Matt Farmer
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Matt Farmer is a lawyer and musician in Chicago — also a caddie for life, and a high-motor, three-and-D glue guy.
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Matt Farmer
@mifarmer.bsky.social
· Aug 7
`WE WERE ON STAGE AT THIS CLUB IN HIROSHIMA . . .’
`We were on stage at this club in Hiroshima, and we were playing all kinds of songs– `Sweet Caroline,’ `Suspicious Minds,’ `Boppin’ the Blues’. . .” The series t…
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Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. In January 1999, my band mates and I somehow landed a gig over there. Suffice it to say, it was an unusual gig.
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I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
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It’s been 283 days since Luka Doncic was traded. In regular season games since:
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s been 283 days since Luka Doncic was traded. In regular season games since:
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
Lakers are 30-16 (6th), Mavs are 16-28 (24th)
Doncic: 35 games, 23-12 record, 30.0 PTS, 8.3 REB, 7.9 AST
Davis: 14 games, 8-6 record, 20.3 PTS, 10.1 REB, 3.6 AST
Anthony Davis has only played 415 minutes as a Mav.
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This isn’t law enforcement doing its job. It’s the escalation of a culture of fear that punishes anyone who dares to document it.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This isn’t law enforcement doing its job. It’s the escalation of a culture of fear that punishes anyone who dares to document it.
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Loevy plays a video of a woman's arrest. Hewson says the woman was "assaultive" because she kicked a can of tear gas that had been deployed.
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Loevy plays a video of a woman's arrest. Hewson says the woman was "assaultive" because she kicked a can of tear gas that had been deployed.
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
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The jury is entering deliberations now. If they come to a verdict today, cool! If not, they’ll be dismissed at 5 and we will return tomorrow for Day 4 of not the simplest case in the history of the world.
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The jury is entering deliberations now. If they come to a verdict today, cool! If not, they’ll be dismissed at 5 and we will return tomorrow for Day 4 of not the simplest case in the history of the world.
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A political dirty trick worthy of Rich Daley's Hispanic Democratic Organization - who derailed Chuy Garcia's career at one point for many years chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
Rep. 'Chuy' Garcia says health, family led to last-minute ballot switch: 'I followed the rules'
Garcia is defending his decision to help his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, collect petitions to take his place.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A political dirty trick worthy of Rich Daley's Hispanic Democratic Organization - who derailed Chuy Garcia's career at one point for many years chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
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right now on their homepage there are 17 headlines about mamdani and DSA (some repeated two or three times) and zero on NJ, VA or CA. entirely a blog about elite anxiety
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
right now on their homepage there are 17 headlines about mamdani and DSA (some repeated two or three times) and zero on NJ, VA or CA. entirely a blog about elite anxiety
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Always read Dan, a great Chicagoan.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Always read Dan, a great Chicagoan.
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Oh hey, Chicago. Greg Bovino says this is HIS city.
Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you."
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh hey, Chicago. Greg Bovino says this is HIS city.
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Guy under investigation for misusing campaign💰 gives campaign💰 to guy convicted of misusing campaign💰https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/11/05/jesse-jackson-junior-congress-election-thaddeus-jones-calumet-city-campaign-contributions
As he runs for Congress, Jesse Jackson Jr. takes campaign cash from ally under federal investigation
That political pal, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, is being investigated for misusing campaign money — the same type of offense that once sent Jackson to prison. Jackson is running to reclaim his old U.S....
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Guy under investigation for misusing campaign💰 gives campaign💰 to guy convicted of misusing campaign💰https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/11/05/jesse-jackson-junior-congress-election-thaddeus-jones-calumet-city-campaign-contributions
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"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found,' Meadow said.
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
The incident happened in front of parents and children, Martin and a parent said. Other workers became afraid to come in, and the daycare center closed for the day, parents said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/d...
📝 @mollydevore.bsky.social & Mack Liederman
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📝 @mollydevore.bsky.social & Mack Liederman
Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents, 'Traumatizing' Parents
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee is legally allowed to work in the United States.
blockclubchicago.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Several teachers fled with a student and hid in a back of a pickup truck, 'terrified of being found,' Meadow said.
