Eric the Red

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The conservative project, fundamentally, believes that the federal government should not exist unless it's for ethnic cleansing or robbing you blind. Anything else should be cut and 'left to the states' (to let them do their own version of racism/robbery).

I'm not sure how much more blatant it can get that these guys are looting the federal government and then pointing over there and saying "look what THOSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE GETTING AWAY WITH!!!" bsky.app/profile/atru...

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

I really want people to understand that if you are sincerely committed to even the most milquetoast liberal beliefs, virtually everybody in a position of authority or influence in the American media and intelligentsia hates you and wants you to die.

In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)

After much delay, FRA is finally releasing some intercity passenger rail grants under the Corridor ID program of several years of inaction. Inclusion of this Hiawatha extension to Madison is not surprising but certainly needed… www.jsonline.com/story/money/...

Wisconsin Wins $218 Million Grant To Extend Hiawatha To Madison by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com

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Metra’s soliciting comment on the SNP, by the way www.surveymonkey.com/r/RZBQHFP

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A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.

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An effort to use automated cameras to ticket drivers who block bicycle and bus lanes is set to become permanent and expand citywide under a measure approved unanimously Friday by a key City Council committee. https://to.wttw.com/3W1UAu1

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in the 20th century we were involved in a lot of horrors, and the response to those horrors was to do things to make them more scarce. then everyone forgot what causes the horrors, and people were like maybe the horrors were good actually? and that's why measles and public executions are back.

We need to take our country back from the fascists and make it a civilized place to live.

the majority on the Supreme Court who continuously overrides stays with zero consideration of the merits does so BECAUSE they enjoy being able to inflict pain and torturous death upon people. Never forget that. If Alito could push the button, if Thomas could pull the switch himself, they would.

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Super important!

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This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

with an atrocious safety & environmental record… www.fox5vegas.com/2026/09/16/c...

Left wing Willie Wilson ad on Instagram lol. What is happening?

Left wing Willie Wilson ad on Instagram lol. What is happening?

👀 “Amtrak’s proposal would use portions of White Sox parking Lots C and G, according to plans presented to local officials and residents.” “Amtrak said there is a “railroad-owned easement” to a ramp in Lot G that would allow it to build on the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority property.”

Sick of these Vichy Dems. Good thing he’s retiring!

I 100% guarantee you that if this was a story about the city removing trees that had been there already you'd have the same complaints. Good illustration of how a lot of nimbyism is just "I don't want any change at all I don't want any change at all I DON'T WANT ANY CHANGE AT ALL!!!!!!!!"

The two genders, diesel and catenary

Glad the funding wasn’t lost, but it should not take 2 decades to do this small of a project 🙃 www.galesburg.com/story/news/l...

Has finally been posted on their website! mysouthshoreline.com/wp-content/u...

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!

Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about his brazen politicization of federal disaster relief aid, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and election results. It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

It's so weird how "As Speaker of the House, I have no idea what's going on... Like, in general," is an effective way to deflect scandal rather than being a massive scandal in itself.