we live in is?
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Even David Shor's firm is telling Democrats in private communications that ICE is politically toxic right now.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Even David Shor's firm is telling Democrats in private communications that ICE is politically toxic right now.
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
AOC knows ball!
Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
AOC knows ball!
Lmao!
#IL09 candidate @laurafine4congress.bsky.social 's account on Bluesky has been deactivated for the past few hours
Campaign tells me they are aware of it, did not deactivate it themselves and are looking into it
Campaign tells me they are aware of it, did not deactivate it themselves and are looking into it
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Lmao!
Honestly a poll for this race would be nice to see who I need to vote for in case I need to vote strategically
I just got polled for Illinois house district 13.
They asked who I leaned, gave a profile, asked who I leaned again, gave negative statements for attack ads against a few candidates (mostly Adam Braun), gave positive statements about only James O’Brien, and asked who I was leaning for again.
They asked who I leaned, gave a profile, asked who I leaned again, gave negative statements for attack ads against a few candidates (mostly Adam Braun), gave positive statements about only James O’Brien, and asked who I was leaning for again.
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Honestly a poll for this race would be nice to see who I need to vote for in case I need to vote strategically
I just got polled for Illinois house district 13.
They asked who I leaned, gave a profile, asked who I leaned again, gave negative statements for attack ads against a few candidates (mostly Adam Braun), gave positive statements about only James O’Brien, and asked who I was leaning for again.
They asked who I leaned, gave a profile, asked who I leaned again, gave negative statements for attack ads against a few candidates (mostly Adam Braun), gave positive statements about only James O’Brien, and asked who I was leaning for again.
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I just got polled for Illinois house district 13.
They asked who I leaned, gave a profile, asked who I leaned again, gave negative statements for attack ads against a few candidates (mostly Adam Braun), gave positive statements about only James O’Brien, and asked who I was leaning for again.
They asked who I leaned, gave a profile, asked who I leaned again, gave negative statements for attack ads against a few candidates (mostly Adam Braun), gave positive statements about only James O’Brien, and asked who I was leaning for again.
The man couldn’t get Indiana to gerrymander an extra GOP seat or two!
How is he going to convince Democrats control to cancel their elections if he can’t convince some Republicans to gerrymander?
Democrats hold the Secretary of State’s office in all swing states but Georgia!
How is he going to convince Democrats control to cancel their elections if he can’t convince some Republicans to gerrymander?
Democrats hold the Secretary of State’s office in all swing states but Georgia!
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The man couldn’t get Indiana to gerrymander an extra GOP seat or two!
How is he going to convince Democrats control to cancel their elections if he can’t convince some Republicans to gerrymander?
Democrats hold the Secretary of State’s office in all swing states but Georgia!
How is he going to convince Democrats control to cancel their elections if he can’t convince some Republicans to gerrymander?
Democrats hold the Secretary of State’s office in all swing states but Georgia!
ICE technically are the police but the average American thinks of them as something entirely different. “Defund the police” did cause democrats some issues but it really isn’t gonna translate the same when talking about ICE.
For one, ICE has only been around since 2003.
For one, ICE has only been around since 2003.
Because “Defund the Police” was such a smashing success.
January 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
ICE technically are the police but the average American thinks of them as something entirely different. “Defund the police” did cause democrats some issues but it really isn’t gonna translate the same when talking about ICE.
For one, ICE has only been around since 2003.
For one, ICE has only been around since 2003.
The “Jasmine Crockett is less electable” narrative has another hole punched in it.
The reason to vote Talarico is not that he is noticeably more electable. That does not seem to be true.
The reason to vote Talarico is if you think he is a better candidate.
The reason to vote Talarico is not that he is noticeably more electable. That does not seem to be true.
The reason to vote Talarico is if you think he is a better candidate.
US Senate Texas matchups
🟥 John Cornyn 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟦 James Talarico 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟥 John Cornyn 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 43%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 44%
🟥 John Cornyn 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟦 James Talarico 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟥 John Cornyn 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 43%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 44%
Emerson - Texas Senate primary poll
🟦 James Talarico 47%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 38%
emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-p...
🟦 James Talarico 47%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 38%
emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-p...
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The “Jasmine Crockett is less electable” narrative has another hole punched in it.
The reason to vote Talarico is not that he is noticeably more electable. That does not seem to be true.
The reason to vote Talarico is if you think he is a better candidate.
The reason to vote Talarico is not that he is noticeably more electable. That does not seem to be true.
The reason to vote Talarico is if you think he is a better candidate.
The headline is kind of absurd. You mean two people that live in different environments that happen to be in the same state can have different opinions?
Next you are going to tell me that not everyone in the same city has the same opinion!
Next you are going to tell me that not everyone in the same city has the same opinion!
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The headline is kind of absurd. You mean two people that live in different environments that happen to be in the same state can have different opinions?
Next you are going to tell me that not everyone in the same city has the same opinion!
Next you are going to tell me that not everyone in the same city has the same opinion!
I know Pritzker deserved some shit for all talk and little walk in regards to ICE but at least he never pulled this “don’t give Trump what he wants” bs
Frey and Walz are cowards
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I know Pritzker deserved some shit for all talk and little walk in regards to ICE but at least he never pulled this “don’t give Trump what he wants” bs
But I was told he would only do this if you have him a reason by rioting!
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in a post on Truth Social.
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
But I was told he would only do this if you have him a reason by rioting!