Ernie Broglio
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Ernie Broglio
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As is tradition, on Christmas eve Dutch people have placed candles on the graves of allied soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom during WW2.

Photos by Albert Hendriks.
www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60013...
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Some Allstate customers next year will see their homeowners insurance rate increase by an average of 8.8%, continuing a trend of insurers increasing rates. The planned increase, contained in a recent filing with the Illinois Department of Insurance, is set to begin Feb. 24, 2026.
Allstate plans to hike Illinois homeowners insurance rates
chicago.suntimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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COVID vaccines protect children from severe illness per CDC.

⬇️76% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 9 mo. to 4 years

⬇️56% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 5 - 17 years

#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
CDC researchers studied over 98,000 emergency visits and found the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccines were 76% effective in children aged 9 months to 4 years and 56% effective in those aged 5 to 17 against COVID-related urgent care.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children...
This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.
www.cdc.gov
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Chicago Bears: Tell me you're broke without telling me you're broke.
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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New York City just went 12 calendar days without a single homicide, raising new concerns about Zohran Mamdani's approach to law enforcement.
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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JOHN DEERE: "Our US market has been the one under the most pressure . . . based on what’s happened with trade flows, what’s happened with tariffs .." We'll build "half as many tractors this year as we did two years ago."

@financialtimes.com $DE
www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The findings on the cost of Brexit--a loss of 6-8% of GDP and it's not over--can be thought of as the cost of not redistributing in a way that ensures widespread benefits from growth. Instead of an equity-efficiency trade-off, equity might have helped foster more efficiency in this case.
🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.

They find Brexit has:

⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%

⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%

⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%

⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's unreal to see the Bears with an elite coach. Eberflus is really the typical Bears coach.
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Micah Parsons looks like the mvp to me.
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Poster from 1942, remembering the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December the year before.
Quote is from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Art by Allen Sandburg.
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.

"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."

By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Giving Tuesday is here, and we’re proud to partner with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. When you make a donation today, you’re fueling essential reporting and supporting an organization feeding Chicago families. Help us lift up our community on both fronts. https://mrf.lu/kJYf
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bulls' defense.😔
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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It's fundamentally unfair to consider punishing an estimated 190,000 Afghans for the alleged actions of one (via Bloomberg Opinion)
‘Re-Vetting’ Hundreds of Thousands of Refugees Is an Overreaction
Days after President Donald Trump announced that more than 233,000 refugees would face fresh scrutiny over their legal status, an Afghan refugee was charged with shooting members of the National Guard near the White House, killing one and gravely wounding another.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Live look at the Chicago Bulls.
a sn sportsnet dumpster is on fire
ALT: a sn sportsnet dumpster is on fire
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Cowboys-Falcons in 2020 an example of a team failing on the two-pointer on their first TD, knowing they need an extra possession, getting the onside kick, and winning the game www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2bu...
Falcons vs. Cowboys Week 2 Highlights | NFL 2020
YouTube video by NFL
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years

She had a work permit

She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in

She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.

She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.

Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless

www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Good morning! Wrote about Houston's new math of "anti-Moreyball" and how it's part of a larger trend in the league

www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
These aren't Daryl Morey's Rockets, but they may be setting an offensive trend again
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
@cbssports.bsky.social can't show us the kickof because🤡🤡
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Is it better to be Miami, the team that wins the playin every year, or the Bulls, the team that loses the playin and earns a 2% chance to win the lottery?
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Vucevic is having an awful game.
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM