#chicago politics

[copperbadge]

Hey Chicagoans, I don’t know about you all but I got two issues of the “Chicago City Wire” in the mail today and it was a little bonkers how I could smell the conservative psyop wafting off it.

Just so ya know, if you got an issue of a newspaper-looking type thing calling itself the Chicago City Wire, it’s conservative propaganda headed by some tool named Bradley Cameron. I recommend lining the litterbox with it. 

#chicago #south loop #chicago politics

[iowadream]

The most fucking frustrating thing about this most recent round of migrant crisis political decisions in chicago is that the solution to the crisis is so fucking obvious, and yet the current "progressive" mayoral administration seems to obtusely be considering only the most expensive, abusive, and dehumanizing solutions. The Chicago Housing Authority still owns much of the land that SO MANY now demolished housing projects once were on, such as Cabrini-Green, Ida B. Wells, and Robert Taylor Homes. Most of that land is currently empty lots that the city CANNOT SELL without attracting tons of political ire, because with a lot of these housing projects, the city HAS MADE PROMISES to rebuild them.

By rebuilding these housing projects on land that LITERALLY ISN'T BEING USED FOR ANYTHING, the Johnson administration has a golden opportunity to do the extremely popular tasks of both tackling the migrant and homelessness crises in one fell swoop. Do whatever temporary housing measures necessary to house people until the construction is complete. Do all the construction admin shit in-house; fuck public-private partnerships, fuck mixed-income housing, that shit is stupid expensive for no reason. But NO, instead we get fucking TENT VILLAGES managed by private security firms with ties to war crimes in syria and 60-day limits before you get evicted from shelters

#chicago politics #this city was literally built to house half a million more people than it currently does. start fucking acting like it

[girls-room]

Abortion Pills For All!, April 2023. 

Banner drop to support abortion pills in Chicago, Illinois. In the United States, the Supreme Court has blocked a 5th Circuit Court ruling to ban or limit mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions, which make up over half of abortions in the United States. 

In the case of abortion pills being outlawed, learn more advanced provision here - this way, people can get this necessarily medication prior to pregnancy. 

Photo credits: @Videstellae on Twitter 

#Chicago politics #abortion #mifepristone #SCOTUS #advanced provision #pro-choice #Chicago #activism #organizing #banner drop #cars #photography

[gudamor]

Effort to Crack Down on New Dollar Stores in Chicago Advances | Chicago News | WTTW

to ensure they don’t become magnets for trash and criminal activity, according to the proposed regulations.

Can't have any crime if you prevent stores from opening 🧠

The regulations also give city officials more authority to shut down stores that violate city rules. Any store found to have caused a nuisance, as defined by the Chicago Police Department and the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, twice in 12 months, can have its license revoked, according to the proposed regulations

You don't have to be psychic to see how this could be misused

#chicago #illinois #dollar tree #Family dollar #Chicago politics

[mysharona1987]

They have turned the Palestinians into actual Guinea pigs for the military industrial complex.

We will see the robots and miserable remote controlled dogs at the next big BLM protest on American soil soon enough.

#free palestine #blm #robots #woc #news #democrats #republicans #politics #poc #women of color #black lives matter #ai #israel #capitalism #palestine #military #chicago #Pets

[animentality]

#twitter #mrs doubtfire #drag #drag queens #drag kings #tennessee #hairspray #chicago #us politics #lgbt #transgender

[reasonsforhope]

It was a really, really good political news day today in the US (4/4/23)

For anyone who hasn't heard, not only did Trump get arrested, but also:

-We found out that the legal case against him in this prosecution (stormy daniels hush money case) is SIGNIFICANTLY stronger than people had speculated. Like, wow do they have receipts.

-In fact, the evidence was so entirely there that the new question on prime time news (well, at least on msnbc lol) is "Hey, why didn't the federal courts prosecute him for this already???)

