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moving forward I would like to see dems gum up the works every way possible. No unanimous consent, full votes on every tiny piece of business. I don't expect everyone to have the stamina to do a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but many lengthy floor speeches. Just slow everything down to a crawl.

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And finally, before I sign off for the night, a quick update on this race. The right-wing culture warrior got 11.9% of the vote and ended up in 5th place (out of 6) The pro-DEI liberal got 23% of the vote and won a seat on the City Council THE SUBURBS DEMAND WOKENESS! bsky.app/profile/uncr...

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DuPage Dems Chair here… we’re leading in 48 of 49 partisan races and only down in the one by 35 votes. Several of our townships have never had an elected Dem, and it’s sweep after sweep tonight.

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The first #LetHerCook post of 2025 is here! Come check out my predictions for this year: Patreon.com/stephanieskora

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Well that was fast 🙄 We tried to warn people about EOB, but folks would rather be scared and wrong than have their civil rights respected.

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Here’s a revenue idea that City Council should work on passing before next budget season: tax side yards appropriately. This Lincoln Park home at 2242 N Wayne is for sale for $2.7m. You’ll notice it has a side yard on the lot next door (2240 N Wayne). 🧵

submitted 109 days ago • 7 comments

The latest on Let Her Cook! A Way Too Early look at the 2026 Primary.

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Important context: Johnson admin knew of sexism, verbal abuse complaints many months earlier. We previously reported on 3 workers fired after complaining about mistreatment in August 2023. Story, with @jake-sheridan.bsky.social and @aliceyin.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/26/m...

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NEWS: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s comms chief faced sexual harassment, misogyny, racism complaints before firing. Chief of staff Christina Pacione-Zayas was criticized for talking about "peace circles" to complaining workers, city gave him “verbal coaching.” www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/26/m...

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The latest Let Her Cook is now live! It's The Girl, I Guess Progressive Family Member's Guide to Dinner Table Conversations About Chicago, Cook County... and Other Topics

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A staffing study of CPD might make sense if it were a matter of finding some optimizations to chip away around the margins of a somewhat competent workforce deployment model. Here, no study is actually required to begin changing things. The major problems are obvious.

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I don't give a shit whether or not mcbride herself wants to compromise on her treatment in Congress. That rule applies to staffers, and like anyone. That is unilaterally making a choice for a whole ass minority. If it starts in the house of reps is it going to end there?

submitted 137 days ago • 8 comments

What a horrible, cruel woman.

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I really hope that whichever Dems inevitably vote for this resolution get a Party-Backed primary challenger, no matter who they are or what kind of District they represent. Folks will be watching to see if the Dems proceed with throwing trans people under the bus.

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I'm primarily still Over There for political news and election content... where are my fellow politics and elections people here??

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In the Congressional race in California’s 45th District, Democrat Derek Tran has pulled ahead of Republican Congresswoman Michelle Steel. Tran is ahead by just 36 votes. Yesterday, Steel was ahead of Tran by 58 votes. 94% of the ballots have been processed.

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New Patreon post is up! We're talking the Blame Game, Third Parties, and what might already be Trump's first mistake 👀

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Election Postmortem out now: patreon.com/stephanieskora TL:DR it's not that the US electorate is wholesale fascist now. It's that Democrats' rightward turn wound up turning off their own base.

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Election postmortem will be live on Patreon at noon

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Check out #GirlIGuess in the @washingtonpost.com today!! wapo.st/4fciojt

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Bruce Leon, sitting 50th Ward Democratic Committeeperson and candidate for CPS School Board in the 2nd District, has a long history of political and financial ties to Republicans. But don't take my word for it, take his checkbook's. 🧵1/

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Interviews with the #GirlIGuess Golden Shrug Recipients from Districts 2, 3, and 4 are live now on my Patreon... and they're FREE for members!!

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My first crack at predicting elections is live on the Let Her Cook Patreon! I'm picking all 9 competitive CPS Board seats and POTUS 👀 patreon.com/stephanieskora

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For those interested, the second post on the #GirlIGuess newsletter is now live! patreon.com/stephanieskora

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Chicago, #EarlyVoting starts in all 50 Wards today, which means it's time for the #GirlIGuess Digital Palm Card!

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