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No one should be detained at the airport for their political speech.

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

I don’t blame anyone from Canada whose appetite for visiting the US might have soured. But here in Illinois, we're ready to prove that Midwest nice is the closest thing to Canadian hospitality you can get south of Windsor. Welcome to the Middle of Everything.

The President of the United States has chosen to throw the economy into turmoil.

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

In Minnesota, freedom is a birthright.

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This Saturday — April 19th — there are nationwide protests being organized EVERYWHERE. In state capitols, major cities, in the town square, and outside the county courthouse. There is a protest near you. If for some reason you cannot find one — start one. Do not sit this out!

ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social

You’ve probably seen people mention the 3.5% Rule. But do you know what it really means? 1/

🚨 Join the #PeoplesMovement this Saturday #April19 for a National Day of Action! Yes, people will be in the streets again. Others will be organizing food drives, volunteering at shelters, hosting teach-ins, and more. Hundreds of events are already listed at www.FiftyFifty.one/events.

So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…

President Trump and many of his backers in Congress have introduced a new bill called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which threatens to make it harder for young people and women to vote.

Happy Record Store Day, everybody. Make sure to shop local.

If one of us stands up, they can pick that person off. If ten or a hundred or a thousand, they can pick those people off. And they're picking off people--immigrants, dissidents--to make an example of them. But if ten million people stand up, they cannot stop us all.

“When words stop meaning what they’re meant to mean, then we’re in trouble.” In a new interview, the novelist Katie Kitamura talks about why writing is particularly important right now. glfdig.st/wRx6yw2

every person online who thinks the tariffs are a good idea are people who are trying to figure out how to take their first step as a huamn being

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CHICAGO…

House Republicans must put legislation on the floor to stop these stupid Trump Tariffs.

Today’s #teslatakedown SF.

This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

“Wired is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act”

Always the luckiest governor in the nation on days like these. Thanks to everyone who joined us in green today in Chicago and came out to march with us before St. Patrick’s Day.