sakuha
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Windy City and immigration things, probably.
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
Current me feeling pretty pleased with past me's decision to buy extra blue OCBD for when original version of same shirt got worn out #menswear
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Current me feeling pretty pleased with past me's decision to buy extra blue OCBD for when original version of same shirt got worn out #menswear
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"But actually he was granted asylum on YOUR watch" is neither a gotcha nor particularly helpful for the interests of justice. It infers both that there was something wrong with the grant (and I have seen no evidence of that) and that the Trump admin is being too generous with asylum generally (lol)
Trump refuses to directly admit his administration granted the DC shooter asylum and then wraps up the press availability
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"But actually he was granted asylum on YOUR watch" is neither a gotcha nor particularly helpful for the interests of justice. It infers both that there was something wrong with the grant (and I have seen no evidence of that) and that the Trump admin is being too generous with asylum generally (lol)
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Chicago - blizzard of 79
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Chicago - blizzard of 79
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Bonus photo for hardcore train nerds
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bonus photo for hardcore train nerds
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Trying to not get consumed by it but as someone who lived through the catastrophe that was the Iraq War, it leaves me speechless that people are clamoring for invading Venezuela
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trying to not get consumed by it but as someone who lived through the catastrophe that was the Iraq War, it leaves me speechless that people are clamoring for invading Venezuela
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<overly technical> There are two sides of “public charge”. The ground of inadmissibility is that the immigrant is likely to become a public charge.
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
re "I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge"
there has been a proposal to expand scope of what's considered public charge for immigration inadmissibility /1
www.medicarerights.org/medicare-wat...
there has been a proposal to expand scope of what's considered public charge for immigration inadmissibility /1
www.medicarerights.org/medicare-wat...
“Public Charge” Proposed Rule Threatens Chaos for Immigrants - Medicare Rights Center
This week, the Department of Homeland Security published a proposed rule on “public charge” that could expose legal immigrants to arbitrary and unfair decisions as they attempt to become lawful perman...
www.medicarerights.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
<overly technical> There are two sides of “public charge”. The ground of inadmissibility is that the immigrant is likely to become a public charge.
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
This raises two questions: (1) What is a “public charge”? (2) What factors determine whether someone is likely to become a public charge in the future?
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Snowy day at the corner of Clark and Addison. Good morning from Chicago.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Snowy day at the corner of Clark and Addison. Good morning from Chicago.
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The answer for every question in this city is to pay security people to stand around. Teens hanging out in the park? Put up a security line. Too many people going to the Christmas market? Put up a security line. Transit feel unsafe? Pay some guys to stand around and play candy crush.
The Christkindlmarkt thing is so funny top to bottom. America so starved for vibrant public spaces and events that this winter craft fair gets Disneyland-level regional demand, and this is seen as a problem to be solved with cops and security
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The answer for every question in this city is to pay security people to stand around. Teens hanging out in the park? Put up a security line. Too many people going to the Christmas market? Put up a security line. Transit feel unsafe? Pay some guys to stand around and play candy crush.
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Worried about awkward political conversations at the dinner table today? Steer the conversation in a direction everyone agrees with: the need for thru-running regional rail in Chicagoland!
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Worried about awkward political conversations at the dinner table today? Steer the conversation in a direction everyone agrees with: the need for thru-running regional rail in Chicagoland!
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
Tell your family and friends that it’s time to #BuildTheTunnel.
🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
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Also, I’m just going to say it, if your objective is national security, I don’t think telling tens of thousands of combat-hardened veterans (and their many American brothers-in-arms) that you’re going to betray them and send them to die in their country, which you destabilized, is a great idea
Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, I’m just going to say it, if your objective is national security, I don’t think telling tens of thousands of combat-hardened veterans (and their many American brothers-in-arms) that you’re going to betray them and send them to die in their country, which you destabilized, is a great idea
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So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
So now they’re going to be doing individualized re-review of tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees’ cases on TOP of the re-review of 200,000+ refugees who entered under Biden?
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Some DACA recipients are being arrested in the new immigration crackdown, despite having clean records and years of background checks. The policy reality is shifting fast.
Read: www.clickorlando.com/news/politic...
Read: www.clickorlando.com/news/politic...
DACA recipients are being arrested despite deportation protection
An organization is tracking the growing number of arrests among people with temporary deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
www.clickorlando.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Some DACA recipients are being arrested in the new immigration crackdown, despite having clean records and years of background checks. The policy reality is shifting fast.
Read: www.clickorlando.com/news/politic...
Read: www.clickorlando.com/news/politic...
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
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The feds repeatedly lied and misled the public during Chicago's immigration crackdown, a federal judge ruled in a scathing opinion. blockclubchi.co/3JVoFWJ
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The feds repeatedly lied and misled the public during Chicago's immigration crackdown, a federal judge ruled in a scathing opinion. blockclubchi.co/3JVoFWJ
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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oh hell yes
By the way, Ken Burns’ next documentary series is apparently in the can — LBJ & The Great Society
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
LBJ & the Great Society - Ken Burns
This three-part, six-hour series will chronicle the life and times of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most capable, colorful, and controversial men ever to occupy the White House. A figure of extraordin...
kenburns.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
oh hell yes
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
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JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
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JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
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SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
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JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
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SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
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SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
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SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
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SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayhglimve4fbwilzyfjedpa56xwmjq4oriqqs62atkospprs6x5y@jpeg)
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Thru-running regional rail ( #BuildTheTunnel ) in Chicagoland means we can save our ‘L’ expansions for new lines in new places thru the densest part of the region, rather than expanding ever outward into territory conventional rail already blazed over a century ago.
It is!
European cities are compact.
And they rely on S-Bahn / RER type systems and regional trains instead of extending their metro out into sprawl.
European cities are compact.
And they rely on S-Bahn / RER type systems and regional trains instead of extending their metro out into sprawl.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Thru-running regional rail ( #BuildTheTunnel ) in Chicagoland means we can save our ‘L’ expansions for new lines in new places thru the densest part of the region, rather than expanding ever outward into territory conventional rail already blazed over a century ago.
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Despite challenges Amtrak closes FY 25 with record ridership and revenue. People want to ride trains! Give the people more trains!
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/55...
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/55...
Amtrak closes FY25 with record ridership, revenue
The company spent the past fiscal year launching new services and improving the customer experience with new trains and upgraded safety policies.
www.masstransitmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Despite challenges Amtrak closes FY 25 with record ridership and revenue. People want to ride trains! Give the people more trains!
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/55...
www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/55...
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lol, lmao
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
lol, lmao
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
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The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
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Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.