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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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Trump hates Americans. That's all.

I wish I had a pool so I could have a pool bear. Is Slip n' Slide bear a thing?

Elon's not that capable.

Have you tried smashing all of his liquor bottles?

BABY ELEPHANTS ARE THE CUTEST BABIES!

Maybe we shouldn't let inexperienced douchebags make cuts to the government?

I'm wondering the same thing.

When did you start fighting?

Step down.

I got through yesterday, but clearly it didn't matter. 😡

It can always be worse.

We created a form you can use to send emails to your House Rep and Senators.

If they’re Dems who voted for the CR, it’s condemning the choice.

If they’re Dems who voted against the CR, it thanks them.

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Weird how they never have the votes for things that help people, but always have enough votes to fuck us over.

This is Lola. She needs to be tucked in for bedtime, but has very tiny arms. So you can see why this is an emergency. 12/10

If Trump threatened him, he should that from the rooftops after voting no on cloture.

Himself

I want to know what happened in the last 24 hours. Yesterday you were a no vote, but today it's yes? What's going on? Is Trump threatening you? Grow a pair and do your job.

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How did you go from voting no to voting yes in 24 hours? What a disappointment you are.

@schumer.senate.gov You need to listen to your constituents! We are your boss.
Why would you give up your power so easily? This is the only leverage Dems have! If the roles were reversed, the Republicans would VOTE NO ON CLOTURE in a heartbeat. DON'T GIVE INTO FASCISM! DON'T OBEY IN ADVANCE!

Why would you give up your power so easily? This is the only leverage Dems have! If the roles were reversed, the Republicans would VOTE NO ON CLOTURE in a heartbeat. DON'T GIVE INTO FASCISM! DON'T OBEY IN ADVANCE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! IF THIS GOES THROUGH YOU SHOULD STEP DOWN!

It really is that simple.

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THE PEOPLE v ELON MUSK Elon Musk is dropping millions to buy a seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court for extremist Brad Schimel. Learn more and find out how to fight back.

About to join Chris Jansing on @msnbc.com to talk about the PeopleVMusk.org campaign—to ensure Susan Crawford wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, instead of Elon Musk's puppet Brad Schimel.

Please hold classes on how to grow a spine for your colleagues. We need more reps like you!