Justin Anderson-Weber
@jlweber.bsky.social
I write Of Note, a monthly newsletter about music writing worth reading. https://buttondown.com/of_note
A man of many paths that somehow all led to biscuits, music, sports, and writing. Chicago-based after stints in DC, NC, and CO.
A man of many paths that somehow all led to biscuits, music, sports, and writing. Chicago-based after stints in DC, NC, and CO.
Of course after decades the GOP would settle on “I don’t know, how bout you do it yourself?” as their healthcare plan.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Of course after decades the GOP would settle on “I don’t know, how bout you do it yourself?” as their healthcare plan.
Dude, your leader couldn't even vote for the Democratic nominee for mayor of his own city. And you're lecturing us? Y'all are a joke
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Dude, your leader couldn't even vote for the Democratic nominee for mayor of his own city. And you're lecturing us? Y'all are a joke
Good news! Snocaps added a 3rd Chicago Thalia Hall show on the Sunday before the other two. Just got tix.
I also picked up a ticket for Lia Kohl's album release this Friday at Constellation.
I also picked up a ticket for Lia Kohl's album release this Friday at Constellation.
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Good news! Snocaps added a 3rd Chicago Thalia Hall show on the Sunday before the other two. Just got tix.
I also picked up a ticket for Lia Kohl's album release this Friday at Constellation.
I also picked up a ticket for Lia Kohl's album release this Friday at Constellation.
The senate is a crutch for slave-holding states. It's a part of the cancer that nearly tore this country apart. Time to eradicate it.
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The senate is a crutch for slave-holding states. It's a part of the cancer that nearly tore this country apart. Time to eradicate it.
All right, I joined subvert.fm @subvert.fm.
I'm also a part of the Catalytic Soundstream. stream.catalyticsound.com
Still on Apple Music. Not sure I have it in me to leap to Qobuz, but right now, I'm going to support any platform that tries to do things differently.
I'm also a part of the Catalytic Soundstream. stream.catalyticsound.com
Still on Apple Music. Not sure I have it in me to leap to Qobuz, but right now, I'm going to support any platform that tries to do things differently.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
All right, I joined subvert.fm @subvert.fm.
I'm also a part of the Catalytic Soundstream. stream.catalyticsound.com
Still on Apple Music. Not sure I have it in me to leap to Qobuz, but right now, I'm going to support any platform that tries to do things differently.
I'm also a part of the Catalytic Soundstream. stream.catalyticsound.com
Still on Apple Music. Not sure I have it in me to leap to Qobuz, but right now, I'm going to support any platform that tries to do things differently.
Hell ain’t hot enough for these goons.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hell ain’t hot enough for these goons.
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Imagine if every person upset by tonight’s events became a dues paying member of WFP?
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
That’s why we’ll be working to unseat both Republicans as well as corporate Democrats who have kowtowed to the Trump agenda and replace them with Working Families Party champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and guarantee health care for every family.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Imagine if every person upset by tonight’s events became a dues paying member of WFP?
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
I was able to leave a message at the Chicago office.
DC office says the phone line is too busy.
DC office says the phone line is too busy.
Illinois folks:
Dick Durbin main: 202-224-2152
Local Offices
618-351-1122 (Carbondale)
312-353-4952 (Chicago)
309-786-5173 (Rock Island)
217-492-4062 (Springfield)
Dick Durbin main: 202-224-2152
Local Offices
618-351-1122 (Carbondale)
312-353-4952 (Chicago)
309-786-5173 (Rock Island)
217-492-4062 (Springfield)
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I was able to leave a message at the Chicago office.
DC office says the phone line is too busy.
DC office says the phone line is too busy.
Hey @durbin.senate.gov: why was ending the occupation of Chicago not a demand of yours for ending the shut down?
Also, last night you said us critics needed “to understand how the senate works.” I’d actually like to remind you how it works: you work for us.
Step down as whip, leave the senate.
Also, last night you said us critics needed “to understand how the senate works.” I’d actually like to remind you how it works: you work for us.
Step down as whip, leave the senate.
could durbin have picked a worse time to publish this?
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hey @durbin.senate.gov: why was ending the occupation of Chicago not a demand of yours for ending the shut down?
Also, last night you said us critics needed “to understand how the senate works.” I’d actually like to remind you how it works: you work for us.
Step down as whip, leave the senate.
Also, last night you said us critics needed “to understand how the senate works.” I’d actually like to remind you how it works: you work for us.
Step down as whip, leave the senate.
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dude what
could durbin have picked a worse time to publish this?
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
dude what
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
Illinois folks:
Dick Durbin main: 202-224-2152
Local Offices
618-351-1122 (Carbondale)
312-353-4952 (Chicago)
309-786-5173 (Rock Island)
217-492-4062 (Springfield)
Dick Durbin main: 202-224-2152
Local Offices
618-351-1122 (Carbondale)
312-353-4952 (Chicago)
309-786-5173 (Rock Island)
217-492-4062 (Springfield)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Illinois folks:
Dick Durbin main: 202-224-2152
Local Offices
618-351-1122 (Carbondale)
312-353-4952 (Chicago)
309-786-5173 (Rock Island)
217-492-4062 (Springfield)
Dick Durbin main: 202-224-2152
Local Offices
618-351-1122 (Carbondale)
312-353-4952 (Chicago)
309-786-5173 (Rock Island)
217-492-4062 (Springfield)
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Dick Durbin today and every day
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Dick Durbin today and every day
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It’s so clear: Dems love the filibuster more than people.
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It’s so clear: Dems love the filibuster more than people.
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
Imagine if every person upset by tonight’s events became a dues paying member of WFP?
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
That’s why we’ll be working to unseat both Republicans as well as corporate Democrats who have kowtowed to the Trump agenda and replace them with Working Families Party champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and guarantee health care for every family.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Imagine if every person upset by tonight’s events became a dues paying member of WFP?
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
Imagine if elected dems renounced their party and joined WFP?
It’s time to replace the Democratic Party
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Eat my entire asshole, Dick Durbin
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Eat my entire asshole, Dick Durbin
Fuck you
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fuck you
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
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Dick Durbin gets to retire in comfort while I see myself sliding further away from the middle class with every passing month and face the prospect of no health insurance as I face ever higher risks of illness in middle age and beyond
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dick Durbin gets to retire in comfort while I see myself sliding further away from the middle class with every passing month and face the prospect of no health insurance as I face ever higher risks of illness in middle age and beyond
When I moved from DC to Chicago, I thought, “it’ll be good to have representation to call” but then @durbin.senate.gov is as good to me as my non-existent representatives in DC.
you can’t leave a voicemail for him, the coward
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
When I moved from DC to Chicago, I thought, “it’ll be good to have representation to call” but then @durbin.senate.gov is as good to me as my non-existent representatives in DC.
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
It’s so clear: Dems love the filibuster more than people.
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It’s so clear: Dems love the filibuster more than people.
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
As soon as Trump directed his lemmings to end it, Dems started caving. But by caving, it’s effectively dead anyway.
What a waste you are @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov
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never occurred to any dem at all including dems from illnois to attempt to condition reopening the government on ending the military occupation of chicago btw don't think we didn't notice that
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
never occurred to any dem at all including dems from illnois to attempt to condition reopening the government on ending the military occupation of chicago btw don't think we didn't notice that