Danielle Lasker
@larkshead.bsky.social
🌸 they, them 🌸 just here for fun, but maybe I’ll post some textiles 🌸 DMs are open 🌸
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10 Nov 2025 -- Supreme Court turns down right-wing appeal to re-visit gay marriage decision Obergefell v Hodges, and potentially carve out exceptions for (mainly Christian conservative) anti-marriage officials. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to landmark gay marriage ruling
The announcement indicates there is not an appetite among the high court’s conservative majority to revisit one of the court’s most significant decisions in recent years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
10 Nov 2025 -- Supreme Court turns down right-wing appeal to re-visit gay marriage decision Obergefell v Hodges, and potentially carve out exceptions for (mainly Christian conservative) anti-marriage officials. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
ICE was reported in the Loop around 1.5-2 hours ago entering millennium park and appear to have left around 7:40am
Loop folks, stay alert! We’ve got lots of workers out shoveling snow and tending to facilities with our first snow + freezing temperatures of the season
Loop folks, stay alert! We’ve got lots of workers out shoveling snow and tending to facilities with our first snow + freezing temperatures of the season
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
ICE was reported in the Loop around 1.5-2 hours ago entering millennium park and appear to have left around 7:40am
Loop folks, stay alert! We’ve got lots of workers out shoveling snow and tending to facilities with our first snow + freezing temperatures of the season
Loop folks, stay alert! We’ve got lots of workers out shoveling snow and tending to facilities with our first snow + freezing temperatures of the season
Just tried calling Durbin’s DC office and got the “high call volume”’notice + a hang up right after (no voicemail) so I will try them again later! It’s 8:40 here in Illinois so I think folks are off to a good start making calls already 💪
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Just tried calling Durbin’s DC office and got the “high call volume”’notice + a hang up right after (no voicemail) so I will try them again later! It’s 8:40 here in Illinois so I think folks are off to a good start making calls already 💪
I’ll be calling Durbin’s office shortly and I think I’m gonna read some information from a letter he, Duckworth, and all Democratic members of the Illinois congressional delegation recently sent to insurance companies regarding the effects of ACA expiration
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre....
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre....
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I’ll be calling Durbin’s office shortly and I think I’m gonna read some information from a letter he, Duckworth, and all Democratic members of the Illinois congressional delegation recently sent to insurance companies regarding the effects of ACA expiration
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre....
www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre....
Proud to see this statement from one of my home-state reps 🍑
I voted “NO” on tonight’s budget proposal. The fight for health care continues.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Proud to see this statement from one of my home-state reps 🍑
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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Our political system is fundamentally broken. It was not designed to represent the will of the people and it is incapable of doing so today.
The people don't want a king. The people don't want Democrats to surrender. The people don't want only two parties.
The people don't want any of this.
The people don't want a king. The people don't want Democrats to surrender. The people don't want only two parties.
The people don't want any of this.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Our political system is fundamentally broken. It was not designed to represent the will of the people and it is incapable of doing so today.
The people don't want a king. The people don't want Democrats to surrender. The people don't want only two parties.
The people don't want any of this.
The people don't want a king. The people don't want Democrats to surrender. The people don't want only two parties.
The people don't want any of this.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
DC Senate offices open in 50 minutes! Illinoisans, call Durbin to tell him to change his vote back to NO and call Duckworth to tell her to stay strong and to keep voting NO! This shutdown cannot have been for nothing.
DC office numbers in this link -
www.senate.gov/states/IL/in...
DC office numbers in this link -
www.senate.gov/states/IL/in...
U.S. Senate: States in the Senate | Illinois
www.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
DC Senate offices open in 50 minutes! Illinoisans, call Durbin to tell him to change his vote back to NO and call Duckworth to tell her to stay strong and to keep voting NO! This shutdown cannot have been for nothing.
DC office numbers in this link -
www.senate.gov/states/IL/in...
DC office numbers in this link -
www.senate.gov/states/IL/in...
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Also, and I say this with my whole chest: do not give establishment Dems a dime of your money. Not a CENT. Give that money to mutual aid, to food pantries, to your library, to the guy on your street corner. All of them will put that money to better use.
Do not give politicians your money.
Do not give politicians your money.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Also, and I say this with my whole chest: do not give establishment Dems a dime of your money. Not a CENT. Give that money to mutual aid, to food pantries, to your library, to the guy on your street corner. All of them will put that money to better use.
Do not give politicians your money.
Do not give politicians your money.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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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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I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
March 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
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there was a screenshot that i'm trying to find from today that essentially had Senate Democrats going "yeah we won the election so we waited a couple of days to concede"
Senate Democrats think this is the appropriate response because they begin every conflict with the assumption they will lose, and then ask “How can we end this as quickly as possible while creating the appearance of having tried to win so the base isn’t mad?”
I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
there was a screenshot that i'm trying to find from today that essentially had Senate Democrats going "yeah we won the election so we waited a couple of days to concede"
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Today, the Dems will make a deal to reopen the government.
Tomorrow, Trump will illegally withhold appropriated funds, send his masked armed thugs to kidnap people off the streets, and order the military to murder civilians without due process.
So nothing has changed.
Tomorrow, Trump will illegally withhold appropriated funds, send his masked armed thugs to kidnap people off the streets, and order the military to murder civilians without due process.
So nothing has changed.
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Today, the Dems will make a deal to reopen the government.
Tomorrow, Trump will illegally withhold appropriated funds, send his masked armed thugs to kidnap people off the streets, and order the military to murder civilians without due process.
So nothing has changed.
Tomorrow, Trump will illegally withhold appropriated funds, send his masked armed thugs to kidnap people off the streets, and order the military to murder civilians without due process.
So nothing has changed.
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This, but with Girl Scout activities
Kicking in the doors of daycares is a great way to turn wine moms into molotov cocktail moms.
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This, but with Girl Scout activities
“The irony of it is very apparent,” said Tim Granholm, 39, an Oak Park parent of three Girl Scouts. The scouts “are unable to help their neighbors because of these masked men in the community.”
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“The irony of it is very apparent,” said Tim Granholm, 39, an Oak Park parent of three Girl Scouts. The scouts “are unable to help their neighbors because of these masked men in the community.”
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In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
wrd.cm
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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The Republican shut down continues to harm our communities. Now, The Trump Administration is cancelling flights as families prepare to visit their families for the holidays.
Trump and Republicans’ terrible leadership are making every day Americans suffer and pay for THEIR government shutdown.
Trump and Republicans’ terrible leadership are making every day Americans suffer and pay for THEIR government shutdown.
Travelers face cancellations and frustration as the FAA orders flight cuts due to the shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration ‘s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, with some passengers scramblin…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Republican shut down continues to harm our communities. Now, The Trump Administration is cancelling flights as families prepare to visit their families for the holidays.
Trump and Republicans’ terrible leadership are making every day Americans suffer and pay for THEIR government shutdown.
Trump and Republicans’ terrible leadership are making every day Americans suffer and pay for THEIR government shutdown.
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NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
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grandpa really might be cooked on the economy. if this is the best he's got it's gonna be a brutal midterm for Republicans
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
grandpa really might be cooked on the economy. if this is the best he's got it's gonna be a brutal midterm for Republicans