Growing Up Chi

16/09/2024

They'll ask you for4 money but just "x" out of that and then look your state up. Make sure y90u know your state's deadline for voter registration.

If you have any questions, please DM me. If I don't have an answer, someone who does is probably sitting right next to me.

Voter registration deadlines for all 50 states. Register now so you can vote in the next election.

16/09/2024

Out of the mouths of babes:

22/08/2024

But they aren't weird at ALL, right?!?

21/08/2024

If, "Stop lying about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you." were people:

21/08/2024

Did she say the AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH?!?!

20/08/2024

And NOW you see why he thought he could still win. I think he did the right thing but DAMN!!! That's some FIRE right now!!!

20/08/2024

WOW!!! This is absolutely AMAZING!!!

KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE!!!!

16/08/2024

He drove drunk 30 years ago.
He pleaded guilty.
Walz reported the incident to his principal.
Resigned from his coaching position and offered to quit his teaching job.
The principal talked him into staying on as a teacher.
Walz told his students about what happens if one gets caught for drinking and driving.
He stopped drinking.
He taught thousands of kids.
As governor he helped millions more.

30 years ago Tim Walz did something stupid. Nobody was hurt and nothing was damaged.

SO. FU***NG. WHAT.

15/08/2024

My Chicago friends,

In just a few days our beautiful city is going to host an historic event. If you are planning to take part, please have a great time. If you are planning to protest peacefully, please keep it peaceful. In any event there will be bad actors out there so if you see something, SAY something.

Don't wait.
Don't second guess yourself.
DO NOT try to go and see if you are right.
DO NOT walk up to anyone and ask anything.
Keep it moving.
Pick up the phone and call.
Tell them exactly what you saw.
Tell them exactly where you were when you saw it.

Safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility...Intervening is NOT yours. As the old folks would say, "You better call somebody."

07/07/2024

The good thing about stumbling is the surprise of just who reaches out to help you up.

04/07/2024

Today is like their January 6th.

04/07/2024

Now my brain would like to p**s most of you off. Please keep in mind that I do my best to control the parts of my brain that enjoy p**sing people off. This has been an ongoing fight since my very first day of school. Most times I win but every once in a while....okay more than that but now and then the brain wins so here it is:

The fact of the matter is that there is an argument to be made that The Court has been overstepping for Decades. Forget about abortion or voting rights or racism for a moment. Consider two simple things Miranda and the Exclusionary Rule.

If you don't know about Miranda Rights then get off your parent's Facebook account and go back to bed, please. For those of you unfamiliar with the Exclusionary Rule, it goes like this:

The Constitution doesn't say ANYTHING AT ALL about excluding evidence because it was obtained illegally. Wait, hang on. I'm not saying...I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF USING ILLEGALLY OBTAI..would you PLEASE!!! (Sigh)

The Fourth Amendment exists because the framers of The Constitution had just fought a war against people who regularly and unjustly violated their privacies. The Fourth Amendment was meant to codify the idea that one will be secure in their possessions and property in this country absent REASONABLE suspicion (and in many cases a warrant).

But words on a page without oversight of ex*****on mean NOTHING. From the year the Constitution was ratified (1789) until 1914, The Court did NOTHING about the wanton violation of The Fourth Amendment. The Judicial Branch WAITED for its siblings to DO THEIR JOBS.

That means that for 125 years, American citizens had a hollow Fourth Amendment Right. Then Weeks v United States came along and The Court had seen enough. It stepped in. Since that ruling millions of Americans have been protected not by legislation but by judicial precedent.

Look I think it's right that The Fourth Amendment be upheld and that citizens of The United States of America be protected from unreasonable search and seizure by the police. But should that be the job of The Court or should we DEMAND that our elected officials get off their "...you know, you know whats..." (You either saw the speech or you didn't) and author legislation that protects the very basic ideals of freedom and Democracy?

Do I like this Court's rulings on matters of body autonomy and Presidential immunity and a lot of other stuff? No. But what if the message behind these rulings isn't "We don't care about the Republic." ? What if the message, the subtext of all of this is, "Things will always be this fragile until the centrists work together to elect a Congress that will write legislation to sustain and strengthen the forces of liberty, inclusivity and freedom." ?

I'm not saying that's what The Court is saying. I'm saying what IF all they're saying is, "Yeah, those are nice freedoms you have there but WE weren't supposed to be giving them to you...The Congress IS."

I'm just thinkin'

04/07/2024

Can you imagine what would have happened if there were another Trumper on The Court?

Elections have consequences.

Vote for Joe!!

27/06/2024

This year I am asking folks to look for part time work in Progressive political organizations. You don't have to volunteer, you can get paid for your time but PLEASE try to help. This year we are up against some real grassroots PAID conservative boots on the ground in places like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania,Ohio, Georgia and more.

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16/06/2024

Happy Father's Day to all the non-idiots out there!!

15/06/2024

14/06/2024

If you are facilitating a training and you do not have it scripted/outlined ahead of time, you are The Devil.
Yes, you are.

14/06/2024

Dear App developers,

For the most part, we are good. If you would please consider that when you have those little "To Do" numbers that remind folks there is something left to be done within the app, you kind of have a responsibility to make sure that the thing to be done in order to make the little number(s) go away is fairly obvious.

See some people (not me, of course) can't really go on with their day until those damn little numbers are gone. To some people (not anyone I know) those numbers are kind of like if your brain got washed in fiberglass.

You gotta help!!