chitownhustler_actual
chitownhustler.bsky.social
chitownhustler_actual
@chitownhustler.bsky.social
Self-unemployed ex-banker. Incurably curious & open to civil discourse on most topics - science, economics, history, politics…but will always block rude personal attacks.

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“Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now.”
Living out his few remaining years broke and disgraced will need to be sufficient punishment. #Giuliani apnews.com/article/trum... look at prominent people pardoned by Trump after they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss
A look at prominent people pardoned by Trump after they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss
Most of the notable people President Donald Trump is pardoning after they helped try to overturn his 2020 election loss face legal jeopardy in state or civil courts so the pardons won't effect their c...
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
With age comes wisdom…and apparently in some cases a reluctance to fight for a worthy cause. #ACA www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Age Is the Issue That Democrats Can’t Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@rokhanna.bsky.social It’s not billionaires’ fault that they’re wealthy. Nobody pays more in taxes than required. Rather than merely ‘taxing billionaires’, Dems should be calling for a fundamental reform of the tax code to restore its progressive structure and eliminate the many targeted loopholes.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Listened to @rokhanna.bsky.social last night at Duke. His clarity of thought is impressive. Key was the idea of economic patriotism - applying the country’s vast wealth to better the lives of its citizens and our national strength with free education, universal healthcare, supported research, etc.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Given what they’ve been suffering, ATCs ought to respond to trump’s threats with a further slowing down of traffic. #AirTrafficControllers www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/g...
Flight disruptions from shutdown pile up as Trump threatens air traffic controllers
Flight delays and cancellations piled up in recent days as air traffic controller staffing shortages worsen in the government shutdown.
www.cnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Here they are, the Senators that can sleep at night with their Cadillac healthcare plan while 42 million Americans are denied AFFORDABLE healthcare.

Fetterman we expect, but @kaine.senate.gov we supported him for VP!
He’s the most disappointing of them all!
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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There is no risk- or cost-free way to stand up to authoritarianism and if we all have to suffer the inconveniences of disrupted air travel, then we do. Competent politicians could talk to the country like adults and get that point across. No excuses.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Senators in both parties have been quietly negotiating a spending package that includes a new stopgap measure that would fund the government through January…”

These reprobates are paid to govern, which isn’t happening with this piecemeal budgeting. #Shutdown

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Thune Says Deal to Reopen Government Is ‘Coming Together’
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Don't let the shopping cart hit you in the ass on your way out. #NYC #Mamdani www.forbes.com/sites/martin...
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“…one-year extension of existing enhanced tax credits that are used to reduce the cost of health insurance purchased on Affordable Care Act marketplaces.”

Must be hoping Repugs will cave ahead of midterms. Not good enough.
#Shudown #ACA www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...
Democratic leader offers deal to reopen government but Republicans sneer
The U.S. government shutdown has dragged on for 38 days because of a dispute over whether ACA tax credits should be included in a stop-gap funding bill.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“…an extension of government funding beyond Nov. 21.”

Kicking the can. Hang tough #SenateDemocrats.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
Government shutdown drags on as Senate GOP eyes key Friday vote
Senate Republicans are planning a different approach to try to end the government shutdown on Friday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A primate cousin in the bath. www.instagram.com/reel/DQYSK2b...
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)…has nearly 100,000 members and seeks to democratise society by ‘collectively own[ing] the key economic drivers that dominate our lives’”…

Seizing the means of production? Marx-lite. #Mamdani #DemocraticSocialists
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Zohran Mamdani wins: Who are the Democratic Socialists of America?
Zohran Mamdani's win in New York has been seen by many as a wake-up call for a listless Democratic party.
www.aljazeera.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“…as he was peppered from the right and left (literally and figuratively) with questions that might lead the average observer of the Court to conclude that the president is unlikely to prevail.”

The literal peppering must have had him sneezing. #SCOTUS #Tariffs
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump's solicitor general stumbled at the Supreme Court. That may not matter.
The Constitution, the text of the relevant statute, and this Court’s past rulings argue against the president.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“We need the state of Virginia. We need the state of Maryland. We need our friends in New York and Illinois and Colorado.” #Redistrict #Prop50 www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-...
Gavin Newsom Has An Urgent Warning For Other Democrat-Led States
"We can de facto end Donald Trump's presidency as we know it," the California governor said.
www.huffpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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I think this is appropriate after last night's MAGA wipeout.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM