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Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
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Safe streets are under attack right now — including from moneyed interests with nefarious political intent.
We have much work to do to defend and grow our movement in the coming year.
And we have much to do to elect better leaders and hold those in power accountable.
Are you with us?
We have much work to do to defend and grow our movement in the coming year.
And we have much to do to elect better leaders and hold those in power accountable.
Are you with us?
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Safe streets are under attack right now — including from moneyed interests with nefarious political intent.
We have much work to do to defend and grow our movement in the coming year.
And we have much to do to elect better leaders and hold those in power accountable.
Are you with us?
We have much work to do to defend and grow our movement in the coming year.
And we have much to do to elect better leaders and hold those in power accountable.
Are you with us?
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They gassed up, a good dozen cars, then zoomed through red lights, "dodging in and out of traffic."
December 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
They gassed up, a good dozen cars, then zoomed through red lights, "dodging in and out of traffic."
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Gregory Bovino's caravan just exited DuSable-Lake Shore Drive at Broadway: my neighborhood. Helicopter hovering above Broadway. Police escort, which pulled over a rapid-resoonder. Watch this space.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Gregory Bovino's caravan just exited DuSable-Lake Shore Drive at Broadway: my neighborhood. Helicopter hovering above Broadway. Police escort, which pulled over a rapid-resoonder. Watch this space.
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Chicago is a winter city & I think residents pride themselves in navigating the brutal winters. As much as the cold and winter is part of our identity, the city itself doesn’t manage winter & snow well. Right now, our sidewalks are intermittently icy w/ many alleys looking like ice rinks.
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Chicago is a winter city & I think residents pride themselves in navigating the brutal winters. As much as the cold and winter is part of our identity, the city itself doesn’t manage winter & snow well. Right now, our sidewalks are intermittently icy w/ many alleys looking like ice rinks.
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Tell the city NO to 70% cuts to safe streets funding!
Mayor Johnson's bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure to the tune of 70% – directly putting our communities' safety in jeopardy. Take a moment to email him and your Alderperson to tell the...
betterstreetschicago.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
URGENT ACTION NEEDED:
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
Mayor Johnson's 2026 bond proposal defunds safe streets infrastructure by a whopping 70% – putting our communities in jeopardy by threatening the progress we've made in preventative infrastructure.
Email him and your alderperson today and tell them to reverse course!
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Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
Tell Chicago lawmakers: Don't cut funding for safe streets | Active Transportation Alliance
According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, fatal crashes have fallen 30 percent since their peak in 2021 — more […]
activetrans.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Right now, Chicago City Council is weighing drastic cuts to the very safety programs that have driven this unprecedented drop in severe injuries and fatalities on our streets — cuts that would mean more dangerous speeding, more violent crashes, and more families grieving loved ones taken too soon.
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Lawsuit filed by family of Krystal Rivera, shot to death by her partner Carlos Baker over the summer, alleges Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he fatally shot her during a foot chase. #chicago @schuba.bsky.social @ctoner.bsky.social
Family of Chicago Cop Killed in Botched Chase Sues Chicago Police Department and Partner Who Shot Her
Officer Krystal Rivera's family says in the wrongful death suit that Officer Carlos Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he shot her in the back in Chath...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Lawsuit filed by family of Krystal Rivera, shot to death by her partner Carlos Baker over the summer, alleges Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he fatally shot her during a foot chase. #chicago @schuba.bsky.social @ctoner.bsky.social
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“Cardenas indeed boasted nearly 12,000 [signatures], but according to a tally completed by the county clerk’s staff just before Thanksgiving, only 4,668 were valid.”
It’s been a rough year, we deserve some small joys.
It’s been a rough year, we deserve some small joys.
Ending your political career by being kicked off the ballot for not enough signatures would be a real humiliation. @adquig.bsky.social reports on the challenges facing political fixture George Cardenas
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/g...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/g...
Political veteran George Cardenas fighting to stay on March primary ballot
Board of Review Commissioner George Cardenas is fighting to prove he has enough valid petition signatures to make it on the March Democratic primary ballot.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Cardenas indeed boasted nearly 12,000 [signatures], but according to a tally completed by the county clerk’s staff just before Thanksgiving, only 4,668 were valid.”
