@jocon1234.bsky.social
I love Chicago, pop culture, and music. Trying every day to not be a cliche.
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Breaking my no social media rule to tell you I have a new book! Pretty stoked about that. Okay. It’s been real. See you in another 2 years or whatever.
Lauren Thehough rebuilds a van, packs up her dog Woody, and sets out to meet America as it really is.
MONSTER OF A LAND mixes travelogue, social commentary, and Hough’s sharp, honest voice into a portrait of the country today. On sale 6.16.26.
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738843...
MONSTER OF A LAND mixes travelogue, social commentary, and Hough’s sharp, honest voice into a portrait of the country today. On sale 6.16.26.
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738843...
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Breaking my no social media rule to tell you I have a new book! Pretty stoked about that. Okay. It’s been real. See you in another 2 years or whatever.
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Chicago taxpayers will pay $15.4M to a man who spent 33 years in prison after being convicted of a 1987 double murder he didn’t commit.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
Pay $15.4M to Man Who Spent 33 Years in Prison for Double Murder He Didn’t Commit: City Lawyers
If approved, it would bring the total amount spent by taxpayers in 2025 to compensate those wrongfully convicted based on evidence developed by Chicago police officers to $204.6 million, according to ...
news.wttw.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Chicago taxpayers will pay $15.4M to a man who spent 33 years in prison after being convicted of a 1987 double murder he didn’t commit.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
In all, taxpayers have spent $204.6M this year ALONE to resolve lawsuits filed by the wrongfully convicted. @wttw.bsky.social.
Still waiting for the Epstein files to be released…. But go ahead media, cover this instead…..
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Still waiting for the Epstein files to be released…. But go ahead media, cover this instead…..
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
This Michigan fan does not claim Dave Portnoy
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This Michigan fan does not claim Dave Portnoy
I will never forget this and never forgive her for this.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I will never forget this and never forgive her for this.
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Quiet, Piggy.
Mike Johnson's final words during a press conference where he announces the Epstein coverup will not only continue but deepen: "They're trying to attack President Trump. That's it."
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Quiet, Piggy.
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Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
@durbin.senate.gov just ruined any positive legacy he planned to leave. How can the man elected by strong blue Chicago have been one of today’s sellouts? How embarrassing
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@durbin.senate.gov just ruined any positive legacy he planned to leave. How can the man elected by strong blue Chicago have been one of today’s sellouts? How embarrassing
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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Video of federal agents tear-gassing Irving Park this morning, obtained by Armando Sanchez. This is at least the sixth neighborhood federal agents have tear gassed while conducting immigration raids
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Video of federal agents tear-gassing Irving Park this morning, obtained by Armando Sanchez. This is at least the sixth neighborhood federal agents have tear gassed while conducting immigration raids
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It looks even worse by video 😢
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It looks even worse by video 😢
#chifilmfest showing great movies for another 8 days!
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#chifilmfest showing great movies for another 8 days!
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By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Feds on my block this afternoon, in suburban Chicago. 4-5 SUVs, helicopter overhead. They had CBP markings on their vests and claimed to be looking for an escaped “cartel member” but had time to stop and tell me I was supporting criminals by telling them to go fuck off. 1/
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Feds on my block this afternoon, in suburban Chicago. 4-5 SUVs, helicopter overhead. They had CBP markings on their vests and claimed to be looking for an escaped “cartel member” but had time to stop and tell me I was supporting criminals by telling them to go fuck off. 1/
Fantastic signs and huuuuuge turnout in Chicago @handsoffchicago.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Fantastic signs and huuuuuge turnout in Chicago @handsoffchicago.bsky.social
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Please join us for another training and ICE town hall at our EMERGENCY COMMUNITY MEETING on Monday! You can register at QuigleyCommunityMeeting.Eventbrite.com (2/2)
Emergency Community Meeting
Join Congressman Mike Quigley for a town hall discussion followed by Know Your Rights training.
QuigleyCommunityMeeting.Eventbrite.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Please join us for another training and ICE town hall at our EMERGENCY COMMUNITY MEETING on Monday! You can register at QuigleyCommunityMeeting.Eventbrite.com (2/2)
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Tomorrow night, Ald. Scott Waguespack and I are hosting a #KnowYourRights training. We'll also be joined by State Senator Feigenholtz, State Rep. Williams, and State Rep. Andrade.
Register here to attend: bit.ly/46RysWh
Register here to attend: bit.ly/46RysWh
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tomorrow night, Ald. Scott Waguespack and I are hosting a #KnowYourRights training. We'll also be joined by State Senator Feigenholtz, State Rep. Williams, and State Rep. Andrade.
Register here to attend: bit.ly/46RysWh
Register here to attend: bit.ly/46RysWh
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This is my family’s cemetery. Generations of us are here. DHS thugs attacked the workers who laid my father to rest and tend to his gravesite. i dont know whether to cry or yell. I hope these DHS thugs find no peace in this life and the next.
ICE attacks cemetery workers trying to help a man in the Des Plaines river www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUmUjPs/
Caught on camera… ICE agents clash with suburban cemetery workers trying to help man in Des Plaines River… #wgn9 #ice #operationmidwayblitz #immigration
TikTok video by WGN9Chicago
www.tiktok.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is my family’s cemetery. Generations of us are here. DHS thugs attacked the workers who laid my father to rest and tend to his gravesite. i dont know whether to cry or yell. I hope these DHS thugs find no peace in this life and the next.
We all know Antifa means “Anti-fascist,” right? What’s the problem?
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We all know Antifa means “Anti-fascist,” right? What’s the problem?
So what happens when a hurricane hits Texas? Or Chicago winter hits? Will Texas #NationalGuard still be in #Chicago?
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So what happens when a hurricane hits Texas? Or Chicago winter hits? Will Texas #NationalGuard still be in #Chicago?