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
'They weren’t sure what was going on. ICE, an attack on the school — they didn’t know,' Meadow said."
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Asks, “Would a man genuinely injured, genuinely offended by having a sandwich thrown at him proudly, happily, joyfully” keep a plush sandwich on his shelf and a “Felony Footlong” patch on — yes! — his lunchbox?
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Asks, “Would a man genuinely injured, genuinely offended by having a sandwich thrown at him proudly, happily, joyfully” keep a plush sandwich on his shelf and a “Felony Footlong” patch on — yes! — his lunchbox?
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The defense is emphatic about wanting to have the government close before lunch and the defense close after lunch. Looks like judge will have them both close after lunch. This way no one will have the unfair advantage of having just consumed a fortifying footlong.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The defense is emphatic about wanting to have the government close before lunch and the defense close after lunch. Looks like judge will have them both close after lunch. This way no one will have the unfair advantage of having just consumed a fortifying footlong.
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Make that nine anti-abortion judges: Collins just voted to confirm Joshua Dunlap to the First Circuit court of Appeals
So far in 2025, Collins has voted to confirm at least eight explicitly anti-abortion judges to lifetime seats on the federal judiciary. It seems plausible Collins knows she’s likely to lose next November and isn't even trying to court voters anymore. It’s no longer of concern to her.
NEW: Susan Collins, who claims to be pro choice, is raising money for an anti-abortion candidate who’s slated to lose the Virginia governor's race. A donor email sent on behalf of Winsome Earle-Sears comes as Collins' approval rating has plummeted to net negative 20 points. Me in @newrepublic.com:
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Make that nine anti-abortion judges: Collins just voted to confirm Joshua Dunlap to the First Circuit court of Appeals
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Trump and Vance have xenophobia’d their way into Christian persecution
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Trump and Vance have xenophobia’d their way into Christian persecution
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Nothing says “Democratic Leader” quite like “I will not tell you who I voted for in a general election.”
Q: It's election day in NYC. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
Schumer: "Look, I voted, and I look forward to working with the next mayor to help NYC."
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nothing says “Democratic Leader” quite like “I will not tell you who I voted for in a general election.”
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Rafael Cruz, a man who is afraid to use his own first name because he knows the people who vote for him are xenophobic racists, is stirring up xenophobic racism against another politician because "Ted" is trash.
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rafael Cruz, a man who is afraid to use his own first name because he knows the people who vote for him are xenophobic racists, is stirring up xenophobic racism against another politician because "Ted" is trash.
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You're laughing? A sandwich "kind of exploded" on impact, forcing a border patrol agent to "smell the onions and mustard," and you're laughing??
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You're laughing? A sandwich "kind of exploded" on impact, forcing a border patrol agent to "smell the onions and mustard," and you're laughing??
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Unsurprising for anyone who has been following this sort of thing for any amount of time.
“30 to 40 percent of the Republican staff in Washington under the age of 30 are Groypers.” www.vox.com/politics/466...
The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi
Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.
www.vox.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Unsurprising for anyone who has been following this sort of thing for any amount of time.
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We've normalized a regime ready to cut funds from a city to punish a democratic vote. The cliché applies here of "if a Democrat did this......" Given that deep red states are all states dependent on fed tax dollars to survive, they'd be destroyed. So tired of this one-sided war and I'm not alone.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We've normalized a regime ready to cut funds from a city to punish a democratic vote. The cliché applies here of "if a Democrat did this......" Given that deep red states are all states dependent on fed tax dollars to survive, they'd be destroyed. So tired of this one-sided war and I'm not alone.
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Someone's not happy about witness prep. Absolutely someone's staring at the geound and hoping it opens up for them.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Someone's not happy about witness prep. Absolutely someone's staring at the geound and hoping it opens up for them.
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Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr. must resign.
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
RFK Jr. must resign.
RFK Jr. must resign.
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Meanwhile, I bet this guy went to church today pretending to be a “Christian”.
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Meanwhile, I bet this guy went to church today pretending to be a “Christian”.
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I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.