Christopher Gurnee
@gurn.bsky.social
Chicago/NYC
Appalachian raised. Law/Education/Philosophy/History and other pointless, assorted endeavors.
Appalachian raised. Law/Education/Philosophy/History and other pointless, assorted endeavors.
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On Today’s Federal Indictments of Broadview Protestors and Political Candidates:
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
On Today’s Federal Indictments of Broadview Protestors and Political Candidates:
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
Whose house?
OUR HOUSE!
OUR HOUSE!
Not enough of you believe me right now, but "Rebuild The White House" is going to become one of the most popular slogans in American political history
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Whose house?
OUR HOUSE!
OUR HOUSE!
Seeing Cape Verde qualify for the World Cup is inspiring and joyful.
Lets you ignore the fact the World Cup is going to be such an awful mess for a few moments.
Lets you ignore the fact the World Cup is going to be such an awful mess for a few moments.
October 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Seeing Cape Verde qualify for the World Cup is inspiring and joyful.
Lets you ignore the fact the World Cup is going to be such an awful mess for a few moments.
Lets you ignore the fact the World Cup is going to be such an awful mess for a few moments.
This is way too on point to be real. But it's beautiful nonetheless
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is way too on point to be real. But it's beautiful nonetheless
I can tell the Cubs are in the playoffs because I've never seen this many Teslas and BMWs parked on my street
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I can tell the Cubs are in the playoffs because I've never seen this many Teslas and BMWs parked on my street
I know they have their problems, but I've noticed The Guardian(US) headlines are so much better than anything here.
Is it that hard? Yes, yes it apparently is.
Is it that hard? Yes, yes it apparently is.
October 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I know they have their problems, but I've noticed The Guardian(US) headlines are so much better than anything here.
Is it that hard? Yes, yes it apparently is.
Is it that hard? Yes, yes it apparently is.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Nightmare activated: alarm didn't go off for 645 flight.
Sprinting through O'Hare I was pleased to find my recent workouts paid off. Until I saw my gate was at the end..
Still beats trying to do a 20' connect in Helsinki after several blueberry juices. Running, burping all the blueberry up in my n95
Sprinting through O'Hare I was pleased to find my recent workouts paid off. Until I saw my gate was at the end..
Still beats trying to do a 20' connect in Helsinki after several blueberry juices. Running, burping all the blueberry up in my n95
September 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Nightmare activated: alarm didn't go off for 645 flight.
Sprinting through O'Hare I was pleased to find my recent workouts paid off. Until I saw my gate was at the end..
Still beats trying to do a 20' connect in Helsinki after several blueberry juices. Running, burping all the blueberry up in my n95
Sprinting through O'Hare I was pleased to find my recent workouts paid off. Until I saw my gate was at the end..
Still beats trying to do a 20' connect in Helsinki after several blueberry juices. Running, burping all the blueberry up in my n95
Grandpa is watching Scarface again and not following the plot.
Seems this is the muddy transition from rogue drug smugglers to rogue state. I'm sure he'll square that legal circle
Seems this is the muddy transition from rogue drug smugglers to rogue state. I'm sure he'll square that legal circle
Trump threatens Venezuela:
“GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW, OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE!”
“GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW, OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE!”
September 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Grandpa is watching Scarface again and not following the plot.
Seems this is the muddy transition from rogue drug smugglers to rogue state. I'm sure he'll square that legal circle
Seems this is the muddy transition from rogue drug smugglers to rogue state. I'm sure he'll square that legal circle
First I had to have an opinion on Chris Rock and Will Smith. Now I need to have feelings about Jimmy Kimmel? Bleak times.
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
First I had to have an opinion on Chris Rock and Will Smith. Now I need to have feelings about Jimmy Kimmel? Bleak times.
Seems Vance comments plus the disappearance would make surgery a reasonable guess.
And a Kennedy is in charge of health, so...lobotomy, right?
And a Kennedy is in charge of health, so...lobotomy, right?
August 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Seems Vance comments plus the disappearance would make surgery a reasonable guess.
And a Kennedy is in charge of health, so...lobotomy, right?
And a Kennedy is in charge of health, so...lobotomy, right?
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Just received a text asking me to take a "Public Safety & Crime Survey", and it seems pretty clear that some local politician is trying to figure out whether to support or oppose deployment of armed forces to Chicago. Let them know what you think ilresearch.info/7RFF
August 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just received a text asking me to take a "Public Safety & Crime Survey", and it seems pretty clear that some local politician is trying to figure out whether to support or oppose deployment of armed forces to Chicago. Let them know what you think ilresearch.info/7RFF
Here's some actual words that should never be used by Dems.
The only "common sense" is to primary, donate or work for anyone getting rid of them.
Find your local losers here:
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members
The only "common sense" is to primary, donate or work for anyone getting rid of them.
Find your local losers here:
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members
August 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Here's some actual words that should never be used by Dems.
The only "common sense" is to primary, donate or work for anyone getting rid of them.
