& 2) the existence of a 74 year old "veteran leftist who has run for president three times", refusing to share power or listen to the younger politician's ideas because he "believes his party is well placed for 2027."

I was just listening to an episode of In Bed With The Right where they interview Kristin Kobes Du Mez about exactly this phenomena! She explains where the "Christianity is too feminized/gay" weirdness comes from, and why its so integral to US Christian Nationalism.

@inbedwiththeright.bsky.social

The declarations keep coming back to the ways in which the awful conditions themselves were used to coerce deportations.

Here, one lawyer describes how his client, who had a work permit, US citizen children, and a strong case for relief, was coerced into giving up his case.

The correct term for Trump's particular aesthetic style is “Regional Car Dealership Rococo” according to architecture critic Kate Wagner, author of McMansion Hell.

The correct term for Trump's particular aesthetic style is “Regional Car Dealership Rococo” according to architecture critic Kate Wagner, author of McMansion Hell.

This press conference from Sep with Prizker, Brandon, Toni Preckwinkle, the Attorney General of IL, and the Lt Governor was inspirational as fuck. It set the tone for how the city and the state has been fighting back ever since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzLE...

It's important also to highlight the politicians who *are* fighting back despite the risk. Here is Illinois and Chicago we have Gov Pritzker pulling no punches. Major Brandon doing better than anyone expected. Even former Major Lightfoot salvaging her former reputation!

Stats on SNAP by state:
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Children make up 39% of SNAP recipients, elderly are 19.5%: www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.

I stood behind this for 2 hours (because it took that long for our part of the march to move!) with a group of my husband's actor friends, who commented on how a good set designer could've put this together. Chicago has a hell of a storefront theater scene!