Steve in Chicago
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IT Professional. Friend of democracy. If you're not going to heaven, why only miss it by an inch?
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Yup. Time to put the rollers under everyone who isn’t up to the job.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Yup. Time to put the rollers under everyone who isn’t up to the job.
I kind of appreciate the complete lack of pride whoever placed the T and the P took in their work. That's some next level crap kerning.
Hoping it's really easy to pry all this crap off the colonnade once someone who doesn't have a mafia design moves in.
Hoping it's really easy to pry all this crap off the colonnade once someone who doesn't have a mafia design moves in.
He has completely vandalized the White House with gaudy, crumpled Ferrero Rocher wrappers.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I kind of appreciate the complete lack of pride whoever placed the T and the P took in their work. That's some next level crap kerning.
Hoping it's really easy to pry all this crap off the colonnade once someone who doesn't have a mafia design moves in.
Hoping it's really easy to pry all this crap off the colonnade once someone who doesn't have a mafia design moves in.
Reposting this, because we all need to be reminded that every vote counts, every vote HAS to count and that sometimes elections come down to the narrowest of margins.
Not a runoff, BUT incumbent Republican mayor of Springdale, PA is ahead of the dem challenger by one vote. 10 provisional ballots being considered by Allegheny County of elections will decide the election.
triblive.com/local/valley...
triblive.com/local/valley...
Unofficial results show incumbent Springdale mayor winning by 1 vote
Unofficial election results show incumbent Springdale Mayor Joel Anderson ahead of his Democratic challenger by just a single vote. Allegheny County tabulations from Tuesday night’s election hav...
triblive.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Reposting this, because we all need to be reminded that every vote counts, every vote HAS to count and that sometimes elections come down to the narrowest of margins.
It's like someone poured pure distilled schlumpyness into an inverted traffic cone.
MIKE JOHNSON'S SERGEANT AT ARMS TRIES TO KICK REP. MAXINE DEXTER (D-OR) OUT OF CAPITOL ROTUNDA
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's like someone poured pure distilled schlumpyness into an inverted traffic cone.
Just taking a look at the Cook Political Report list partisan voting index, noting that Spanberger's vote shifted 12% from the last presidential election and Sherrill improved by 8% in NJ...
www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/202...
www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/202...
2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)
Below are our 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠) scores for all 435 districts.A Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI) score of D+2, for example, means that in the 2020 and 2024 presidential electi...
www.cookpolitical.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just taking a look at the Cook Political Report list partisan voting index, noting that Spanberger's vote shifted 12% from the last presidential election and Sherrill improved by 8% in NJ...
www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/202...
www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/202...
Apparently in Fitchburg, MA. CBP/ICE goons taking a child away from a couple when the man holding the child is apparently either being tazed or having a seizure. Unbelievable cruelty either way.
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Apparently in Fitchburg, MA. CBP/ICE goons taking a child away from a couple when the man holding the child is apparently either being tazed or having a seizure. Unbelievable cruelty either way.
Just thinking that the idea that "there shouldn't be billionaires at all" just got underlined by Musk getting approval for a trillion dollar compensation package. There shouldn't be billionaires, but there DEFINITELY shouldn't be trillionaires and it definitely shouldn't be Musk.
This is one of many reasons I think Pritzker should be POTUS: the 1st item on the agenda of the next American President HAS to be wrangling out-of-control fascist billionaires into submission before the rule of law. History suggests that only one of their own can do it; otherwise, bloody revolution.
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just thinking that the idea that "there shouldn't be billionaires at all" just got underlined by Musk getting approval for a trillion dollar compensation package. There shouldn't be billionaires, but there DEFINITELY shouldn't be trillionaires and it definitely shouldn't be Musk.
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Frequently, in fact. The sidewalks in my neighborhood were built by WPA and still have WPA medallions embedded (this pic is not mine, but they look like this -- 1938 for the streets near me)
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Frequently, in fact. The sidewalks in my neighborhood were built by WPA and still have WPA medallions embedded (this pic is not mine, but they look like this -- 1938 for the streets near me)
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This recycled tweet still cracks me up 🤣
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This recycled tweet still cracks me up 🤣
The YouTube algorithm just served me up Janelle Monae's Letterman performance of Tightrope and when Tightrope shows up in our playlist, we watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZn...