-Trump FAILED UTTERLY in his attempts to rally mass protests and demands for "death and destruction" if he was arrested. There was no violence at the arrest at all, and as for Trump supporters? They failed to show up in any kind of numbers--reportedly only about a hundred people were protesting the arrest

-We (aka Judge Janet Protasiewicz) WON what is widely considered to be the most consequential election of 2023, a Wisconsin state supreme court election that handed control of the state supreme court to the left

-Because of that election win, it is now extremely likely that abortion will be legal in Wisconsin, and that Wisconsin won't be able to throw out electors in the 2024 presidential election

-ALSO bc of this, Wisconsin, the most gerrymandered state in the country, will probably get nonpartisan, accurate maps, which COULD FLIP THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in 2024

-In Chicago, Brandon Johnson, union organizer and former teacher, won the election for mayor, in a decisive win progressives, esp for meaningful criminal justice reform and investment in mental health (whereas the other guy was campaigning on hiring hundreds of new cops and being super tough on crime)

#united states #us politics #wisconsin #supreme court #criminal justice reform #progressive politics #democrats #VOTING MATTERS #brandon johnson #janet protasiewicz #state supreme court #elections #gerrymandering #chicago #illinois #mayor #donald trump #trump indictment #trump arrest #alvin bragg #grand jury #manhattan #stormy daniels #good news #hope

[marzeydoze]

One of my alder candidates has his ads on here........ feels illegal

#chicago politics #quote me on that

[freshupdates]

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will lose reelection bid

2023 Chicago Mayoral Elections Chicago has a long history of mayoral elections, dating back to 1837 when William B. Ogden was elected as the city’s first mayor. Since then, there have been many notable mayors, including Richard J. Daley, who served for 21 years and is credited with transforming Chicago into a major economic and cultural center. Other notable mayors include Harold Washington, the…

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[semioticapocalypse]

Pro-pornography protestors on South State Street. Chicago. 1974

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[thekeypa]

“The genocide and the occupation must end now. We cannot support an authoritarian who just today, clearly stated Palestine should not exist. We must stop the support for Netanyahu.”

#marie newman #chicago #free palestine #palestine #politics #world news #israel #news #human rights #jerusalem #west bank #gaza

[copperbadge]

Do you have any insight to the Chicago mayoral election?

I...wouldn't say insight. I mean, I obviously am aware of it and did a bit of research because I voted in it, but I don't have any information one can't get from the news coverage or candidate websites. I'm glad Lightfoot's out, partly because she was super pro-police, partly because she was so popular as a meme during COVID that I had to have a lot of conversations about "Yes it's very funny but she's not, like, a good person, you know that, right?" with non-Chicagoans.

I voted for Johnson in the election and I'll be voting for him again; I do think that the last thing we need is someone whose entire identity seems to be "tough on crime" in office, particularly a white guy who really loves cops, so I'm hoping Johnson devastates Vallas in the runoff. Believe it or not, Chicago has bigger issues to deal with than crime, and none of them including high crime rates are going to be solved with more cops.

So yeah, I wouldn't say insight, but I know who I'm supporting. If you do want a peek into real hardcore local Chicago politics, the Girl, I Guess guide is a great way to start. I don't agree with Skora about everything, but she's very solidly knowledgeable and pretty accessible in presenting that knowledge.

#chicago #girl i guess #chicago politics

[iowadream]

also i've crunched the numbers in the past. the amount of money that chicago is spending on the GardaWorld contract could literally be used to rent out 1-2 bedrooms around cook county for every single migrant family and still have enough money left over for a stipend for each family. These are people who have enough wherewithal to abandon everything they've ever known and coordinate migration to a brand new continent (in most cases, that is. most of the immigrants are venezuelans). all they really need is a house, a job, and minimal integration support (night classes to learn english, social services to help them navigate the bureaucracy that makes up every day life in america, etc)

#chicago politics

[garadinervi]

Women's Graphics Collective, Abortion is a personal decision not a legal debate, Chicago, IL, 1969-1970s [Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG), Culver City, CA]. Plus: Posters designed by the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) / at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA. Plus: Chicago Women's Graphics Collective by Estelle Carol, Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) Herstory Project. Plus: The Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective: A Memoir by Estelle Carol, «Feminist Studies», Vol. 44, No. 1 (2018), pp. 104-124. Plus: Interview with Estelle Carol, co-founder of the Chicago Women’s Graphics Collective, Never The Same, 2012

(Near complete) list of CWGC members reconstructed by the Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) Herstory Project:

