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Francine McKenna
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Teacher/writer/speaker/reader. CPA. Using tools so tools can’t use me. Dogs rule! She/her Kundera: “In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia.” I Dig. https://TheDig.Substack.com @retheauditors Chgo-born, Philly-based
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Concentration camps:

“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Former Washington Post reporters launch GoFundMe to help repatriate international staff who was fired and now facing logistical challenges getting out of their countries and back home.

Bezos not only fired them all, he left them in those countries without a way home 😡
February 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Q: Why will football be featured during the Bad Bunny concert?*

A: The Bad Bunny concert is fantastic exposure for the NFL and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put the game of American football in front of fans of the biggest musical artist in the world.
FAQs for This Weekend’s Bad Bunny Concert Featuring Football
What time is kickoff? The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. f...
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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O Bad Bunny fez o primeiro disco latino número 1 na China e o mundo às vezes é muito legal
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Bad Bunny. I want to watch Miss Piggy throw herself at him while speaking flawless Spanish
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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An important message from Super Bowl halftime headliner Bad Bunny:

"It's better if they learn to dance." 💃🕺
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Woody Guthrie told us in 1950. Racism is a Trump family legacy.
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
Mother's immigration arrest leaves Madison soccer standout reeling
Federal immigration agents detained a Madison soccer player's mother while she was in Minnesota for her son's games. Now, he's struggling.
www.jsonline.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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I think people are really underestimating how much the NFL would like to pull Bad Bunny fans towards football
I’ve got no problem with people boycotting the SB halftime show—I think the offense taken is nonsense, but if you’re offended, yeah boycotted it, cool—but I can’t deal with the insistence that the NFL is going to lose massive audience by showing the most popular entertainer in the world
February 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Why won’t Bezos sell #WaPo? I told you the answer when he bought it and again last week.

thedig.substack.com/p/enforcemen...
Enforcement for thee and not for me: Auditors poised to get away with murder
The Big 4 firms are exerting pressure on regulators globally to ease up on individual professional accountability. SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ choices for the PCAOB will likely deliver on that wish.
thedig.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
When you are a political reporter or academic everything is political. #wapo #bezos
February 7, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Felony Being Rad as Fuck.

She’s going to be a milkshake duck but let’s enjoy it for now.
Crime headline of the day.
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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Yep, that’s what I thought when I saw the news. South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s... I read this and think, “Could building owner have driven this to clear out building?”
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I find the selections of buildings in multiple cities to raid to be very specific and strategic and to have similar characteristics and it ain’t being overrun by Tren de Agua.
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Yes, I totally support further investigation into connections with building owners who want government thugs to help them clear out and flip properties.
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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My cover story in this market is in Chicago Booth Review right now. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/in-st...
In Stablecoins We Trust?
Regulation could help lead crypto from the Wild West to Wall Street.
www.chicagobooth.edu
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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My t-shirt answers any questions. mijente.net
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Thank you, Luke! BTW I went immediately to the Sheen video and was ready to write you that you made a mistake, that’s Emilio Estevez with Charlie Sheen not their father. But then I realized it was 1986! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQhR...
Michael Jordan - Star Wars (Martin and Charlie Sheen) 1986
YouTube video by rairjordan - Michael Jordan videos
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM