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· Jan 21
It’s a frigid -5 in Chicago at daybreak today, with vapor rising off Lake Michigan. Still beautiful.
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November nocturne, Garfield Park
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
November nocturne, Garfield Park
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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A new stage version of the classic noir ‘Gaslight’ illuminates how people cope with manipulation.
A Classic Noir Explores Coping with Manipulation
A new stage version of the classic noir <em>Gaslight</em> illuminates how people cope with manipulation.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A new stage version of the classic noir ‘Gaslight’ illuminates how people cope with manipulation.
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A man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol has arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol has arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Weirdly consistent bias toward protecting rapists and sex traffickers, while turning the force of the law on innocent people for their race or political party
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Weirdly consistent bias toward protecting rapists and sex traffickers, while turning the force of the law on innocent people for their race or political party
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
Dems didn't brand "white dudes" as the "bad guy" as Portnoy suggests. We branded people who support a toxic, hate-filled convicted felon who abuses women and lies constantly about everything as the bad guys, and they just happen to be disproportionately white men.
www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...
www.mediaite.com/politics/dav...
Dave Portnoy Says He Turned on Dems Because They Branded 'White Dudes' Society's 'Bad Guy'
Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy said he flipped to supporting Republicans because Democrats branded "white dudes" as the "bad guy" in America during the Biden Administration
www.mediaite.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ.
The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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Well, he's certainly stayed consistent on that point!
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Well, he's certainly stayed consistent on that point!
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$300,000
That's it. Nine tsunami-tracking stations going offline over a $300,000 funding cut.
That's like 1.5 ICE agents/year.
Probably less than it cost just to fix potholes caused by Trump's birthday parade.
What are we doing here?
That's it. Nine tsunami-tracking stations going offline over a $300,000 funding cut.
That's like 1.5 ICE agents/year.
Probably less than it cost just to fix potholes caused by Trump's birthday parade.
What are we doing here?
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
$300,000
That's it. Nine tsunami-tracking stations going offline over a $300,000 funding cut.
That's like 1.5 ICE agents/year.
Probably less than it cost just to fix potholes caused by Trump's birthday parade.
What are we doing here?
That's it. Nine tsunami-tracking stations going offline over a $300,000 funding cut.
That's like 1.5 ICE agents/year.
Probably less than it cost just to fix potholes caused by Trump's birthday parade.
What are we doing here?
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George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention
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What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
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Hi, longtime constituent here. Called your office but couldn’t leave a voicemail. If you, as is being reported, vote yes on this non-deal to end the shutdown, your legacy will be: Durbin the coward. Durbin the dupe. Durbin the sellout. Read the room.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hi, longtime constituent here. Called your office but couldn’t leave a voicemail. If you, as is being reported, vote yes on this non-deal to end the shutdown, your legacy will be: Durbin the coward. Durbin the dupe. Durbin the sellout. Read the room.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Former Kentucky marriage license clerk and connoisseur of Mormon compound prairie couture, Kim Davis, believes that marriage is sacred. And all three of her former husbands (one, she divorced twice) agree. #ChristainNationalistBusybodyHypocrites
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Former Kentucky marriage license clerk and connoisseur of Mormon compound prairie couture, Kim Davis, believes that marriage is sacred. And all three of her former husbands (one, she divorced twice) agree. #ChristainNationalistBusybodyHypocrites
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably the first time in American history a sitting governor has used that particular -- and particularly apt -- phrase in a public speech
If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is probably the first time in American history a sitting governor has used that particular -- and particularly apt -- phrase in a public speech
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Democrats are on track for a double-digit number of flips in the Virginia state House. The chamber will be unrecognizable come January.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Democrats are on track for a double-digit number of flips in the Virginia state House. The chamber will be unrecognizable come January.
Lots of Chicago cops live in this far NW Side neighborhood. Nobody here wants ICE and Border Control goons kidnapping their fellow Chicagoans!
Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Lots of Chicago cops live in this far NW Side neighborhood. Nobody here wants ICE and Border Control goons kidnapping their fellow Chicagoans!