Cassandra
@cassandra797.bsky.social
Think. Read. Learn the facts. Fact check and verify. Learn history. Respect science. Appreciate nature. Do not lie.
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Mark Ruffalo telling USA Today that the black-and-white pin he's wearing was in honor of Renee Good. He also speaks out against the war in Venezuela and calls Trump a pedophile and a rapist, 'the worst human being'
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Mark Ruffalo telling USA Today that the black-and-white pin he's wearing was in honor of Renee Good. He also speaks out against the war in Venezuela and calls Trump a pedophile and a rapist, 'the worst human being'
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Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally.
Just like it’s still the department of defense
Just like it’s still the department of defense
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally.
Just like it’s still the department of defense
Just like it’s still the department of defense
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“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
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Public options work.
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
Commentary: Public options are how we fight back against broken markets
Public options and introduce an alternative that consumers and communities need — and can afford, writes the executive director at Economic Security Illinois.
www.chicagobusiness.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Public options work.
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
LA’s fee-free banking has helped 38,000 families.
North Dakota’s public bank has reinvested $1B back into the state.
Illinois deserves the same chance—to keep dollars in workers’ pockets and reinvest in our communities.
ESIL Director Sarah Saheb lays out how 👇
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Trump hides his tax returns but wants to give your tax information to Elon Musk, don’t let him.
Penalty
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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February 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Trump hides his tax returns but wants to give your tax information to Elon Musk, don’t let him.
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump, but takes money from MAGA donors chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump but takes money from MAGA donors
U.S. Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi's campaign downplayed the contributions, calling them just .2% of the millions of dollars he’s amassed.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump, but takes money from MAGA donors chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
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We're gonna give people money to pay for healthcare but not money for insurance, makes no sense
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We're gonna give people money to pay for healthcare but not money for insurance, makes no sense
Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts
A Republican call to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies revives an old idea that has left millions with medical debt.
www.npr.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump, but takes money from MAGA donors chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump, but takes money from MAGA donors
U.S. Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi's campaign downplayed the contributions, calling them just .2% of the millions of dollars he’s amassed.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Krishnamoorthi rails against Trump, but takes money from MAGA donors chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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This is what sedition looks like.
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is what sedition looks like.
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@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
"We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."
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Congress is not functioning as intended.
October 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Congress is not functioning as intended.
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If the President can raise taxes without consulting Congress, does the US still have a constitution?
October 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If the President can raise taxes without consulting Congress, does the US still have a constitution?
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Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
n.pr
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
"Protests matter because they signal to the judiciary and generals as well as fellow citizens that the populace is standing up and they must, too."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
‘No Kings’ protests are planned in every U.S. state. Here’s what to know.
More than 2,600 demonstrations are planned Saturday across every state, in towns and cities around America’s most recognizable landmarks
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Protests matter because they signal to the judiciary and generals as well as fellow citizens that the populace is standing up and they must, too."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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“To President Trump, anybody who serves his political and financial interests is above the law. Anybody who defies him is a crook.”
Lady Justice Wears a MAGA Hat
Santos' commutation is the latest example of Trump putting himself and his people above the law.
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“To President Trump, anybody who serves his political and financial interests is above the law. Anybody who defies him is a crook.”
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
Chicago artist Tonika Lewis Johnson among 22 winners of coveted MacArthur ‘genius grant’ chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/10/...
Chicago artist Tonika Lewis Johnson among 22 winners of coveted MacArthur ‘genius grant’
The Englewood native, whose work focuses on inequity in Chicago, is among this year’s class of MacArthur fellows. The list of international fellows receiving the $800,000 prize includes several artist...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Chicago artist Tonika Lewis Johnson among 22 winners of coveted MacArthur ‘genius grant’ chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/10/...
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DAY 1/ Wall Street Journal: "Shooter was motivated by trans/antifa grievances."
DAY 2/ WSJ finds out the shooter was not trans or antifa, but a Trump supporter who was a huge fan of Charlie Kirk's notorious rival Nick Fuentes.
DAY 3/ WSJ: "We have no idea what motivated the shooter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
DAY 2/ WSJ finds out the shooter was not trans or antifa, but a Trump supporter who was a huge fan of Charlie Kirk's notorious rival Nick Fuentes.
DAY 3/ WSJ: "We have no idea what motivated the shooter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
September 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
DAY 1/ Wall Street Journal: "Shooter was motivated by trans/antifa grievances."
DAY 2/ WSJ finds out the shooter was not trans or antifa, but a Trump supporter who was a huge fan of Charlie Kirk's notorious rival Nick Fuentes.
DAY 3/ WSJ: "We have no idea what motivated the shooter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
DAY 2/ WSJ finds out the shooter was not trans or antifa, but a Trump supporter who was a huge fan of Charlie Kirk's notorious rival Nick Fuentes.
DAY 3/ WSJ: "We have no idea what motivated the shooter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
I got Queen Bee! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
I got Queen Bee!
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I got Queen Bee! www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
A federal magistrate judge said one arrest in D.C. was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and another lacked “basic human dignity.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...