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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 1h

🚨 We have a transit bill — but the work is not done yet!

Call your State Rep and Senator NOW and join us in demanding they #FixItFundIt at call.savetransit.org

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 2h

Not to be outdone, the canvassing leads group chat is also popping off.

Text box 1 "the opposition is a lot of police." Text box 2 "the opposition can chortle my balls."

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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 4h

🚨 There’s still time to support the transit bill:

1. Fill out your contact information
3. Under "firm/business" put "self"
4. Under "representation" put "self"
5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent"
6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only"
7. "Submit"

Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly

Welcome to the Official government website of the Illinois General Assembly

ilga.gov

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 4h

Not everyone in my yoga girlie group chat filling out transit funding witness slips. 😭💖

Be like the hot yoga girls and fill one out tonight!
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Instructions on filling out a witness slip

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 10h

We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 14h

Today, the final day of the ILGA veto session to address the transit fiscal cliff, is make or break for the future ambitions of Illinois's top 3 pols:

Governor Jay Robert "JB" Pritzker
Speaker Emanuel Christopher Welch
and Senate President Don Harmon

Don't fuck it up, boys.

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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 16h

🚨 Welcome to the last day of veto session, where Illinois lawmakers do NOT have an agreed funding package ready to vote on!

If they don’t get it done today, they’ll send us hurtling towards the first steps of enacting service cuts.

This is not a drill! Call your reps TODAY.
📲 call.savetransit.org

Transit cuts are real – call your reps now! — Better Streets Chicago

Legislators failed to pass legislation to prevent 40% service cuts on CTA, Pace, and Metra – and they need to hear that YOU want them to save transit NOW.

call.savetransit.org

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 1d

'cataclysmic' is the word that keeps churning around in my mind.

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 1d

If Pritzker screws up the transit bill, he may still be reelected Governor but he's never going to be President

Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker on House transit plan: “As it is, it’s not going forward”

* Governor JB Pritzker was asked about the House Democrats new transit funding plan at an unrelated news conference today… Reporter: The House introduced a sweeping transit bill last night that includes a number of revenue enhancements including a billionaires tax, amusement tax, sales take among others. What’s your position on the bill and do you [...]

dlvr.it

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 1d

I played once and was decent so I'll accept this challenge.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 1d

The House and the governor's office had five months to get on the same page regarding revenue, and clearly they failed to do so. How the heck do we have a legislative supermajority + a generally agreeable governor and still fall short?? Advocates have been hounding them for MONTHS. So frustrating.

Capitol Fax @capitolfax.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker on House transit plan: “As it is, it’s not going forward”

* Governor JB Pritzker was asked about the House Democrats new transit funding plan at an unrelated news conference today… Reporter: The House introduced a sweeping transit bill last night that includes a number of revenue enhancements including a billionaires tax, amusement tax, sales take among others. What’s your position on the bill and do you [...]

dlvr.it

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 1d

All your economic gains will collapse if you don't pass the transit funding package this week.

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The Southwest Collective @swcollectivechi.bsky.social · 11d

Like everyone else, we are LIVID about what happened at Swap-O-Rama, and what continues to happen at Home Depot.

When businesses have no safety plan communicated at all, to vendors or customers, it has the potential to create a very dangerous situation.

Let’s boycott and shop local.

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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 2d

Today, we brought the train to Springfield to deliver nearly 20,000 petitions to legislators urging them to get the job done NOW.

Transit cannot wait. Legislators cannot continue to kick the can down the road. It is time to fix and FULLY FUND transit.

Illinois House Democrats weigh new transit funding plan, eye billionaire and streaming taxes

With time running short in the Illinois General Assembly’s fall veto session, Democratic lawmakers were weighing several alternatives to raise the $1.5 billion advocates say is needed to fund publi…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 1d

The calling tool at savetransit.org will directly connect you to your elected official if you don't know who it is!

Transit cuts are real – call your reps now! — Better Streets Chicago

Legislators failed to pass legislation to prevent 40% service cuts on CTA, Pace, and Metra – and they need to hear that YOU want them to save transit NOW.

savetransit.org

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sidestreets.bsky.social @sidestreets.bsky.social · 2d

This train rides the Rotunda Rail in the Illinois State Capitol. Save transit!

@itazurakko999.bsky.social
@nerdiesanders.bsky.social
@betterstreetschicago.org
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
@sierraclubchicago.bsky.social
@atalliance.bsky.social
@ilenviro.bsky.social
@housedemsil.bsky.social

A group of transit activists wear a cardboard CTA train that reads “Fund Transit Now!” In the Springfield Capitol Rotunda.

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 2d

North Center

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 2d

Esteemed company! Happy birthday!

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 2d

Watched 'Barbarian' last night and that was a terrible decision. The movie scared the shit out of me. I got three hours of sleep.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 3d

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 3d

🚨 Sign up for rapid text alerts about urgent actions needed to support transit legislation this week!

Whether it's witness slips for committees or last-minute calls – three days to pass monumental transit legislation means we need to be NIMBLE.

➡️ alerts.savetransit.org

Sign up for rapid alerts to save transit.

We're going to be sending rapid text alerts for urgent actions that are needed – like filing witness slips and last-minute calls. There will be key moments where we may need you to fill out these form...

alerts.savetransit.org

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago over everything.

The Chicago skyline in the distance as an from my rooftop. There's a light pink sky from the sunset, and a tree with bright red leaves

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3d

“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now

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