B.Mahany
@babsymahany.bsky.social
writer, story gatherer, once-upon-a-news chaser (Chicago Tribune). once pediatric oncology nurse (Children's Memorial). author of five (The Book of Nature; Slowing Time), mother of two. pullupachair.org/
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Well done
Quite an announcement video from @crockett.house.gov www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...
Jasmine for Texas
YouTube video by Jasmine Crockett
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December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well done
i was a nurse with Dr. Diane DiMaggio a long time ago, and in less-distant years enlisted her as our boys' pediatrician: she's the best, and her frontline witness to the ravages of vaccine-preventable diseases is an imperative read. those with knowledge need to be heard above the din of the madness.
Thank you Dr. DiMaggio for sharing your frontline experiences as a pediatrician treating children dying from diseases that we seldom see now because of vaccines
Deadly horizon | Contemporary Pediatrics
A pediatrician warns of the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, urging awareness of their devastating impacts on children's health.
www.contemporarypediatrics.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
i was a nurse with Dr. Diane DiMaggio a long time ago, and in less-distant years enlisted her as our boys' pediatrician: she's the best, and her frontline witness to the ravages of vaccine-preventable diseases is an imperative read. those with knowledge need to be heard above the din of the madness.
A Battle with My Blood: Tatiana Schlossberg’s essay in the @newyorker.com is the most beautiful, wrenching piece I’ve read in forever. And, oh, it cuts mighty close to the bone. You are in my prayers, fervently, Tatiana. From someone who knows this terrain.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A Battle with My Blood: Tatiana Schlossberg’s essay in the @newyorker.com is the most beautiful, wrenching piece I’ve read in forever. And, oh, it cuts mighty close to the bone. You are in my prayers, fervently, Tatiana. From someone who knows this terrain.
Sometimes I think they spend all their time thinking if new ways to be depraved. No; scratch that. I think they do that almost all the time.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sometimes I think they spend all their time thinking if new ways to be depraved. No; scratch that. I think they do that almost all the time.
The @chicagotribune.com has been home to plenty of American icons and journalism legends, and some mighty fine humans as well. Ron Grossman is all of the above, and this column confirms that in indelible ink. Love to you, sir. Farewell, and thank you www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/v...
Farewell, and thank you: A veteran Tribune writer retires after 50 years of witnessing history
As a history professor, I told students stories that I read in textbooks. The Tribune sent me to witness historical events.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The @chicagotribune.com has been home to plenty of American icons and journalism legends, and some mighty fine humans as well. Ron Grossman is all of the above, and this column confirms that in indelible ink. Love to you, sir. Farewell, and thank you www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/v...
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A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
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Clips like this are political gold
A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Clips like this are political gold
another powerful piece from the @chicagotribune.com , this time from Andrew Carter. almost an essay on the essence, the resilience, that is Chicago in the face of the Midway Blitz: digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...
Sun, 11/09/25
‘Small acts have huge consequences’
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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
another powerful piece from the @chicagotribune.com , this time from Andrew Carter. almost an essay on the essence, the resilience, that is Chicago in the face of the Midway Blitz: digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...
my nightmares aren't this horrifying......
A jewelry auction at Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s White House fights in the courts to deny food to poor families
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
my nightmares aren't this horrifying......
Nothing new here. Trump got in epic battle with @kaminblair.bsky.social years ago. Kudos to @chicagotribune.com staff for stirring trump’s wrath. That’s how journalism works.
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Nothing new here. Trump got in epic battle with @kaminblair.bsky.social years ago. Kudos to @chicagotribune.com staff for stirring trump’s wrath. That’s how journalism works.
by a long shot, @chicagotribune.com staff is telling the most compelling stories of this whole ICE horror show. so proud of their tireless work. if you want a close read of what's happening in Chicago, the place to turn is the Tribune. here's the latest on Broadview's hellhole:http://bit.ly/3Xcdv2B
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
by a long shot, @chicagotribune.com staff is telling the most compelling stories of this whole ICE horror show. so proud of their tireless work. if you want a close read of what's happening in Chicago, the place to turn is the Tribune. here's the latest on Broadview's hellhole:http://bit.ly/3Xcdv2B
when war games are played on your streets pullupachair.org/2025/10/31/w...
when war games are played on your streets
ICE agents on the campus where my mama now lives there is nothing make-believe about it. the leafy lanes and brick streets of the little village where i live have been invaded this week. not by dis…
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October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
when war games are played on your streets pullupachair.org/2025/10/31/w...
