Bear Bellinger

DC raised. Chi-town living. Blacktor. Writer. All opinions are my own. Re-tweets are not endorsements.

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

It's all about people being willing to take that first step...

https://t.co/4LHXEeFFEU via @voxdotcom

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

@LarryBnDC @Toure I can love them both and live in bliss.

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

@LarryBnDC Yes!!!

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

THIS is how it’s done. 🔥

[fooler initiative @metroadlib]

I LITERALLY stopped working on my memo so I could read this indictment.

I am on page 24 and JESUS LUPITA NYONG'O CHRIST.

HOW this man still has the capacity to shock me after everything that's happened, i'll never know.

but I am sitting here *STUNNED*.

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

@Theatre_Witch I don't know, might add a little urgency at the table...

[Dave Kamper 🌹 @dskamper]

One of the biggest misperceptions in unions is that contract negotiations are a brilliant battle of wits, and since the little people couldn't begin to comprehend what's going on so it's best to leave them out.

Ridiculous.

Want to know what negotiations are really like?

[FairWageOnStage @FairWageOnStage]

A 🧵 from the brilliant @LifeofaBlacktor:

Nataki’s departure from @osfashland was both depressing and inevitable. Not inevitable as in it was wholly unavoidable... (1/26)

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

Do not pass Jim Crow.
Do not collect 40 acres and a mule.

Go directly to racism!

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Tennessee for real just expelled the two Black guys but not the white woman.

Man folks. Man. They just went out there and straight up did the racism.

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

I've seen enough: Brandon Johnson defeats Paul Vallas in the Chicago mayoral runoff.

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

And there it is: w/ 484,829 votes counted in Chicago, Brandon Johnson takes the lead over Paul Vallas by 1,111 votes (50.11%-49.89%).

You wouldn't want to call it without seeing at least some mail, but it's virtually done.

[The Downballot on Bluesky: @the-downballot.com @downballotnews]

It will almost certainly be the closest Chicago general election anyone has seen in decades. Last tight one was in 1983 when the legendary Harold Washington beat Republican Bernard Epton 52-48 to become first Black mayor.

[Taniel @Taniel]

Important note on Chicago & what's left:

In February, Chicago's board of elections said 507K people had voted as of 7pm CT. Final turnout (includes late-arriving mail) was roughly 565K, so an extra 60K.

Chicago board just announced 530K people had voted as of 7pm CT today.

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

#BrandonIsBetter #1u

[Actors' Equity @ActorsEquity]

Equity Endorses Brandon Johnson for Mayor of Chicago!

“@Brandon4Chicago shares so many of Equity's values and priorities,” said @AEAPresident. “He will be a powerful voice for the thousands of arts professionals who live or work in Chicago.” Read more at https://t.co/gQqBMUlEIV

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

@ThePatWhalen @chicagobars No invite? Aiight. Bet!

[FairWageOnStage @FairWageOnStage]

A 🧵:

We’re so glad to see that @ActorsEquity is stepping up to stand in strong opposition to the Tennessee "Drag Ban." (1/7)

[Bear Bellinger @LifeofaBlacktor]

Only thing I'm gonna miss about the Lightfoot years is @lisabevolving doing Lori!

[Movement Advancement Project @lgbtmap]

315 anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in state legislatures in the U.S. in 2022.

The number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced so far in 2023 exceeds that and exceeds all anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in 2012, 2013, and 2014 combined.

🔥📒 More in MAP's latest: https://t.co/98U9IPrB8m

[Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks]

While it's personally dispiriting to see your work targeted in bad faith, what's more distressing to me is that the lives of women of color I've written about are being diminished and erased in a political moment in which we need their stories most.