Dean Blobaum
@dblobaum.bsky.social
I try to keep the facts straight at https://chicago68.com and https://medium.com/@dblobaum
Blowing drug smugglers out of the water is murder, too.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Blowing drug smugglers out of the water is murder, too.
Bigotry is easy to deliver. Housing? Not so much.
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bigotry is easy to deliver. Housing? Not so much.
That was the whole point. Tariffs are a revenue opportunity for Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
That was the whole point. Tariffs are a revenue opportunity for Trump.
Here's what the data looks like. Homebuying by foreigners surged in Trump's first term, esp. 2017. It was at it's lowest levels when Biden was in office. In 2025 it is rising again.
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Here's what the data looks like. Homebuying by foreigners surged in Trump's first term, esp. 2017. It was at it's lowest levels when Biden was in office. In 2025 it is rising again.
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Furthermore, in 2017, when Trump was president and before those alleged millions poured across the border "foreigners bought 284,500 homes." In fact, the data shows that the lowest levels of home buying by foreigners was when Biden was in office.
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
Foreign Buyers' Influence on the US Residential Housing Market
Discover how mid-2020s trends in foreign buying of U.S. real estate are reshaping American housing markets and what it means for home prices.
www.investopedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Furthermore, in 2017, when Trump was president and before those alleged millions poured across the border "foreigners bought 284,500 homes." In fact, the data shows that the lowest levels of home buying by foreigners was when Biden was in office.
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
www.investopedia.com/foreign-buye...
I do appreciate the fact that JD Vance says that housing is a human right.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I do appreciate the fact that JD Vance says that housing is a human right.
"Foreign buyers bought up 78,100 existing homes in the U.S. market" between April 2024 & March 2025. 20% of those homes were in Florida. 15% of buyers were Chinese. Half of buyers paid all cash. It's wealthier foreign individuals buying homes, not the undocumented.
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-wh...
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-wh...
Map shows where foreign citizens are buying up U.S. homes
Florida remains the top U.S. destination for foreign buyers, drawing more than one in five international purchases.
www.newsweek.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Foreign buyers bought up 78,100 existing homes in the U.S. market" between April 2024 & March 2025. 20% of those homes were in Florida. 15% of buyers were Chinese. Half of buyers paid all cash. It's wealthier foreign individuals buying homes, not the undocumented.
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-wh...
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-wh...
The interior decorator has ADHD.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The interior decorator has ADHD.
The Senators see how Trump is ripping off the government through lawsuits and they want a piece of the action.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Senators see how Trump is ripping off the government through lawsuits and they want a piece of the action.
You think you know what's best for you? You think you know what you want?
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You think you know what's best for you? You think you know what you want?
By reversing the timeline he obscures the fact that he caved to China.
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
By reversing the timeline he obscures the fact that he caved to China.
Steve Bannon is playing for all the marbles. A longshot scenario no doubt, but ignore it at your peril.
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Steve Bannon is playing for all the marbles. A longshot scenario no doubt, but ignore it at your peril.
I don't know which is less likely: your scenario or Steve Bannon's. Both are long shots.
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I don't know which is less likely: your scenario or Steve Bannon's. Both are long shots.