First group (1970-1975)

Estelle Carol Leslie Nevraumont Barbara Carrillo Barbara Morgan Shirley Blumenthal Barbara Bejna Tibby Lerner Wendy Garber Jeanne (Susan Galatzer) Galatzer-Levy Nancy Boothe Cynthia Staples Elena

Second Group (1975-1979)

Jane Trish Merri Furlong Cedar (Janet) Kindy Karen Dodson Helen Factor Julie Zolot

Third Group (1978-1983)

Jan Contento Cathy Joritz Marcia Grubb Jan Wills

– (source: Never The Same)

#graphic design #typography #poster #interview #journal #women's graphics collective #chicago women's liberation union #estelle carol #chicago women's liberation union herstory project #feminist studies #center for the study of political graphics #oakland museum of california #never the same #1960s #1970s #2010s

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.

The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in 2021, accusing officers of allowing for a dangerous situation that violated his son's constitutional rights and resulted in his death. Anthony Huber's father, John Huber, also alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, conspired with law enforcement to cause harm to protestors. John Huber is seeking unspecified damages from city officials, officers and Rittenhouse.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman on Wednesday dismissed motions filed by Rittenhouse and the government defendants seeking to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit.

In allowing the case against Rittenhouse and the others to proceed, the judge said that Anthony Huber's death "could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants."

Rittenhouse attorney Shane Martin said in a phone interview that it's important to note the ruling doesn't address the merits of the case, it only allows it to proceed to the next phase.

"While we respect the judge's decision, we do not believe there is any evidence of a conspiracy and we are confident, just as a Kenosha jury found, Kyle's actions that evening were not wrongful and were undertaken in self defense," Martin said.

Attorneys and private investigators for John Huber spent over 100 hours trying to locate Rittenhouse, tracking down addresses in seven states before they found the home of his mother and sister in Florida. The lawsuit was served on Rittenhouse's sister, who said that he wasn't home. Adelman said that was sufficient to qualify as being served.

Rittenhouse had argued that the case against him should be dismissed because he wasn't properly served with the lawsuit. Adelman dismissed that, saying that Rittenhouse "is almost certainly evading service."

"Rittenhouse has been deliberately cagey about his whereabouts," Adelman wrote. "Although he denies living in Florida, he does not identify the place that he deems to be his residence."

Attorneys for the law enforcement and government officials being sued did not immediately return emailed messages seeking comment.

The ruling puts Anthony Huber's family "one step closer to justice for their son's needless death," said Anand Swaminathan, one of the attorneys for parents John Huber and Karen Bloom.

"The Kenosha officials that created a powder keg situation by their actions tried to claim that they cannot be held accountable for their unconstitutional conduct; that argument was soundly rejected today," Swaminathan said in a statement.

Rittenhouse was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering for killing Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounding a third person with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in the summer of 2020 during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in November 2021 after testifying he acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse's actions became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.

Rittenhouse went to Kenosha from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, after businesses were ransacked and burned in the nights that followed Blake's shooting. He joined other armed civilians on the streets, carrying a weapon authorities said was illegally purchased for him because he was underage.

Rittenhouse first killed Rosenbaum, 36, in the parking lot of an auto dealership and as Rittenhouse ran from the scene he stumbled and fell. Anthony Huber, 26, struck Rittenhouse with his skateboard and tried to disarm him. Rittenhouse fell to the ground and shot Anthony Huber to death and wounded demonstrator Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.

This case is one of several ongoing civil lawsuits filed in the wake of the shootings. Grosskreutz last year filed a similar lawsuit against Rittenhouse.

Rittenhouse has maintained a high public profile, particularly on social media, where he is an outspoken advocate for gun rights. He has nearly 1 million followers on Twitter and has spoken at conservative gatherings.

#us politics #news #abc news #abc 7 Chicago #ap news #2023 #kyle rittenhouse #kenosha #kenosha protests #gun violence #gun rights #vigilantism #racial injustice #2020 protests #Wisconsin #Anthony Huber #Anand Swaminathan #John Huber #Shane Martin #Judge Lynn Adelman #wrongful death lawsuit

[mysharona1987]

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