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StarrGazer
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Peaceful warrior.
Opinions are my own and not that of my employer or of any board on which I sit.
March 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In 1980, before I was old enough to vote, I had the privilege to work on his campaign. Truly among the best. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Jimmy Carter Dies at 100: News and Reactions (Gift Article)
The former president, a peanut farmer and Democrat from Georgia, was known as much for his charity and diplomatic work later in life as he was for his single presidential term, which ended in 1981.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:52 PM
It can be both
December 12, 2024 at 5:33 PM
November 30, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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Family includes everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Always safe and welcome!
November 17, 2024 at 1:10 AM
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LOL
November 19, 2024 at 12:23 AM
But it’s okay with these busybodies that insurance covers circumcision which typically is a religious or traditional practice and occasionally medically necessary 🤔

www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/...
Anti-abortion groups sue over Illinois law requiring insurers to cover abortions
The lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker and other state officials alleging the 2019 Illinois law is unconstitutional follows the dismissal of a similar state court lawsuit in September.
www.chicagobusiness.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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sorry but I’m fucking furious that they’re going after Sarah McBride and implying she’s a sexual predator while electing DONALD TRUMP and appointing MATT GAETZ
November 21, 2024 at 12:30 AM
So the Dems were accused of being too tight with the celeb element. Yet the cabinet nominees are a cast of reality tv and fox entertainment personalities?

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...
Trump Live Updates: Latest News on Cabinet Picks and Matt Gaetz
Ms. McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive with little experience in education policy, has long been a Trump ally. Earlier, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician, was selected to run the ...
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:11 AM
I had the pleasure to work with Bob in the ‘90s when he began as community relations director with the Bulls. I remember writing the announcement of his new role. A true story of perseverance. #10

Former Chicago Bulls All-Star Bob Love — 'one of the original Bulls great' — dies at 81
November 19, 2024 at 10:33 AM
🤔 30+ years in PR and a solid introvert.
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology found distinct personality profiles across different occupations. Journalism is among the jobs with the highest score in 'neuroticism.' Advertising and Public Relations has the top score in 'extraversion.' www.psypost.org/new-study-ex...
November 19, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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It’s not hard to predict what Carr would do at the FCC.

Project 2025, posts, and interviews—he's publicly laid out how he would crack down on and intimidate traditional media, boost conservative media, and unleash disinfo on social.

The result: An info ecosystem tilted further in Trump’s favor.
Trump’s FCC pick wants to intimidate broadcasters and enrich Trump allies
Brendan Carr is pro-Musk and anti-media.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
To all those current and former Illinoians who complain about the state, I’m prouder than ever to call it home. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
Democratic Governors Form a Group to Oppose the Trump Administration
The group’s leaders, Govs. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Jared Polis of Colorado, are ambitious Democrats likely to try to fill the party’s looming leadership void.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Here's my column in this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:

www.everygoddamnday.com/2024/11/tran...
Trans community is about much more than bathrooms and girls track debates
Why let the people most set against the trans community color how they're viewed?
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
November 17, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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Like many resentful young men, Mark came to a concrete worldview: The advances of women in society had been a mistake. Their empowerment took something directly from him. In fact, women were at the root of his, and all men’s, problems.

This is the “Manosphere,” and that’s what they’re teaching 👇
How masculinity gurus cash in on the boy crisis
The manosphere promises to fix young men’s lives. Instead, it’s making them miserable.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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please remember and inform others that ICE cannot search a home, business, or other non-public part of an indoor space without a JUDICIAL warrant SIGNED BY A JUDGE. if they show you an ADMINISTRATIVE warrant from DHS, that does NOT give them access.
November 17, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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So much for "draining the swamp."
Trump’s choice of fracking CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary heralds a swamp revival
An oil billionaire made his wishes known. The president-elect delivered.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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When I was in Congress the GOP went ape over Michelle Obama trying to have healthy school lunches.

Now they’re RFKing America.

The old GOP is dead fyi. Trump wants big govt
November 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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I’ve updated my latest post with a spreadsheet of helpful resources for at-risk communities. Find at the link, pass it on, and please share any other helpful resources I should add to it in the comments!
open.substack.com/pub/elianne/...
America Voted. Now What?
“I will often say that when we fight, we win.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
I heard the chief economist from the US COC on a panel last night. It left me cautiously optimistic.
November 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM