Extremely weird for Kelly's campaign to put rabid right wing blog Chicago Contrarian on her endorsements page - one week ago they ran a piece about policing on the CTA with the subhed "the legacy of Jesse Jackson makes all of us less safe" - and weirder still that they actually link out to it.
Fun page to keep tabs on for days like today: NOAA has a river gauge *in the Deep Tunnel* so you can see how full it currently is. (NOAA claims combined sewer overflow events start to happen once it's above -100 feet or so.) water.noaa.gov/gauges/MCCI2
Unsurprisingly, I prefer a map. And since our wastewater and stormwater systems are combined in Chicago... Once reservoir levels hit 75%, we're likely gonna get poop dumped into our river.
So stop doing laundry or dishes or taking showers on super rainy days!
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On March 5, state house Democrat’s political arm transferred $570,000 into Jaime Andrade’s campaign account.
That’s how scared they are of our people-powered movement.
Now is the time to join the movement: bit.ly/MiguelEvents (Linktree in bio)
I stand with @corli.thetriibe.com ❤️
After staffers at The TRiiBE unionized two weeks ago, one of their reporters was fired. The union believes she was terminated for union organizing, and are demanding that the member be reinstated and the union be voluntarily recognized.
very disappointed to see @thetriibe.com fired one of its staffers after they went public with their union campaign and has still not voluntarily recognized the union.
solidarity with @onetriibeunited.bsky.social ✊
I had the privilege of working alongside Corli a few years ago at City Bureau. Aside from being a joy to work with, she was also a tenacious reporter who always led with curiosity & an open mind. We need more reporters like her, especially now, and it’s disappointing @thetriibe.com doesn’t get that.
Corli Jay, The TRiiBE’s community investment reporter was terminated by TRiiBE leadership on March 9 alleging that she had broken nonexistent company ethics rules. We believe this is retaliation for organizing a union. One Triibe United demands the immediate reinstatement of our member and voluntary recognition of our union.
Corli Jay, The TRiiBE’s community investment reporter was terminated by TRiiBE leadership on March 9 alleging that she had broken nonexistent company ethics rules.
This is disappointing on the part of @thetriibe.com's leadership. Corli is an amazing reporter but frankly it wouldn't matter if she weren't.
Solidarity with @corli.thetriibe.com and all The TRiiBE staff who deserve their union and their jobs!
Simmons and Bushra are setting themselves up well for future races. Both are authentic and engaging, and the more people learn about them, the more they like them.
Some other candidates, not so much. #IL09
IL-09 POLL: In the 2nd @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social/PPP primary poll, Daniel Biss is unmoved at 24% and Kat Abughazaleh has jumped to 20%, narrowing the gap to 4%. Laura Fine falls to 14%, Mike Simmons up to 10%. Undecideds still sizable at 17%. Polled March 9-10, MOE 3.6%. See below for more!
I get why people want to vote for Kelly because of Gaza. I think its a mistake because she will not win.
Senator Stratton would be more likely to pivot on the issue than a Senator Krishnamoorthi. And Stratton is a lot better on every other topic.
The right move is to vote Stratton & pressure her
I was originally going to dunk on this suburban Chicago letter to the editor opposing Illinois' state-level zoning reforms, but this must surely be parody, right? www.dailyherald.com/20260309/let...
Democrats for the Illinois House is about to learn the same very expensive lesson we taught their senate counterparts in ISDF back in 2024
Illinois Democratic Party is terrified of having an independent progressive, like Miguel Alvelo Rivera, win. They just dropped another half mil on machine politician Jaime Andrade
This guy is going to be completely unaccountable to Illinois voters. Completely. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/r...
“O’Neill Burke in her statement pointed to a new protocol change she implemented last month that calls for the use of all available prosecutorial tools to support law enforcement investigations into the use of force by federal immigration officers.”
ICE killed Silverio Villegas González on Sept 12.
In #ILSen , it sounds like @julianastratton.bsky.social 's priority is #Illinois families while @congressmanraja.bsky.social @rajaforil.bsky.social 's priority is nat'l donors.
Support Juliana Stratton for Senate:
www.julianastratton.com
#twill @jbpritzker.bsky.social @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social
. @chicagotribune.com spoke w/almost a dozen former Krishnamoorthi staffers who described a nearly round-the-clock fundraising operation in which some workers burned out after only a few months.
My latest w/ @petrellareports.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/r...
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“‘The constituencies that support Modi are basically the constituencies that Krishnamoorthi is trying to sort of cultivate,’ said Rohit Chopra, a communication professor at Santa Clara University whose research focuses on the Hindu nationalist movement and far-right online communities.”
Please don't let Raja Krishnamoorthi win the Illinois Senate race
Sen. DeWitte op-ed laments end of "consensus" transit governance model in Chicago region. Yet, NITA Act requires (a) 12 votes (60%) w/2 votes from every 5-person voting bloc (Gov., Chicago, Cook Cty., Collar Ctys) or (b) 15 of 20 votes (80%) supermajorities. www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/comm...
There is currently a 30-degree temperature swing in the Metra service area (68° in Joliet, 38° in Kenosha)
Ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, 77, has been released to a halfway house in Chicago after serving about 5 months of his 18-month sentence in federal prison.
He's the first of the "ComEd Four" to be released.
background: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/j...
If Chicago does not turn out more than the rest of the state
(and balance out conservadem Chicago wards' early voting)
IL will get the neolib crypto DraftKings guy as Senator
so please go the extra mile to vote and encourage your people to
Two people got abducted five days ago. ICE activity is on the rise. They're just doing it quieter, that doesn't mean they're gone. You are just being useful idiots for the fascists in power with this nonsense.
???
1) March isn't even halfway over yet.
2) ICE activity has been trickling upward since last week, with more sightings yesterday and already this morning.
This story just didn't need to be published? Maybe they'll surge and maybe they won't, but reporters offer no insight one way or the other.
