#Trump demands #NATO action on #Russian oil BEFORE any #US sanctions.

Ceding US leadership, one day at a time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/trump-putin-russia-sanctions/

⬆️ @selzero

>> The most depressing thing about the world is that it looks like today is still going to be tomorrow's "good old days"

Corollary: There is no period in history that most people would like to take a one-way time-travel ticket to.

@vij

10% of #Intel is a start.

Eventually, the state owns all means of production and encogs all workers in the wheels of production

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Lots of #AngryWomen in this picture with signs that say:

#NoKings
#SilenceIsComplicity — #WakeUp, #Resist

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Clapback to #MAGA with sign that says #StopTheSteal, alluding to #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #SocialSecurity instead of #votes

Another good one: "Don't Trust Anyone Over 30 Billion"

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Sign says "End #BookBans"

Another says "Now is the #MoralMoment:

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Video: This gives me SO MUCH HOPE — #White young teen carries #OldGlory on march with protesters

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

#AmnestyInternational was there.

A sign says "Hands Off #OurFreedoms, You Limp Dictatorial #Twerps"

Also "#MyBody #MyChoice #MyCountry"

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

More #AngryWomen — "If you are NOT ANGRY, You' Haven't Been Paying Attention"

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

#German sign says "Achtung!! Das Spiel Ist Aus!!" — Not sure what it means, but apparently it means "Danger! The Game Is Over!" — These people know a thing or two about #Nazism and #fascism.

Another says, "There Will Be #Hell #Toupee" with a caricature of #Trump hair-do.

Yet another: "Hey #Technofascist #Broligarchs, Clean Up After Your #DOGE" — Good one!

Also a WHOLE BUNCH of "Hands Offs"
#ScienceFunding
#TransRights
#OurScientists
#OurStudents
#OurLibraries

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Targeting the #NationalRifleAssociation #NRA with sign that says "If My Vagina Shot Bullets, You Would Regulate It Less"

Also, "Horsemen of the E-POCALYPSE: #MAGA, #Elon, #BigBalls, #DoNothing #Democrats"

This is another one where the protesters are calling out #ElectedDemocrats who thing they were elected to support the #MAGA #DOGE agenda.

#ChuckSchumer #Schumer, #AdamSchiff #Schiff, #JohnFetterman #Fetterman, GO HOME!

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

#Resist #Fascism

Hands Off #Libraries, #USPS, #Immigrants

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Sign says "I Have #eBooks with More Spine than the #GOP"

Also,
"Hands Off #OurNeighbors"
"Hands Off #OurNationalParks"
"Hands Off #VeteransServices"

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

There's a sign on the right that says "Smells like #TaxationWithoutRepresentation" referring to the #BostonTeaParty but with a drawing that shows protesters dumping #Tesla #CyberTruck into a harbor. #BostobTParty, indeed 😉

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Some #TLAs: #OMG #GOP #WTF?

Some #FourLetterWords: #Elon #Musk #Nazi

And a #ClimateChange poster: "Fight Climate Change, or Die Frying!"

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Sign says #StopGratingAmerica

#MAGA

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Tens of thousands showed up.

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

#ChicagoPolice

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

#RiseUpFightBack

#Chicago #HandsOff #Protests

Sign says "Morons are Governing America?" #MAGA

Also, "Dangerous #Oligarchs #Grifting Everyone" #DOGE