We have a verdict in the Naperville AirPods trial...

Amara Harris has been found not liable.

Amara, a former Naperville North student, had been fighting a theft citation (over AirPods) that a school police officer issued to her in 2019.

Full story to come from ProPublica

The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore

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Hear me out : a revival of Mamma Mia!, but it’s the A*Teens versions

be as visible as ally as you can be 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

MWRD Storm Update

At approx 4 p.m., we began reversing to the lake at the Chicago River locks downtown. We have far exceeded the previous record for July 2 rainfall which was two inches. Final numbers are not in yet but some areas have exceeded five inches of rain already today

Exploited by a company that couldn’t even be bothered to *reach out* when shit went down. Exploited by bigots who took a little instagram video and blew it up into a national controversy, all in service of advancing their hateful ideas. My heart truly goes out to her

Extremely proud that my Masc film series — co-curated with Caden Mark Gardner — is now live on the Criterion Channel. Look at all these movies!! Happy Pride Month everyone. criterionchannel.com/masc

how do you fuck up this badly

The Dodgers Foundation rescinded their invitation to recognize the LA Sisters at next month’s Pride Night. In return, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is demanding the Dodgers cancel their Pride Night unless they rectify this error.

Read full statement here lalgbtcenter.org/about-the-cent…

For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas has secretly accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor, newly obtained documents and interviews show.

The extent and frequency of these apparent gifts to Thomas has no known precedent in modern SCOTUS history... 🧵👇

.Paul Vallas saw your campaign truck parked on 18th today....touting focus on safety while parked in an active bus stop and obstructing the bike lane. Just another example that your words are empty. Brandon Johnson for Chicago mayor!

Vote for Brandon Johnson!

#BrandonIsBetter

More recently than the last time I went to the dentist, MTG chased around a Parkland student and called him “Little Hitler.” You do not have to do a soft focus glow-up of this person on national television. That is not reporting, it’s kowtowing to where you think power is headed.

#ProtectTransYouth Don't vote for Paul Vallas.

Throughout Chicago’s mayoral race, candidate Paul Vallas has said CPD retirees are low-hanging fruit for replenishing sworn police ranks. Chip Mitchell dives into the proposal here: wbez.org/stories/vallas…

We're appalled that Senator Dick Durbin has endorsed a candidate with ties to right-wing extremists like Awake IL, Jeanne Ives, Dan Proft, John Catanzara.

cool stuff, Dick Durbin

Since the new Succession season is starting on Sunday, here's a thread of how we think the characters support (or not) abortion access.