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STAND you’ve been sitting much too long STAND there’s a permanent crease in your right and wrong STAND they will try to make you crawl STAND don’t you know that you are free Well at least in your mind if you want to be

wtf is a midterm convention

ICE is still kidnapping and killing people.

On July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey was killed in her own home in Springfield, Illinois, a mother, a daughter, a friend, gone at 36. Today we honor and remember her. Rest in power, Sonya. We will never stop saying your name. 🕊️

Oakwood Beach > Oak Street Beach #chicago

Do justice. Love mercy. And walk humbly with your God.

Strava throwing shade. I AM RECOVERING FROM KNEE INJURY STRAVA

I can’t be the only one wondering who takes depositions on a federal holiday. #thepitt

Please someone crossbreed a husky and a poodle so I can have a Hüsker Düddle

I will never ever understand people who close their window shade. Approaching O’Hare this afternoon.

"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

Halfway surprised these dickweeds didn't fire teargas at their own reflections. I hope the city checks to make sure none of them attempted to use bowie knifes to carve in their initials.

Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago

Congrats to my friend @heratylaw.bsky.social and @heratylaw.bsky.social ONLY

Seems to me like forcing a bar to turn off their TVs during Game 7 of the World Series would be antithetical to keeping things calm and peaceful but what do I know

Who do you serve? who do you protect?

And I want nothing lt's what I'm trained to beleve in But I can still dream of things That have never been But someday will be Happy anniversary @jimpeet.bsky.social

Is it @rushmedical.bsky.social’s policy to allow ICE to kidnap patients/persons on their property without a judicial warrant?

Twice in this video, this loser does the sign of the cross wrong. Instead of forehead, heart, then both shoulders, he touches one shoulder and then his fucking tie. Of course least of what’s wrong with him, but can’t he try a little harder to pretend to be Catholic? www.instagram.com/reel/DQPqs_O...

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

Local Facebook groups in Chicago suburbs now: * Found a key * ICE kidnapped Lincoln School dad * Where do I get a whistle * Anyone have a good fascia/soffit repair guy * How do I stop literal fascism

I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.

What a big life Tony Fitzpatrick had. What a loss for Chicago. Our lives intertwined intensely for many of my and @shannonsparkle.bsky.social’s formative years, and I’m lucky for knowing him. Love to his family.

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

I can't even begin to articulate how seethingly angry I am rn

ICE agents have been abducting our neighbors, brutalizing protesters, and operating with impunity. Tomorrow I will be speaking alongside other local leaders at 1930 Beach St in Broadview, IL. Tell your elected officials to take a stand alongside us.

This is a good song liannesmith.bandcamp.com/track/the-gi...

This list is annoying, but leaving off Keith Carradine’s “I’m Easy” (which he wrote!) is criminal. youtu.be/dbX-ekoWGWE?...

This Father’s Day, remembering the time my dad called Ronald Reagan a snake in the San Francisco Chronicle. Miss you Pops.

today my friend, a teacher, was asking me about work and said “if you could tell me one thing right now, what would it be?” and i told her that the attack on senator padilla and the murders in minnesota are just the beginning; that more violence is coming, and burying your head isn’t an option.

More Chicago signs #nokings

Chicago signs

this statement was made just yesterday

Things are dogshit, but I am very proud to work here today.

Between them, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone account for a hefty percentage of the greatest American songs of the greatest decade in popular music history. This week is a bit much on all counts

It’s a little thing, but giving ten bucks to an excellent journalist who also called tom homan a bitch just _feels right_ today

Herb Kent the Cool Gent was Chicago’s greatest DJ for over 70 years, but somehow there are only like five shows available to stream. I would pay a lot of money to listen to more, from any era. Cmon Internet. Be useful for something.

I swear I will stop posting about my Chicago Pope someday. Not today.

Honestly, the tweets are impeccable today. My goodness.