Find your local losers here:
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members
The only "common sense" is to primary, donate or work for anyone getting rid of them.
Find your local losers here:
newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members
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The Adams County Sheriff has been cooperating with ICE, despite Illinois' sanctuary laws prohibiting so. As a result, at least two men have been deported.
news.wttw.com/2025/08/15/a...
news.wttw.com/2025/08/15/a...
The Adams County Sheriff Has Been Cooperating With ICE. Does That Violate Illinois Law?
The Adams County Sheriff’s Office in western Illinois has transferred at least two men into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, in apparent violation of the state’s TRUST and Way Forward...
news.wttw.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Adams County Sheriff has been cooperating with ICE, despite Illinois' sanctuary laws prohibiting so. As a result, at least two men have been deported.
news.wttw.com/2025/08/15/a...
news.wttw.com/2025/08/15/a...
Only need three:
Chickens. Home. Roost.
Longer answer is this was probably baked in, in some form, based on the course(s) we set decades ago. It's now about coming out the other side of it.
Chickens. Home. Roost.
Longer answer is this was probably baked in, in some form, based on the course(s) we set decades ago. It's now about coming out the other side of it.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Only need three:
Chickens. Home. Roost.
Longer answer is this was probably baked in, in some form, based on the course(s) we set decades ago. It's now about coming out the other side of it.
Chickens. Home. Roost.
Longer answer is this was probably baked in, in some form, based on the course(s) we set decades ago. It's now about coming out the other side of it.
Was worried I'd have to plan a quick trip to Erfurt.
Whew. It is still the oldest operating. Though now I want sausages and should go back to Regensburg.
Whew. It is still the oldest operating. Though now I want sausages and should go back to Regensburg.
Bratwurst history could be rewritten after a chance find dates Germany's first sausage stand to 1269 in Erfurt, beating the current title-holder in Regensburg (below) by over 100 years.
Historians are now on the hunt for the site where the Erfurt sausage stand once stood.
Historians are now on the hunt for the site where the Erfurt sausage stand once stood.
August 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Was worried I'd have to plan a quick trip to Erfurt.
Whew. It is still the oldest operating. Though now I want sausages and should go back to Regensburg.
Whew. It is still the oldest operating. Though now I want sausages and should go back to Regensburg.
Wait. Not tough enough?
It's not the biggest issue in all this, but that's absurd. Juvenile "justice" is broken, but sure as hell not in that direction.
It's not the biggest issue in all this, but that's absurd. Juvenile "justice" is broken, but sure as hell not in that direction.
watching national reporters who live in DC do this is really embarrassing. no one speaking at this conference was raising a legitimate issue.
August 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wait. Not tough enough?
It's not the biggest issue in all this, but that's absurd. Juvenile "justice" is broken, but sure as hell not in that direction.
It's not the biggest issue in all this, but that's absurd. Juvenile "justice" is broken, but sure as hell not in that direction.
Move aside lonely singles and milfs, I got birds to meet.
August 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Move aside lonely singles and milfs, I got birds to meet.
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The seat Bove just got confirmed to has been sitting vacant entirely because of this.
Senate Democrat opposes Muslim appellate court nominee Mangi
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada late Tuesday became the first Democrat to publicly announce she will not support President Joe Biden's nomination of Adeel Mangi to become the nation's first Muslim federal appeals court judge, endangering his ability to win Senate confirmation.
www.reuters.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The seat Bove just got confirmed to has been sitting vacant entirely because of this.
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Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
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“I was threatened with being referred to the FBI... They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn’t give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."
Vermont school superintendent detained after trip to Nicaragua
Wilmer Chavarria, the superintendent of the Winooski School District, was held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while returning to the country after visiting family.
www.wmtw.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“I was threatened with being referred to the FBI... They also threatened to stain my record so I would never get a job again. They also threatened with an extended detention if I didn’t give them the passwords to the student information or to my district files."
I thought it was bad enough to see the stars and bars. Connecticut harboring the olde resentments
July 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I thought it was bad enough to see the stars and bars. Connecticut harboring the olde resentments
Do we want to feed the ego or feed the mind?
This shows up even before college. Until I taught in the South Bronx I believed smart kids should be in gifted classes. It's completely wrong. You don't master the material until you have to explain it.
What better way to learn than teach your peers
This shows up even before college. Until I taught in the South Bronx I believed smart kids should be in gifted classes. It's completely wrong. You don't master the material until you have to explain it.
What better way to learn than teach your peers
it is possible for a society to distribute quality education in an equitable, fair, and accessible way.
it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.
it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.
July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Do we want to feed the ego or feed the mind?
This shows up even before college. Until I taught in the South Bronx I believed smart kids should be in gifted classes. It's completely wrong. You don't master the material until you have to explain it.
What better way to learn than teach your peers
This shows up even before college. Until I taught in the South Bronx I believed smart kids should be in gifted classes. It's completely wrong. You don't master the material until you have to explain it.
What better way to learn than teach your peers