The ask from Uncommitted National Movement 🌺 was a humble one. Five minutes, a pre-vetted speech, delivered by a pre-approved Palestinian-American speaker subject to the same rules as everyone else. DNC organizers didn't even read the speech. Emma Janssen reports: prospect.org/politics/2024-…

Pro-Palestinian delegates at the DNC staged a sit-in after their request for a Palestinian American speaker was denied, underscoring growing tensions within the Democratic Party over Gaza. prospect.org/politics/2024-…

Chicago today 💛

Chicago, we aren’t talking about this enough. Four people, asleep, at their most vulnerable, were shot “point blank” and killed. We don’t know who the victims were but it seems likely that they were unhoused.

Thanks to the candidates and campaigns who spoke to me about what rural voters want & need.

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There is a blanket drive in a few weeks for refugees at a northside shelter. Please gather and drop off car-seats and blankets you have or purchase some, so that asylum seekers can stay warm and safe in the coming fall months

Marcellus Williams should’ve been spared not because he was innocent, but because he was human. Guilty people shouldn’t be executed either.

Osborn is one of three Senate candidates leaning into economic populism to face off against Republican incumbents in deep red areas. For more info: prospect.org/politics/2024-…

NEW: When the Supreme Court stopped executive branch agencies from getting the benefit of the doubt in interpreting legislation, it was really an attack on Congress. And Congress can fight back, but only if it respects themselves enough to use its power. prospect.org/politics/2024-…

Ever wondered how Dobbs affects abortion providers? For some, their insurance rates have gotten ridiculously high, threatening their ability to provide care to vulnerable patients.

turkish language has a gossip tense. if you haven't witnessed an event yourself, you use gossip tense to emphasize that what you say may not be accurate, that it's hearsay. there's a cultural element too: if you use any other tense, people would judge you for misleading them.

In this piece, I looked at two Illinois border cities that fended off extreme anti-abortion legislation: so-called “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinances. Here’s a roadmap for future challenges to abortion access & how to fight back:

saw something even more beautiful when i looked for the aurora again

mad respect to whoever stole the entire lion from this poster at the garfield green line station

Here's another Harris fundraiser set for this weekend in Seattle hosted by David Zapolsky, Amazon's Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy & General Counsel (the company's top lawyer).

.Luke Goldstein went up to Bow, New Hampshire to see Maggie Goodlander in action, someone who is making trust-busting a fixture of her campaign. It's a test of whether a populist platform can boost Democrats in swing districts with more independent voters. prospect.org/politics/2024-…