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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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this point—that this era is not forever and accountability can come in many forms—has for some reason proved bizarrely elusive for democrats
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
August 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
this point—that this era is not forever and accountability can come in many forms—has for some reason proved bizarrely elusive for democrats
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It's not going to happen of course, but tonight is another Goldwater-Rhodes moment. Has a single journalist even bothered to try & track down Speaker Johnson or Senate Majority Leader Thune & ask them why they're not doing their damn jobs or upholding their damn oaths while the Constitution burns?
On a daily basis now:
Today is the Goldwater-Rhodes moment. Alas, there appears to be no one left in the Republican Party who cares about the law, Constitution, national security, or our international credibility. And this is not a problem, again, that Democrats can solve by themselves.
Today is the Goldwater-Rhodes moment. Alas, there appears to be no one left in the Republican Party who cares about the law, Constitution, national security, or our international credibility. And this is not a problem, again, that Democrats can solve by themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's not going to happen of course, but tonight is another Goldwater-Rhodes moment. Has a single journalist even bothered to try & track down Speaker Johnson or Senate Majority Leader Thune & ask them why they're not doing their damn jobs or upholding their damn oaths while the Constitution burns?
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It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
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On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines.
I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
August 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines.
I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
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🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Strikes Down Gerrymandered Map, Reinstates Voter-Approved Redistricting Reforms
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
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“refiling her case as a misdemeanor after they were unable to persuade three grand juries over a month to indict her…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
Prosecutors Fail 3 Times to Charge Woman With Felony Assault of F.B.I. Agent in D.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“refiling her case as a misdemeanor after they were unable to persuade three grand juries over a month to indict her…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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With gratitude for libraries, and to the person or persons who originated this lovely graphic:
January 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
With gratitude for libraries, and to the person or persons who originated this lovely graphic:
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Sums up the current state of the US politics
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Sums up the current state of the US politics
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The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.
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Repost if you agree.
November 16, 2024 at 2:50 AM
The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.
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Repost if you agree.
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The U.S. is conducting the most dangerous experiment in its entire 248 year history ... handing the reins of the federal government over to the likes of RFK Jr., Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Matt Gaetz, and ajudicated sexual assalter Donald Trump. God help us...
November 14, 2024 at 9:24 PM
The U.S. is conducting the most dangerous experiment in its entire 248 year history ... handing the reins of the federal government over to the likes of RFK Jr., Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Matt Gaetz, and ajudicated sexual assalter Donald Trump. God help us...