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A new requirement forces grant applicants for the National Endowment for the Arts to pledge that they won't promote "gender ideology". This violates the First Amendment. We'll see the Trump Administration in court.

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I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.

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ErinReed [Mar 7] -- Impassioned speeches by Dems flipped Reps in the Montana Senate, killing 2 trans bills that looked slated for passage: an anti-drag bill (13 defections) and a bill empowering CPS to remove trans kids from their parents (29 defections) [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

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French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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‼️MAJOR WIN for trans people & their families! Today, a federal judge granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Trump’s executive orders threatening federal funding for providers of gender-affirming medical care for people under 19. Read more: tinyurl.com/5xm3btfv

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Trans youth deserve safe schools, loving homes, and the medical care they need.

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As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check and offer context as the speech unfolds.

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OK this is pretty cool

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Trudeau: "Now I want to speak directly to one specific American. Donald...it's not in my habit to agree with the WSJ, but Donald, they point out that even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do. We friends fighting is exactly what our opponents around the world want to see."

submitted 5 days ago • 282 comments

Chicago stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦

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No justice no peace.

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RALLY FOR UKRAINE. Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00 pm, Chicago Water Tower, 806 N Michigan. Organized by Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, IL Division. Justice for Ukraine!

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

Brutal.

submitted 8 days ago • 1068 comments

Coward

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Protestors skiing with signs to humiliate JD Vance is fantastic

submitted 8 days ago • 337 comments

HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

submitted 8 days ago • 431 comments

United States too near to Czar, is tempting fates, is go too far.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous. Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.

submitted 9 days ago • 689 comments

What an embarrassment for our country.

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Chicago friends, don’t venture too far west…

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Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.

submitted 10 days ago • 514 comments

This is what democracy looks like! Coverage from @theguardian.com in the graphics, and continued in this 🧵 #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #PoliticalRevolution #BuildTheResistance

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This week in public school: My kids learned all about Stonewall. One came home and told me that her class did a project called “di algo”, where they wrote different ways they could speak up, she said it made her so happy to see that someone wrote “speak up for LGBTQ people”. The kids are all right.

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Well that clears that up.

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"This chapter will be written, not simply by whoever occupies the Oval Office, nor by the wealthiest among us. The American story will be written by you, written by us, by WE THE PEOPLE." - Kamala Harris, NAACP Image Awards (02.22.25)

submitted 15 days ago • 31 comments

A+ work here. No notes.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Kamala Harris delivers an inspiring and uplifting message as she accepts the prestigious Chairman's Award at the NAACP Image Awards. Her powerful words highlight her ongoing commitment to equality, justice, and progress. 🥰💙

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AOC is spot on! “Every day our job is to wake up and say: ‘What can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.”

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Shortly after hanging the banner, the group sent out a statement: “The purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack,” it reads.

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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

submitted 17 days ago • 818 comments

SEE YOU IN COURT

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In the two weeks since Lurie paused surgeries for transgender youth, WBEZ has spoken with 10 patients or their parents about what it means for their lives. Read more. www.wbez.org/health-medic...

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The plan from Ald. Matt Martin, 47th Ward, follows growing calls for the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Brandon Johnson to fire cops with ties to extremist groups. www.wbez.org/politics/202...

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We are organizing something big on March 4, and we want you to be part of it! Learn more about the #ProtectOurKids campaign. www.aft.org/news/defendi...

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A possibility I just realized: 1) This order gives the White House a say in SEC rulemaking. 2) The SEC makes rules all over the place, including cryptocurrencies. 3) Trump has a cryptocurrency. I am by no means saying this was the GOAL of the order. But it's a potential conflict.

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

We’re NOT going to allow Trump to starve students and teachers across the country of the funding and support they rely on through the Department of Education. Add your name to urge Congress to protect the Department of Education:

submitted 20 days ago • 12 comments

Some federal employees who accepted Trump’s buyout offer are now being notified that their buyout has been denied, and they are being terminated instead.

submitted 22 days ago • 1440 comments

Dr. Oz has a horrible record on reproductive rights. How can we trust him to oversee health care for millions of women? Senator Duckworth and I are sounding the alarm. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Oh. Yeah that’s much worse than I thought. Covering up sexual abuse of young boys should prevent someone from being within 500 feet of a school, much less running the Dept of Ed.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Does she look at herself in the mirror in the morning and think, ‘yeah, I can totally be the secretary of education with zero experience. This makes sense.’?

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"There should be room for those conversations" — OK but why isn't there room for pointing out that it's a moral panic utterly devoid of evidence

submitted 28 days ago • 46 comments

I shudder to think what this guy thinks a “golden age in arts and culture” is.

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If you zoom in on the list they clearly did a command+F for the word Lutheran. Looks like a variety of orgs including social services, which is foster care. The pro-life party is now cutting off funding for foster care? Wtf?

submitted 29 days ago • 6 comments