Rachel Kellogg
@rachelekellogg.bsky.social
Loves reading, old movies, fashion, art, theatre, politics, history. Catholic, Hoosier, loves coffee and my sweet kitty.
There may be cussing, especially about politics and justice issues. Opinions all mine.
Chicago, IL
There may be cussing, especially about politics and justice issues. Opinions all mine.
Chicago, IL
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I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Ourkiss Self-Feeding Pillows Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Aspiration and Suffocation. The pillows hold the bottle at an unsafe angle while keeping it fixed in place so the infant cannot pull away. www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
January 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Ourkiss Self-Feeding Pillows Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Aspiration and Suffocation. The pillows hold the bottle at an unsafe angle while keeping it fixed in place so the infant cannot pull away. www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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NEW: Elected officials and Chicagoans concerned about misconduct by members of the Chicago Police Department now have a new way of keeping track of officers who have been repeatedly accused of wrongdoing, the city’s watchdog announced Wednesday. @wttw.bsky.social
Inspector General Launches New Dashboard to Identify ‘Hot Spots’ of Police Misconduct
“Any student of CPD’s modern history can recognize that there have been these groups of officers that have contributed more than their fair share of harm and misconduct,” Inspector General Deborah Wit...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
NEW: Elected officials and Chicagoans concerned about misconduct by members of the Chicago Police Department now have a new way of keeping track of officers who have been repeatedly accused of wrongdoing, the city’s watchdog announced Wednesday. @wttw.bsky.social
These ICE pieces of shit. When you are trying to out-evil Andrew Jackson, you are a piece of shit. 💩
"The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars"
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
These ICE pieces of shit. When you are trying to out-evil Andrew Jackson, you are a piece of shit. 💩
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crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.
please keep sharing with your networks.
please keep sharing with your networks.
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This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
The Republican Congress has chosen to give away its authority and power and now we are being told Trump plans to occupy Venezuela. We don't cry for Maduro. We demand the following of our laws and Constitution. He is already threatening Mexico and Cuba will be next. Ann Wagner is silent.
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
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War is extremely bad.
War based on lies but supported by Congress is worse.
War based on basically nothing at all and eliding Congress is breaking new ground on heinousness.
War based on lies but supported by Congress is worse.
War based on basically nothing at all and eliding Congress is breaking new ground on heinousness.
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
War is extremely bad.
War based on lies but supported by Congress is worse.
War based on basically nothing at all and eliding Congress is breaking new ground on heinousness.
War based on lies but supported by Congress is worse.
War based on basically nothing at all and eliding Congress is breaking new ground on heinousness.
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A war for oil. Groundbreaking.
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
A war for oil. Groundbreaking.
Like, I knew about its racist role in the Civil Rights movement, but what the actual hell?
Just in case y'all didn't know
January 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Like, I knew about its racist role in the Civil Rights movement, but what the actual hell?
I wouldn’t either. And I don’t think that makes her a bad socialist at all. Cost per wear!
If I were about to be the first lady of New York City, I wouldn't feel even an iota of a twinge of a wisp of guilt over treating myself to a pair of $630 boots.
January 2, 2026 at 4:25 AM
I wouldn’t either. And I don’t think that makes her a bad socialist at all. Cost per wear!
I’m not yet persuaded to join DSA (whole lotta theory-heavy white sausage fest vibes as far as I can tell, locally) but I’m down for social democracy. New Deal/Great Society/single payer etc. without the white supremacy this time around. Nat’l Dems seem to have no idea how many of us are out here.
again, when I say that random white women in the suburban midwest are radicalizing and are openly looking for a way to make it productive
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I’m not yet persuaded to join DSA (whole lotta theory-heavy white sausage fest vibes as far as I can tell, locally) but I’m down for social democracy. New Deal/Great Society/single payer etc. without the white supremacy this time around. Nat’l Dems seem to have no idea how many of us are out here.
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I wouldn’t feel as if it were Christmas if I didn’t share Balmain’s 1955 cocktail dress. I can only imagine how the wearer felt, arriving in this perfect Christmas gown. To all those who celebrate, I hope you are enjoying peace with favourite people. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I wouldn’t feel as if it were Christmas if I didn’t share Balmain’s 1955 cocktail dress. I can only imagine how the wearer felt, arriving in this perfect Christmas gown. To all those who celebrate, I hope you are enjoying peace with favourite people. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
I did a lot of Christmasing earlier in the month, so I’m enjoying a chill quiet day. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and to those who don’t, I hope you had a great day and that we weren’t too annoying. ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I did a lot of Christmasing earlier in the month, so I’m enjoying a chill quiet day. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and to those who don’t, I hope you had a great day and that we weren’t too annoying. ❤️
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Everyone in the government that was involved in sending American people to the CECOT concentration camp must go to prison.
Prison. There must be consequences. Starting with Kristi Noem.
Prison. There must be consequences. Starting with Kristi Noem.
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Everyone in the government that was involved in sending American people to the CECOT concentration camp must go to prison.
Prison. There must be consequences. Starting with Kristi Noem.
Prison. There must be consequences. Starting with Kristi Noem.
Re the last post: “To Mary Bailey: the biggest woman in town!” 😭❤️
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Re the last post: “To Mary Bailey: the biggest woman in town!” 😭❤️
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This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
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Wins like today are important in the fight against an authoritarian regime. They expose the state. They remind people that they should stand up and fight back. They inject some faith back into institutions. They push back against the zero sum thinking that can doom resistance.
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Wins like today are important in the fight against an authoritarian regime. They expose the state. They remind people that they should stand up and fight back. They inject some faith back into institutions. They push back against the zero sum thinking that can doom resistance.
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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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As has been the case the the past several Christmas seasons, I’ve found O Holy Night’s 3rd verse to hit especially hard:
Truly he taught us to love one another;
His law is love and his gospel is peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Truly he taught us to love one another;
His law is love and his gospel is peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As has been the case the the past several Christmas seasons, I’ve found O Holy Night’s 3rd verse to hit especially hard:
Truly he taught us to love one another;
His law is love and his gospel is peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Truly he taught us to love one another;
His law is love and his gospel is peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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