Executive Director - Cook County Democratic Party. Lawyer. Lifelong Chicagoan. Student of history.
Joined February 2009
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One of the VERY FIRST things done after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to have the text of the new Constitution translated into Dutch and German, which were at the time the two largest non-English language spoken in the United States.
Here's the National Archives:
May 14
JD Vance on government funding for interpreters: "People should be speaking English in the United States of America. I think that's common sense."
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Apr 28
Iโd like to think weโre not yet actually a Third World country, though we do have a cartoonishly Third World โleaderโ.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Apr 21
What a truly evil way to treat people who risked their lives for the United States
Apr 21
Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo. nyti.ms/48fu8Aw
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Apr 19
Its insane some rightists have taken up anti-flight from parts of the degrowth left
There are definitely places it can be replaced by HSR, and its fuel made more efficient, but flight is incredible! One of the best parts of the modern world! We're never getting rid of that!
Apr 18
I'm going to take being able to soar 30,000ft in the air and travelling to foreign countries in a couple hours over 300 cows being tortured to death in 3ft of their own shit in a cramped barn I'm gonna be real
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
An absolute insane person. My god.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Apr 2
Pam Bondi is a corrupt swamp creature. She tried to use the murder of our friends at Pulse Nightclub to sanitize her record. She sold her soul for this morally bankrupt president over and over again.
Pam Bondi is having the kind of day she deserves. Goodbye.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Mar 31
Tim Miller with a message to Democrats: "This is the moment to go on Fox and say to people, 'you signed up for thisโfor no new wars, for lower costs. And we're in the stupidest war I could possibly think of, and everything is costing more, and it's about to get worse.'"
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GREAT night last night. At the @cookcodems we had our best win record in recent history, winning 21 of 22 races! So proud of all our great candidates - and for our Chair & President Preckwinkle for her nearly 40-point win! Thanks to everyone who helped and voted #DemApproved!
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Mar 4
Happy 189th Birthday, Chicago ๐
To celebrate the cityโs incorporation, CDOT recently refreshed the Geographic Center of Chicago sign at W 37th & S Honore, marking the heart of our city.
๐ท: @MPDC_Chicago
ALT A street sign in front of a brick building reads "Welcome to W 37th & S Honore, The Geographic Center of Chicago." It features a red star with a silhouette of the city's skyline and the text "Greatest City in America." The image is titled "Celebrating Chicago's Birthday with a New Sign," with a CDOT logo in the corner.
ALT A person in a reflective vest works near a white van on a street, holding a sign. Text on the old sign next to them: "Welcome to W 37th & S Honore. The Geographic Center of Chicago." A speech bubble above reads, "To celebrate Chicago's 189th birthday, CDOT recently refreshed the Geographical Center of Chicago sign."
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DHS spent today replying to individual tweets saying they left this man in a coffee shop "determined to be a warm, safe location" only for video to emerge tonight showing it was the middle of the night, cold and the coffee shop was closed.
Feb 26
Here are the FACTS.
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On February 19, 2026, Buffalo Police Department alerted Border Patrol about a non-citizen in their custody.
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Our agents confirmed that Mr. Shah Alam entered the United States as a refugee on December 24, 2024, and was not amenable to removal.
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Border Patrol agents offered him a courtesy ride, which he chose to accept to a coffee shop, determined to be a warm, safe location near his last known address, rather than be released directly from the Border Patrol station.
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He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues, or disabilities requiring special assistance.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Feb 26
One Texas congressman, Al Green (Dem.), holds up a sign at the State of the Union. Republicans: Censure!
Another Texas congressman, Tony Gonzales (Rep.), sexually harasses a staffer who then commits suicide.
Republicans: Crickets.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Feb 21
Cook County Democratic Party Executive Director @JacobFC joined the @38THWARDDEMS this morning, knocking doors and talking with neighbors in support of @Toni4Cook.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Feb 16
JUST IN: On Washington's bday, Judge Cynthia Rufe (GWBush) cites Orwell's 1984 as she orders Trump admin to restore slavery-focused panels at site of Washington's Philly house. Feds "wiping away the history of the greatest Founding Fatherโs management of persons he held in bondage." Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/reโฆ
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Feb 15
15% of the population of Ireland entered the US between 1851 and 1860
9% of the population of Norway entered the US in the 1880s
6% of the population of Italy entered the US from about 1900-1910
Feb 13
Most Americans still donโt fully understand what happened under Bidenโฆ
8% of Nicaragua entered the US in 4 years.
8% of the entire country.
7% of Cuba.
6% of Haiti.
5% of Honduras.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
.@BarackObama: "When I was president, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor there or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Feb 11
We have lawless thugs in charge of our government
Feb 11
โThe Trump administration tried and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment in connection with a video featuring six Democratic lawmakers urging members of the military and intelligence communities not to comply with unlawful orders, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.โ nbcnews.com/politics/trump-aโฆ
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Feb 1
This is an unfathomably large conflict of interest. Probably the largest one for a President in history.
Feb 1
So it turns out that the bribe that got Trump to sell the UAE advance artificial intelligence chips is WAY bigger than we knew. It's not just that MGX facilitated a $2b purchase with Trump's stablecoin. The UAE actually bought 49% of his whole fucking crypto company!
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Jan 30
This is psychotic behavior from the White House Twitter account.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Jan 30
We haven't been told what government agents MURDERED ALEX PRETTI IN THE STREET. But the FBI has arrested the real danger, Don Lemon, for livestreaming against the regime.
Jan 30
Scoop: Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested last night in California by HSI and FBI, sources told @CBSNews. He was charged with conspiracy to deprive rights. He was in LA covering the Grammy Awards. @JakeMRosen @lilialuciano @NicoleSganga and me.
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Jacob Kaplan ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Jan 30
Yet another incident where the government is lying about what we can all see on video:
Lemon calmly walking into the church and interviewing not only protesters but the pastor and others, who had no problem with him whatsoever.
Jan 30
Judge Schiltz says Lemon and his producer โwere not protestors at all; instead, they were a journalist and his producer. There is no evidence that those two engaged in any criminal behavior or conspired to do so.โ
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