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vaughnchicago.bsky.social
Documenter, Visual Artist, and Lover of Sweets.
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Someone is calling for an end to U.S. foreign aid. #signofthetimes

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

A policy change by the Trump administration allows immigration agents to enter and arrest people in health facilities. Some clinics are training health workers to support patients in the event of arrests.

The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights. to.wttw.com/3EPMAnf

Do you ask for whom the bell tolls?

I think it's time I get back to work with my camera. christophervaughn.folioHD.com

Here's a little something to smile about.

Maybe this is NOT the best time to be eating chicken in America, seriously.🤔

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

RESIST!

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The 211 Metro Chicago helpline has helped connect residents to social services more than 320,000 times since it launched two years ago. Housing and shelter, utility assistance, access to food and employment were some of the most common needs for residents. to.wttw.com/3CQWrbT

CPD has fully met just 9% of the court order’s requirements, according to the most recent report by the monitors. In all, the city set aside $667 million to implement the consent decree between 2020 and 2024, according to Chicago’s annual budget overviews.

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

Here's something to smile about.

Help her....

This is America now.

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

Here's something to smile about.

I spotted this book in the gift shop at @mcachicago.bsky.social, I might get it later.😏

America NOW.

I always appreciate a *FREE CUP* of Hot Chocolate to warm me up on my travels.☕

The cast of the @lyricopera.bsky.social THE FACTOTUM (2023,) if you spot me you might get a cookie. (photo credit: Rachel Tobias)

Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been trying to figure out how it happened.

WELCOME TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Racism, Sexism, Ageism, all the isms.

Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

Have you been told to stay away from the South or West sides of Chicago? Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson talks about the harms of that narrative with sociologist Maria Krysan in a new book called “Don’t Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It.” to.wttw.com/4aAPyYR

People exercising their first amendment rights in America.🇺🇲

There's nothing like capturing the moment. (christophervaughn.folioHD.com)

Sometimes I'm not sure that President Trump has ever read the U.S. Constitution.🤔 Does it seem that way to you too?

The line between Science Fiction and Dystopian Prophecy is getting thinner.

Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech.

Breaking news: In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda."

Signing the condolence book for President Jimmy Carter.🇺🇲

SILENCE by August Préault at @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

People in Chicago rallying against the policies of President Trump, and I'm there with my camera.📸

The artist @irenechsiao.bsky.social

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"DEI" is now a weaponized MAGA term just like deep state, fake news & warrior ethos. Call this⤵️ what it is: a destruction of CIVIL RIGHTS; a purging of minorities & women from history and public life. apnews.com/article/air-...

I fear that there may be some dark days ahead for the republic. #AmericaNow

Here's something to smile about.😁

From 1910 to 1970, approximately 6 million Black people left the American South for what they hoped would be a better future in the North. A new four-part PBS documentary series tells not only that story, but also modern-day stories of Black migration. to.wttw.com/42q0Gp5