Due process. Academic freedom. An independent judiciary. A free press. A professional civil service. A protected environment. These aren't partisan talking points; they are the pillars of a healthy nation. And every single one of them is under direct assault by the Trump administration.

When this album came out I was 13. 1982 was not a bad time to be a 13 year old girl.

Just read this and I am going to take to my bed.

Good.

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

Ugh. That was my Mom’s school and neighborhood. Ghouls.

Vaccinate your children. My GOD.

When authoritarians tell you they like authoritarianism, over and over and over and over and over again, believe them

Pleasant day out in my neighborhood in Chicago. There was a farmer’s market and people are out strolling, chatting, and sitting out on porches. Just like every weekend.

Except now most of us are wearing whistles to alert neighbors if unidentified guys in tactical gear show up to kidnap people.

Specifically Americans in blue voting areas.

This is my neck of the woods — northern edge of Chicago into Evanston and Skokie. A Catholic church east of me about a mile is on lockdown with ICE agents nearby. Every morning starts with sirens and helicopters. We are definitely occupied.

The hovering helicopters and sirens are really making me edgy. Been almost non-stop every morning since last week in Chicago.

They are too busy in LA, DC, Portland, and Chicago.

It’s pronounced cyclist.

This is what I meant when I said that a government shutdown would work in the GOP’s favor. They will continue to slash and burn jobs and services with glee and blame it on Democrats.

For Tony. RIP. ♥️

Tony Fitzpatrick has died. Tremendous loss for Chicago. 😔

My Dad took me to see Reds when I was 11. No idea why, but I was transfixed. Diane Keaton was a real one.

These guys hogtied a journalist who is probably their mom’s age for nothing.

I don’t know how any honest observer of what’s happening in Chicago—or at least any observer who has any historical knowledge—can keep claiming that we are not now living under fascism in America.

Thank you, from a resident of Chicago.

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

Thank you.

Hegseth sucks. The Qataris suck. But we aren’t giving Qatar an airbase in Idaho. It’s building dorms etc. at an existing base to train them on F-15s we sold them, just like Singapore already has there. Common arrangement we have with lots of countries. This one was already being planned under Biden.