H Kapp-Klote
@hkappklote.bsky.social
I write about Chicago, labor, and organizing.
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H Kapp-Klote
@hkappklote.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Nearly 25% of All Out-of-State Abortions Took Place in Illinois Last Year: Study
About 35,000 out-of-state patients traveled to Illinois for an abortion last year, accounting for 39% of all abortions provided in the state, according to a recent study.
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Illinois handled 25% of ALL out-of-state abortions last year.
That’s 35,000+ people crossing state lines just to get care.
The Chicago Abortion Fund fielded 16,000+ calls and no one was turned away.
That's holding the line.
That’s 35,000+ people crossing state lines just to get care.
The Chicago Abortion Fund fielded 16,000+ calls and no one was turned away.
That's holding the line.
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Someday I hope I will be good enough at what I do that someone will ask me about my craft and I will get to say "my secret is to be up procrastinating before most people are awake" 😐
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Someday I hope I will be good enough at what I do that someone will ask me about my craft and I will get to say "my secret is to be up procrastinating before most people are awake" 😐
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As we work on our next judicial election guide, we want to hear from you: What should voters know about these attorneys and judges? If you recognize any of these names, send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As we work on our next judicial election guide, we want to hear from you: What should voters know about these attorneys and judges? If you recognize any of these names, send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
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In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
As ICE detains longtime Chicago street vendors with no criminal history, neighbors rally with emergency funds
As longtime vendors quietly disappear from the corners they’ve held for years, community organizations and neighbors are scrambling to support those taken, their families and those still working on…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In other NEWS: Masked agents took at least 15 street vendors from Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. “Worst of the worst,” they aren’t. Story by @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social & @zareensyed.bsky.social about neighbors rallying to support culture under attack www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/c...
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we should throw them in the trash and fine the owners for garbage disposal
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
we should throw them in the trash and fine the owners for garbage disposal
Thank you for your service Chi Osse.
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thank you for your service Chi Osse.
We should tax these
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We should tax these
Would be cool to see many of the politicians seizing on the current moment of property tax fury run on fixing this (and the many issues in the current property tax system) instead of handwaving about business growth.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Would be cool to see many of the politicians seizing on the current moment of property tax fury run on fixing this (and the many issues in the current property tax system) instead of handwaving about business growth.
At this point, vertical video is less “content” and more “community defense.”
If you can talk to your people quickly, clearly, and without a million layers of approval, you win the narrative.
If you can’t, someone else fills the silence for you.
Wrote about this for 312:
If you can talk to your people quickly, clearly, and without a million layers of approval, you win the narrative.
If you can’t, someone else fills the silence for you.
Wrote about this for 312:
Vertical Video For People Who Hate Making Vertical Video
Why organizers — not influencers — need vertical video, and how it builds narrative power
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November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
At this point, vertical video is less “content” and more “community defense.”
If you can talk to your people quickly, clearly, and without a million layers of approval, you win the narrative.
If you can’t, someone else fills the silence for you.
Wrote about this for 312:
If you can talk to your people quickly, clearly, and without a million layers of approval, you win the narrative.
If you can’t, someone else fills the silence for you.
Wrote about this for 312:
Ald. Bennett Lawson tells Mayor Johnson he’s out as acting Zoning Chair if his job isn’t made permanent
Ald. Bennett Lawson tells Mayor Johnson he’s out as acting Zoning Chair if his job isn’t made permanent
Lawson (44th) told the Sun-Times he's tired of doing the painstaking work as chair of the City Council's Zoning Committee without the permanent title and control over his own staff.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ald. Bennett Lawson tells Mayor Johnson he’s out as acting Zoning Chair if his job isn’t made permanent
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Years ago, when I was an out trans reporter in Congress, I couldn’t even get colleagues to commit to defending me if I was misgendered by a lawmaker
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Years ago, when I was an out trans reporter in Congress, I couldn’t even get colleagues to commit to defending me if I was misgendered by a lawmaker
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sarah mcbride has voted with the progressive caucus on all things israel and is no longer an aipac candidate
I don't mean to be rude, but it is hard for me to get excited about Sarah McBride convincing other democrats to wag their finger at Nancy Mace or whatever given that McBride is, well, a supporter of genocide. www.autostraddle.com/sarah-mcbrid...
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
sarah mcbride has voted with the progressive caucus on all things israel and is no longer an aipac candidate
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i often get asked why it's so difficult to figure out how to cover local judges, or how to approach voting for them.
this Chicago publication has a great project of crowd-sourcing information for the next few months.
check them out/spread the word!
this Chicago publication has a great project of crowd-sourcing information for the next few months.
check them out/spread the word!
As we research the candidates to create our next judicial election guide, we need your help. Have any of the candidates been your attorney or judge? Take a look at the list of candidates and send us your tips. buff.ly/DlOqYRA
airtable.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
i often get asked why it's so difficult to figure out how to cover local judges, or how to approach voting for them.
this Chicago publication has a great project of crowd-sourcing information for the next few months.
check them out/spread the word!
this Chicago publication has a great project of crowd-sourcing information for the next few months.
check them out/spread the word!
REFLECTION: I was tear-gassed, and everyday Chicagoans came to my rescue
REFLECTION: I was tear-gassed, and everyday Chicagoans came to my rescue • The TRiiBE
I was tear-gassed on Oct. 14, while covering unrest on the East Side. After experiencing what I did and being face-to-face with federal agents, I walked away believing in the power of people again.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
REFLECTION: I was tear-gassed, and everyday Chicagoans came to my rescue
Who are the video creators you actually watch — and why?
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Who are the video creators you actually watch — and why?
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
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Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
wellness check
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
wellness check
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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When we learned that @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social made more than just buttons, we knew that we had to collaborate on something that people have been asking for a long time: MAGNETS! Twenty-two STFU About Chicago kitchen magnets have been added to the shop! #chicago
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When we learned that @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social made more than just buttons, we knew that we had to collaborate on something that people have been asking for a long time: MAGNETS! Twenty-two STFU About Chicago kitchen magnets have been added to the shop! #chicago