Joe P
@solarengineer.bsky.social
solar engineer & maple-syrup addict.
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Greg Sargent is one of the clearest thinkers on Trump's ongoing construction of a dictatorship. Everyone who cares about defending democracy and decency should give him a Bluesky follow, read his New Republic writings and listen to his podcast. Highly recommended.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Greg Sargent is one of the clearest thinkers on Trump's ongoing construction of a dictatorship. Everyone who cares about defending democracy and decency should give him a Bluesky follow, read his New Republic writings and listen to his podcast. Highly recommended.
@durbin.senate.gov You should resign for selling us out while our state is being terrorized by ICE and the federal government. Let someone else actually do the job we expect from our Senator. abc7.com/post/1-year-...
1-year-old, parents allegedly pepper-sprayed by federal agents during immigration raid near Chicago
Cellphone video showed the moment Rafael Veraza says he and his family were pepper-sprayed on Saturday morning by Border Patrol agents in the parking lot of a Sam's Club.
abc7.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
@durbin.senate.gov You should resign for selling us out while our state is being terrorized by ICE and the federal government. Let someone else actually do the job we expect from our Senator. abc7.com/post/1-year-...
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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These are shocking photos from @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social. The entire scene today in Little Village is grotesque but these three really jumped out because federal agents are pointing weapons directly at people...again.
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These are shocking photos from @chicagotribune.com photog @mandophotos.bsky.social. The entire scene today in Little Village is grotesque but these three really jumped out because federal agents are pointing weapons directly at people...again.
"The climate emergency is here."
This is really grim.
But have you ever had to park your car half a block further than you wanted to?
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
But have you ever had to park your car half a block further than you wanted to?
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"The climate emergency is here."
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Chicago police officers securing an exit path for Border Patrol vehicles in Little Village.
Ald Byron Sigcho-Lopez (he's the one livestreaming) has some words for them as they drive away.
Ald Byron Sigcho-Lopez (he's the one livestreaming) has some words for them as they drive away.
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Chicago police officers securing an exit path for Border Patrol vehicles in Little Village.
Ald Byron Sigcho-Lopez (he's the one livestreaming) has some words for them as they drive away.
Ald Byron Sigcho-Lopez (he's the one livestreaming) has some words for them as they drive away.
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A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Trump is now threatening military violence against #Nigeria. I can't quite place my finger on what #Venezuala and #Nigeria have in common. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLFc...
Ballad of the Black Gold
YouTube video by Talib Kweli - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump is now threatening military violence against #Nigeria. I can't quite place my finger on what #Venezuala and #Nigeria have in common. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLFc...
The way our media is so casually talking about the CIA, regime change, and Venezuela has me infuriated. Much smarter people than I have have written about our terrible US history in South America, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere so just going to post this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0Y...
Vive Patrice Lumumba (Vicky Longomba) - African Jazz 1960
YouTube video by AboubacarSiddikh
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The way our media is so casually talking about the CIA, regime change, and Venezuela has me infuriated. Much smarter people than I have have written about our terrible US history in South America, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere so just going to post this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0Y...
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The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The best time to abolish ICE would have been in 2021. The next best time is if we win in 2028. At this point, any Democrat unwilling to abolish ICE must be drummed out of the primary.
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Spotted this one today. He said he hates baths and getting his nails cut, but not America.
October 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Spotted this one today. He said he hates baths and getting his nails cut, but not America.
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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NEW from PP:
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW from PP:
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
You know how Krista Noem has been bottlenecking disaster relief?
Turns out, you can get them greenlit —if you‘re a Noem donor!
After donor asked, Noem quickly cleared project.
Then she flew to town and dined at French bistro with the donor.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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So the rule about Chicago is Chicagoans can talk all the shit about Chicago but if YOU talk shit about Chicago you will get fucked up
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
Trump says Chicago is an undesirable ‘hellhole,’ but tourists and transplants keep coming • The TRiiBE
Crime is down. Tourism is up. And the city’s population is growing. Don’t let the media, or Trump, fool you.
thetriibe.com
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So the rule about Chicago is Chicagoans can talk all the shit about Chicago but if YOU talk shit about Chicago you will get fucked up
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...it is actually the party’s centrist establishment, not its progressive wing, that’s most likely to violate the maxim of “Vote Blue No Matter Who.”
Centrist Democrats Are the Actual Traitors to Their Party
While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
newrepublic.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
...it is actually the party’s centrist establishment, not its progressive wing, that’s most likely to violate the maxim of “Vote Blue No Matter Who.”
Another great story from my favorite reporter, humanizing the story of people when our government tries to dehumanize them. www.wbez.org/education/20...
Visa terminations causing panic for Illinois students and educators
“The bar keeps moving, as far as who’s at risk,” says one staffer at the University of Illinois Chicago.
www.wbez.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Another great story from my favorite reporter, humanizing the story of people when our government tries to dehumanize them. www.wbez.org/education/20...
If we are going to continue to burn coal, let's at least bring back steam engines to truly bring back last century's technology.
April 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If we are going to continue to burn coal, let's at least bring back steam engines to truly bring back last century's technology.
To be a climate realist means realizing there is no other path forward besides the US and China cooperating to solve the climate crisis.
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
To be a climate realist means realizing there is no other path forward besides the US and China cooperating to solve the climate crisis.
Another great story from my favorite reporter @lkpwrites.bsky.social in the world (not that I am biased), but another important story to listen to.
Public health is under attack in America.
Maternal and child health is under attack in America.
Health research is under attack in America.
Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
Maternal and child health is under attack in America.
Health research is under attack in America.
Ultimately it won't just cost us in advancements, it'll cost us lives.
Trump’s funding cuts are hitting early-career researchers the hardest
Doctoral students at the University of Illinois Chicago say vital work on maternal health is threatened by Trump’s research funding cuts.
www.wbez.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Another great story from my favorite reporter @lkpwrites.bsky.social in the world (not that I am biased), but another important story to listen to.
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A truly evil time
The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don't have birthright citizenship, even though they have for 100 years
via @diinsilversmith.bsky.social
via @diinsilversmith.bsky.social
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders
The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don't have birthright citizenship, even though they have for 100 years
azmirror.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A truly evil time
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“Take the Borealis route: a 440-minute train journey to connect three metropolitan areas with a combined GDP nearly three times that of Sweden is a stark reminder of America’s lagging infrastructure.” thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The Case for High Speed Rail: Chicago to the Twin Cities
Revolutionizing Midwest Travel: Connecting the Twin Cities and Chicago in Just 3 Hours
thetransitguy.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Take the Borealis route: a 440-minute train journey to connect three metropolitan areas with a combined GDP nearly three times that of Sweden is a stark reminder of America’s lagging infrastructure.” thetransitguy.substack.com/p/the-case-f...