Your Daily Dose of Blue Sky Sunshine

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child. (October 29, 2025)

Instead of simply wishing people well this Memorial Day, here are five concrete policies that will protect servicemembers abroad and on the home front (May 26, 2025) In a month, we have gone from “Should we take campaign contributions from Elon?” to “Let’s give MechaHitler $200 million.” Stop entertaining this man. Stop giving him money. It’s really that simple. (July 14, 2025) KIYAC — the Kat for Illinois Youth Advisory Council — is putting on its first campaign event! Come get a free car wash, drop off your winter clothes, and pick up a yard sign at Double Clutch Brewing Company in Evanston til 10:30! (October 4, 2025) This is what it looks like when your community stands up. (October 11, 2025) The conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are getting worse. This is why we keep coming back. Our neighbors are not alone. You can join us in demanding transparency + accountability at 1930 Beach Street. (October 24, 2025) I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department...

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country. (October 21, 2025)

So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc (October 24, 2025)

I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents. (March 13, 2025)     Here’s why anti-authoritarianism rally crowd size matters (March 22, 2025)     At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. (March 23, 2025)     Through the "Voices of Gaza" series I attempt to center the lives of people who have become a political symbol, but who themselves are increasingly abandoned as they put together the pieces of worlds destroyed by genocide & occupation. (February 24, 2025)     Got a printer? You can start fighting fascism. Here's a thread of things you can print and distribute. (March ...

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too. (September 27, 2025)

I am just so fucking proud of her. (October 3, 2025)

This week, instead of voting to protect healthcare for millions, Republicans shut the government down. Democrats are holding the line - we simply cannot let Americans lose their health care. Here’s how I’ve been fighting for #MN05 (Sept 29-Oct 3) (October 4, 2025)

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles. (October 9, 2025)

"Chicago isn't licking boots! No hate no fear. Immigrants are welcome here. All power to the people. No human is illegal. No raids. No deportation. Down with the occupation!" (October 8, 2025) “He’s a citizen! He’s a citizen! That’s my brother-in-law!” ICE entered a Walgreens in Chicago running with their guns drawn looking for any person of color. Apparently they kidnapped a black young man. Contact Walgreens HQ and ask them to not allow ICE on their property. (October 14, 2025)

ICE goon tries raiding construction site. Gets stuck on building without ladder. (July 19, 2025) ICE attempted to enter the home of a woman with her children in Huntington Beach. However, the entire community, police department, and city council intervened and forced them to leave. (July 20, 2025) AOC: "when politicians leave government, they go and work for lobbyists and that tells you everything about the coordinated interests that are in cahoots all over regardless of party." (July 20, 2025) FLARE's weekly 4pm protest at the Heritage Foundation on Mondays (July 20, 2025) Texas wouldn't even exist without immigrants. (July 20, 2025) This is fascism (October 11, 2025) Portland, Oregon (October 11, 2025) ICE/DHS, FBI, and local police on horseback, along with a secret police force in black tactical gear, were witnessed violently confronting the relatives of individuals abducted during a raid at a "Family Day" rodeo in Idaho. Among those who have gone missing...

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx. The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake. And that’s why we’re fighting back. (October 14, 2025)

When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America. (October 24, 2025) The White House is a 24/7 pay-to-play enterprise. The latest? Trump is pardoning Changpeng Zhao, who built a company that allowed terrorists and sex predators to launder money. Why? Because Zhao made a huge investment in Trump's corrupt crypto business. Pay-to-play. (October 24, 2025) Democrats are right to deny funding for DHS absent changes that stop this lawlessness and inhumanity. Changes that Americans are demanding. Let's talk for a second about what has to change - immediately. And why it's so important that we demand these reforms. (January 27, 2026)

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025. (October 25, 2025) 🚨ICE posing as sheriff in Hollywood, CA. Governor Newsom is going to see this and he is going to be lit with rage, as he should be. The guy asking questions on video pointing out all the illegal acts they are committing. Let’s make sure he sees what happened tonight. (October 25, 2025)