Are we really living in a democracy when the richest man on earth can spend as much as he wants to elect his candidates?
The most important thing our nation can do is end Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.
Billionaires can’t be allowed to buy elections.
I've written around 28k words in 12 days. My brain is on fire, god, I forgot how good ADHD hyperfocus felt, there's definitely no way that this impossible to maintain pace could ever backfire on me -- we No Sleep Til Brooklyning this shit
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
“Quiet Chicago neighborhoods are being treated like war zones.”
A Republican jumped in to say, “It’s not like a war zone.”
And you know what… they’re right.
Because using tear gas in an actual war zone is considered a war crime.
Yet, here it is, deployed on peaceful Chicago streets.
New video appears to show Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino lobbing a can of tear gas into a crowd of protesters, but DHS says agents acted 'in full accordance with CBP policy' during a clash in Little Village on Thursday.
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I still peellk in on X every once in a while for news updates and, wow. This place is filled with the dumbest, most mean-spirited motherfuckers on the planet. Truly embarrassing how comfortable these maroons are just exposing their entire ass on the internet.
HAPPENING TODAY: Brave Space Alliance holding Dignity Dash, a trans-focused 5K race, along Chicago’s lakefront this morning.
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