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Dinkyshop

@dinkyshop.bsky.social

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Lic #Architect a long time (USA). I’ve restored private historic homes & designed #Retail stores & #Restaurants you’ve probably visited. Mac Enthusiast. Conduct DD for $500mil in #AffordableHousing /yr. #HouseMusic + #Jazz fan. #Housing is a right.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · Nov 25

@claycane.bsky.social going to remind everyone reagan privatized #AffordableHousing & every gqp POTUS Nixon thru tru mp have slashed #housing funding, cutting supply, rehab, maintenance of existg PH. Most ppl receivg #voucher subsidies ARE poor WHITEs.

HUD data on demographics. It’s not more current bc gqp stopped requirement of reporting demographics of poverty bc it shows yt ppl use social services the most INCLUDING VOUCHERS. Gqp stopped collection of housing data the same way they prohibit collecting gun health data. Same motivation.

How Reagan Nixon privatized subsidized housing then SLASHED funding of housing. The reason yt middle class built wealth after WW2 is bc Feds subsidized buying of their private homes thru the gi bill but excluded Black ppl.

HUD data on demographics. It’s not more current bc gqp stopped requirement of reporting demographics of poor ppl, gqp stopped collection of housing data the same way they prohibit collecting gun health data. Same motivation.

Feds since the 1970s have actually cut subsidizing housing across the board. HUD doesnt build AH anymore, Reagan moved it to private equity via the LIHTC irs program. Right now HUD administers gqp created vouchers that don’t recirculate. Also, bc gqp slashed budgets, it slashed maintenance subsidies
on EXISTING BUILDINGS BC by definition public housing doesn’t make a profit thru rents. Then you get a declining property bc the vouchers made up the gap. So when u cut maintenance and vouchers you get buildings going into decline

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 4h

JFC NYC…

Sli wa even having a chance shd scare tf out of everyone..

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 4h

Friday: Posts showing he has nearly $1 million more cash-on-hand than Cuomo (though $2.8 million less than Mamdani). Retweets someone saying it's now a Sliwa-Mamdani race.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 5h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 4h

Everyone who is not self employed has a choice to make:
- join a SUSTAINED NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE
OR
- pretend continuing to work @ corps who have aided in the slide into fascism won’t impact u nor yr $, while they unlawfully jail/deport non yts & ppl who speak up.

Cops aren’t beating the fascists

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 4h

The I ce nazis are shooting unarmed protesters, priests in the head.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 20h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5h

A federal judge in Chicago extended restrictions on ICE's warrantless arrests until February 2026, finding that the agency violated a settlement agreement by arresting 22 people without warrants.

Chicago judge cites South Shore raid, Supreme Court controversy while ruling against ICE

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings found that ICE arrested 22 people early this year without a warrant, and in violation of what’s known as the Castanon Nava settlement agreement.

trib.al

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

And in terms of politicians with national ambitions he has been the best. So where does this leave us?

* he's also been aligning with other blue states on health issues etc...

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 4h

This.
Waiting for Pritzker or magical politicians or some super magical activist grp to save the country ain’t gonna happen.

white folks are going to have to engage in a SUSTAINED WORK STOPPAGE.

It’s that or a violent civil war.

Ppl need to get serious & grow up.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 5h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 7h

Six of nine Nobel Laureates so far this year have been American based, half of whom immigrated to the US. Four have ties to University of California.

Prof Yaghi was born in Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents who could barely read and write. He immigrated to the US as a 15 year old.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 5h

The key divide in the Democratic Party during Trump II is between people who want to turn the clock back to 2014 and people who recognize a clean break with the past when they see one. "Let's get back to the way things were" isn't a viable vision for the future and some people have no other.

Seentoomuch @seentoomuch.bsky.social · 5h

That our current system was unable to prevent this is a sign it probably should not recover

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 7h

so theres a possibility the attorney general has seen evidence the president raped children and now the entire republican party is helping to cover it up?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 7h

They shot an unarmed pastor IN THE HEAD.

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These are na zi gop BARBARIAN criminals.
#Broadview

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 20h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve been worried a lot that this is right. Gold is skyrocketing in value because the world is losing faith in the role of US as guarantor/backstop of global economy open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Ingots We Trust

Are soaring gold prices telling us something important?

open.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 20h

#Chicago Mayor Johnson says Abbott needs to focus on the problems he created in Texas instead of spending $100s of millions of Texas tax money to bus ppl to Blue states.

Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 20h

Rammers are in the streets

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23h

I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images

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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 22h

It's ALWAYS the same dude

Fox is a joke & should be sued...AGAIN

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Dinkyshop @dinkyshop.bsky.social · 20h

Someone showed a pic of the TX troops, pointing out how chubby and slovenly they thought they were.

That’s not exactly what the unqualified natl defense secy said was acceptable for US troops — unless you’re a chubby ma ga pro ud boy.

Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 20h

ABC7 Chicago has video of the Texas National Guard troops who have massed at a base in a southwest suburb of Chicago abc7chicago.com/post/illinoi...

Mayor Johnson says 'Trump declared war on Chicago' as Texas National Guard troops arrive in suburbs

The arrival of National Guard troops in the Chicago area marks an escalation of President Donald Trump's crackdown on the city.

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