Valerie

Likewise! If you're in Illinois, vote for @julianastratton.bsky.social in the Dem primary for senator

We don’t need talkers right now. We need fighters.

And no matter how many times they knock me down, I’ll get back up and fight with you. Every. Single. Time.

I’ve seen enough. It’s time to shut the humanity experiment down. Good luck to the cockroaches who inherit our irradiated remains.

Graphic carousel announcing that early voting locations are open across IL-09! Copy reads: DID YOU KNOW EARLY VOTING IS OPEN* *ACROSS ILLINOIS' NINTH DISTRICT POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS ON NEXT SLIDE!

Graphic carousel announcing that early voting locations are open across IL-09! Copy reads: ACROSS ILLINOIS' NINTH DISTRICT EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS ARE OPEN! SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY: • Glenview Village Hall - 2500 E Lake Ave, Glenview, IL 60026 • Village of Niles Municipal Building - 1000 Civic Center Dr, Niles, IL 60714 • American Legion Memorial Civic Center -6140 Dempster St, Morton Grove, IL 60053 • Skokie Courthouse - 5600 Old Orchard Rd, Skokie, IL 60077 • Community Recreation Center - 3000 Glenview Ra, Wilmette, IL 60091 • Oakton College, Skokie Campus - 7701 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 • Robert Crown Community Center - 1801 Main St #2, Evanston, IL 60202 • Rolling Meadows Courthouse - 2121 Euclid Ave, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 • Arlington Heights Village Hall - 33 S Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 • Mount Prospect Village Hall - 50 S Emerson St, Mt Prospect, IL 60056 • Des Plaines Public Library - 1501 Ellinwood St, Des Plaines, IL 60016 • Northbrook Village Hall - 1225 Cedar Ln, Northbrook, IL 60062 • Park Ridge City Hall -505 Butler Pl, Park Ridge, IL 60068 MCHENRY COUNTY: • Algonquin Library - 2600 Harnish Dr, Algonquin, IL 60102 • Lake in the Hills Town Hall - 600 Harvest Gate Rd, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 • Crystal Lake Public Library - 126 W Paddock St, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 • Cary Park District Community Center- 255 Briargate Rd, Cary, IL 60013

Graphic carousel announcing that early voting locations are open across IL-09! Copy reads: ACROSS ILLINOIS' NINTH DISTRICT EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS ARE OPEN! CHICAGO • Willye B. White Park - 1610 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626 • Northtown Library - 6800 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60645 • Broadway Armory Park - 5917 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660 • Harry S Truman College - 1145 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 • Roden Library-6083 N Northwest Hwy, Chicago, IL 60631 • Budlong Library-5630 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60659 • Welles Park- 2333 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 • Lincoln Park Library - 1150 W Fulerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 LAKE COUNTY • Lake Barrington Village Hall - 23860 N Old Barrington Rd, Lake Barrington, IL 60010 • Wauconda Township Office - 505 W Bonner Rd, Wauconda, IL 60084 • Vehe Barn - 23680 W Cuba Rd, Deer Park, IL 60010 • Fremont Township Food Pantry - 22385 IL-60, Mundelein, IL 60060 • Diamond Lake Beach - 1016 N Diamond Lake Rd, Mundelein, IL 60060 REMINDER: MARCH 17TH ISN'T THE FIRST DAY TO VOTE, IT'S THE LAST.

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EARLY VOTING OPENED UP TODAY ACROSS IL-09!

Do you have a plan to vote yet? You can vote at any early voting location in the county you’re registered in.

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The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

Wow.

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

2026 has taken Catherine O’Hara and now I have to fight it in the street.

“Screenshot of a promoted Reddit post by u/AYAGDOS. The post reads: ‘Navigating gender dysphoria? Join our confidential, cross-country study of 18–25 year olds to tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.’ Below is a banner graphic with the Northwestern University logo and the text ‘TRANS OR GENDERQUEER? SHARE YOUR STORY.’ The image shows a close-up of a hand with light pink nail polish, partially painted blue, held up against a blurred background. A link to ayagdos.org and a ‘Learn More’ button appear at the bottom, along with Reddit vote and share icons.”

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

No, *you’re* crying over a mighty wind clip

Greg Ketter of Dreamhaven Books. Respect and shared fury.

Chunks of ice float in Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach as temperatures plummet in the Chicago area with windchills at around -30 degrees, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Sea smoke emits Lake Michigan as chunks of ice float along the waters surface at North Avenue Beach, as temperatures plummet in the Chicago area with windchills at around -30 degrees, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man looks over into Lake Michigan from the North Avenue Beach Pier as temperatures plummet in the Chicago area with windchills at around -30 degrees, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A woman gingerly walks along a sheet of ice coating the North Avenue Beach Pier as temperatures plummet in the Chicago area with windchills at around -30 degrees, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Well I felt all that -27 degrees getting these images this morning. Stay warm Chicago!

@democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.org - Freakin Bill Kristol keeps saying ABOLISH ICE -- why are you afraid to say it? #AbolishICE

hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.

Good morning. What a deeply embarrassing day to be a US citizen, on so many levels.

If it weren’t real life, “You didn’t give me a peace prize so now I’m declaring war on you” would be hilarious

this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke

just increasingly obvious that everything online Dems got excited about in casting Newsom as a “fighter” was simply the skilled efforts of a comms team who knows exactly what online Dems will fall for, while the man himself has a spine made of absolute tapioca pudding

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We're looking for people to join in, all fandom welcome. See below.

#ourflagmeansdeath #ofmd #ourflagmeansaid

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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

I signed up for the presale and it said I was already registered, but I never got a presale email. Wish I’d had a chance at the presale. 😞

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I know, right?

This Thanksgiving remember the cranberry sauce, but forget the Marijuana. Terry was convinced to take a "toke" of a joint with his friend "just to relax". Immediately after, Terry killed his friend who had given him the marijuana in a murderous craze. Not so safe, is it? Marijuana. Not Even Once. Ad Council

remember, folks,

Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.

It's good that public sentiment flipped as soon as people saw the consequences of the things they thought they wanted, but we have a serious problem if we're going to keep cycling through this process forever.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Yep.