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BREAKING: We're filing a new class-action lawsuit to challenge President Trump's lawsuit restricting birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment is clear: Every child born on U.S. soil is a citizen, whether the president likes it or not.

This is what I was afraid of. Think of the impact of removing the court’s ability to issue nationwide injunctions. The oligarchs on the Supreme Court just gutted the balance of powers.

This is the first indication @quigley.house.gov has given that he thinks Trump needs to be removed from office, yet he’s unwilling to join the growing movement toward impeachment. Who is going to run against him in the IL-5 primary?

Exciting news out of NYC tonight!!

My rep @quigley.house.gov in deep blue Chicago voted to table the impeachment resolution…who is going to primary him in 2026?

Hey #Chicago - who is running against @quigley.house.gov in 2026??

If Democrats truly want to appeal to young men, they should probably start presenting themselves as the party that definitively *won’t* draft you into an illegal war.

President Trump "wants to thump his chest" and is "itching to use America’s military might somewhere around the world.” – @duckworth.senate.gov Before he bombed Iran sites, she called him “the lead person drumming on the drums of war." “Not in the interest of the United States.” #ForeignPolicy

First, impeachment.

BREAKING: Mayor Johnson said immediately after the Council meeting he plans to veto the measure in the coming days, the first mayoral veto in 19 years. "I will veto this ordinance because it is counterproductive to the progress that we have made in reducing crime and violence in our city." @wttw

Trans kids suffer when they don't get medically-necessary care. This is a brazen political decision by the Supreme Court. My heart is with trans kids and their loved ones. I won’t stop fighting to make sure they can be exactly who they are.

ICE is the new American gestapo. No one is safe.

I am not afraid of Donald Trump. I am not afraid of Tom Homan. I will stand up for the people of Illinois.

Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"

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Let's keep our transgender servicemembers and kick out Hegseth.

BREAKING: A federal judge blocks immigration authorities from revoking international students' legal status nationwide. Follow live updates.

A win! A federal judge today blocked Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education and ordered the reinstatement of thousands of fired employees, a major setback for his plans. Thank you, Judge Myong J. Joun of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

Georgia high school production of "The Crucible" is canceled after parent complaints that it "was demonic and disgusting." @hesherman.bsky.social: "the play about witch hunts, about the persecution of people out of hysteria...had provoked the same moral persecution it portrayed as unjust."

Offfff course he did. No one could be surprised by this.

Vouchers are a self-serving, billionaire-backed scam that hurts kids. bsky.app/profile/josh...

I don’t care about the new pope, but I do care about the wealth of Chicago pope memes. Keep em coming!!

Seemed like there were a few extra cop cars out and about when I was driving home…are they worried about a papal riot in Chicago?

Teachers deserve more than appreciation—they deserve action. From budget cuts to book bans, and the assault on our Dept. of Education, educators are hurting. On #TeacherAppreciationDay, I’m not just thanking teachers—I’m fighting for them.

Booooooooo this guy!

When Americans put on the uniform, what matters is their ability to do the job. Being transgender has no bearing on their dedication to our nation or their commitment to their unit. Decisions like today's aren't just deeply concerning, they set our armed forces back.

Your annual reminder that if a profession has an “appreciation week” it is 100% and underpaid female-dominated field. Less appreciation, higher pay.

I already forgot what Mike Waltz looks like. Good riddance. But it doesn’t really matter because Trump will just replace him with another mediocre white guy.

THEY ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IT FUCKS WITH BLACK PEOPLE. Attacks on public workers are almost always about resenting black people having good jobs.

Pritzker calls for mass protests and disruption - “Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” he says, swaying their portraits will one day be put in museums “reserved for tyrants and traitors”

Citizens’ Impeachment has long held that if just 5% of Americans contacted their members of Congress about impeachment, it would be the largest collective action of its kind in American history. It would almost certainly lead to his removal from office. Advocate for impeachment in five minutes:

Truly the pro-life candidate. This is what you voted for.