I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

And since American culture hq in NYC will never give Chicago its due, and we don't do inflatable costumes (which I love!!), you should follow it in Chicago media: Chicago Magazine. Block Club Chicago, In These Times, Triibe, Sun-Times, South Side Weekly. (Trib is for right-leaning suburbanites.)

Stand up and fight hard for democracy!

In court.
In the media.
In peaceful protests.

Together we must use our voices and our platforms to protect the constitutional rights of everyone, the rule of law in all circumstances, and free and fair elections in 2026.

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting.

The president lacks the authority to take either step.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...

D.C. is more than just a collection of federal buildings.

It’s our home—and we'll fight to protect it.

Join us for "Resist and Reimagine: D.C.'s Path Forward Under Trump" to come together in community and prepare to meet this moment: https://action.aclu.org/webform/2025-membership-meeting

Donald Trump turned a booming economy into a stagnant one in record time.

His war on affordability and small businesses are having real impacts — from his chaotic tariffs to his job and economy-killing immigration raids.

California will continue to fight back.

DC is beautiful.
#FreeDC

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to DC is a dangerous abuse of emergency power.

If you don’t count covid victims people won’t die.
If you don’t measure carbon the temperature won’t rise.
If you fudge unemployment numbers the economy will soar.

Our fool is building his paradise

DuPage Dems Chair here… we’re leading in 48 of 49 partisan races and only down in the one by 35 votes. Several of our townships have never had an elected Dem, and it’s sweep after sweep tonight.

My hometown of Waterloo, Iowa canceled its African American Read-In after Trump’s anti-diversity directives. So i got together some writer friends and I’m holding it instead.

Last night MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Trump was the first U.S. president to “switch sides during a war.” That aptly describes Trump’s betrayal but it can’t begin to convey the depravity of what Trump did in throwing our ally overboard and lying about every facet of Putin’s criminal aggression.

ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.

Wray stepping down before his 10-year term expires undermines the Congressional determination that an FBI Director shd serve 10 years and that the position is supposed to be above politics. It is abnormal - and antithetical to that goal - for a new Director to be appointed by an incoming President.

He will live in infamy because history is written by dispassionate scholars based on facts, not ideological political extremists living in their own reality.

#NoNamesNeeded