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So much respect for this! Talking about this creates the space for others to talk about their struggles. We also need universal healthcare so that everyone can put their health first!
Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't.
But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives. people.com/illinois-gov-jb-p…
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Today, I, along with @daniellaspata.bsky.social and an overwhelming number of our colleagues, introduced the expansion of the Smart Streets pilot! When this passes, the map with be citywide, and it will be an ongoing program, not a pilot!
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Today I stood with Latino leaders demanding that State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke meet with them and act.
Enough excuses. The survivors and families of the dead, wounded and traumatized deserve accountability.
We will not go away.
Latino leaders have spent months demanding a meeting and action from Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke. Today, Lori Lightfoot stood with them.
“Stop with the excuses, stop with the smokescreen.”
Victims deserve accountability.
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If you've driven past Western & Argyle lately, you might have spotted a new crossing guard: @40thforward
My latest for @BlockClubCHI blockclubchicago.org/2026/09…
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Always fun when perceived clout gets blamed when the real problem is the Health Department’s decades long hostility to new/different food service concepts and the City’s decades long and generally unhinged over the top need to regulate everything on sidewalks…except Divvys.
NEW: Chicago Magazine just published a deep-dive into how the city is killing food carts.
It is illegal to run a Chicago-style hot dog cart in Chicago. Because it’s illegal to prep food on a licensed cart.
That’s why out of an estimated 3,000 food cart vendors in Chicago, just 12 are licensed.
“We’ve had a merchant culture in the past, like Maxwell Street. [But] the current status quo is a de facto ban,” I told Ed McClelland.
“We have a political culture that emphasizes who you know, and food cart vendors are at the bottom of the economic ladder.”
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When will these alders form the Bike Grid Caucus? Fun photo from Chicago Bike PAC's Campaign Trail Party with Manaa-Hoppenworth, La Spata, Vasquez, Martin, Quezada and Ramirez by SBC contributor James Porter.
Background:
chi.streetsblog.org/2026/09/… @the48thward @AnthonyJQuezada
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Democratic Socialists are winning big across America. Are they losing ground in Chicago? buff.ly/Y4BqTI9
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Happy Labor Day, Illinois!
Whether you are a teacher, nurse, tradesperson, first responder, or public employee, I’m proud to celebrate the workers who keep our state moving. Thank you for all that you do.
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Pritzker on prosecutors (Cook County State’s Attorney especially) and ICE: “I’m frustrated that there have not been attempts at prosecution...Now they get to choose what laws they enforce. And to me, though, these were obvious. These were violent crimes that were being committed”
Looking back at Operation Midway Blitz, one year later, and how a changed Chicago forges on. “How do we heal?” is a question for thousands of families and their neighbors. Give our story a read. With @_andrewcarter @LAURA_N_ROD and CK. @chicagotribune
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When I worked at @TowerRecords on Wabash/Adams in high school, we’d blast Low End Theory across all four floors of the store.
Other fun facts:
1. This location is now in the 34th Ward
2. Worked there with @40thforward Andre Vasquez
There are plenty of great albums for testing speakers, but “Low End Theory” is always the perfect choice.
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Monday will be Chicago Board of Ethics director Steve Berlin’s last day. He’s retiring on his 33rd work anniversary.
Below is a photo of the highest I’ve seen his eyebrows go, courtesy of another City Hall veteran/concerned citizen in the background!
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Illinois was the first state to establish a state-sponsored Accountability Commission to preserve a public record of ICE and CBP attacks — so we can pursue true justice and people can get their day in court.
Marimar Martinez deserves that very opportunity.chicago.suntimes.com/immigra…
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Hunter Biden: “I’m a Zohran Mamdani Democrat. 69% approval rating. You know why? He made some promises and he’s kept them. He’s shown there is competence to his conviction. The crime rate in New York is an all time low. They balanced the budget for the first time since Mike Bloomberg, 16 years in a 9 month period of time. He said he was gonna open up co-op grocery stores, he’s opening up five of them”
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The right-wing fallacious argument posed 25 yrs ago by a libertarian & a republican lobbyist-
My getting radical ideas out w to help build a communist mvmnt, thru capitalist apparatus, is hypocritical-
is now taken up by a few supposed left online ppl against me.
Boots Riley defending communism on _Politically Incorrect_ back in the day while Bill Maher is smug as fuck and stupid as always. nitter.net/petercoffin/status/102…
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It’s hard to prove that an administration didn’t execute on selling debt to collectors if no collectors are interested in buying it, colleagues.
It’s not exactly a secret that a whole city is looking to sell its debt to collectors.
Debt collectors aren’t exactly subtle.
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We're on the front page of the @chicagotribune! It's time to reject corporate influence and to get ICE out of Chicago elections.
Has your alder committed to reject campaign donations from companies that profit from ICE? Check at iceoutchicago.org.
chicagotribune.com/2026/08/1…
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Following weeks of severe and record-breaking weather across Illinois, I'm issuing a state disaster proclamation to make additional resources and personnel available to help local response efforts.
I remain committed to ensuring those impacted get the assistance they need.
ALT Governor Pritzker today issued a state disaster proclamation following weeks of severe and record-breaking weather across Illinois resulting in widespread damage from torrential downpours, flash flooding, straight-line winds and several tornadoes – leading the nation with approximately 204 tornadoes verified by the National Weather Service (NWS) already this year.
ALT Governor Pritzker today issued a state disaster proclamation following weeks of severe and record-breaking weather across Illinois resulting in widespread damage from torrential downpours, flash flooding, straight-line winds and several tornadoes – leading the nation with approximately 204 tornadoes verified by the National Weather Service (NWS) already this year.
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These people below are so tediously dumb.
“Your State totally screwed it up by not throwing buckets of taxpayer cash in property and sales tax credits at a team while the team’s 20% owner built a whole beautiful freaking stadium for Northwestern out of his own pocket!” #FixedIt
People can be pissed but the Bears bought a site and wanted to be in Illinois but your state totally screwed it up. All they were asking for was some tax certainty and infrastructure that will have to happen for anything that goes there.
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Illinois is #1 for soybean production in the US.
Our soybeans support industries, feed supply chains, and connect our farms to families and businesses across the world, including in Indonesia.
Diversifying our markets and strengthening our partnerships is a win-win for farmers.
A new agreement between Illinois and Indonesia will help increase markets for Illinois soybeans, support business growth, and expand partnerships in higher education and workforce development. 🌎🤝🌱
Learn more: bit.ly/4z5j8S0
ALT Image of soybean field with text: Illinois Signs Agreement with Indonesia.
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