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Raging Chicago Progressive
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Expect some snark along with some history. Analysis is just my opinion, and I might be wrong… Also, I’m human without an edit button. There will be typos.
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Clinton's victory in 1992 is the canonical example that supposedly proves Dems win by moving to the center. There's only one problem: The data disagrees. Voters saw Clinton as more liberal than Dukakis, & simulations show even a solid progressive would have won www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-d...
What Democrats can actually learn from the 1992 election
Bill Clinton's victory is supposed to prove that Democrats win by moving to the center. The data disagrees
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Pedestrianize and rename Columbus drive!! Pedestrianize east Monroe too.

Remove at least three lanes of DSLSD!

blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/10/g...
Grant Park 20-Year Plan Calls For Public Bathrooms, Better Lake Access And More
The framework plan includes new pedestrian walkways over DuSable Lake Shore Drive, permanent public restrooms, expanded landscaping and redesigned park spaces from Buckingham Fountain to the lakefront...
blockclubchicago.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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U KNOW WUT TIME IT IS HOOMAN

it is not time for walkies, not even close

I AM LORGE FLOOFY JUDGE OF DAT
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss,
And is a pattern of celestial peace.
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Promises more ICE training will fix it:
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Just learned that AIPAC has now jumped into a fourth open seat House race in Illinois, backing Melissa Conyears Ervin with what has been described as a $2.8 million buy (around $500k a week).
This is straight up AIPAC, not a shell PAC, through United Democracy Project.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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This made me laugh out loud because it's so real. IT IS ON... time is of the essence, lol
This is the official two week notice whereby everyone I need to cuss out is going to get dragged before the beginning of Ramadan inshallah.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Some of us may have started early.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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AIPAC-affiliated super PAC United Democracy Project (UDP), which just spent millions on ads to defeat Tom Malinowski in #NJ11, only to end up helping elect an even more progressive candidate, Analilia Mejia, has turned to Illinois

The super PAC placed a cable ad buy in #IL07 👇🏼
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
A bit longer
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.

His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Bad Bunny personally requested this Chicago conductor for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. blockclubchi.co/4bKoVDo
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Even now, charter school proponents are paid full-time to agitate residents into believing their government is ignoring them while pursing equity-focused initiatives.

Conservatives want a Chicago with different 'sides', it helps them kill government faster.
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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President Mandela said, "there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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this school has a fascinating story

it started as an elementary, they added on to make a junior high, they built the high school addition to encourage attendance

they worked with students to make a schedule so kids still work and make wages to help their families

and it was a community center
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
No.
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Parliament Funkadelic - One Nation under Groove.
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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PS To call a judicial warrant a "bureaucratic hoop" means you don't understand justice or law. Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Revenge of the SMEs on software engineers
Anthropic and Google now seem to get that the primary value people get out of AI is doing annoying work they don't want to do (coding, basic research, drafting emails, etc), OpenAI/XAI/Meta seem to still think image/video slop and search replacement are the future
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Did you know that Bad Bunny has a nonprofit foundation called Good Bunny that empowers underserved children and youth in PR through music, arts, and sports?

www.goodbunnyfoundation.org
Home
Nonprofit founded in 2018 empowering talented youth in Puerto Rico through music, arts, and sports programs. Join our mission to support future stars.
www.goodbunnyfoundation.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Kraft is in the Epstein files...
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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True story! Has there been a better year to talk about history & journalism? A year long project that begins this evening with @jamellebouie.net. Will I get to even half the questions I want to ask?! Unlikely!

Hope you'll join us & share -- registration info to join the webinar ⬇️
TODAY!

Join us at 5 p.m. EST for a conversation between JCB Library Director Karin Wulf and NYTimes columnist Jamelle Bouie.

For 2026, the JCB is hosting the series Journalism and History When History Is News. More details at jcblibrary.org!

Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM