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I hardly ride CTA anymore because my bike is much more reliable. And as of today I am 3 for 3 on the train getting stuck because of signal problems or a mechanical failure on the train. The mayor hates transit riders.

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New Mexico proves Heckman right “every dollar spent on high-quality, birth-to-5 programs for disadvantaged children delivers a 13% per annum return from better education & health outcomes for kids, employment gains for parents, greater economic productivity & reduced spending on healthcare & crime

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The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

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No administration in American history, not Jackson w/ Indian removal, not Lincoln in Merryman, not FDR over the New Deal, not Truman in Youngstown, not Nixon over the tapes, not Bush with Guantanamo, has openly defied a court order like this, much less one unanimously endorsed by the Supreme Court.

submitted 11 hours ago • 74 comments

This headline is stomach churning to say the least. The justice department is opposed to justice.

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NEW: Trump administration claims #SCOTUS ruling doesn't compel it to actually seek illegally deported man's release from a prison in El Salvador, only to let him into US if he manages to get out. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 10 hours ago • 16 comments

Yesterday they refused to answer two of the three questions ordered. Today's refuses to address, in any way, all three. None of this has anything to do with the order. This is open defiance of a district court backed by a unanimous three-judge circuit ruling and a unanimous 9-0 Supreme Court ruling.

submitted 11 hours ago • 219 comments

republicans are disappearing people under the guise of fighting antisemitism and can’t even pretend to give a fuck when a jewish governor’s house gets firebombed on passover

submitted 7 hours ago • 117 comments

“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.” - GS Desk/Pasquariello

submitted 10 hours ago • 215 comments

There is no way what just happened with Apple isn’t coordinated, extreme insider trading. Millions in call options hit the tape hours before news dropped that iPhones were exempt from tariffs. I’m writing quickly to explain why. This is brazen corruption from the White House.

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

Louder for the people in charge of housing policy in Chicago.

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“Air pollution fell substantially as [Paris] restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Such an obvious no-brainer, it’s remarkable that so many cities HAVEN’T done the same.

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam

submitted 19 hours ago • 909 comments

The changing distribution of law faculty age over the last 50 years is wild. In 1971, the most common age of faculty was their 30s. In 2017, most common was 60s. In 1971, many more under 30 than over 70. In 2017, as many over 70 as under 40. dho.stanford.edu/wp-content/u...

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More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

submitted 16 hours ago • 1013 comments

Will just leave this clip here of Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings talking about what’s wrong with America from a 1991 interview and it’s still all very true today

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This is, of course, v important. But phrases like “end of democracy stuff,” aren’t helpful bc they imply a binary that doesn’t exist. The US is ALREADY a hybrid authoritarian state. Sound no alarm for some hypothetical future event—it’s already happened.

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This is a really solid story by Jake Sheridan looking at Mayor Brandon Johnson’s resistance to ethics reforms. There’s a lot in it. And soon: He has to decide if he’ll reappoint Deborah Witzburg or drop her for being too aggressive (more than predecessor) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/m...

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How it started // How it’s going

submitted 1 day ago • 128 comments

Oof. Meet the housing skeptic appointed to be the CA state senate's housing-bill gatekeeper. Not seeing how this ends well... 1/5

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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

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“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs less to house people.

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I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.

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I’d rather have a robust social safety state that allows people to have families if they want— and letting people be if they don’t. The pronatalism trend has been often not about individual autonomy and collective support, but nativism and a slippery slope toward regulating motherhood and sexuality.

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Blink #richkid #amateur

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It is simply a real mistake to let the evil heartless people in the world cause you to become more evil and heartless

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🚨NEW: The NC Supreme Court's GOP majority will retroactively nullify 2,000 to 7,000 ballots from military and overseas voters unless they quickly prove their identity—but only those who voted in a few Democratic counties. Could overturn Justice Riggs' victory. appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t...

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MOM!!!! The techno-fascists are at it again.

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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government. DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox. with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

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"Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...

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Wow! Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” has been removed from the Naval Academy; “Mein Kampf” stays. So does “The Bell Curve,” which argues Black people are genetically less intelligent than white people; a critique of the book was pulled. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

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We at Abundant Housing Illinois are asking Illinoisans to ask their legislators to co-sponsor HB1813, which would legalize ADU housing across the state If you already know how to contact your IL house rep, use that method; otherwise use our form: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Very informative chart from Washington Post

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Uh, the same person simultaneously serving as Sec. of the Army and head of a federal police agency seems problematic. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin. I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social Follow along for updates

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Child care is not only expensive in Colorado -- which ranks among the most expensive in the nation -- but scarce, parents say. Waitlists at Denver day cares, sometimes years-long, are prompting parents to wonder how soon they need to get in line.

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Some fantastic new legal scholarship from Prof. Michael Smith of St. Mary’s University School of Law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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America, I regret to inform you that we have always been like this. History . . . rhyme . . . something, something.

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A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.

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The fact that #SCOTUS hasn't yet ruled in Abrego Garcia isn't proof of how the justices are going to rule. But the longer it takes, the more it suggests that there isn't a majority of the Court who views this dispute with the same urgency that so many of us do. And that's a problem unto itself.

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NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...

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If they can't actually murder them, they will deem them dead

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Free societies with open economies tend to do better, facilitating movement of ideas and people, innovation, and entrepreneurship. But state control like China’s may be better at navigating a trade war, responding more quickly and ensuring compliance, as the US undermines its own economic dynamism.

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