Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈

Pround Midwesterner | Another Gay Attorney | Opinions are my own

[Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈 @bigalfie1]

@coreylee_9 Hi

[UChicago Law School @UChicagoLaw]

We mourn the loss of Senior Lecturer Richard Allen Posner, a longtime #UChicagoLaw scholar, former federal appellate judge, and pioneer in the field of law and economics, who died on November 10.

Read more about his legacy: https://t.co/PhOaZWZIAN

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

NYT: John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Governor and Senator, Dies at 89

The rare Democrat in a fabled family of wealthy Republicans, he served 30 years as senator and helped bring health insurance to millions of low-income children.

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[Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈 @bigalfie1]

RT @Scott_Wiener: Thank you, San Francisco. I’m deeply grateful for the trust voters have placed in me, and I’m ready to get to work for yo…

[Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈 @bigalfie1]

@DecisionDeskHQ @chucktodd @ChrisCillizza @geoffreyvs Are you just ignoring the YouTube feed????

[J. Miles Coleman @JMilesColeman]

CRYSTAL BALL: Final 2026 ratings

SENATE: 53 at least Leans D, 47 at least Leans R (D+6)

GOVERNORS: 28 at least Leans D, 22 at least Leans R (D+4)

HOUSE: 239 at least Leans D, 196 at least Leans R (D+24)

Details from @kkondik and me here:
https://t.co/G6EwkFSiUe

[The Venerable Jeff of Bingen @petrolemulsion]

Patrick Stewart as gay opera director Alistair Burke in one of my favourite scenes in Frasier. Rest in Peace

[Jonathan Chait @jonathanchait]

Jason Turkish is calling El-Sayed an anti-Semite. I don't think he is. I do think he's unwilling to take on anti-Semites because they're part of his base. Whether that is sufficient reason to oppose him is a different (and hard) question. https://t.co/TBokw5MdUN?

[The Hill @thehill]

Alaska’s GOP-led government asks court to block DOJ Senate race certification lawsuit

https://t.co/kWGMxeF9SV

[André Carson @RepAndreCarson]

Out of 92 counties in Indiana, Trump’s DOJ has chosen 2 counties with the largest populations of Democratic voters and Black and Hispanic voters to subject to “election monitoring.”

It’s no coincidence. It’s also no coincidence that it comes just weeks before an election, when Trump has record low poll numbers. It follows multiple, illegal attempts to change election procedures for his benefit, from a president who still maintains the 2020 election was stolen.

Our elections in Marion County are still run by the clerk, who is elected by Marion County voters.

I’m urging everyone to vote as soon as possible. You can vote early at the City-County Building now or at additional locations starting this weekend, which can be found at https://t.co/AKy1sSrItt.

There are so many threats to our right to vote because of how powerful our vote is. Make your voice heard. Vote now.

[Sen. Lisa Murkowski @lisamurkowski]

Alaskans don’t need any help voting for their preferred candidates, and the State of Alaska has already handled this by clearly distinguishing the candidates on this year’s ballot. The Department of Justice should never have filed this lawsuit.

https://t.co/88tGvV0P8O

[Rick Hasen @rickhasen]

#ELB: Citing preamble to NVRA, DOJ sues to enjoin certification of Alaska’s Senate race (it won’t go anywhere) https://t.co/L0yszA6Mx4

[Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh]

Vivek Ramaswamy is not fit to lead. Watch our new ad.

[sheeva @sheevasmells]

this new bar in hell’s kitchen literally looks like a looney tunes trap for gay people

[For Our Futures @foronionfutures]

University of Chicago Students to Protest at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Demand End to Federal Ban on Onion Futures
Student-led group For Our Futures will rally Monday morning to call for repeal of the 1958 Onion Futures Act

On Monday, October 19, at 8:30 a.m., members of For Our Futures, a student-led organization from @UChicago, will gather outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (@CMEGroup) headquarters to demand the repeal of the Onion Futures Act of 1958, a nearly 70-year-old federal law prohibiting futures trading in onions.

The Onion Futures Act, enacted following allegations of market manipulation in the 1950s, singled out onions for a prohibition on futures contracts that remains in effect today. For Our Futures is calling on Congress to repeal the ban and restore the ability of onion growers, buyers, and traders to participate in a regulated futures market. Onions remain the only commodity banned from futures trading in the United States.

The protest will feature a giant inflatable onion costume, protest signs, and dozens of students, and will take place outside the headquarters of CME Group, one of the world's largest derivatives marketplaces and the historic center of American onion futures trading.

DM for details

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[Barstool Ball State @BarstoolBallSt]

Hey, at least one Indiana football team beat an Ohio football team today 🤷‍♂️

[Greg Giroux @greggiroux]

US Supreme Court order on Missouri: "In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map—not the 2025 map—must be used in the 2026 congressional election."

https://t.co/wtlt86Ahe1

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Dolly Parton’s manager requested a restraining order against her nephew, accusing him of intimidation and extortion. https://t.co/A7RrjPJjJL

[Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈 @bigalfie1]

@TMZ https://t.co/YiQDHRrZxQ

[Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈 @bigalfie1]

Zoning boards come for us all. I say that has someone who has served on a zoning board, served as counsel to zoning boards, and represented clients before zoning boards

[Allen F. W. 🏳️‍🌈 @bigalfie1]

Zoning boards come for us all. I say that has someone who has served on a zoning board, served as counsel to zoning boards, and represented clients before zoning boards

[TMZ @TMZ]

😬 Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce's building plans for Ohio mansion rejected.

Read more: https://t.co/IMJilBAYly