It’s been a rough year, we deserve some small joys.
It’s been a rough year, we deserve some small joys.
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But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
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It's a little unsettling to have a normal snowstorm at a normal time of year
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's a little unsettling to have a normal snowstorm at a normal time of year
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Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
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your tax bill increase is not the assessor's fault
The Pat Hynes campaign is out here misspelling the office he seeks
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
your tax bill increase is not the assessor's fault
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I see people claiming the head tax is going to public libraries, but as far as we’ve been told- it isnt. The good news is, our lackluster book budget may be restored. The bad news? We’re still facing 89 positions cut. After 52 positions were cut last year. That’s 11% of our workforce!
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I see people claiming the head tax is going to public libraries, but as far as we’ve been told- it isnt. The good news is, our lackluster book budget may be restored. The bad news? We’re still facing 89 positions cut. After 52 positions were cut last year. That’s 11% of our workforce!
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
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Pressed by Ald. Daniel La Spata, Chicago Police Department Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti says CPD *will not* investigate allegations that federal agents committed a crime during the normal the course of their official actions.
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
Federal Agents Fired Tear Gas at Lakeview Crowd Protesting Immigration Raids, Videos Show
The incident, which took place in the heart of one of Chicago’s wealthiest and most tourist-friendly neighborhoods, marks the second straight day that federal agents have deployed tear gas against Chi...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Pressed by Ald. Daniel La Spata, Chicago Police Department Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti says CPD *will not* investigate allegations that federal agents committed a crime during the normal the course of their official actions.
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
La Spata was asking about what happened in Lakeview on Oct. 24:
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the people who saved the CTA deserve our support
🚊🎉 We did it. We not only saved transit – we secured transformative reforms and funding to grow!
This is the kind of impactful advocacy we need more than ever. Get your tickets and celebrate with us to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
This is the kind of impactful advocacy we need more than ever. Get your tickets and celebrate with us to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
2025 Annual Fundraiser — Better Streets Chicago
Get your tickets to Better Streets Chicago's 3rd Annual Fundraiser on November 5th and help power our work for another year!
www.betterstreetschicago.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
the people who saved the CTA deserve our support
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🚊🎉 We did it. We not only saved transit – we secured transformative reforms and funding to grow!
This is the kind of impactful advocacy we need more than ever. Get your tickets and celebrate with us to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
This is the kind of impactful advocacy we need more than ever. Get your tickets and celebrate with us to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
2025 Annual Fundraiser — Better Streets Chicago
Get your tickets to Better Streets Chicago's 3rd Annual Fundraiser on November 5th and help power our work for another year!
www.betterstreetschicago.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
🚊🎉 We did it. We not only saved transit – we secured transformative reforms and funding to grow!
This is the kind of impactful advocacy we need more than ever. Get your tickets and celebrate with us to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
This is the kind of impactful advocacy we need more than ever. Get your tickets and celebrate with us to power our work for another year!
⏰ Nov 5th @ 7pm
📍 Mrs Murphys (3905 N Lincoln Ave)
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We saved transit.
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We saved transit.
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Here's a quick and dirty one-page overview of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority legislation that the Illinois General Assembly passed early this morning. Reply w/questions. Link to bill: ilga.gov/documents/le...
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Here's a quick and dirty one-page overview of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority legislation that the Illinois General Assembly passed early this morning. Reply w/questions. Link to bill: ilga.gov/documents/le...
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Next week's @betterstreetschicago.org fundraiser just became a victory party.
www.betterstreetschicago.org/annual-fundr...
www.betterstreetschicago.org/annual-fundr...
2025 Annual Fundraiser — Better Streets Chicago
Get your tickets to Better Streets Chicago's 3rd Annual Fundraiser on November 5th and help power our work for another year!
www.betterstreetschicago.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Next week's @betterstreetschicago.org fundraiser just became a victory party.
www.betterstreetschicago.org/annual-fundr...
www.betterstreetschicago.org/annual-fundr...