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Mark Rosati

@msrosati.bsky.social

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Communications leadership for nonprofit organizations. Playwright, member @DramatistsGuild. Published short-story writer. Former journalist; ex-editor Associated Press @AP Washington, Chicago. #defenddemocracy #voteblue #LGBTQIA+ ally #fightfascism #resist

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Mark Rosati @msrosati.bsky.social · Aug 18

The 2025 volume of CLOCKHOUSE, a national literary journal, has just been published, & I'm honored it includes my short story "Otto and Edith." So grateful to the entire CLOCKHOUSE team! For more info and to order visit clockhouse.net. #writingcommunity #fightfascism #defenddemocracy

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

This is an excellent idea!!!

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11h

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 18h

What’s happening with ICE in Chicago is an OUTRAGE.

I want to share a full explainer of the reality on the ground—even if it’s tough to see.

Pay attention. Stand with innocent families. Watch.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16h

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‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump

A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.

www.msnbc.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17h

Many red-state families with special-needs kids will be affected, too, when funding for their children’s programs gets cut off.

The image shows a tweet from Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) that reads:
“The Trump administration firing nearly all of the Special Education workers at the Department of Education sends a clear message:
They don’t believe that children with disabilities deserve an equal education.
The cruelty is staggering.”

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

O’Donnell: “Have some of these raids gone too far?”

Trump: “I think they haven’t gone far enough.”

He’s claiming “many” of them are murderers and rapists when the facts don’t bear that out. They’re deporting workers, tackling young mothers, and tear gassing neighborhoods.

He wants a police state.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Utah. Mother of 4. Here since 2007.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 4d

The Trump administration spending ledger:

✅ $40 billion for Argentina
✅ $230 million for Trump's grievances against the Department of Justice
✅ $300 million for a golden ballroom
❌ $0 to save 42 million Americans from hunger
❌ $0 to stop your health care costs from going up 30%

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

this is insane.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

this is insane.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Sen. Durbin isn’t taking Kristi Noem’s crap. Nor should he!

A tweet from the official Department of Homeland Security account tags @SenatorDurbin and reads:
“.@SenatorDurbin, this is SHAMEFUL. Want to talk about TERRORIZING? How about condemn the terrorist attacks and mass assaults against our law enforcement.”
It continues:
“Our @ICEgov officers are PROTECTING our communities from illegal alien gang members, rapists, and child sex offenders—that YOU are supporting. You should be thanking our brave men and women of @ICEgov instead of demonizing them.”

Senator Dick Durbin posts:
“Your agents arrested a young cancer patient’s dad. She’d just returned from chemotherapy. No criminal record. Immigrants aren’t the threat here. You are.”
Below the tweet is a photo showing a man wearing a cap and an American flag t-shirt sitting next to a smiling young girl in a sombrero at a restaurant, with food and drinks on the table in front of them.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d

A new federal lawsuit alleges detained people are suffering from “horrific and inhumane” conditions at the ICE processing facility in Broadview. blockclubchi.co/4320Suw

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 3d

A teen cancer patient has reunited with her father after his release from ICE detention. blockclubchi.co/4qAGVoF

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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 3d

My column on the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times today.

www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/10/the-...

The U.S. Labor Department dreams of an Aryan America

The government is too dumb — or too confident — to even bother hiding its racism

www.everygoddamnday.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

"[Not using the funding already allocated to keep SNAP going] is a decision the president is making--on his own--to allow people to go hungry."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 4d

when I worked in community services in the US, I helped fill out SNAP applications for people who'd once had successful careers as lawyers, healthcare professionals, bankers. The jaws of poverty can snap shut on anyone.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.

Ettingermentum writes: “Actually what on earth is in those files bro.”
The image from Courier Newsroom headline reads: “Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is now the longest Rep-elect in history to not be sworn in. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva over fear of releasing the Epstein files.”
The picture shows Grijalva in a red jacket beside Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

The staff at the Rich Township food pantry prepared 200 bags of food, twice the usual amount, on Thursday in anticipation of a surge in demand after news that many likely will not receive their food stamps next month.
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South suburban food pantry draws hundreds as SNAP cutoff looms

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Our campaign Halloween bash is tomorrow!!

Join us in the back lot of 7016 N Clark Street for candy, Chicago dogs, and bone marrow donor registration!! www.mobilize.us/katforillino...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

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