@chicagotribune.com reporters doing great job telling the stories of ICE's Midway Blitz. huge kudos. digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...
Mon, 10/27/25
The easiest targets
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October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@chicagotribune.com reporters doing great job telling the stories of ICE's Midway Blitz. huge kudos. digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/shortcode/CH...
can someone explain why these four "events" would be tucked in among the whitehouse.gov historic timeline of the white house?? pure filth. ours is now a pigsty.
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
can someone explain why these four "events" would be tucked in among the whitehouse.gov historic timeline of the white house?? pure filth. ours is now a pigsty.
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The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
breathtaking. this is what democracy looks like.
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
breathtaking. this is what democracy looks like.
scenes from NO Kings! Evanston, IL; crowd estimated at twice as big as June 14 No Kings!.....of all the signs, maybe the dark heavens and the colorless stripes and stars make their point most hauntingly....
October 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
scenes from NO Kings! Evanston, IL; crowd estimated at twice as big as June 14 No Kings!.....of all the signs, maybe the dark heavens and the colorless stripes and stars make their point most hauntingly....
"under-babied"???? sounds like a commodity you pull from a shelf. i know the grief of miscarriage, infertility; i never considered myself under-babied. that grief belonged in the realm of the sacred, not a commercial enterprise to be remedied by those who show little regard for the sanctity of life.
Dr Oz: "Turns out that about 1/3 families don't have the number of babies they desire. They're under-babied. So this president committed to address that during the campaign and he's delivering on that today."
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"under-babied"???? sounds like a commodity you pull from a shelf. i know the grief of miscarriage, infertility; i never considered myself under-babied. that grief belonged in the realm of the sacred, not a commercial enterprise to be remedied by those who show little regard for the sanctity of life.
Dear Karoline Leavitt, You really should take off that crucifix when you stand there spouting lies, condemning swaths of humanity, and spewing the seeds of evil hatreds. I don't know God personally, but I do know God must be weeping.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Dear Karoline Leavitt, You really should take off that crucifix when you stand there spouting lies, condemning swaths of humanity, and spewing the seeds of evil hatreds. I don't know God personally, but I do know God must be weeping.
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"One particularly gruesome video shows a group of masked fighters, some of whom are wearing green Hamas headbands, killing 8 blindfolded people in a square in Gaza City while large crowds are watching"
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Masked fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as Hamas fights with rival groups | CNN
Violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups in several areas across Gaza, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution, as worries grow about the security situ...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"One particularly gruesome video shows a group of masked fighters, some of whom are wearing green Hamas headbands, killing 8 blindfolded people in a square in Gaza City while large crowds are watching"
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...
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holy holy crap: EXPOSED
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
holy holy crap: EXPOSED
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Thoughts/prayers to the TIME photo editor today.
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thoughts/prayers to the TIME photo editor today.
From Bulwark, quoting one voice rising above all else: Just this past Thursday, Pope Leo asked journalists to “act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing.”
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
From Bulwark, quoting one voice rising above all else: Just this past Thursday, Pope Leo asked journalists to “act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing.”
JD Vance has no idea what he's talking about. He just spews non-truths. One atop another.
This is the definition of an ad hominem argument.
STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages
VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog
S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?
VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source
VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog
S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?
VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
JD Vance has no idea what he's talking about. He just spews non-truths. One atop another.
The two most urgent questions in our politics: Will the administration succeed in picking off enough of the opposition such that resistance seems useless? Or will civil society hold firm against a regime that wants to center all power on itself? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The two most urgent questions in our politics: Will the administration succeed in picking off enough of the opposition such that resistance seems useless? Or will civil society hold firm against a regime that wants to center all power on itself? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...