Daniel Tobon
@dtobon.bsky.social
Humanist, Inmigrante, aspiring Urbanist, Army Vet, ex-Esq., serial founder, CPS LSC member, VFW Service Officer, candidate for 35th Ward Alderman. Chicago until the wheels fall off.
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Doesn't surprise me in the least. Full disclosure: I was one of the lawyers interviewed about this, and everything they say is accurate about how unprecedented this is. If I were to ask for a waiver for a client after they didn't pass a poly, I'd be laughed out of the room.
New: FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Doesn't surprise me in the least. Full disclosure: I was one of the lawyers interviewed about this, and everything they say is accurate about how unprecedented this is. If I were to ask for a waiver for a client after they didn't pass a poly, I'd be laughed out of the room.
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What is so terribly broken about the Democratic policy world that anyone thought tapping *Larry Summers* for future economic policy was a reasonable thing to do, rather than completely unhinged?
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
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Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What is so terribly broken about the Democratic policy world that anyone thought tapping *Larry Summers* for future economic policy was a reasonable thing to do, rather than completely unhinged?
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I remind you that Robert Acost knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I remind you that Robert Acost knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
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“No firm has closer ties to Noem’s political operation … It played a central role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign. Corey Lewandowski, her top adviser at DHS, has worked extensively w/the firm. And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS, Tricia McLaughlin.”
NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration.
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“No firm has closer ties to Noem’s political operation … It played a central role in her 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial campaign. Corey Lewandowski, her top adviser at DHS, has worked extensively w/the firm. And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS, Tricia McLaughlin.”
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If anyone needs any further context on how weird immigration law is, humanitarian visas for abused children are considered "employment-based".
This backlog is less about streamlining and more about how Congress set visa numbers in 1990, and has made effectively ZERO changes to this system in the last 35 years.
In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.
In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.
And no one talks about ways to make things move along more smoothly or how to streamline immigration procedures so backlogs aren’t so crazy and people can do things easier, more efficiently and legally. They just skip that part and think they can deport people for the foreseeable future.
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If anyone needs any further context on how weird immigration law is, humanitarian visas for abused children are considered "employment-based".
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Yada yada yada, what you ACTUALLY need to know:
Trump admin is working on a deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Pentagon officials worry that could allow China to acquire plane’s advanced technology.
Trump admin is working on a deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Pentagon officials worry that could allow China to acquire plane’s advanced technology.
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yada yada yada, what you ACTUALLY need to know:
Trump admin is working on a deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Pentagon officials worry that could allow China to acquire plane’s advanced technology.
Trump admin is working on a deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Pentagon officials worry that could allow China to acquire plane’s advanced technology.
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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I spoke to Mr. Kingsbury for this week’s column:
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I spoke to Mr. Kingsbury for this week’s column:
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
“Every day there’s a new horror. And I don’t know how to process it unless I write.”
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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My next book project, Every Man A Sovereign, makes this very argument
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My next book project, Every Man A Sovereign, makes this very argument
That’s a yikes from me, dawg.
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
That’s a yikes from me, dawg.
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
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Grift all the way down
After a bipartisan backlash, Republican senators are distancing themselves from a provision tucked inside the CR/minibus allowing 8 of them to sue for $500K in taxpayer-funded payments for each "instance" where their data was accessed in the Jan. 6 probe. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches
The senators’ comments came after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would hold a vote on the House floor to repeal the provision inserted by his Senate counterparts.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Friendly reminder that his campaign knew about his health issues. Joe Calvello sold us this fake-progressive senator, then went on to help message for Chicago’s fake-progressive, incompetently corrupt mayor, and is now working to elect the seemingly fake-progressive nazi tattoo guy.
Fetterman had another "flare up" of his atrial fibrillation. He had a stroke because he refused to treat it for years and has been notoriously non-compliant with his meds thereafter.
Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after fall near his home
Sen. John Fetterman's office reported the Pennsylvania Democrat had "sustained a fall" near his home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, during an early Thursday morning walk.
abcnews.go.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Friendly reminder that his campaign knew about his health issues. Joe Calvello sold us this fake-progressive senator, then went on to help message for Chicago’s fake-progressive, incompetently corrupt mayor, and is now working to elect the seemingly fake-progressive nazi tattoo guy.
After this national nightmare is over we need to purge the Bar. Lots of lawyers need to not be lawyers any more.
tag yourself, I'm the paragraph where the board suggests Ryan should sit down with an outside lawyer to think through his options and then it turns out that the lawyer is actually representing the board (a fact that she reveals only when he asks her to her face)
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
After this national nightmare is over we need to purge the Bar. Lots of lawyers need to not be lawyers any more.
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I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
The settlement talks between the Trump administration and Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino marked a change in position by DOJ, which previously had successfully argued in court to have both of their lawsuits tossed out
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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I feel like Trump has pioneered a new form of spoils, where criminal allies of the President can expect to be compensated for their crimes.
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Priests being arrested
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Priests being arrested
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No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
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Young people understand: The way we did things yesterday does not have to be the way we do things tmrw — because the we did things yesterday wasn’t working!! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Young people understand: The way we did things yesterday does not have to be the way we do things tmrw — because the we did things yesterday wasn’t working!! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
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Officials in the Trump regime will never miss an opportunity to cash in on their own cruelty.
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Officials in the Trump regime will never miss an opportunity to cash in on their own cruelty.
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I think a lot, especially living where I do now, that Ruby Bridges (now 71) is younger than my mom.
Today I’m thinking about how she walked into William Frantz Elementary School when she was younger than my Small Niece is now.
Today I’m thinking about how she walked into William Frantz Elementary School when she was younger than my Small Niece is now.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I think a lot, especially living where I do now, that Ruby Bridges (now 71) is younger than my mom.
Today I’m thinking about how she walked into William Frantz Elementary School when she was younger than my Small Niece is now.
Today I’m thinking about how she walked into William Frantz Elementary School when she was younger than my Small Niece is now.