Adam Selzer
@adamchicago.bsky.social
historian, author, and tour guide. I talk about Bob Dylan, Chicago stuff, old time true crime, and cemetery stories. There's a canon Star Wars character named after me. He/him mysteriouschicago.com , patreon.com/adamchicago
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Taking over a party from within is a real thing that happens. There’s precedent for it at multiple points in American Trump JUST DID IT to the GOP.
Creating a new viable party hasn’t happened since 1856.
Creating a new viable party hasn’t happened since 1856.
There’s a two party duopoly in this nation.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Taking over a party from within is a real thing that happens. There’s precedent for it at multiple points in American Trump JUST DID IT to the GOP.
Creating a new viable party hasn’t happened since 1856.
Creating a new viable party hasn’t happened since 1856.
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Chicago forever 🖤
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Chicago forever 🖤
“Fool me once, shame on you. But teach a man to fool me, and I’ll be fooled for life.” -a character on Bojack Horseman
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Fool me once, shame on you. But teach a man to fool me, and I’ll be fooled for life.” -a character on Bojack Horseman
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Desolation Row: a thread
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Desolation Row: a thread
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
Desolation Row: a thread
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Desolation Row: a thread
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging (1/)
“That’s all I heard about Brenda and Eddie…. But do you know this one couple? Little Susie and Whatshisname? They got married just to save face after they fell asleep at a drive in, but it actually worked out really well.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“That’s all I heard about Brenda and Eddie…. But do you know this one couple? Little Susie and Whatshisname? They got married just to save face after they fell asleep at a drive in, but it actually worked out really well.”
The new Mavis Staples album is simply incredible. Go listen to it. Over and over.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The new Mavis Staples album is simply incredible. Go listen to it. Over and over.
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My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” (Psalm 42:1-3)
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” (Psalm 42:1-3)
Noon today: closing out the season with a supersize edition of my Graceland Cemetery tour! The leaves are at their peak and its a crisp fall day. www.eventbrite.com/e/graceland-...
Graceland Cemetery Walking Tour with Adam Selzer: SUPERSIZE!
In-person cemetery strolls return with incredible stories from Mysterious Chicago, with Adam Selzer, author of the new book on Graceland.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Noon today: closing out the season with a supersize edition of my Graceland Cemetery tour! The leaves are at their peak and its a crisp fall day. www.eventbrite.com/e/graceland-...
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I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I need you all to know that my mother sent me this. 🤣 That is all.
Trump to country: “Drop Dead.”
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
Oh, this is wild.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump to country: “Drop Dead.”
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Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
In 1893 Chicago police arrested a man for murder, starved him for four days, then gave him a bottle of whiskey. Once he was drunk they gave him an “alibi” form to sign. He was drunk and illiterate & didn’t know he was signing a confession. He was hanged. This is pretty much how Broadview operates.
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In 1893 Chicago police arrested a man for murder, starved him for four days, then gave him a bottle of whiskey. Once he was drunk they gave him an “alibi” form to sign. He was drunk and illiterate & didn’t know he was signing a confession. He was hanged. This is pretty much how Broadview operates.
Supersize Graceland Cemetery tour tomorrow - enough time to cover everyone I talked about on last night’s “Chicago vs the ‘Slave Catchers’” tour, and more! Looks like the weather will hold! www.eventbrite.com/e/graceland-...
Graceland Cemetery Walking Tour with Adam Selzer: SUPERSIZE!
In-person cemetery strolls return with incredible stories from Mysterious Chicago, with Adam Selzer, author of the new book on Graceland.
www.eventbrite.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Supersize Graceland Cemetery tour tomorrow - enough time to cover everyone I talked about on last night’s “Chicago vs the ‘Slave Catchers’” tour, and more! Looks like the weather will hold! www.eventbrite.com/e/graceland-...
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I feel like I just met JD Vance for the first time.
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I feel like I just met JD Vance for the first time.
Mavis Staples’ new album opens with Tom Waits’ “Chicago.” Glorious.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Mavis Staples’ new album opens with Tom Waits’ “Chicago.” Glorious.
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If you want to distribute free speech devices to your neighbors, I can help you set up a whistle kit event where I provide all materials except the space and people
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you want to distribute free speech devices to your neighbors, I can help you set up a whistle kit event where I provide all materials except the space and people
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I don't think enough of you are seeing this work of art
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I don't think enough of you are seeing this work of art
Tonight’s virtual tour is on the Underground Railroad and the battle against “slave catchers” in Chicago. I don’t normally like to make modern connections to explicit but tonight i will. 8 central, free to watch. www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
Virtual Tour: The Underground Railroad in Chicago
A look at the vibrant communities of refugee enslaved people and abolitionists in 19th century Chicago. Need some new statue ideas?
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November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tonight’s virtual tour is on the Underground Railroad and the battle against “slave catchers” in Chicago. I don’t normally like to make modern connections to explicit but tonight i will. 8 central, free to watch. www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-to...
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Blowin' In The Wind has been and always will be an anthem for one thing: enjoying an ice cold can of bud.
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Blowin' In The Wind has been and always will be an anthem for one thing: enjoying an ice cold can of bud.
Ellis’s speech opened with a full Carl Sandburg poem; this is a major moment in Chicago history. Find someone to follow.
There are at least four people live posting Judge Ellis this morning and I’m still like…
a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right
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November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ellis’s speech opened with a full Carl Sandburg poem; this is a major moment in Chicago history. Find someone to follow.
They’re selling postcards of the hanging…
Ellis is walking through the testimony heard yesterday. She said Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz's arrest made him a "prop" for DHS videos. Ald. Julia Ramirez "ran away from tear gas while eight-and-a-half months pregnant."
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
They’re selling postcards of the hanging…
Bovino is a Chicago villain in the tradition of Henry Rhines, the 1840s Chicago cop who spent most of his energy trying to find people who’d escaped slavery (or at least looked like they had) and pretending he had the authority to arrest them. A NY paper called him “a degraded drunken wretch.”
Ellis turns to the testimony of U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino. How he denied using force against a man he tackled and said he didn't see the Rev. David Black hit by pepperballs.
"More telling," she says, "defendant Bovino admitted that he lied."
"More telling," she says, "defendant Bovino admitted that he lied."
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bovino is a Chicago villain in the tradition of Henry Rhines, the 1840s Chicago cop who spent most of his energy trying to find people who’d escaped slavery (or at least looked like they had) and pretending he had the authority to arrest them. A NY paper called him “a degraded drunken wretch.”
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"Overall, this calls into question everything defendants say they are doing," Ellis says.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Overall, this calls into question everything defendants say they are doing," Ellis says.
Judge Ellis is a Chicago hero.
Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Judge Ellis is a Chicago hero.