Chicago Todd
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Chicago Todd
@chicagotodd.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Words/phrases Democrats should never use:
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
* bipartisan
* my Republican friends
* real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans)
* yea (when voting on Republican bills)
* distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did)
* woke (in derogatory sense)
This
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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feels quaint to even mention it at this point but the supreme court's total lack of interest in defending the lower court judges who routinely receive maga death threats and swatting attempts for ruling against trump really illustrates who utterly lawless the high court has become
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
feels quaint to even mention it at this point but the supreme court's total lack of interest in defending the lower court judges who routinely receive maga death threats and swatting attempts for ruling against trump really illustrates who utterly lawless the high court has become
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Hey, Bari. You know the fascists will come for the Jews and homosexuals next, right? Like you're not THAT stupid, are you? Ask your doctor if fascism is right for you.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hey, Bari. You know the fascists will come for the Jews and homosexuals next, right? Like you're not THAT stupid, are you? Ask your doctor if fascism is right for you.
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
That's been the GOP goal.
Non-functioning government.
Non-functioning government.
With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo
December 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
That's been the GOP goal.
Non-functioning government.
Non-functioning government.
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This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on
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Gen Z men learning that voting for "I can say the r-word now" is perhaps less important than "I have no savings and I can't get laid."
The most volatile group of voters is turning on Trump
The Gen Z cohort swung hard toward Republicans last year, but they now appear to be just as aggressively swinging away.
www.vox.com/politics/473...
The Gen Z cohort swung hard toward Republicans last year, but they now appear to be just as aggressively swinging away.
www.vox.com/politics/473...
The most volatile group of voters is turning on Trump
There’s a new line dividing young Americans.
www.vox.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Gen Z men learning that voting for "I can say the r-word now" is perhaps less important than "I have no savings and I can't get laid."
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
For more stories like this, like Slate on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Interesting so you think there should be a subsidy scheme for low income people that's interesting hey did you know about a neat little thing called the 'Affordable Care Act' and its various statutory provisions that you voted to defund
Rep. Crenshaw on the Republican ACA replacement plan: "You give the poor vouchers. We want to put that money into health savings accounts."
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Interesting so you think there should be a subsidy scheme for low income people that's interesting hey did you know about a neat little thing called the 'Affordable Care Act' and its various statutory provisions that you voted to defund
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Trump is increasingly worried about his own mortality, and he's trying to use government to create a physical legacy that will outlive him.
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump is increasingly worried about his own mortality, and he's trying to use government to create a physical legacy that will outlive him.
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
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This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.
Spare me her redemption arc.
Spare me her redemption arc.
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John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
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The vast majority of Americans are opposed to AI and oligarchy, but both of our major political parties are too corrupted by billionaire control to stand up for the people.
Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit?
Party insiders are divided on how to channel Americans’ growing fear of AI.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The vast majority of Americans are opposed to AI and oligarchy, but both of our major political parties are too corrupted by billionaire control to stand up for the people.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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“My decision” is intentionally the first line so you open, thinking it’s about running for president and then it spams you with a super pac. Just trashy clickbait.
December 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“My decision” is intentionally the first line so you open, thinking it’s about running for president and then it spams you with a super pac. Just trashy clickbait.
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In Florida, “the average state per student spending is about $10,000.”
Under DeSantis, “An Inside Higher Ed analysis from October suggested the rate at New College was $134,000 per student.”
From @donmoyn.bsky.social:
Under DeSantis, “An Inside Higher Ed analysis from October suggested the rate at New College was $134,000 per student.”
From @donmoyn.bsky.social:
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In Florida, “the average state per student spending is about $10,000.”
Under DeSantis, “An Inside Higher Ed analysis from October suggested the rate at New College was $134,000 per student.”
From @donmoyn.bsky.social:
Under DeSantis, “An Inside Higher Ed analysis from October suggested the rate at New College was $134,000 per student.”
From @donmoyn.bsky.social:
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A “funeral that would never end.”
That’s how the CEO of a Florida nursing home characterizes the exodus of 38 immigrant workers, as they lose their temporary protected status.
“They’re my best employees.”
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
That’s how the CEO of a Florida nursing home characterizes the exodus of 38 immigrant workers, as they lose their temporary protected status.
“They’re my best employees.”
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A “funeral that would never end.”
That’s how the CEO of a Florida nursing home characterizes the exodus of 38 immigrant workers, as they lose their temporary protected status.
“They’re my best employees.”
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
That’s how the CEO of a Florida nursing home characterizes the exodus of 38 immigrant workers, as they lose their temporary protected status.
“They’re my best employees.”
Gift link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
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Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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As soon as I saw the headline, I had a pretty good guess who wrote it. Hartocollis is the go-to reporter to restore the reputation of campus conservatives. She led the Times campaign to push out Claudine Gay at Harvard, which was initiated by New College trustee Chris Rufo.
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As soon as I saw the headline, I had a pretty good guess who wrote it. Hartocollis is the go-to reporter to restore the reputation of campus conservatives. She led the Times campaign to push out Claudine Gay at Harvard, which was initiated by New College trustee Chris Rufo.
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Greene's insane conspiratorial bigotry is framed as "unrepentant pugilism" by the Times, who clearly wants to aid her faux-religious image rehab for her Presidential run
I'd genuinely be embarrassed to work at this paper
I'd genuinely be embarrassed to work at this paper
Sorry but you do not, under absolutely any circumstances, gotta hand it to Marjorie Taylor Greene www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Greene's insane conspiratorial bigotry is framed as "unrepentant pugilism" by the Times, who clearly wants to aid her faux-religious image rehab for her Presidential run
I'd genuinely be embarrassed to work at this paper
I'd genuinely be embarrassed to work at this paper
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Credulous and uninsightful. She’s an icon of opportunism, and she’s obviously up to something, but the NYT takes her entirely at her word.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Credulous and uninsightful. She’s an icon of opportunism, and she’s obviously up to something, but the NYT takes her entirely at her word.
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WaPo lead story is even by Bezos-era standards a disgrace, a long, almost entirely anonymously sourced press release for Vance & Musk that ends with declaring the latter akin to the Buddha. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Natalie Allison, & Faiz Siddiqui. Bylines matter on work this obsequious.
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
WaPo lead story is even by Bezos-era standards a disgrace, a long, almost entirely anonymously sourced press release for Vance & Musk that ends with declaring the latter akin to the Buddha. By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Natalie Allison, & Faiz Siddiqui. Bylines matter on work this obsequious.
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There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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yes trump voters are dumb but this mindset isnt very different from the people who keep insisting people like pelosi/schumer/jeffries have a master plan in hand when they give in to the right.
“Think about how stupid the average American is, and then realize that half of the people are dumber than that.”
RIP George Carlin.
RIP George Carlin.
December 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
yes trump voters are dumb but this mindset isnt very different from the people who keep insisting people like pelosi/schumer/jeffries have a master plan in hand when they give in to the right.