This is what leadership, in the face of specious partisan/MAGA legal wrangling, looks like.

The Trumpians and the Fitton shills will be bounced out of court in the coming months — as I’ve long said. Bank on it. Here is the latest,from our home-town University / J-sudents-run newspaper:

…The Evanston Reparations Committee met Thursday, responding to the federal government’s move to join a lawsuit challenging the city’s reparations program….

Committee member and former Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) said she believes the lawsuit is a “threat” to prevent Evanston from setting a precedent and inspiring other cities to create similar reparations programs.

“I’m not afraid of Donald Trump and the Department of Justice, and I’ve been well prepared for these types of attacks,” Simmons said.

For fiscal year 2026, the committee distributed funds to 44 eligible individuals, totalling to about $7,334,646.71 in disbursements so far. No changes have been made to the city’s disbursement plan at this time, according to a statement from its legal department read aloud during Thursday’s meeting….

Now you know — onward, resolutely — to barbecues, then fireworks tonight. Tomorrow will be our… quieter night. Smile….

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