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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️

@mslauradurnell.bsky.social

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Exhausted Gen Xer and disabled spoonie coming to you every day from the "killing field" of Chicago. Publications include The Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Women's Media Center, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Room, others.

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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️ @mslauradurnell.bsky.social · Jan 2

A week after the Chicago Tribune published my op-ed, Senn chose not to cut classes at Senn Arts for my daughter's class.

This is a gift link. You can also hear the audio laughably mispronounce my last name.

www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/o...

Laura Durnell: CPS is gutting my daughter’s arts program. This isn’t what we signed up for.

Cuts to Senn High School’s competitive magnet fine arts program will harm student educational experiences.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️ @mslauradurnell.bsky.social · 8h

Taking a social media break.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

He doesn't know

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.

It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12h

When you lose gun slinging Tomi Lauren.

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 14h

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 12h

Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

this feels completely banal? yes, a big tent political party is going to include voters who have bigoted views. i don’t think anyone has argued otherwise? the actual question at hand is “to what extent should a political party ostensibly committed to equality appeal to popular prejudices?”

Bigots in the tent

What did you think winning meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.

www.theargumentmag.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

We need a worldwide Spotify boycott NOW! Add some comments and hit repost so this gets to more people.

#BoycottSpotify #FuckICE #CancelSpotify

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody adds a ballroom to a house they plan on leaving.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 23h

We have to set up extensive systems of mutual aid. This needs to get done, not only to mitigate the damage this regime has already done and will continue to do but to support the collective action necessary to bring them to their knees.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Bernie about Platner,

“In all due respect, all right, what I'm worried about, 50,000 Americans may die unnecessarily? And you're worried about a tattoo?"

When I asked about his comments about sexual assault, he said "Have you served four tours of duty?" I said "I have not."

Bernie: "Ok"

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 2d

In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Racial profiling. All day every day.

www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

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The Herd House @theherdhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Wellington was found in the shelter a few years ago. He had a mouthful of rotten teeth. I almost asked for him. I had just adopted Phoenix & had Ted Danson as my resident Yorkie. Wells was adopted … His family returned him because they are having a baby. They don’t have enough love. But we do!

The Herd House @theherdhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Guess what?
The herd is adopting the capital of New Zealand !!

Wellington. 12ish Yorkie with no teeth and allergies.
From my partner in LA that brought us P!nk Posie, Kevin Bacon, River Phoenix, Catherine, O’Hara, and a few Foster’s (Jon Bon Jovi and Goldie Hawn.)

He will be here next week.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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Frances Fisher @francesfisher11.bsky.social · 1d

He raped underaged girls.
He raped grown women.
He virtually shat on America.
He’s currently assaulting The People’s House.
Release the Epstein Files.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Laura Durnell ♿️ ♀️ @mslauradurnell.bsky.social · 23h

Amazing how much she is recovering.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1d

yes, people change and grow; Platner seems like he's trying to be a better person. that's good!

but...like, his redemption is not going to involve running for a senate seat. sometimes you fuck up in ways that close down certain paths. 1

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1d

‘No Kings’ Protesters Reject Political Violence, Survey Shows www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-k...

Are Protesters Becoming Less Violent? ‘No Kings’ Survey Suggests So

Massive marches nationwide in the U.S. marked a turn against an increasing acceptance of political violence among protesters, report sociologists

www.scientificamerican.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel Spotify

www.nme.com/news/music/s...

Spotify says ICE ads about "dangerous illegals" don't violate advertising policy

Spotify have said that recruitments ads for ICE that refer to “dangerous illegals” do not violate their advertising policy.

www.nme.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021.

The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a whistle, please drop by our office (7016 N Clark Street) to pick up one for free.

If you see ICE, blow three short bursts.

If they are detaining someone, blow three long bursts.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.

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