Ann Marie Alspaugh
@chi-ann.bsky.social
Architect, good design is for everyone, less is more, advocate, volunteer, childless cat lady, loves a good murder mystery, ethical vegan & introvert.
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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence @nytimes.com
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence @nytimes.com
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens
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A new hotel in Motor Row was just permitted. Learn more about the project 🏙️ buff.ly/voWV5x6
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A new hotel in Motor Row was just permitted. Learn more about the project 🏙️ buff.ly/voWV5x6
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Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Ridiculous.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. n.pr/4pGmc1n
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ridiculous.
“I became an architect because I loved the buildings of my city, New York, and imagined one day that I would make ones like them. The New York of my youth is to this day the principal subject of all my work in architecture,” he wrote in 1981.
Robert AM Stern, architect dubbed ‘King of Central Park West’, dies aged 86
Stern, credited with designing 15 Central Park West, sought to design buildings that invoked pre-war splendor
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“I became an architect because I loved the buildings of my city, New York, and imagined one day that I would make ones like them. The New York of my youth is to this day the principal subject of all my work in architecture,” he wrote in 1981.
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Footage from nearly four dozen body cameras worn by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz was released to the public on Wednesday, capturing in shaky, first-person style the abject chaos on the streets as residents and protesters were tear-gassed, hit with pepper balls and arrested.
Bodycam footage from Operation Midway Blitz released: ‘It’s all about arresting people’
The group of videos made public through the Loevy & Loevy law firm includes footage from agents who responded to controversial arrest operations in the Little Village and Irving Park neighborho…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Footage from nearly four dozen body cameras worn by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz was released to the public on Wednesday, capturing in shaky, first-person style the abject chaos on the streets as residents and protesters were tear-gassed, hit with pepper balls and arrested.
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“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Your costs are up… tariffs are raising prices…”
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When this is over I’ll enjoy watching Stephen Miller being held accountable the most.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When this is over I’ll enjoy watching Stephen Miller being held accountable the most.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responds to Trump calling him “seriously retarded”:
“Release the MRI results.”
“Release the MRI results.”
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responds to Trump calling him “seriously retarded”:
“Release the MRI results.”
“Release the MRI results.”
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here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit and his flunkies once again mishandle a tragedy" — never a thoughtful or reasoned response to anything.
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Preznit Fuckwit and his flunkies once again mishandle a tragedy
never a thoughtful or reasoned response to anything
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
here's today's post: "Preznit Fuckwit and his flunkies once again mishandle a tragedy" — never a thoughtful or reasoned response to anything.
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"My poll numbers have never been better."
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"My poll numbers have never been better."
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It’d be funny if this were in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’d be funny if this were in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada ictnews.org/news/bringin...
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada ictnews.org/news/bringin...
Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - ICT
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada
ictnews.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bringing Native dances to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada ictnews.org/news/bringin...
Native Pride Productions will take the stage at one of the largest parades in America on Thanksgiving morning featuring nine dancers from different tribes from the U.S. and Canada ictnews.org/news/bringin...
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The Spaceman was a fixture of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1950s.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Spaceman was a fixture of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1950s.
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When you cook, do you clean up as you go? Or clean up before you eat? Or clean up after you eat?
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When you cook, do you clean up as you go? Or clean up before you eat? Or clean up after you eat?
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In Little Village, there used to be numerous vendors lined up along 26th Street at any given time. But over the past two months, that reality has changed and fewer vendors are on the street, amid concerns over federal immigration enforcement.
https://to.wttw.com/4pygkHn
https://to.wttw.com/4pygkHn
Chicago Group Raises $300K for Struggling Street Vendors Amid Fears of Immigration Raids
Many of Chicago’s street vendors say they’re being pushed out of business amid concerns over federal immigration enforcement. A number of vendors have stopped selling altogether.
to.wttw.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In Little Village, there used to be numerous vendors lined up along 26th Street at any given time. But over the past two months, that reality has changed and fewer vendors are on the street, amid concerns over federal immigration enforcement.
https://to.wttw.com/4pygkHn
https://to.wttw.com/4pygkHn
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I'm tired of responding to bad-faith MAGA outrage, which always distracts corporate media, centrists, & those who feel they must indulge their temper tantrums.
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I'm tired of responding to bad-faith MAGA outrage, which always distracts corporate media, centrists, & those who feel they must indulge their temper tantrums.
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
These people are such freaking idiots, foaming at the mouth over any perceived infraction without reading and understanding law and the constitution first. Professional pearl clutchers.
Steve Bannon: No games. Recall Mark Kelly today. Convene the court-martial on Friday, verdict by Sunday, let’s go to Leavenworth and throw him in prison by Monday.
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go.
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go.
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
These people are such freaking idiots, foaming at the mouth over any perceived infraction without reading and understanding law and the constitution first. Professional pearl clutchers.
Nice.
This group of neighbors that bought the building behind them also got a permit, and a grant, to build a restaurant inside. Learn more about both projects 🍲 buff.ly/zHw1wZc
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Nice.
Horrifying. "The high-rise complex was undergoing renovation at the time the fire broke out and was surrounded by bamboo scaffolding."
At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Horrifying. "The high-rise complex was undergoing renovation at the time the fire broke out and was surrounded by bamboo scaffolding."