HIGH QUALITY Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (on David Letterman) HD 1080p 720p
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November 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The YouTube algorithm just served me up Janelle Monae's Letterman performance of Tightrope and when Tightrope shows up in our playlist, we watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZn...
Excellent. Main risk of harm would be if she allowed CBP to continue abusing protestors.
Ellis: "I don't find it appropriate to stay a preliminary injunction pending appeal."
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Excellent. Main risk of harm would be if she allowed CBP to continue abusing protestors.
Among everything else, I think Republicans have wildly underestimated how much otherwise apolitical people hate the idea of a dozen masked, camo-wearing, anonymous men converging on a quiet neighborhood and gang-tackling a landscaper, painter or day care teacher.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Among everything else, I think Republicans have wildly underestimated how much otherwise apolitical people hate the idea of a dozen masked, camo-wearing, anonymous men converging on a quiet neighborhood and gang-tackling a landscaper, painter or day care teacher.
All of this is terrible, but I can't imagine the kind of heartlessness that would go along with "OK, we're going to storm through a day care center and grab a teacher in front of the children."
I realize the cruelty is the point, but damn.
I realize the cruelty is the point, but damn.
PHOTOS: 'Yo tengo papeles': Teacher detained by immigration agents in North Center day care
READ MORE HERE: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
READ MORE HERE: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
All of this is terrible, but I can't imagine the kind of heartlessness that would go along with "OK, we're going to storm through a day care center and grab a teacher in front of the children."
I realize the cruelty is the point, but damn.
I realize the cruelty is the point, but damn.
It's the end of an era and she was the most effective speaker of my lifetime (including having the humility to let members throw her under the bus if it helped them win their districts.)
What a run!
What a run!
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's the end of an era and she was the most effective speaker of my lifetime (including having the humility to let members throw her under the bus if it helped them win their districts.)
What a run!
What a run!
Meerkat, shown here wondering what's keeping the bartender for so long.
Another Small Animal Kingdom highlight:
With over 1,000 square feet of space, we welcome our meerkat family of five to a dynamic, all-new home! They can now spend time in three different areas: a fun, outdoor yard and two furnished, temperature-controlled dayrooms.
With over 1,000 square feet of space, we welcome our meerkat family of five to a dynamic, all-new home! They can now spend time in three different areas: a fun, outdoor yard and two furnished, temperature-controlled dayrooms.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Meerkat, shown here wondering what's keeping the bartender for so long.
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A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
Really minor point, but I watched Spanberger's speech, which appeared to come in before Earle-Sears had conceded or called her and I really liked the way Spanberger handled it. There's usually a moment where the candidate says "I just talked with [losing candidate] and..." and the crowd boos...
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Really minor point, but I watched Spanberger's speech, which appeared to come in before Earle-Sears had conceded or called her and I really liked the way Spanberger handled it. There's usually a moment where the candidate says "I just talked with [losing candidate] and..." and the crowd boos...
Just seeing the VA governor race go from Youngkin winning in 2021 by just under 2% to Spanberger winning by almost 15% and really hoping that a bunch of Republicans in R+17 districts who thought their R+12 districts were safe realized what that means for them if this environment holds for a year.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just seeing the VA governor race go from Youngkin winning in 2021 by just under 2% to Spanberger winning by almost 15% and really hoping that a bunch of Republicans in R+17 districts who thought their R+12 districts were safe realized what that means for them if this environment holds for a year.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and thank you for your attention to this matter.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works for I have been trying to contact you about your car warranty.
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.
Hoping that Virginia, which was a red state within recent memory, so thoroughly repudiates Trump and Spanberger wins by a margin that every GOP political operative feels in the pit of their stomach and that Zohran wins by enough to permanently send Cuomo to the glue factory.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hoping that Virginia, which was a red state within recent memory, so thoroughly repudiates Trump and Spanberger wins by a margin that every GOP political operative feels in the pit of their stomach and that Zohran wins by enough to permanently send Cuomo to the glue factory.
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Dude has so much charisma that I hope he left some for other people.
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dude has so much charisma that I hope he left some for other people.