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federal judges locking people up pre-trial to make a point is unconstitutional

 " Chief federal judge in DC scorches Capitol riot suspects and keeps man who was in Pelosi's office in jail " Pre-trial incarceration is for people who are flight risks & a clear danger. Holding people based on their politics is fucked-up & unconstitutional.

Paging the people outraged Jussie Smollett filed a false police report

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the Democratic Party has a racism problem

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 Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) announced she would resign from her seat in the Illinois Senate today (January 19, 2021). The district is mostly in Chicago with a small piece of Evanston. In accordance with Illinois law, the Democratic Party committee persons from that state senate district will convene and cast a weighted vote for Steans' replacement. Alex Nitkin did the work to calculate the weighted vote of each Democratic Party committee person. Summarized: Ward/township Committee Person Percentage of vote in Legislative District 7 48 Harry Osterman 27.00% 40 Maggie O'Keefe 23.20% 49 Kelly Cassidy 22% 47 Paul Rosenfeld 14.50% 46 Sean Tenner 10.30% Evanston Eamon Kelly 1.60% Ram Villivalam 0.80% 50 Deb Silverstein 0.40% 33 Iris Martinez 0.30% Now I'm going to include the demographics of the district : Illinois Senate districts are two adjacent House districts. To combine those numbers: District Total population White VAP % Black VAP % Asian VAP% Hispanic VAP% 7 217,468

"Armed protests" are threats, not protests

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Sun-Times does bad journalism on behalf of the Mayor

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The media is much more likely to report on crimes that get reported to the police. OK, that makes sense. But "during remote learning" is an inappropriate thing thing to emphasize in a headline unless the remote learning somehow led to the crime. Of course, the larger context is that Mayor Lightfoot is feuding with Chicago Teachers Union about classroom instruction vs. remote learning. And Chicago Sun-Times, like it did in the 2015 election, is largely the mouthpiece for the Mayor of Chicago. In the month before the Chuy vs. Rahm runoff, the front page of the CST might as well been designed by the Emanuel campaign (on many days). Yeah, I remember. Common sense says that sexual assault of Chicago Public Schools students by non-family members is way lower with remote learning than with students going to school where they can be sexually assaulted in transit, at school or after school. Emphasizing a single sexual assault during remote learning without providing context that remot

Clarifying Amendment 25

The portion of Amendment 25 that would pertain to removing Donald Trump as President is Section 4, which begins: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Things that Congress should legislate: 1. The "principal officers" (for the purposes of Amendment 25) shall be designated on the White House website. Also, there should be verbiage added to the oath of office for these officers that acknowledges this specific responsibility.  2. The Amendment 25 duties stay with the individual until a successor is *confirmed* by the US Senate. 2a. The President can't limi

Trump did something unethical & illegal?

Whoa. I'll bet he's worried about being... Nobody powerful is held accountable. That's the fucking society we live in.

Who is for and who is against taking a recorded vote on Medicare For All

If forcing a vote in the US House on Medicare For All was good for the establishment and bad for the Left, then Speaker Pelosi would hold the vote. I fully support being suspicious of Nick Brana of the People's Party. But just because Nick Brana is suspect doesn't mean taking a recorded vote on Medicare For All is a bad thing.

Out-fucking-standing

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